On behalf of Film Pittsburgh:
The 28th annual JFilm Festival will take place virtually from April 22 to May 2, 2021!
Use the special discount code “PFO21” for $2 off each ticket or pass!
https://filmpittsburgh.org/pages/jfilm
The Pittsburgh Film Office and Pittsburgh Film and Media Educators Alliance are excited to present the virtual event, PITCH-BURGH – THE SCREENING, Friday September 18th at 5pm via Zoom Meeting!
Please join us to view a selection of student works created this year! As a follow-up to the successful Pitch-Burgh event at the beginning of the year, Pitch-Burgh The Screening gives students from different universities in the Pittsburgh area the opportunity to come together and showcase their completed projects. Come join in and hear their experiences and stories from creating their films! Kevin Smith of the University of Pittsburgh will be hosting the event and leading the discussion. The Zoom call will begin at 5:00pm on Friday, September 18th.
Pitch-Burgh – The Screening
Friday, September 18th, 2020
5:00pm
Hosted by Kevin Smith, Screenwriter and Director of Undergraduate Studies – Broadcasting and Senior Lecturer at the University of Pittsburgh
Join the Screening on Zoom
https://pitt.zoom.us/j/96617911621
Meeting ID: 966 1791 1621
Please RSVP to [email protected] for the passcode to join in! The meeting is passcode protected and you will need it to join the call.
Films:
“Perception” – Kayla Lukitsch
“A Role to Play” – Matthew Knight
“Cheers COVID-19: Boxing Rage” – Derrick Ostolaza
“House Fly” – Sarah Gabany
“Stand Above the Hate” – Timante’ Morris
“Shortest of Stories” – Jennifer Springel
“Fear the Outside” – CCAC Students
“The Social Distance Film” – CCAC Students
“A Gentleman” – Amina Hawes
Are you a filmmaker that loves fashion?
From Pittsburgh Fashion week: “We are planning to bring together fashion and film for the first annual Pittsburgh Fashion Week film festival. We know there are countless independent filmmakers in Pittsburgh and across the country capable of producing quality productions that are always looking for opportunities to showcase their ability.
According to John Valentine, Downtown CDC Executive Director, “We believe this project fits into one of our goals, which is, making Pittsburgh a national and then hopefully an international fashion city.” In line with that goal, this festival will also have a special award that will honor a film entered in the festival.
This all-inclusive event will be an entrance to a place that can offer perspectives communicated through a fashion film festival.”
More Info: https://www.pghfw.com/2020-lineup
ANATOMY OF A MOVIE
What was the screenwriter thinking? ~ a unique way to learn a unique craft
“Gags” & Aha! Moments
Most of the screenwriting process takes place away from a keyboard and desk. The story, the situations, character introductions, subplots, story points, setups & payoffs, “gags,” transitions, edits, “slug lines”, etc. are all thought about long before the writer downloads screenwriting software onto their computer. Many times—if not most—the ending is known before the beginning is.
There are numerous things a writer of a screenplay must think about when building their story. “Gags” and Aha! Moments are just two of them.
We will be using technology to show you a video with clips from well known—and some not-so-well known—movies to give examples of Gags and Aha! Moments. (A gag doesn’t need to be humorous—but adds greatly to our “friendship” with a character.)
This is the second Anatomy of a Movie presentation using Zoom. It’s not the future—it’s the “now.”
There is nothing harder to write than a motion picture screenplay. The writer can’t use the First Person or the Third Person to explain what is going on. There is a limited range for the length. It is a format unique to itself.
But if you can “train your brain” to think the way a screenwriter (actually any writer) must, there will be ancillary benefits to your professional and personal lives, and you may be able to write books, articles, business plans, love letters, etc.
No charge. Discounts given to “Fade In” screenwriting software and the “Write Your Script” class.
DATE: SUNDAY JUNE 7TH
TIME: 12 NOON UNTIL 1PM SHARP
VENUE: YOUR LIVING ROOM, DEN, BASEMENT, KITCHEN, PATIO…
(“Ctrl & Click the link below to register. Registration is required.)
REGISTER HERE!!
Submitted by: Ken Kaszak
ANATOMY OF A MOVIE
“What was the screenwriter thinking?” a unique way to learn a unique craft
SPECIAL EDITION!!
SETUPS & PAYOFFS
Most of the screenwriting process takes place away from a keyboard and desk. The story, the situations, character introductions, subplots, story points, setups & payoffs, “gags,” transitions, edits, “slug lines”, etc. are all thought about long before the writer downloads screenwriting software onto their computer. Many times—if not most—the ending is known before the beginning is.
There are numerous things a writer of a screenplay must think about when building their story. Setups and Payoffs are one of the most important (think of an out-of-shape Rocky struggling up the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art (the Setup) and then flying up those steps later in fighting shape (the Payoff) .
We will be using technology to show you a video with clips from well known—and some not-so-well known—movies to give examples of Setups and Payoffs.
This is the first Anatomy of a Movie presentation using Zoom. It’s not the future—it’s the “now.”
There is nothing harder to write than a motion picture screenplay. The writer can’t use the First Person or the Third Person to explain what is going on. There is a limited range for the length. It is a format unique to itself.
But if you can “train your brain” to think the way a screenwriter (actually any writer) must, there will be ancillary benefits to your professional and personal lives, and you may be able to write books, articles, business plans, love letters, etc.
No charge. Discounts given to “Fade In” screenwriting software and the “Write Your Script” class.
DATE: SUNDAY MAY 3RD
TIME: HIGH NOON (also the title of a great movie)
VENUE: YOUR LIVING ROOM, DEN, BASEMENT, KITCHEN, PORCH…
(“Ctrl & Click the link below to register. Registration is limited)
https://us04web.zoom.us/meeting/register/upAvcu6uqTIvHNQYARLjV3MQ5T44U0T7sfMM
(shared by Ken Kaszak)
School is back in session! The Motion Picture Association invites you to join the first virtual Film School Friday
Heroes, Villains, and Everything In-Between: Behind the Scenes of Hit Film and TV Shows, will feature creative industry leaders who have worked on shows including Star Trek, Game of Thrones, Watchmen etc.
Please see the below details for more information. We hope you’ll be able to tune in!
Friday, April 24, 2020
2:00 p.m. ET (11:00 a.m. PT)
To RSVP: Visit the Motion Picture Association’s Facebook Event Page
Join the Conversation: #FilmSchoolFriday | @MotionPictures on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram
“Viral: Antisemitism in Four Mutations”
a documentary partially filmed in Pittsburgh
Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Andrew Goldberg explores antisemitism’s infectious behavior in his film “Viral: Antisemitism in Four Mutations.” Andrew looked at four ‘mutations’ of antisemitism, including the American far-right having incited such acts as the mass shooting at the Tree of Life.
The film leads with the story of October 27, and includes interviews with survivors of the shooting including Tree of Life Rabbi Hazzan Jeffrey Myers and New Light Congregation Rabbi Jonathan Perlman. The documentary explores an international pattern of antisemitism, which by virtually every yardstick is rising and worsening in the US and Europe in ways not seen since the 1930s.
It premieres this Friday, March 6, at the AMC Waterfront 22.
It runs for one week through Thursday, March 12.
Link to showtimes: AMC Showtimes
You can watch the trailer here: https://youtu.be/XgLoFLTzae4
Directed and Written by:
Andrew Goldberg
Produced and Edited by:
Diana Robinson
Featuring:
Bill Clinton
Tony Blair
Fareed Zakaria
George Will
Deborah Lipstadt
Rabbi Hazzan Jeffrey Myers
Rabbi Elisar Admon
OPEN CASTING CALL:
SHOWTIME TELEVISION NETWORK: Extras Casting is seeking paid background actors for the
series “RUST” Starring JEFF DANIELS in the Greater Pittsburgh Region and surrounding areas!
**Looking for kids, teens, adults, and senior citizens of all ethnicities! Extras will portray, SMALL TOWN
LOCALS, COPS, RESTAURANT PATRONS, BUSINESS AND BLUE COLLAR TYPES, HIGH SCHOOL/
COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYERS, BAR PATRONS, WEDDING GUESTS, SHOPPERS, PEDESTRIANS
WITH CARS & more fictional characters of all types! Thousands will be employed over the course of
filming with opportunities to work multiple days!
We are committed to inclusive, diverse casting. Please submit without regard to age, sex, ethnicity,
disability, race, color, national origin, sexual orientation or gender identity or any other basis protected by
law unless otherwise specifically indicated.
Filming takes place mid March through June, 2020.
NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY
WHEN: SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 2020
FROM: 9AM-4PM
LOCATION:
DAVID L. LAWRENCE CONVENTION CENTER
1000 Fort Duquesne Blvd Pittsburgh, PA 15222
*Please do not call the venue directly for any information.
For more information please visit: www.movieextraspittsburgh.com
or FOLLOW FACEBOOK: MOVIE CASTING PGH
“What was the screenwriter thinking?”
a unique way to learn a unique craft
Most of the screenwriting process takes place away from a keyboard and desk. The story, the situations, character
introductions, subplots, story points, set-ups, “gags”, transitions, edits, scene descriptions, etc. are all thought
about long before the writer downloads screenwriting software onto their computer. Many times—if not most—the
ending is known before the beginning.
In this presentation, we are going to show one of the “great movies you’ve never heard of,” and dissect it during a
showing to determine (the best way we can) what the screenwriter was thinking during the story structure and
the outline process.
THE MOVIE: “Once” (2007)
Cool award-winning Irish movie with
unique love story, great music (and
one of the best scenes ever!)
DATE: SUNDAY FEBRUARY 2, 2020
TIME: 12:30p to 2:00p
SITE: Carnegie Library
South Side Branch
2205 E. Carson Street
COST: FREE! (attendees entitled to 20% discount on “Fade In” screenwriting
software and the “Write Your Script” class)
THE PRESENTER
Ken Kaszak is the developer of the “Write
Your Script” class. This class features the
“Thinking Like a Screenwriter” method,
which enables students to write a script
while maintaining work and family
commitments and to take advantage of
the “ancillary” benefits of writing.
Information on Ken and the class is
available via email at:
[email protected]
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