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Microcinema Club: IndieMemphis Narrative Festival Shorts Encore

Join us for an encore screening of the popular Narrative Shorts #2 block from this past year’s Indie Memphis Film Festival. These films are a mix of drama, comedy, and dark comedy films. This block also includes the Special Jury Award Narrative Short (A KING’S BETRAYAL) and the Audience Choice Award for Best Narrative Short (THE MOBILE STRIPPER).

Presented in collaboration with Crosstown Arts and made possible through support by ArtsFirst, the First Tennessee Foundation and ArtsMemphis.  

NEW SUMMER HOURS: Doors open at 7 pm / Screening begins at 7:30 pm.
Complimentary food & drinks available 

Admission is Pay-What-You-Can

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Shoot & Splice: A View From Above, the Art & Craft of Drone Cinematography

Doors: 6:30 pm | Presentation: 7 pm

Crosstown Arts and Indie Memphis invite you to look skyward, toward the increasingly popular world of aerial drone cinematography. With the advent of more affordable tech, snagging high-flying shots in your low-budget short or commercial project is no longer a pie-in-the-sky dream.

For this edition of Shoot & Splice, we’re discussing what it takes to be an aerial maverick with three of the best drone cinematographers in Memphis.

PANELISTS

WIL “HYPE” EVANS

Wil “Hype” Evans is a highly skilled producer, UAV/drone pilot, USAF veteran and part of the team at House of Shoots. At 15, he began producing television shows and commercials in the Memphis area, alongside his Emmy-winning brother, Rahn. To earn money for college, he joined the USAF at 18, where he received a wide variety of training in mechanics and communication. After his service, Wil harnessed his diverse interests, skills and military experience to become an entrepreneur in the world of video/tv production, eventually finding aerial film a perfect match. 

His aerial film credits include music videos with artists such as Future and Hot Boys rapper, Turk, as well as television shows like So You Think You Can Dance. Hype has a high-energy personality and a keen attention to detail. A club DJ by hobby, he has a love for music and never stops dancing. (Some may call him hyper-active.)

RYAN GOBLE

Ryan Goble is a Memphis-based Director of Photography well-versed in lighting, sound and editing with over 17 years of experience shooting everything from Emmy/Academy Award-winning documentaries to commercial productions to reality television. His gear of choice for aerial filming are CineStar copters and Jimmy Jibs. 

AARON JAFFE

Born and raised in Memphis, Aaron Jaffe has an extensive background in marketing, management and creative direction, which makes him an excellent fit to bring the Flyral concept to the Mid-South. The company successfully launched in July of 2014 as a drone services startup and transformed into a multi-faceted content marketing company in 2015, with the addition of graphic design, branding and digital marketing services. With a portfolio featuring clients such as Volvo, AEP River Operations, Pannattoni Development, Crown Winery, CB Richard Ellis, West Clinic and the Shopping Center Group, Flyral has proven that the sky is not the limit, just a source of endless possibility. 

Aaron earned his BA and MSBA from the University of Memphis and has held leadership positions in the startup, healthcare, technology and marketing fields ever since. A lifelong creative, he is an experienced graphic designer and proficient in a wide variety of Adobe Creative Cloud programs.

Diagnosed as a Type 1 Diabetic at the age of three, Aaron also spends time speaking to Diabetic groups throughout the US about his accomplishments, challenges and experience as an endurance athlete. When not working or traveling, he can usually be found trail running or spending time with his loving family: wife, Devon; daughter, Ellis; and son, Owen.

 

Shoot & Splice: Holiday Cinema Trivia Blowout!

Throughout the year, Indie Memphis & Crosstown Arts brings cinematographers, directors, editors, writers and technicians to Shoot & Splice, our monthly film making forum.

Come help us celebrate the end of another year with the Second Annual Cinema Trivia blowout.

Test your filmmaker mettle! Prizes! Holiday cocktails! Peppermint cake!

MicroCinema Club: The Best of DC Shorts

DC Shorts

Doors: 7 pm / Presentation: 7:30 pm
Pay-what-you-can

The best of DC Shorts Program brings you 9 terrific films in 90 minutes. Take a peek at what’s playing:

THE GUNFIGHTER
A gunfighter walks into a saloon, but the film’s voiceover has other goals in mind.
YEARBOOK
With the end of the world right around the corner, a man is asked to write the final pages of recorded human history.
BUSINESS AS USUAL
Passengers on an airplane struggle to stay grounded when an Arab man boards the flight.
CADET
Pushed by his coach/father, a young runner eventually lashes out at the least expected moment.
SILLY BASTARD NEXT TO THE BED
A retired Air Force officer realizes he was at the center of a huge political scandal during the Kennedy administration.
THEY ARE THE LAST
A day in the life of a lighthouse keeper on a remote cape off the Uruguayan coastline.
THE CHAPERONE
When a motorcycle gang crashes a school dance, there’s only one person who can restore order: the chaperone.
ONE MINUTE TIME MACHINE
Hoping to impress a pretty girl, a nerdy scientist shows off his one-minute time machine.
WHAT CHEER?
Struggling to overcome the death of his wife, a man is tormented by a cheerful marching band that follows him seemingly everywhere.

Organized by Indie Memphis and Crosstown Arts with support from ArtsMemphis and FirstTennessee Foundation | ArtsFirst.

Shoot & Splice: Intro to Film Lighting

Lighting creates the foundation for a film’s mood and emotional tone, and it can have an immense impact on narrative coherence.

That’s why Indie Memphis and Crosstown Arts are teaming up with John Paul Clark and Firefly Grip and Electric to discuss everything from choosing the right gear to understanding the relationships between DPs, Gaffers & Key Grips.

It’s sure to be an illuminating evening, and we hope you join us.

6:30 pm – Refreshments + Networking
7:00 pm – Presentation

Shoot & Splice is made possible with the support of ArtsMemphis and FirstTennessee Foundation | ArtsFirst.

Shoot & Splice: What It Means to Be a Producer

Indie Memphis & Crosstown Arts announce the return of Shoot & Splice!

Ever wonder what it takes to produce an independent film or commercial project? Have you ever asked yourself what a producer even does?!

Film Producers raise money for projects, hire directors, DP’s, actors and editors, manage schedules, find distributors, massage egos and everything in between. Please join us for a discussion with three of the most talented producers in Memphis, Waheed AlQawasmi, Laura Jean Hocking and Ryan Watt.

 

Waheed AlQawasmi started his career as a producer and filmmaker in high school, where he garnered a number of awards including the first National Student Emmy Awards at the age of 15. Waheed’s work includes Home Town Glory and Scorned. Waheed produced and directed a variety of music videos for artists such as Taylor Swift, The Band Perry, The Delta Saints, as well as TV commercials and web content for GoDaddy and Google. His most recent project includes a one-hour TV special titled Outnumbered Hunger, which is fronted by Reba McEntire to raise awareness about the hunger issues facing the United States.

Laura Jean Hocking is a Memphis filmmaker best known for producing Indie Memphis award winners Antenna and Automusik Can Do No Wrong, as well the popular feature, Eat, with her husband C. Scott McCoy and Oddly Buoyant Productions. She is currently editing and associate producing Bad, Bad Men for Old School Pictures.

Ryan Watt is a media producer and marketing consultant, as well as Director of Development at New School Media, Inc. He has produced numerous independent feature films plus shorts, music and web videos. His feature productions include Pilgrim Song, Forty Years From Yesterday, Open Five, The Romance of Loneliness and Daylight Fades. Ryan is a board member of the Indie Memphis film festival and an alumnus of the Venice Biennale Cinema program.

 

Shoot & Splice is made possible with the support of ArtsMemphis and FirstTennessee Foundation | ArtsFirst.