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Shoot & Splice: The Art of Audio

Monthly filmmaking forum presented by Indie Memphis and Crosstown Arts

March topic: The Art of Audio

The recording and mixing of production sound are easily the most under-appreciated and misunderstood disciplines in filmmaking. All too frequently, quality movies and videos are ruined because the proper respect is not given to the craft of audio engineering.

Please join us as Running Pony sound technician Nathan Reisman and Music + Arts Studio post-production audio engineer Kevin Houston lead a hands-on workshop and discussion to help you improve the sound quality of your next project. They will walk us through the audio pre-production, production, and post-production processes, best on-set and in-studio practices, as well as a breakdown of essential gear for both low- and high-budget projects. 

Doors open at 6:30 p.m./panel discussion at 7 p.m. Free and open to the public. Complimentary beverages will be available.

Shoot & Splice Cinema Trivia Party

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

Come help us celebrate the end of another year with the Shoot & Splice Third Annual Cinema Trivia blowout with special guest trivia master/Commercial Appeal film critic John Beifuss!  Test your filmmaker mettle! Prizes! Holiday cocktails! BBQ Sandwiches!!! Did we say, FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC?

Doors open at 6:30 p.m./trivia contest at 7 p.m.

 

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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MicroCinema Club: Rural Route Film Tour

Organized by Indie Memphis and Crosstown Arts

 The Very Best of the Rural Route Film Festival Volume 2

Indie Memphis & Crosstown Arts’ MicroCinema Club will screen The Very Best of the Rural Route Film Festival Volume II at Crosstown Arts on March 16. The line-up consists of ten short films from the past five seasons of Rural Route programming, with shooting locations that span all seven continents.

The Rural Route Film Festival highlights work about unique people and places outside of the bustle of the city, normally overlooked by the mainstream media. Taking in a Rural Route program is like choosing the road less travelled, and learning something new about our constantly amazing world.

presented by Indie Memphis and Crosstown Arts

Monthly short film screening series 

430 N. Cleveland | 6:30 pm doors open | 7 pm presentation | Pay-what-you can admission | Free food & drinks

SUPPORTED BY ARTSMEMPHIS AND THE FIRST TENNESSEE FOUNDATION | ARTSFIRST

Microcinema Club

Presented by Crosstown Arts & Indie Memphis

Join us for an encore screening of the Documentary Shorts Block from our 2015 Indie Memphis Film Festival. These films were quite popular but we know a lot of people didn’t have a chance to see them.
83 Min. Total Running Time

The Button King (8:04 min.) – directed by Ava Lowrey
Insomnia leads to an inspired talent in this documentary short about Dalton Stevens, the Button King.

Sandorkraut (12:00 min.) – directed by Ann Husaini and Emily Lobsenz
A portrait of acclaimed author and “fermentation guru” Sandor Katz, whose revival of ancient culinary methods has transformed his relationship with life and death.

American Renaissance (9:21 min.) – directed by Jarred Alterman and Ryan Scafuro
Explore the fantastic world of Elizabethan England… in a small town in upstate New York. “American Renaissance” takes you on a rollicking journey to one of the largest renaissance faires in the US, and a portrait of the characters that return year after year.

Collinsville Trade Day, 1988 (6:47 min.) – directed by Charles Keener & Jason LaRay Keener
A documentary about a small town market, shot on VHS by a curious grandfather in 1988.

Goran (10:38 min.) – directed by Roberto Santaguida
Joy and frustration as constructed by Goran Gostojić of Novi Sad.

The House is Innocent (12:15 min.) – directed by Nicholas Coles
Tom and Barbara’s new home has a notorious past and it’s going to take more than a fresh coat of paint to whitewash its macabre history.

Jake Plays First Base (4:55 min.) – directed by Josh Harrell
Jake just graduated to coach-pitch little league on his baseball team, and he’s set the East Nashville Little League on fire! Needless to say, Jake has big plans for his baseball future.

Seven Ways From Sunday (7:34 min.) – directed by Robert Sickels
Chronicles a series of unexpectedly startling moments of personal revelation, resulting in a powerful meditation on how seemingly fleeting moments of human contact can have profound long-term repercussions.

My Sister Ate the Zoo (10:40 min.) – directed by Maya Zhang
An ordinary phone call between a mother and a daughter, taking the audience on an emotional journey.

Shoot & Splice: Corey Parker – Acting on Camera & Working with Actors

COREY PARKER: ACTING ON CAMERA & WORKING WITH ACTORS

Presented by Crosstown Arts & Indie Memphis

Crosstown Arts and Indie Memphis are pleased to welcome actor and acting coach Corey Parker to February’s Shoot & Splice.  Corey will discuss acting for the camera along with a panel of local actors who have worked with him and have appeared in local indie film productions.  

Corey Parker’s actors have appeared in The Bourne Supremacy, Chavez, Don’t Come Knockin’, The Final Cut, Masters of Sex, Chicago Med, Quantico, House M.D., Mad Men, Revenge, The Closer, as well as on Broadway: Raisin in the Sun, You Can’t Take it With You, Sylvia, Catch Me if You Can, Lysistrata Jones. He has starred or costarred as an actor in films at Universal, 20th Century Fox, Lorimar, Vestron, as well  starring or costarring on Showtime, BBC, PBS, ABC, NBC, and CBS and FOX.  He has coached writers on tour and at TEDglobal. Locally, he has worked with Brian Pera, Mike McCarthy, Ryan Parker, Willy Bearden, Bryan Artiles. He was a guest artist at Rhodes College from 2008-2014, and has taught acting at many studios in New York and L.A. He is a member of the Actors Studio and the Ensemble Studio Theater in New York. Corey interviews actors. directors, producers, teachers and casting directors on his blog: memphisactor.blogspot.com

Connect, converse, listen and learn at Shoot & Splice, our monthly filmmaking forum. Arrive early to hang out with fellow attendees, then grab a drink and kick back for the evening’s presentation. A wide variety of technical, educational, and fun topics of interest to the Memphis filmmaking community will be featured. Don’t miss this monthly opportunity to be a part of the Memphis filmmaking community and learn things you probably didn’t know you wanted to know. Have an idea for a topic you’d like to see covered? Email justin@crosstownarts.org.