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Shoot & Splice: The Director’s Intuition

Monthly filmmaking forum presented by Indie Memphis & Crosstown Arts

April Program: The Director’s Intuition with Morgan Jon Fox

Morgan Jon Fox (Feral, This Is What Love In Action Looks Like, OMG/HaHaHa) will lead a hands-on workshop garnered towards understanding, fine-tuning and following one’s intuition as a director. We’ll ask the question of where our ideas come from, and how we know if an idea is good or not. We’ll discuss when we need to listen to feedback or not, when it’s a good idea to burn it all down following our dreams, and when it’s best to lay a project to rest and move on. Through some simple audience-participation oriented exercises, we’ll start to look at what makes humans tick and what lies at the core of great dramatic filmmaking.

Named on of the “25 New Faces of Independent Film” by Filmmaker Magazine, Morgan Jon Fox is a Memphis-based filmmaker/producer who has directed 4 feature films (This Is What Love In Action Looks Like, OMG/HaHaHa, Blue Citrus Hearts) focussing primarily on gritty southern stories about characters on the fringe. Producing and AD’ing for other directors such as Craig Brewer, Kentucker Audley, and Tim Sutton, Fox has become known for getting strong, authentic performances from mostly non-professional characters. His latest project is Feral, an 8 episode drama about a close-knit group of 20-something artists living in Memphis. Feral is due in 2016.

Doors open at 6:30 PM; Panel discussion begins at 7:00 PM

Complimentary food and beverages will be available

Free & open to the public thanks to support by ArtsFirst: First Tennessee Foundation and ArtsMemphis.

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.