Tag: Shoot and splice

Shoot & Splice: TV & Screenwriting with Brandi Nicole

Crosstown Arts presents Shoot & Splice: TV & Screenwriting with Brandi Nicole in The Green Room.

The Green Room at Crosstown Arts
Tuesday, July 9, 2024
Doors open at 6:30 pm | Show begins at 7 pm
Tickets: Free + open to the public

Indie Memphis & Crosstown Arts are excited to present a presentation and conversation on TV & screenwriting with writer Brandi Nicole (Showtime’s YOUR HONOR, Amazon’s BALLARD, Paramount+ HAPPY FACE). Brandi will discuss her writing career and provide advice and practical tips on both the creative and business sides of the film and television industry.

The daughter of a juvenile detention officer mom and 2nd strike convicted felon dad led Brandi to writing characters that explore duality. While she started off as an actor, she fell in love with the storytelling process after writing & producing a slew of short films. Recently wrapping up her role as a staff writer and recurring character on season two of Showtime’s YOUR HONOR, Brandi is currently writing on the Bosch spin-off BALLARD. In her personal life, Brandi splits her time between Memphis and Los Angeles. An advocate for criminal justice reform, she works as a licensed private investigator while in between rooms. When she’s not spending time with her three sons, you can find her decompressing via enjoying her first love: musical theatre.

Shoot & Splice is a FREE filmmaker forum presented by Crosstown Arts and Indie Memphis, featuring a wide variety of technical, educational, and unique topics of interest to the Memphis filmmaking community.

Shoot & Splice: Works in Progress Screening

Please join Indie Memphis and Crosstown Arts for a special Shoot & Splice event: Works In Progress Screening. This screening will provide filmmakers an opportunity to present a rough cut of their work and engage in conversation with the attending audience in order to receive constructive, guided feedback. As a result, filmmakers and audiences will have a unique opportunity to share in the creative process.

ALL OUR YESTERDAYS
by Vivian Gray (2017 Indie Memphis Youth Fest Winner)

An ambitious writer betrays the trust of a retired burlesque dancer by promising another chance at fame that never really existed.

Chapter of IN THE ABSENCE
by Jordan Danelz and Ben Rednour

A chapter of the nine-part docu-series addressing the long term effects of disinvestment in core city neighborhoods.

Reception at 6:30pm, panel discussion begins at 7pm. Free and open to the public. Complimentary beverages will be available.

Shoot & Splice is a monthly forum for filmmakers presented collaboratively by Crosstown Arts & Indie Memphis. 

Shoot & Splice: The Hollywood Food Chain

Monthly filmmaking forum presented by Indie Memphis and Crosstown Arts.

Join us as Josh Cotten, former Creative Executive for Mandalay Integrated Media and Vice President of Development for Mandalay Alliance Entertainment, hosts a seminar on what modern Hollywood looks like and how understanding its inner workings can benefit you as an independent filmmaker.

Josh will discuss how the current “Studio System” operates; the relationship between agencies, production companies, managers/publicists, and unions; how that relationship applies to aspiring filmmakers and actors, and much more.

Josh Cotten also worked as an assistant to the Vice Presidents of Production on the films Into the Blue (starring Paul Walker and Jessica Alba) and The Jacket (starring Adrien Brody and Keira Knightley).

Doors open at 6:30pm | discussion begins at 7pm | Free and open to the public Complimentary beverages will be available.

Shoot & Splice: Stage to Screen with Katori Hall

Monthly filmmaking forum presented by Indie Memphis & Crosstown Arts

April Program: Stage to Screen with Katori Hall

Award-winning playwright and filmmaker Katori Hall will discuss her work in theatre, including penning The Mountaintop (2010 Olivier Award for Best New Play), which ran on Broadway and starred Angela Bassett and Samuel L. Jackson. She’ll discuss how she made the transition into filmmaking with her debut short film Arkabutla, and she will examine the differences and similarities in creating original work for the stage and screen, as well as how working in each discipline can greatly assist the continuing growth of an artist.

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: Social Justice Filmmaking

Monthly filmmaking forum presented by Indie Memphis and Crosstown Arts

January topic: Social Justice Filmmaking

Join us  for “Social Justice Filmmaking,” the first Shoot & Splice of 2017! Films have the power to bring awareness and different perspectives to social issues. Artists and filmmakers are uniquely positioned address the injustices that permeate our world.

Memphis filmmakers Emmanuel Amido (Orange Mound, Tennessee: America’s Community), Sarah Fleming, and Joann Self Selvidge (Viola) will discuss how they approach their work in making these films — from finding the subject matter to effectively and empathetically communicating their story. Moderated by Laura Sullivan.

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: 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.