Tag: Shoot & Splice

Shoot & Splice: Production Design

Have you ever wondered how movies achieve a particular look and visual style? Join Production Designer Darian Corley as she takes you through the process of conceptualizing and designing film sets and locations. From breaking down the script to identifying design styles to working with directors and cinematographers, Darian will cover it all.

Darian Corley is a production designer and prop master who has worked on dozens of films including “Scream 2,” “Hustle & Flow,” and “The Help.” Her latest feature film as production designer, “Indivisible,” is set to release in October.

Shoot & Splice is a monthly filmmaking forum presented collaboratively by Indie Memphis and Crosstown Arts.

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

Shoot & Splice: Making a Web Series

Join Jessica Chaney and Amanda Willoughby of Not Your Ordinary Films as they share secrets and give behind-the-scenes stories of creating the independent web series, This Can’t Be Life. Jessica and Amanda will discuss why they didn’t wait for a studio to pick up their TV show by creating it on their own.

They’ll also share insights into their creative process, how they built their audience, and much more. To learn more about Not Your Ordinary Films, see their Facebook page.

Shoot & Splice is a monthly filmmaking forum presented collaboratively by Indie Memphis and Crosstown Arts.

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

Shoot & Splice: Filmmaking Within Your Means

Presented by Mark Jones

Join prolific Memphis filmmaker Mark Jones as he presents his workshop and discussion, “Filmmaking Within Your Means.” Mark will share his writing and filmmaking ethos, including writing for realistic and simple locations and minimizing the amount of speaking roles. But most importantly, this workshop will help teach you how to embrace your supposed creative limitations to make a wholly unique and original film.

Mark Jones lives in Memphis, Tennessee, with his partner.  He has made three feature films, “Tennessee Queer,” “Fraternity Massacre At Hell Island,” “Eli Parker Is Getting Married?,” and one web soap opera, “On The Edge of Happiness.” Mark worked at WKNO-TV, the Memphis PBS station, for several years both on the production crew and as an associate produce for a local roundtable discussion show. He now has a web talk show, “Memphis on the Mark,” where he interviews locals artists in the fields of film, music, and theatre. Mark’s short films (“Death$ in a $mall Town,” “Winding Brook,” “Henry,” & “Best Wedding Gift”) have screened at dozens of festivals around the country.

Reception at 6:30pm, discussion begins at 7pm. Free and open to the public. Complimentary beverages will be available. Presented by Indie Memphis in collaboration with Crosstown Arts.Crosstown Arts at Crosstown Concourse // East Atrium – L2 | 280 (above the red staircase)

Shoot & Splice: Filming on Film

Many filmmakers might argue that the film vs. digital debate is dead in the water and that digital has finally won out for good. But many of the major releases in 2017 were actually shot entirely, or at least partially, on film, including Wonder Woman, The Post, Justice League, Phantom Thread, The Florida Project and I, Tonya.

Join Memphis film-making pioneer Mike McCarthy in a discussion about his own experiences shooting on film, why a filmmaker in 2018 might choose to shoot on film, and where to find resources to do so.

Mike McCarthy is an artist, musician, writer, filmmaker, and Memphian by way of Tupelo, Mississippi.  Mike released his first full-length film, Damselvis, Daughter of Helvis in 1994 and has been making films ever since.  Some of Mike’s films include Teenage Tupelo, The Sore Losers, Superstarlet A.D., and Cigarette Girl.  Mike is currently working with a non-profit TV station in Albany, Mississippi, called Hill Country Network to develop new programming.

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

Free and open to the public
Doors at 6:30 pm | discussion at 7 pm

Shoot & Splice: LensRentals.com Demo

Monthly filmmaking forum hosted by Indie Memphis and Crosstown Arts.

Join Indie Memphis and Crosstown Arts as we welcome our friends from LensRentals.com. They will provide a camera and lens demonstration, and they’ll showcase some of their latest gear.

LensRentals.com is also a sponsor of the Indie Memphis IndieGrant program, now entering its fifth year. The latest news on IndieGrants and call for submissions will also be announced soon.

Doors at 6:30 pm | demo begins at 7 pm

Talking Back to the Screen: Feminism & Film Criticism

Monthly filmmaking forum presented by Indie Memphis and Crosstown Arts

In Alice Bolin’s upcoming book, Dead Girls, she writes about moving to L.A. and seeing the city through a white male literary lens, and needing to trust her own eyes rather than what she’s read. Miriam Bale’s path through the male-dominated world of film criticism at New York newspapers was similarly one of learning to trust her own eyes. The two writers will have a dialogue about different ways to engage with writing about film, a misogynistic industry, as women. Dead Girls (which covers Twin Peaks to True Detective) is an essay collection out in June 2018 from William Morrow/ HarperCollins. Alice Bolin teaches nonfiction at the University of Memphis.

Miriam Bale is new Senior Programmer of the Indie Memphis Film Festival.

Doors open at 6:30pm | panel discussion begins at 7pm
Free and open to the public
Complimentary beverages