Film School
Our film school seminar consists of six hour long sessions, each covering a different technical topic of filmmaking. Come to as many or as few as you like.
Sessions taught by Hunter Cressall, Jeffrey J Ello, Aron Siegel
Location: Cairo
| Friday | ||
| 1:00 PM | Film School: Sound, More Sound, and How to Sound Good | What equipment is needed to capture sound, how do you create unforgettable sound effects? How to fix what’s gone wrong? ADR. Foley. |
| Saturday | ||
| 1:00 PM | Film School: Low Budget Substitutes for standard equipment | Learn about nice but inexpensive dollies, booms, jibs, and steady camera systems, and THEN what to use when you can’t even afford THOSE. |
| 4:00 PM | Film School: Intro to Digital SLR Photography for Filmmaking | Digital SLR cameras bring true photographer’s tools to filmmaking; This class will teach you the what, how, and why of this new tech. |
| Sunday | ||
| 1:00 PM | Film School: CG Special FX, How It’s Done | This class shows filmmakers how Computer Graphics and Live Action are married to create stunning images.
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| 4:00 PM | Film School: HD Cameras | What can the new cameras do? Which is “best”? Which is worth the money? How do you use them? We will explain it all.
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| Monday | ||
| 11:30 AM | Film School: Post Production | You’ve finished principle photography; Now what? Picture lock, post audio, music/score, editing, CGI.
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Individual Panels
| Friday | ||
| 1:00 PM | Film Festival Opening | Hear what to expect from the Film Festival & Track (events, guests, short film/feature screenings). This is your starting place for 4 days of film.
The Learning Center |
| 2:30 PM | How to Make a Low Budget Genre Film | Our experienced directors, producers, and technical wiz-kids cover the basics of starting out in genre filmmaking.
Panelists: Hunter Cressall, Rob Fitz, Matt Green, Lloyd Kaufman, Tom Savini, Aron Siegel Cairo |
| 4:00 PM | The Art of Special Effects | Big explosions. Rockets in space. Flying superheroes. Unbelievable monsters. How’s it done? Our filmmakers will give you the low down.
Cairo |
| 4:00 PM | The Art and Skill of Film Animaiton | Our experienced animators will discuss the art of digital, cell, and stop-motion animation and their own projects
The Learning Center |
| 10:00 PM | Steampunk in Film | Our Steampunk filmmakers and author discuss making a film in this genre, and the state of Steampunk in cinema.
Panelists: Hunter Cressall, Cherie Priest, Kevin Eslinger, Nick Baumann The Learning Center |
| Saturday | ||
| 10:00 AM | Filmmaker Meet and Greet | Bring your trailers and stories as you meet your colleagues, promote your work, and make contacts.
Cairo |
| 11:30 AM | Directing Independent Films | The director of multiple indie genre films and skilled makeup and physical effects coordinator discusses his career and how to make a film.
Panelist: Matt Green Cairo |
| 2:30 PM | An Hour With Tom Savini | The actor, FX artist, and horror icon speaks about his past works and future projects.
Panelists: Tom Savini Cairo |
| 5:30 PM | The Best Sci-Fi & Horror You’ve Never Seen | Our panel of experts dig up some of the best genre films you’ve never heard of. These are films you’ll love, but have beenhidden away.
Panelists: Dr. Bob Blackwood, John L. Flynn, Chris Gore, Matthew M. Foster Cairo |
| 5:30 PM | The Adventures of Our Foreign Filmmakers | The 2010 Fest has films from Japan, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Panama, Iran, and more. Our travelers willspeak about their filmmaking.
The Learning Center |
| Sunday | ||
| 10:00 AM | Troma Master Class | The man behind Troma passes on his insights into low budget filmmaking
Panelist: Lloyd Kaufman Cairo; (2.5 Hrs) |
| 2:30 PM | Low Budget Animation | Want to make cartoons… but money and helpers are scarce? Learn the ins and outs of low budget animation
Panelist: Mike Salva Cairo |
| 8:30 PM | The Best Short Films of the Last 20 Years | We take a look at some of the best short films of the last twenty films, and leave enough time to argue which are truly the best.
The Learning Center |
| Monday | ||
| 10:00 AM | Film Festival: Filmmaker Discussion | Our group discussion of short filmmaking covering painful production and festival war stories, and how to get your film into a fest. Open to all.
Regency V |
| 1:00 PM | Film Festival Awards Ceremony | The Presentation of the 2010 Dragon*Con Independent Short Film Festival awards
Regency V |
| 4:00 PM | Film Festival Closing: What’s Next for our Filmmakers and Wrap-up | What went right? Wrong? Just weird? We will discuss what is next for the fest and our filmmakers and leave time for the traditional end-of-fest beer.
The Learning Center |
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