film making

Attention all aspiring and amateur filmmakers: Wired Wednesday, Carson TV and the Brewery Arts Center present the third annual City Wide Short Film Competition.

Actor Nicolas Cage walks from the Legislature building in Carson City on May 7, 2013. Photo by Natasha Vitale

“I’m Nicolas Cage and I’m an American filmmaker,” said the actor to the Senate Committee on Revenue and Economic Development. This morning, Cage and Las Vegas mayor Carolyn Goodman testified in favor of a movie tax incentive bill, promising to use his connections in the industry to help spark a filmmaking boom in Nevada if the measure becomes law.

Be an actor! Shout out, “Lights! Camera! Action!” We’ve got the script. If you wish to act, you can audition. You and the others will be doing the needed skills of gathering costumes and props, manning the cameras, controlling the lights and clapping the clapper. For registration go to www.breweryarts.org.

Tuition: $150 (140 BAC/NNFF Members)
Daily 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm
April 1 – April 5
Instructor: Darla Bayer
Location: Class held in Media Center

From a good story you will need to find good locations, good actors and know how to film, light and adjust audio. Each of these elements are covered in this class. If you have a story we will refine it first, then go on to scheduling, shooting and editing. For registration go to www.breweryarts.org.

Tuition: $130 ($120 BAC Members)
3 Wednesdays 5pm-7:00pm (+ some daytime dates for shooting/editing as needed. Total 6 classes)

Feb 6-20 (plus 3 TBD dates)
Instructor: Darla Bayer and crew
Location: Media Center

Kids and teens have the opportunity to show off their inner stardom by attending film making classes at Carson City’s Brewery Art Center.

Students who sign up can choose from film classes such as screen writing, directing, acting, and editing and posting production. These classes range from $20 - $120, and each class will be in session between the dates of July 25 – August 16.

See the full schedule of each class below.

Students can sign up at the Carson City, Nevada’s Public Access Station.

I know most movie goers don't care about three-year-old movies, but if they have a chance to see "Rachel Getting Married" and pass it up they are making a mistake. This film by Jonathan Demme is perhaps the ultimate tribute to American originality with its jazz-like, free-moving cameras and background music made up as the film was shot.

It's the way the film was made and the way it comes to life that is important. It's like real life in accented syllables that lift it out of the ordinary.

The movie "Red Riding Hood," currently showing at the Casino Fandango Galaxy multiplex in Carson City, makes s couple of nods to the fairy tale story but goes into more violent and wayward actions.

In a way, this is a ludicrous film, with Amanda Seyfried as Valerie (Red Riding hood), who certainly has the wide-eyed look of a naive young lady (not as a young girl, need a little more sex than a girl could offer) and in one scene almost becomes engaged in a bit of sex.

The Northern Nevada Film Factory "Youth Film Making Workshop" starts Monday August 16.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnHF9fm7vsg