welcome
ISSUE 03
Hello everybody! It is finally the recess week and we hope everyone will take this opportunity to rest well during the one week break!
nuSTUDIOS activities will continue after the break, so read on to find out more!
MAIN
HIGHLIGHTS FROM WEEK 7 ONWARDS:
4th March – WE ? FILM (last session)
11th March - Scriptwriting workshop part 3
18th March - Road Trip, A Satire of Life (a series of 3 films)
25th March - Script Market (Part of Incubator Programme – SEE BELOW)
WE ? FILM
In week 7 (the week after the recess week), we will be having our final WE ? FILMS of the semester. The movie that will be screened is Little Miss Sunshine, a dramedy about a dysfunctional family on a road trip to attend their daughter’s beauty pageant.
Movie: Little Miss Sunshine
Date & Time : 4th March 2009
Venue: Central Library Theatrette 1 (Level 4, Besides Loan Desk)
NC-16 : Sexual Reference
click here for the trailer!
If you feel stressed out from all that studying for your mid-term tests, do consider coming down to kick back, relax and rewind with us! You are guaranteed to have a jolly good time!
Road Trip, A Satire of Life (A screening of 3 films)
Titled Road Trip, this nuSTUDIOS screening showcases three films made by our very own members, of which are directorial debuts. Life is a journey posing many obstacles and countless unanswered questions. These three films tell the stories of how different individuals discover themselves upon embarking the road called ‘life’.
Screening will be followed by a sharing session by the casts and the crews of the films.
Date: 18th March 2009
Time : 6.30 pm
Look out for the poster for more details. Enquiries and RSVP to yishu@nustudios.org
nuSTUDIOS Incubator Programme
Minutes (2007) you could be part of something like this!
The nuSTUDIOS Incubator Programme aims to identify potentials in the area of film-making to take part in this 6-part programme where individuals will be provided guidance and technical assistance to materialize one’s film idea. All individuals will be required to undergo a pitching session during Script Market. Completed scripts are not required as long as you have an idea and a story you want to tell.
Budding film-makers interested in directing, producing, cinematographing…etc. are welcomed to come down to the pitching session to find projects that they will be interested to take up. Following the Script Market, selected scripts and ideas will undergo further development with our resident tutor, and estsablished scriptwriter, Lee Thean Jean(Calefare, After Hours).
The following events are lined up to faciliate interested parties for the programme:
Scriptwriting Workshop (Part III) – 11 March
Script Market - 25 March
One-Day Production Crash Course – 11 May (tentative)
Production Period – 11 May- 31 July
ADMINSTRATIVE
Event Coverage Recruitment
We are recruiting 2 camera personnel and 1 editor for each of the following events:
- NUS Symphony Orchestra (NUSSO) - 14 March 2009 (Sat) – 8pm – UCC Hall
- NUS Dance Synergy – 25 March 2009 (Wed) – 8pm – UCC Theatre
This is your chance to get hands-on with cameras and equipment if you have not had any! If you are interested, sign up at http://www.nustudios.org/eventscoverage
Film Camp 2009 Recruitment
Film Camp 2009 is coming! It would be held during the three months break. If you are interested in being part of the organising committee for Film Camp 2009, please apply now!
Email enquiry@nustudios.org with the title ‘Film Camp 2009!’ and include in the email your contact details, area of interest, experience and why you want to be part of this team! If you have a great idea for the camp and would like to see it come to life, do not hesitate tendering for this project too!
Positions available: Programmes, Marketing, Publicity, Logistics
Closing date: 1st of March, 2009.
+ Points: Meet more people, pick up skills in planning an event, learn more about film-making, CCA points (tip: you can get more than just 8 cca points when you help out in nuSTUDIOS activities)
PAST EVENTS
Previously…
Over the last few weeks, we had our second WE HEART FILM and second session of Scriptwriting Workshop.
The second installment of We ? FILMS held the Wednesday before last (11 Feb 09) brought to us the film Closer (2004) which received mixed responses from our audiences. A discussion session was held shortly after the screening with Kenny, our former exco member, leading the session.
Yishu, vice-president, programme side
During the second scriptwriting workshop, Ian coached us different aspects of protagonists, villains and character development. Those who attended the workshops learned valuable tips on modelling unique and memorable characters.
Another picture of Ian, our scriptwriting head!
If you missed any of these events. we still have many more lined up! Do come down because this is what makes a nuSTUDIOS member special!
nuSTUDIOS wishes all members all the best in the upcoming midterms and in the second half of the semester! |
