Media Industries for New Mexico's Future (MISP Conference January 12th)

By all accounts, it's been a great year for New Mexico's Film and Media Industries, with production, income and employment all up, more locally shot work hitting the screens and students beginning to graduate from programs ushered in with the state's Media Industries Strategic Plan a few years ago.

For portion of what's going on with all that, you might be interested in the 4th Annual Media Industries Conference: "Media Industries 4 New Mexico's Future" (also known as the "MISP" Conference, for New Mexico's Media Industries Strategic Plan). It'll run Saturday this time, January 12th at UNM's Student Union Building from 9am - 5pm.

We've got an exciting line-up with Maggie Macnab on Design, Making NM's Incentives Work, Indie Filmmaking Essentials, Animation, Game Development and Education sessions (and more). The event is free, but registration is required (Click here to Register). More info at the ARTS Lab site as well.

Events Tonight & This Weekend

Hi everyone…

Just a quick reminder -- events from IGDA, the NM Filmmakers Intensive at College of Santa Fe, a Cinnafilm Open House with Lance Maurer, and Friends of Film and Video Arts Holiday Gathering...

Game Developers Unite! at the 2nd Rio Grande IGDA Chapter meeting in Albuquerque.  More info at:  http://www.igda.org/albuquerque (but it's at Sauce/Raw in Albuquerque, from 6-8PM)

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Saturday, November 17 10:00 AM - Garson Communications Center - Studio One.
NM Filmmakers Intensive - Free Open House
Join the New Mexico Filmmakers Intensive (NMFI) for an open house on Saturday, Nov. 17 at 10 a.m. in the Garson Communications Center, Studio One.
Learn more about our post-graduate professional filmmaking program. Take your filmmaking ambitions from zero to sixty in eight months.
•    Small classes, hands-on workshops
•    Full-time curriculum taught by industry professionals
•    Up to $10K budgets provided for approved NMFI films
•    Screenwriters complete a feature-length screenplay
•    State-of-the-art equipment & facilities
•    Visiting Hollywood Filmmakers

New Mexico residents are eligible for tuition assistance. Limited enrollment -- apply now! RSVP to info@filmmakersintensive.com or 505/473-6400.
For more information, visit www.filmmakersintensive.com

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Cinnafilm is hosting a holiday mixer/networking social for film, art, and media folks this Saturday at my studio from 5-8pm.  The studio is located at 600 Central SE, suite 229 upstairs from the Grove Cafe just 2 block west of the highway (please park in the west lot).  We will be serving some food and beverages (please don't drink and drive), and will probably be screening some random short films as well.  I apologize if some of you are receiving this notice for the second time - if you have already RSVP'd there is no need to do so again.  If you are interested in attending, please email an RSVP headcount by this Wednesday to Info@cinnafilm.com.
 
Have a safe and blessed holiday season.
 
Regards,
 
Lance Maurer
CEO, Cinnafilm, Inc.
(505) 463-8891
Lance@cinnafilm.com
www.cinnafilm.com
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Join Friends of Film, Video and Arts
PREMIERING
"The Art of Storytelling in Documentaries" and celebrating our 2nd anniversary

This Sunday December 16 at Harwood Art Center
1114 Seventh St NW, ABQ (near Old Town at Mountain and Seventh)
3pm Social
3:30-6pm Screening "The Art of Storytelling in Documentaries", Q and A with filmmakers who were both behind and in front of the camera, and Holiday Anniversary party.

Members Free
non-Members & Guests $5-10 donations welcome, at the door

Documentary Description:
A good movie, whether documentary or narrative, has a compelling story, well told.  "The Art of Storytelling in Documentaries" reveals the secrets!  Six New Mexico professional filmmakers and screenwriters share why they tell stories, how they know when they've got a good story, how they find the storyteller within the movie, and the structure of storytelling in movies. 
Friends of Film, Video and Arts, Executive Producer
Rebecca Jo Dakota, Producer
Brad Stoddard, Co-Producer and Editor

For more info: 505-897-2101 or email stirling@filmvideoarts.org
www.filmvideoarts.org
Friends of Film, Video and Arts
is a non-profit, member driven organization of independent filmmakers
working together as peers to make quality films while enhancing our individual education, work experience,
trade relationship, and overall satisfaction with the film industry in New Mexico.

TONIGHT: AIGA Holiday Cocktail Hour in Santa Fe

The San Francisco Street Bar & Grill is located just off the Plaza on the corner of San Francisco and Don Gaspar in Santa Fe. Questions? Please email events@santafe.aiga.org. No RSVP necessary.

MacArthur Series on Digital Media and Learning -- this Wednesday On-Line & Second Life

From the Serious Games Community -- and Global Kids -- comes another event this Wednesday on-line or in Second Life. More info below.  There are a whole slew of events going on, from the NanoTech Forum today and tomorrow (at Embassy Suites), the the Winter Tech Holiday Event tomorrow night (Tuesday @ Hotel Albuquerque), and the Game Developers Holiday Meet-up Thursday @ Sauce|Raw...

Join the web or Second Life simulcast on December 12, 2007, 5:30-7:30
EST p.m., for an event hosted by the John D. and Catherine T.
MacArthur Foundation to celebrate the publication of the MacArthur
Series on Digital Media and Learning.

It will feature:

- Henry Jenkins, Professor, MIT, and author of Convergence Culture,
will talk about his latest work on media literacy and skills young
people need for the 21st Century.
- Katie Salen, Professor, Parsons the New School for Design, and game
designer, will discuss the new public school based on design and
games she is opening in New York City.
- Howard Gardner, Professor, Harvard University, and author of Five
Minds for the Future, will talk about the ethical implications of
growing up online.

The panel will be introduced by Jonathan Fanton, MacArthur President,
and moderated by Connie Yowell, MacArthur's Director of Education.

To view the event remotely:

- view the live stream on the web at: www.tinyurl.com/25mxf9

- watch with others in Second Life at the University of Southern
California Annenberg Island - www.tinyurl.com/3596ty

- watch with teens in Second Life at the Global Kids estate -
www.tinyurl.com/2m4dnp

To learn more about attending in person, visit:
http://digitallearning.macfound.org/site/c.enJLKQNlFiG/b.3612939/

The simulcast of this event is being created by Global Kids
(globalkids,org) as part of the MacArthur Foundation's year long
investigation into the role of philanthropy in virtual worlds.
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Online Leadership Program
Global Kids
http://www.globalkids.org
http://olp.globalkids.org
http://www.NewzCrew.org
Play our game! http://theCostofLife.org

Sign-up for the Global Kids' Newsletter: Send an email to:
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ABQ Game Developers Meet-up December 13th

GAME DEVELOPERS UNITE --- & GIVE BACK!
ALBUQUERQUE IGDA HOLIDAY MEET-UP 12/13

For Immediate Release
Contact: Eric Renz-Whitmore, ewhitmore@gmail.com

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Albuquerque's Rio Grande Chapter of the
International Game Developers Association (IGDA) will have its second
chapter meeting Thursday, December 13th at Sauce|Raw Nightclub
downtown, featuring speed presentations on projects and activities
from the local game community, and a chance to give back through the
"Child's Play Charity" which benefits UNM Children's Hospital.

Jonathan Whetzel, one of the Chapter Organizers, is adding another feature this time
out, suggesting "a cause that ties in nicely to the theme of the IGDA
and gamers everywhere.  The Child's Play Charity, started by the guys
who created the Penny Arcade comics, collects new video games and toys
for children's hospitals around the world."

From their website (http://www.childsplaycharity.org):

"Since 2003, over 100,000 gamers worldwide have banded together
through Child's Play, a community based charity grown and nurtured
from the game culture and industry. Over two million dollars in
donations of toys, games, books and cash for sick kids in children¹s
hospitals across North America and the world have been collected since
our inception.
... When gamers give back, it makes a difference!"

Since UNM Children's Hospital is one of the partnering hospitals that
can use your help, Albuquerque IGDA will collect donations at the
event.

Scheduled Presenters Include:
Glyn Anderson (GPS/Abalone Studios)
Teri Farley (Art Center Design College)
Tom Greenbaum (Intel)
Bill Klein (Extreme AI)
Aaron Kraft (Escher 5D)
Khepran Mathes (Abalone Studios)
Jason Montoya (National Video Game Association)
Eric Renz-Whitmore (UNM ARTS Lab)
Jonathan Whetzel (Sandia National Labs)

WHO: Game Developers and People Interested in Work in the Game
Industry (17 and older)
WHAT: IGDA Chapter Meeting
WHERE:  Sauce|Raw Nightclub, Downtown Albuquerque (NW Corner of 4th
and Central)
WHEN: Thursday, December 13 (6:00PM Open, 6:30PM Presentations Start)
HOW:  More info at http://www.igda.org/albuquerque

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NM Filmmakers Conference & First Vision Forum March 27-28

Please plan to join the New Mexico State Film Office for the combined NM Filmmakers Conference and First Vision Forum, featuring workshops, networking opportunities, and informational sessions with film and television industry experts.

Save the Date: March 27th – 29th 2008

Hyatt Regency Albuquerque

330 Tijeras, NW

505-842-1234

Special rate for conference attendees: $119 per night

Full schedule and registration to be posted at www.nmfilm.com in February.

Questions please email nm.filmmakers@nmfilm.com.

Mother Road, Hamlet (the Vampire Slayer) & Haiku City Slam Championship

Lots of stuff going on this weekend in Albuquerque.  Here are just a few highlights from theatre, local  film and poetry...

Mother Road Theatre Company Prebut: ONE WEEKEND LEFT!

Thanks for making our first weekend such a smash success! If you haven't seen the show yet, you have one more weekend to c'mon down to the Mother Road and vote! This Saturday night, Dec. 8, we will have live music after the show! Art Edwards group "Inside Out" will be performing with Patty Stevens!

WHEN: LAST WEEKEND! December 7, 8, 9
8:00pm curtain Friday and Saturday, 2:00pm on Sunday

WHERE: The Filling Station (see below), 1024 Fourth Street SW, Albuquerque, 87102. It's at the corner of 4th and Pacific in Barelas and there's plenty of parking!

RESERVATIONS: Call 505-873-4831. These are benefit performances for the Theatre Company and admission is FREE with a $15 suggested donation.
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Local Sketch Comedy Group Hits the Big Screen!

EAT, DRINK AND BE LARRY PRESENTS "Hamlet: The Vampire Slayer"

WHAT: "Hamlet: The Vampire Slayer" Feature Film Premiere Screening
WHEN: Friday and Saturday, December 7 - 8 @ 10:30pm
WHERE: The Guild Cinema (3405 Central Ave. NE Albuquerque, NM 87106; 505-255-1848; www.guildcinema.com)
HOW MUCH: $7
WHY: Huh?

Check out the world premiere screening of Hamlet: The Vampire Slayer!!! For two nights only, the Guild Cinema presents Eat, Drink and Be Larry's feature film debut. HVS was originally performed as a play at the late Gorilla Tango Comedy Theatre in April 2006, and was subsequently determined one of New Mexico's TOP TEN ARTISTIC & CULTURAL EVENTS OF 2006 by the Weekly Alibi.

ABOUT THE MOVIE:
Written by Jason Witter and Aaron Frale, and directed by Jason Witter, HVS is a combination of Shakespeare's Hamlet, and the hit TV series, Buffy: The Vampire Slayer. Hamlet (Kevin R. Elder) is haunted by the possibility that his Latin Lover Uncle Claudio (Doug Montoya) is a vampire who murdered Hamlet's father (Elias Lee Francis IV) in order to become king and seduce Hamlet's mother, Gertrude (Summer Olsson). As the obvious truth slaps Hamlet in the face, he must suppress his desires to become a male cheerleader, and face the fact that he is the chosen one who must face the demons of darkness. Along the way, he is aided by his faithful friend Horatio (George Bach), The Playa King (Rusty Rutherford), and two of Europe's finest vampire slayers, Othello (Andy Brooks) and MacBeth (Nick Lopez). Hamlet's path is obstacled by his frat-buddies-turned-bloodsuckers, Rosenchad (Daniel T. Cornish) and Guildenbrad (Scott Bryan), and his insane, obsessed girlfriend, Ophelia (Leslie Nesbit), and her bad ass cheerleading brother, Laertes (Chet Stillwood). In the end, it all comes down to a battle of vampires and wits, as Hamlet and Laertes dual it out in a no-holds-barred, male cheerleading dance off that can only end in one thing - DEATH!!!
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And finally...
Wordspace: Haiku City Championship Poetry Slam

Saturday, December 8, 2007 - 7:30pm
Outpost Perfomance Space

Presented in partnership with ABQslams & New Mexico Literary Arts
$10/$5 Members. Available in advance, by phone or in person, at the Outpost Performance Space (268-0044)


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Eric Renz-Whitmore, Program Coordinator
ARTS Lab
MSC04 2570
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
505-277-2253
http://artslab.unm.edu

Student Film Showing TONIGHT @ ARTS Lab

UNM's Word and Image students (Cinematic Arts 429) are premiering four new pieces tonight at the ARTS Lab Garage (details below).  The instructor, Michael Kamins (KNME) always gets good, high quality work from his student production teams, and this year we'll see a closer working relationship with Kristen Loree's Acting for the Camera class in Theatre and Dance.  In addition to her fine work in the department and running Sol Arts, Kristin is spending more and more time working with actors on visiting productions.

The Life, Death, and Aptitude of Todd Winters
 – Producer: Charles D. Care II, Director: Matt Garcia, Writer: Gary Montry

Asterisk
 – Producer: Jessica Downey, Director/Writer: Jessica Stone

Nightmares Outside of Dreams
 – Producer: Justin Pichardo, Director and Writer: Justin Golightly.

Lying Around
 – Produced and Directed by: Bree Anderson, David Pino and Chris Gillooly, Written by Airelle Windham

WHEN: Thursday December 6, 2007 at 6:30PM

WHERE: ARTS Lab Garage, 131 Pine St, NE (One block west of University, half a block north of Central)

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We are also showing MA429 films earlier in the day at
Kristen Loree's acting class. We will be in the X Theater
at 2:45PM.

Producers, please make sure I have dvds available for
Kristen's class.

The MA 429 class is invited to Kristen's class. Please
invite anyone you like
to the evening event.

See you soon,

Michael

KNME-TV5 KNME-DT35 KNMD-9 KNME.org

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Eric Renz-Whitmore, Program Coordinator
ARTS Lab
MSC04 2570
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
505-277-2253
http://artslab.unm.edu

Nano-Tech Forum in Albuquerque

Next week, the Forbes | Wolfe Nanotech Forum in Albuquerque (December 10 and 11 at the Embassy Suites) will have an impressive line-up of speakers from the nanotech research and business worlds, highlighting the opportunities presented by groups such as CINT, the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, right here in New Mexico. 

Markets & Molecules: Inventing the Future. Investing in Nanotech.

Nanotechnology — controlling matter at the molecular level — is sparking a wave of innovation in everything from everyday clothing to cutting edge materials like "invisibility cloaks."

Battery-powered fabrics that will enable soldiers to plug electronic devices into their uniforms, medical treatments that target cancerous cells with minimal side effects and materials lighter than steel that possess ten times as much strength are no longer just hype; nor are they breakthroughs that will take decades to materialize. As the pace of invention quickens, technological discoveries are accelerating change and creating opportunity for nimble startups and wreaking havoc on incapacitated incumbents.

Breakthroughs that were once science fiction are now science fact. Inventions such as stain-proof clothing, solar cells printed on plastic, and memory chips thousands of times smaller, cheaper and more powerful have electrified the investment world and are set to disrupt old blue-chip companies. Once "stealth" companies such as A123 Systems, Nanosys and Cambrios are readying to step into the spotlight and high-flying venture capitalists are placing their multi-million dollar bets. As global spending on nanotech R&D continues to grow, exceeding an estimated $12 billion in 2006, who is reaping the rewards and how can you — whether an institutional or individual investor, company executive or board member — position yourself accordingly?

At this groundbreaking inaugural forum, you will:

Learn from and challenge hand picked world-leaders dissecting every facet of the nanotech field Hear from the world's most elite scientists who will share their ideas on what it takes to invent and invest in the future Discover how to take advantage of the sizeable opportunities in this growing industry Gain exclusive access to cutting-edge nanotechnology labs Pick the brains of the entrepreneurs risking it all in tandem with the venture capitalists, private equity, and hedge fund financiers

More information at the Forbes | Wolfe Nanotech Forum site.

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Eric Renz-Whitmore, Program Coordinator
ARTS Lab
MSC04 2570
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
505-277-2253
http://artslab.unm.edu

This Week @ UNM / ARTS Lab

Three events in the ARTS Lab world this week at UNM.

GAME ON
First, all day Thursday, students will have their new games on display for the CS/ECE 433 Video Game Competition.  The public can try its hand at the games in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Building atrium from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, with judges reviewing the games from 5:30 - 7:00 PM. Several Awards will be given for best games, people's choice and most creative games.
WHEN:  9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (Public Play); 5:30 - 7:00 PM Judges Review, Thursday 12/6
WHERE:  ECE Atrium @ UNM (Main Campus)

WORD & IMAGE MOVIE SCREENING
Each year, UNM Cinematic Arts' "Word & Image" video production class produces several stand-out short movies, many of which have gone on to acclaim at festival showings and beyond.  This year, five production teams will show their short movies at UNM's ARTS Lab Garage (more info to come).
WHEN:  6:30 - 8:00 PM, Thursday, 12/6
WHERE:  ARTS Lab Garage, 131 Pine St, NE (One block west of University, half a block north of Central)

THE DRM GAME
Digital Rights Management (DRM), the control, tracking, and pay structure for distribution of digital media from music to movies, TV shows and games, is a hot-button issue for students, business people, and the creators of content alike (among other things, it's closely related to the ongoing WGA writers strike).  How do media companies enforce restrictions on download and distribution of music and movies?  Why have Apple's iTunes and the group Radiohead achieved such success?  Join us at the ARTS Lab Garage this Friday when ECE Professor Greg Heileman leads the audience through a game that simulates the DRM decision-making process to show which activities work for media companies, and which behaviors will likely lead to prosecution.
WHEN:  2:00 - 4:00 PM, Friday 12/7
WHERE:  ARTS Lab Garage, 131 Pine St, NE (One block west of University, half a block north of Central)

For more information on these and other ARTS Lab Events, visit us at:  http://artslab.unm.edu/newsevents


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Eric Renz-Whitmore, Program Coordinator
ARTS Lab
MSC04 2570
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
505-277-2253
http://artslab.unm.edu

Incentives Session @ Santa Fe Film Festival today...

NEW MEXICO FILM INCENTIVES:
CAN THE SUCCESS BE DUPLICATED?

Film production has not only doubled, but tripled and even quadrupled since Gov. Bill Richardson, with the blessings of the New Mexico Legislature, enacted sweeping tax rebates and incentives to lure Hollywood to the state. Now, inquiring minds want to know: Can those same incentives be expanded to support the growth of a more sustainable and permanent multimedia cluster grounded in New Mexico, from soundstages and post-production houses to game designers and digital developers? Will the Legislature buy into sweetening the pot, or will the film industry have to prove itself before more gains can be made?
Moderator: Alton Walpole, president of Mountainair Films, Santa Fe's largest, full-service film production company
1:30-3:00 PM Sunday, Dec. 2
Unitarian Church
107 West Barcelona


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Eric Renz-Whitmore, Program Coordinator
ARTS Lab
MSC04 2570
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
505-277-2253
http://artslab.unm.edu