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AURORA PICTURE SHOW AND MFA-H PRESENT SUFJAN STEVEN'S BQE
Aurora Picture Show and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, collaborate to present a screening of the film, The BQE, by singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens on Friday, January 8 at 7pm at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, 1001 Bissonnet Street. An orchestral homage to the architecture of the NYC boroughs and the imposing Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, Sufjan Stevens and Reuben Kleiner filmed The BQE on do-it-yourself 16mm film cameras. With animated footage of gridlock and the perpetual motion of choreography, the Koyaanisqatsi-style production utilizes time-lapse photography, in-camera editing, slow motion, and post-production mirror effects to transform the urban blight of traffic into a splendor of graphic compositions. Sufjan Stevens is an American singer-songwriter considered a part of the folk revival in indie-pop. Stevens has garnered much interest from the press for his "Fifty States Project", the purpose of which to complete an album about each of the states of the Unite...
CASTING DIRECTOR SHARI RHODES DIES
I've just learned the casting director Shari Rhodes has died..Rhodes started out in the 1970's with Jo Doster and Liz Keigley. The trios claim to fame was location casting for the Steven Speilberg feature "Jaws"...Here is a link to the story from variety.com...http://bit.ly/6TkSfw
RED ONE CLASS RESCHEDULED
SWAMP and XL Films invite you to a special one-day technical workshop on the revolutionary RED ONE 4K Digital Camera System. The RED ONE produces images that are 4 times the resolution of the best high-definition video, with the same aesthetically pleasing selective focus, latitude and color resolution as 35mm film, among many other unique features. In this workshop, you'll get a thorough run-through of the RED ONE's capabilities, operations and menus, as well as an overview of the RED all-digital post-production workflow. Please RSVP at swamp@swamp.org . Date: Saturday, January 23, 2010 Time: 10am - 4:30pm Location: Rice University Media Center Presented by XL Films Cost: FREE (must be a current SWAMP member to attend)
