Film & Workshop Schedule
The 2010 Schedule is to be announced in April. For a taste of what to expect, see last years information below
Grand Rapids Art Museum
Friday, August 28
- 5 pm - 8 pm, Cook Auditorium
- Friday Night Kick-Off Party. $5 Admission
- Outdoor music starts at 5 pm.
- Lecture w/ filmmaker Rich Brauer at 7 pm.
- 8 pm - 10 pm, Garden Room/Studio
- Screenwriting Workshop in the Betz Studio
- Help write the scene that will be produced
- the following day. Free admission.
- Friday, August 28, 10 pm
- Mr. Art Critic. Free Admission
Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts
Friday, August 28
No Friday Events
Saturday, August 29
- Free Admission to GRAM on Saturday. All programs are FREE to attend.
- 10 am - 10:30 am, Cook Auditorium
- Lecture/Discussion: Industry Relations
- Evan Koons, Compass Film Academy
- 10 am - 3 pm, Garden Room/Studio
- Family Activities in Filmmaking
- 10:30 am - 11 am, Cook Auditorium
- Lecture: Film's Use of Landscape: The Shaping
- of Audience Expectations about Michigan
- Kathi Groenendyk, Calvin Faculty
- 11 am - Noon, Cook Auditorium
- WMFVA Panel Discussion:
- The Business & Finance of Filmmaking
- 11 am - Noon, Garden Room/Studio
- S.O.U.L. of Philanthropy
- Daniel Garcia, Calvin College Faculty
- Noon - 12:30 pm, Garden Room/Studio
- Lecture: Looking at Art & Film
- Jon Carfagno, Education Director, GRAM
- Noon - 1 pm, Cook Auditorium
- Fading In: Michigans Independent Filmakers
- Kevin Corbett, Central Michigan University
- 12:30 - 1 pm, Garden Room/Studio
- Discussion: Film Music & Soundtracks
- Jen Pider, Pider Enterprises
- 1 pm - 2 pm, Garden Room/Studio
- Workshop: Special Effects Castmaking
- Dean Wilson
- 1 pm - 2 pm, Cook Auditorium
- WMFVA Panel Discussion:
- Pre-Production in the Film Process
- 2 pm - 2:30 pm, Cook Auditorium
- Lecture: Representations of Masculinity
- in the Motor City
- Toni Perrine, GVSU Faculty
- 2 pm - 2:30 pm, Garden Room/Studio
- Community Media Center Films
- 2:30 pm, Cook Auditorium
- The Michigan Perspective in Film
- Mitten Map Films and Award Ceremony
- 4 pm - 5 pm
- Miscellaneous Shorts
- See full schedule at right
Satuday, August 29
- Free admission to UICA. All events and screenings FREE to attend.
- Noon - 1:30 pm, Theatre
- To Live and Die in Dixie
- GVSU Summer Film Project
- Harper Philbin, GVSU Faculty Member
- 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm, Theatre
- Except for Six
- Compass Faculty & Hospice of Michigan
- 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm, Theatre
- Compass Film Academy Shorts
- 3:30 pm - 6:30 pm, Theatre
- Festival Showcase Films
- See full schedule at right
- 5 pm - 7:30 pm, Monroe Gallery
- WMFVA Workshop: Production
- Experience a working set.
- 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm, Theatre
- Up from the Bottoms:
- The Search for the American Dream
- Jim Schaub and Rod Schaub, GVSU Faculty
- 7:30 pm - 8 pm, Monroe Gallery
- Discussion: The Editing Process
- 8 pm - 10 pm, Monroe Gallery
- Open soundstage.
- Close-up look at the movie set.
- 8 pm - 8:30 pm, Theatre
- WMFVA Panel Discussion: Exhibition Venues
- 8:30 pm - 10 pm, Theatre
- Exhibition Venues and Distribution Methods:
- A panel discussion and short film ending
- with a conversation about Distribution
- Methods and an the evening Mixer.