Lyn Eliot raising funds for new animated short

Local animator Lyn Eliot, creator of "Another Dress, Another Button" is raising funds for her newest project.  She is co-directing the five-minute film "I Was a Teenage Girl, Apparently" with New York based animator/illustrator Nina Frenkel.  Eliot serves as the film's writer and editor.

Frenkel animated this film using "tradigital" animation where hand-drawn elements are combined using computer animation; a little old school meets new.  Frenkel admits the method is pain-staking, taking countless hours.

Both film makers have started a Kickstarter campaign to hire more Toon Boom animators.  Given proper funding, they believe will get to see the film in August of 2014.  They are offering up some wicked prizes for those who help.

"A short animation about a woman who finds her twenty-year-old diary, and goes back in time to talk some sense into her teenage self." - Kickstarter Campaign

Support IFC 2013 Fantasy Filmmaker Draft

Originally posted by: On Independent Film Coalition Kansas City's blog by  John Young // News // January 12, 2013

 
On January 30th, the IFC 5th Annual Fantasy Filmmaker Draft film project will officially begin.  For those of you that haven’t been involved in a FFD before, it is a truly unique filmmaking experience.  The goal of this project is to give you the opportunity to work with others with whom you have never worked before. While it is hoped that the final production is of high quality, that goal is second to learning to work with new people. Everyone who wants to participate, will.  See the bottom of the page for details.
Here is how it works:

January 30th – Writer/Director/Producer Draft

• Five team captains will be randomly drawn from the list of those who wish to participate as a team captain.  These team captains will choose which position on their own team they will fill (producer, writer, or director).
• In ‘fantasy football draft’ fashion, each team captain selects a writer, a director, or a producer.  Captain A will select one position, followed by Captain B, followed by Captain C, etc.  This continues until each team’s principal positions are filled.

February 6-March 6 – The Writing

Immediately following the draft, the writers for each team begin the writing process, with each script building off the previous writer’s work.  Writer A will write 5-7 pages and give it to Writer B.  Beginning where Writer A left off, Writer B will write 5-7 pages and give it to Writer C, and so on.  At the end of the writing process there will be one cohesive story, with five distinct chapters, collaboratively written by the five different writers.

• Script 1 due February 6
• Script 2 due February 13
• Script 3 due February 20
• Script 4 due February 27
• Script 5 due March 6 – All five writers meet to finalize and make the scripts cohesive.

March  13 – Cast & Crew Draft

Teams will gather to choose the rest of their filmmaking team.  Teams will choose:

• actors
• editors
• directors of photography
• crew
• all the rest of their team (extras, PA’s, scriptys)

March 14- April 2 – Film Production

Teams will have these three weeks to produce their film.  They will plan, shoot, edit, and then turn in their finished product at the Wednesday night meeting on April 4th.

April 6 – Public Screening

All five films will be put together to make one film in five chapters.  The film will be screened for the public, with refreshments and socializing included at the screening.

To Participate

Because of the unique nature of this event, filmmakers of all skills are encouraged to participate.  Industry veterans, newbies, professionals and amateurs can all work together on one project.  Everyone is welcome to participate whether an IFC member or non-member.  There is a $5 entry fee for IFC members, $10 for non-members.  To be eligible for the Draft, participants must indicate the positions in which they are interested.   To participate contact president@ifckc.com .  Official Rules will be released shortly, until then you can see last years rule here .

The BlueCat Screenwriting Workshop Returns to Kansas City!

The BlueCat Screenwriting Workshop Returns to Kansas City!

November 18th, 9:00AM – 6:00PM

Innovation Cafe

2029 Wyandotte St.

Kansas City, MO 64108-1942

http://www.bluecatscreenplay.com/workshops/kansas-city/

Full Registration: $195 (Limit 7)

Regular Registration: $45

CONTACT

info@bluecatscreenplay.com

ABOUT

Gordy Hoffman, the Sundance award-winning writer/director (LOVE LIZA, A COAT OF SNOW)

and founder of the BlueCat Screenplay Competition, returns to Kansas City to lead a

screenwriting workshop on November 18th, from 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Winner of the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the Sundance Film Festival for LOVE LIZA,

Gordy Hoffman has taught screenwriting at the USC School of Cinematic Arts in Los Angeles,

as well as led workshops all over North America, Poland and the UK. He has served as a

panelist for the IFP Script to Screen Conference in NYC, Women in Film’s Script DC

Conference in Washington, DC, and the George Eastman House Film Festival, as well as a

judge for the McKnight Screenwriting Fellowships in Minnesota. Gordy Hoffman founded the

BlueCat Screenplay Competition in 1998 and remains its judge. He’s currently writing a movie

about a comic book trade.

THE FULL SCRIPT WORKSHOP (Limit 7 Writers)

Participants read seven screenplays in advance of the workshop. During the workshop, Gordy

provides direct and in-depth feedback on each screenplay, with everyone encouraged to

contribute his or her own thoughts and concerns.

Each writer will leave with great sense of what they can do specifically to improve their

screenplay, as well a better awareness of where they might properly develop as a professional

screenwriter as a whole. Not only do you learn from the focus placed on your screenplay by the

workshop, but also by the examination of the six other scripts of the day.

Screenplays can be first drafts or rewrites, incomplete or partial, with first time writers and

veterans all welcome. Scripts are due 10-14 days prior to the date of the workshop.

Note: Screenplays submitted to the workshop are not eligible to be entered into the BlueCat

Screenplay Competition.

REGULAR REGISTRATION OPTION

Do you want to participate, but do not have a script to submit at this time? Regular registration

for the workshop allows you to attend without submitting written material, read the scripts in

advance and still participate in the discussion.

For more information, please visit:

http://www.bluecatscreenplay.com/workshops/kansas-city/