ASIFA Seattle eNews Archive

October 2, 2008

Don Hertzfeldt at the Grand Illusion ASIFA Seattle and The Grand Illusion Cinema present Don Hertzfeldt screening his new short film, I AM SO PROUD OF YOU Dark family secrets cast shadows over Bill's recovery, in this second chapter to Everything will be OK. Monday October 6th for one night only Showtimes are 7:00PM & 9:15PM Tickets $10 Cult animator and Academy Award nominee Don Hertzfeldt (Rejected, the Meaning of Life, Billy's Balloon) visits Seattle for a special one-night-only event! A selection of Don's classic animated shorts return to the big screen, culminating in the exclusive regional premiere of his brand new film, I am so proud of you. His longest piece to date, I am so proud of you is the eagerly anticipated second chapter to Everything will be OK, winner of the Sundance Film Festival's Grand Jury Award in Short Filmmaking and named by many critics as one of the "best films of 2007". The screening will be immediately followed by a live on-stage interview and audience Q+A with Don Hertzfeldt. One night only! Grand Illusion Cinema 1403 NE 50th St. Seattle, WA 98105 grandillusioncinema.org

images courtesy of Don Hertzfeldt © 2008 Bitter Films www.bitterfilms.com

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In This Issue:

Don Hertzfeldt at The Grand Illusion Cinema
Local Screenings
ASIFA Seattle forums
Classes and Workshops

Local Screenings

October 6, Monday 7:00PM & 9:15PM

These films are unrated and not recomended for children.

Northwest Film Forum 1515 12th Ave, Seattle WA 98122
www.nwfilmforum.org
206-329-2629

JAZZ ANIMATION FROM THE HUBLEY STUDIO
(John and Faith Hubley, USA, 1957—75, 35mm, 70 min)
Presented by:
Music Movies
Family Frames
Earshot Jazz Films
November 1—2, Saturday—Sunday at 5:00PM

Beginning in the 1950s, the wonderfully imaginative and innovative films of independent animators John and Faith Hubley broke from traditional styles of animation and addressed important issues with intelligence, passion and humor. Their poetic sensibility and whimsical, impressionistic visual style (more reminiscent of painters Klee and Miro than Disney) lent itself perfectly to jazz music. "There’s something about jazz’s bending of time within a rigid format that also applies to animation," Faith Hubley once observed. "That’s why they work so well together. It’s a marriage made in heaven." This special program highlights the best of the Hubleys’ jazz films, featuring their collaborations with such musicians and composers as Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Quincy Jones, Benny Carter, and others.

This film is rated G and is appropriate for all ages.

PUNTO Y RAYA
(Various directors and countries, 2002—2007, 65 min)
Presented by: Northwest Film Forum and Third Eye Cinema
November 13, Thursday at 8:00PM

Buenos Aires-based artist and organizer with MAD (Moviment d’Alliberament Digital) Nöel Palazzo introduces an engaging selection of contemporary experimental animated films in which artists from England, Spain, Germany, Japan, the United States and Canada explore graphics, abstraction and synesthesia. Culled from the most recent Punto Y Raya Festival, a collaboration of Mad-Actions and the iota Center, this special program surveys the currents of “visual music” with films by Chris Casady, Joaquin Gil, Danielle Ye, Laurie Gibbs, Tom Jobbins, Bret Battey and many others.

2D or Not 2D Festival
Pacific Science Center
November 14—15 2008
www.pacsci.org/imax
Festival Website www.2dornot2d.org

The 2D OR NOT 2D ANIMATION FESTIVAL is coming to Seattle’s Imax Theater in the Pacific Science Center on November 14th & 15th, 2008. A not to miss event featuring amazing animation, incredible speakers, awards presentations, animation workshops and a gala event packed into 2 days. All in our own backyard! Festival Program

The Festival is presented by the Animaticus Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving, teaching and evolving the artform of 2D animation in a digital world

ASIFA Seattle Forums

Classes and Workshops

Northwest Film Forum
www.nwfilmforum.org

After Effects Basics
Three Tuesdays, Oct. 7, 14 & 21, 6:30-9:30pm
Cost: $280 ($250 WigglyWorld Members)
Instructor: Trent Woolford
Class limit: 6

AfterEffects is a powerful animation and compositing tool, with a wide range of applications. Commonly used for film, television and multimedia, this program can be difficult to crack at first. Once the basics are mastered, it offers a rich and nearly unlimited range of creative possibilities. Well be learning from the ground up how to animate typography, as well as combine and manipulate footage and other elements to create effects and motion graphics.

Introduction to Flash
Four Wednesdays, Oct. 8, 15, 22 & 29, 6:30-9:30pm
Instructor: Bryan Schaeffer
Cost: $320 ($290 WigglyWorld Members)
Max Attendance: 6

Prerequiste: Basic knowledge of Photoshop and a vector-based drawing program (Illustrator, Freehand) Flash is the premiere software for animating different media formats, including photography, line art, sound and video. Learn the basic skills of Flash's robust animation tools to incorporate in the interactive environment of a website. With hands-on learning in class and between class assignments, you'll learn how to create animations starting from storyboards and a project plan, navigate the Flash environment, determine the best production methods, and put into motion your most creative ideas. During the class, students will each develop individual projects under the guidance of the instructor. By the end of this introduction, you will feel comfortable with Flash's comprehensive set of tools to really begin exploring new realms of animation and interactivity.

Optical Printing and Direct Animation
Four Saturdays, Nov. 1, 8, 15 & 22, 12-3pm
Cost: $130 ($100 WigglyWorld Members)
Instructor: Jon Behrens
Class limit: 8

In this very hands-on class, filmmakers will learn direct animation techniques like painting, bleaching, scratching and dying 16mm celluloid film stock and then learn how to create magic using NWFF's JK Optical Printer-an age old and nearly forgotten device used to re-photograph motion picture film with dazzling results by learning basic and not so basic optical printer skills. At the end of four weekends students will have contributed to the making of a short experimental film that will be very colorful and beautiful.

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