Saturday, April 5 - Museum of Art Schedule (Workshops and screenings)

$2 discount for Crossroads Society members


8:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m. (free)
STORYBOARDS & FLIPBOOKS with Nan Beaumont

(Ages 6-12)
"Storyboards & Flipbooks" is a workshop for aspiring artists who don't own movie equipment. The emphasis is on staging and pre-visualizing with still photography, and on learning the basic principles of simple animation. Participants will create a commercial storyboard to be critiqued by local judges, along with a flipbook.
Mississippi Museum of Art
To reserve a seat, please email nbeaumont107@yahoo.com.

9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. ($5)
"SHOOT IT" - TEEN FILM MAKING WORKSHOP with ASH TAYLOR

(Ages 10-18)
This interactive workshop is for both the young filmmaker and actor. Ash Taylor, actor and director, will teach you the ins and outs of working behind the camera and in front of the camera. Participants will learn techniques used in blocking, lighting and acting in a scene.
Mississippi Museum of Art
To reserve a seat, please email wbiggins2@gmail.com.

9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. (free)
FILM & MUSIC: LEGAL ISSUES PANEL DISCUSSION

(Adults)
Panelists: Shawnassay Howell Britt, Orian Williams, Anna Kline, and Hal “Corky” Kessler
Moderator: Anita Modak-Turan
This roundtable featuring four industry experts on legal issues related to film production, distribution and music licensing, this panel will address potential difficulties that are encountered during the filmmaking process. Use of recorded music, footage of public and private landmarks, shooting permits, interview clearances, and other issues will be discussed, as they relate to all filmmakers. Questions from the audience are welcome and appreciated.
Mississippi Museum of Art.
To reserve a seat, please email wbiggins2@gmail.com

9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. ($10)
NEW MEDIA WORKSHOP with Anthony Marshall

(Adults)
Anthony Marshall, co-founder of MTV’s Lyricist Lounge and creative consultant for Current TV, gives a lecture on the exciting field of new media. The lecture explores a variety of digital content forms—software, websites, blogs and wikis, podcasting, and more—and shows how this information technology can be used to create new models for film and television production and distribution.
Mississippi Museum of Art
For more information call 601-212-7387.
To reserve a seat, please email wbiggins2@gmail.com

11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. (free)
YOUTH FILMMAKERS SHOWCASE

(All ages)
Sponsored by Canton Convention and Visitors Bureau and Film Office
A special screening of film shorts made by young moviemakers, ages 10-18, including videos made during the Canton Young Filmmakers Workshops 2007 and What’s Up? directed by Curtis Everitt.
Mississippi Museum of Art

1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. (free)
Screening of Take Part!

(All ages)

1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. ($5)
YOUTH ANIMATION WORKSHOP with Philip Gentile

(Ages 8 and up)
Phillip Gentile, filmmaker and professor of film at the University of Southern Mississippi, will conduct a camera-less animation workshop for kids of all ages. Each participant will create an animated film and view them with music at the end of the workshop.
Mississippi Museum of Art
To reserve a seat, please email wbiggins2@gmail.com.

1:30 p.m.- 3:30 p.m. ($10)
SOUND FOR FILM WORKSHOP with Sam Watson

(Adults)
Sam Watson's Sound Workshop will cover the areas of recording in the field, Edit Suite Magic, and sound as a storytelling device. It will includes hands-on opportunities with standard tools of the trade (mics, mixers, DAT machines, timecode slate, etc), suggestions for acquiring decent and affordable gear for use on your own projects, tips on capturing the illusive beast known as “good sound” on set, and how to make use of it in crafting of your project via some demonstrations within post-production software (mainly Logic Pro but applicable to any program with decent sound manipulationcapabilities) and examination of clips from various films and projects that illustrate use of sound to enhance the storytelling experience.
Mississippi Museum of Art
To reserve a seat, please email wbiggins2@gmail.com.

1:30 – 4:30pm – ($10)
Indy-pendent Filmmaking: How 3 Teenagers Remade a Hollywood Epic For Next to Nothing

(Ages 11-18)
Eric Zala & Chris Strompolos
A how-to lecture in indie filmmaking with concrete examples from Zala and Strompolos’s experience in remaking Raiders of the Lost Ark as teenagers. An intensive session touching on all stages of film-making —pre-production, production and post-production, plus plenty of fun stories.
Mississippi Museum of Art
To reserve a seat, please email wbiggins2@gmail.com