The Virginia Student Film Festival is this Saturday, March 17, from 7:00pm to 9:00pm! Come to the Student Activities Building and celebrate St. Patty's by watching student short films.

Also there will be a Zombie Makeup Workshop from 11:00am to 12:00pm in New Cabell Hall - Room 411. If you would like to sign-up for this course, please email vasfilm@gmail.com!

The first FMS meeting of 2012 will be Tuesday, January 31st at 8:30pm in Clemons, room 407.

We are also going to talk about VASFilm -- our student film festival in March. The film festival is a great way to get involved in FMS and watch films made by students from colleges all across the country. Contact Anna Hogg, aeh8rg@virginia.edu if you are interested in helping make this event happen!

See you then!

Welcome Back! The first meeting of the semester will be Tuesday, September 6th at 8:30pm in Clemons, room 407. (Make an immediate left when you walk in the building, it is behind the reference desk). There will be pizza!

All levels of experience are welcome and encouraged. We will be discussing what FMS is and how you can get involved. If you've been waiting to get into film, this is your chance!

The Xtreme Filmmaker's Challenge (XFC) is SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10

The FilmMakers Society (FMS) hosts an afternoon of fun and filmmaking on Saturday, September 10th as we kick off our first major event of the semester: The Xtreme Filmmaker's Challenge.

Participants will divide into teams - including one FMS exec "mentor" - and will be given a prop, a line of dialogue, and 3 hours to make a film. The films are then edited and showcased at the following meeting where we will vote for a favorite and pick a winner. The winning team will receive a prize.

XFC a great way to get involved in the club and meet new people who are just as interested in film as you are!

We will meet on the patio outside Clemons library at 11:30am.

We are going to talk about the FMS production for this semester off the ground. This is going to be a great chance to get involved in a film and meet people in FMS. Contact Keaton Monger, kdm5z@virginia.edu, if you are interested in being involved, if you have script ideas, if you are interested in acting or with any other questions.

We are also going to talk about VASFilm -- our student film festival in March. Get excited about a weekend full of fancy guests, film related events and fun parties! Contact Zac Fabian, zrf3d@virginia.edu if you are interested in helping make this event happen!

Things to look forward to:

1. We are cooking dinner on Sunday and you should join! We are hanging out and having dinner on Sunday at 7pm come join your fellow filmmakers to talk about film and relax. Email Debra Cohen for directions dhc7a@virginia.edu .

2. Xtreme Filmmakers Challenge Saturday, February 12th. 11am-2pm. We've put a new spin on the challenge. Come to the meeting on Tuesday to hear more about it!

3. A movie hour Friday, February 4th at 210 Montebello Cir # 1 at 9pm. Contact Debra Cohen dhc7a@virginia.edu with questions.

Don't forget to come out to the meeting this week Tuesday, February 8th at 8:30 pm in Clemons 407.

This Saturday, February, 12th, come out and make a movie in three hours! Meet outside on Clemons Patio at 11:30 am. We will then divide into teams and begin a three hour filmmaking extravaganza. Each team will race to make the best movie following the guidelines. That night there is a wrap party and the following Tuesday, February 15th at 8:30pm in Clemons 407 we will screen the films and the audience will vote on a winner. The winning team will receive a prize. Come to the meeting this Tuesday, February 8th at 8:30pm in Clemons 407 to hear more about it!

Welcome Back! The first meeting of the semester will be Tuesday February 1st at 8pm in Clemons, room 407. (Make an immediate left when you walk in the building, it is behind the reference desk). There will be snacks.

All levels of experience are welcome and encouraged. We will be briefly discussing what FMS is and how you can get involved. So if you've been waiting to get into film, this is your chance!

We are going to talk about the FMS production for this semester off the ground. This is going to be a great chance to get involved in a film and meet people in FMS. Contact Keaton Monger, kdm5z@virginia.edu, if you are interested in being involved, if you have script ideas, if you are interested in acting or with any other questions.

We are also going to talk about VASFilm -- our student film festival in March. Get excited about a weekend full of fancy guests, film related events and fun parties! Contact Zac Fabian, zrf3d@virginia.edu if you are interested in helping make this event happen!

Things to look forward to:

1. We are cooking dinner on Sunday and you should join! We are hanging out and having dinner on Sunday at 7pm come join your fellow filmmakers to talk about film and relax. Email Debra Cohen for directions dhc7a@virginia.edu .

2. Xtreme Filmmakers Challenge Saturday, February 12th. 11am-2pm. We've put a new spin on the challenge. Come to the meeting on Tuesday to hear more about it!

3. A movie hour Friday, February 4th at 210 Montebello Cir # 1 at 9pm. Contact Debra Cohen dhc7a@virginia.edu with questions.

Last week's meeting on Tuesday September 21st was another success! Wesley Harris from the Virginia Film Festival spoke about this years festival and anyone who is interested, having the opportunity to volunteer. A volunteer sign up sheet was passed around, but if you did not make it out to last week's meeting, it's not too late for you to sign up. Just talk to an exec member at the next meeting or email one of us for information about the festival and you will have plenty of opportunities up through the festival, taking place November 4th-7th to sign up.
We also talked about the Adrenaline Film Project. The Adrenaline Film Project is a 72 hour film making competition where 10 to 12 teams of three filmmakers must write, cast, shoot, edit and screen a film during the Virginia Film Festival. In the coming weeks we will be talking about getting teams together at upcoming FMS meetings. There will be at least one team from the FMS executive board entering the festival that will need a crew. Definitely come out to the upcoming meetings if you are interested in entering! This is a fantastic opportunity to jump right into film making!

This Tuesday's meeting on September 28th we will be having an Equipment Showcase where we will be giving miniature tutorials for anyone interested in using our equipment for the first time. This Tuesday will also be the start of our Short Film Series where we screen a short at every meeting, and discuss it as a group while chowing down on popcorn and pizza! Once again, if you have yet to come to a meeting, it's never too late to start! The coming meetings are certainly not any you want to miss! So come! Check us out in Clemons, room 407 on Tuesdays at 8:30pm!

UVa Filmmaker's Society had our annual Xtreme Filmmaker's Challenge this past Saturday, September 11th. We had a fantastic turn out with new and eager Filmmaker's Society members heading their own projects, envisioning their own sets and creating their own story lines, creating a cohesive short film in only 3 hours time! Filmmaker's Society President, Debra Cohen's team won our Xtreme Filmmaker's Challenge with their film, This Week On Extraordinary People-check it out here.

If you didn't make it out to the last couple of meetings or XFC, it's never to late to join FMS! Come out to our next meeting, this Tuesday September 21st at 8:30pm where we will be talking to all of you about the Virginia Film Festival sponsored by the University of Virginia College of Arts and Sciences. Many of this years FMS executive members are interning with the festival right now and we may also have an executive staff member from the Festival come talk as well. Come out! Get involved! Make movies!!!!

Come out to our first meeting of the year tomorrow at 8:30pm in Clemons 407! PIZZA!

August 11 - Xtreme Filmmakers Challenge
No experience neccessary. Learn the ropes in our fast-pased introduction where you have two hours to make a short film. More info to come.

Thanks to everyone who came out to VASFilm! The festival was a huge success. Check out pictures here.

This friday we ’ll be holding one of our most fun FMS events this Friday. Cinasty, if you’ve never been to one, is a casual get-together during which we invite all filmmakers to screen their film for fellow FMS-ers. After we watch each film, everyone offers one piece of (constructive) criticism. As a filmmaker, you gotta have thick skin, and this is a fun way to show your work and get some honest feedback. 

So, ANYONE with a film to show should bring their stuff and share it! We want to see your work! Don't be shy. We’re having a special springtime treat and doing a drive-in style Cinasty; we’ll be projecting the films outside on the side of Dan’s house for the big-screen effect!  

Come to 1900 Stadium Rd. (corner of Stadium & Shamrock) at 8pm this Friday (the 16th) and get Cinasty with us.

Come Watch In the Mood for Love Directed by Wong Kar Wai

The Directors Guild -- a monthly series where a member of the executive board presents a movie directed by their favorite director-- kicks off this Tuesday. Come relax for a bit and watch a movie with friends!

There will be snacks provided.

Xtreme Filmmakers Challenge (XFC) Screening and Guest Local Filmmaker -- Tuesday September 22nd at 8pm in Clemons 407.

Come see the films you shot this weekend during XFC and vote on your favorite (bring your friends to show off what you did). The winner will get free FMS t-shirts! If you didn't make it to the challenge come out anyways and enjoy the shorts.

Plus local film maker Eric Hurt will be at the meeting to talk about his short film Lullaby (which we watched at last weeks meeting) and his filmmaking experience.

At the end of the meeting there will be time to pitch your ideas for movies!

New members are always welcome!

The Extreme Filmmaker's Challenge (XFC) is THIS SATURDAY, September 19

FilmMakers Society (FMS) hosts an afternoon of fun and filmmaking on Saturday, September 19. We willmeet on the patio outside Clemons library at 12pm. If raining meet inside by the fish tanks.

Participants will divide into groups, including one FMS exec "mentor," and will be given one prop and one line of dialogue to include in their film. After brainstorming, teams will have 2 hours to shoot their film. Those are the only guidelines, the rest is up to you! Films will be edited and shown later that week.

We provide all equipment and will give a brief camera tutorial for those who need it. It's a great opportunity for all levels of experience, from novice filmmakers to experts. Bring your friends, the more the merrier! Click here to view the Facebook event.

We will also be throwing an XFC afterparty that night! We work hard and play harder, and this is no exception. RSVP and invite your friends on Facebook!

Meeting on Tuesday, September 15 in Clemons 407 at 8:00pm

Learn how to use our cameras and set up our lights during our hands-on equipment orientation.

Watch the short film Lullaby, worked on by FMS members. The director will be attending an upcoming meeting to talk about the filmmaking process.

XFC - Our two-hour, whirlwind filmmaking extravaganza - is THIS SATURDAY, September 19.
Click here to RSVP to the Facebook event. Don't forget about the wrap party Saturday night!

We will meet on the Clemons patio at 12:00pm.

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