The Shoot Out 24 Hour Filmmaking Festival

Starting at 7 p.m. on February 5, 2010 , Filmmaking Intensive will kick off by debuting the Top 10 Films from The Shoot Out Cheyenne in the Rendezvous Room West in the Washakie Center basement on the campus of the University of Wyoming in Laramie.

“I’m looking forward to showing our club’s film from the Shoot Out Cheyenne, ‘To Be A Cowboy.’ I am proud of it,” Best of the West President Emily Robinson said. The seminar will offer four workshops: digital storytelling, camera basics, three-point lighting and audio production.

Read the full article in The Branding Iron, the local Laramie Wyoming newspaper.

The Ciné Institute, based in Jacmel on Haiti’s southern coast,
was completely destroyed in Tuesday’s earthquake. The Ciné
Institute provided Haitian youth with film education and
edutainment, technical training, and media related micro
enterprise opportunities.

It is now gone.

BUT…the students (all of whom survived) went back into the
rubble of their building and found their cameras. And they are
now shooting – making a visual record of Haitians (by
Haitians) during this crisis.

What can we do?

The Institute relies on the support of individuals,
organizations and film professionals from around the world to
support a movement that harnesses the power of film to educate
and create opportunity for Haiti’s youth.

Check out the website and donate anything you can to help
rebuild the school – and give these passionate students hope
for their future. http://www.cineinstitute.com

Plan the 2010’s big trip with The Guardian’s month-by-month guide to the world’s hottest tickets and little-known events, compiled by the Frommer’s team at Whatsonwhen.com.

“Bored of Cannes? Sick of Sundance? Then try Shoot Out where filmmakers have just 24 hours to make a seven-minute movie.”

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