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Mar. 19 - Apr. 23: TWN Wednesday Night Seminars, New York, NY

TWN Wednesday Night Seminars

Walk-in seminars on production topics you need - from fundraising to budgets, to media management. All classes are $20/$10 (low income) unless otherwise noted. Register now at workshop@twn.org.

March 19, 6:30PM, Production Planning and Budgeting with Ann Bennett
Preparing to produce your film - from research and preproduction to post production and distribution, with a special focus on preparing budgets. With lots of useful handouts! Led by Producer/Director Ann Bennett, who has worked for WGBH, WNET, HBO, The History Channel, England's Channel Four, and the renowned Blackside Productions.

March 26, 6:30PM, Byron Hurt, Director of Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes
Byron Hurt, an award-winning documentary filmmaker, writer, and anti-sexism activist, talks about making his recent documentary, Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes, which premiered at the Sundance Festival and was broadcast on the Emmy award-winning series Independent Lens, and his film I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America. A former graduate of the TWN workshop, Hurt aims to make films that help make change. Free Workshop!

April 2, 6:30PM, Fundraising: Grant Proposals and Producing a Winning Sample with Dorothy Thigpen
Just in time to talk about the NYSCA proposal and sample, Dorothy Thigpen, Filmmaker and Executive Director of TWN, goes over useful tips on grant writing and sample production. Bring your proposals and samples for critiques!

April 9, 6:30 PM, Techno Organizing with Rolando Brown of the Hip Hop Association
This workshop demystifies using the new age of Web 2.0 online services instead of desktop applications, and details how storing data online rather than onto one's desktop or laptop hard drive can help with the overall effectiveness and value of the information being created, stored and/or distributed among the community.

April 16, 6:30 PM Sound Tips with JT Takagi

April 23, 6:30 PM, Camera/Hard Drive/P2

Third World Newsreel
545 8th Avenue, 10th Floor
between 37th and 38th streets
1, 2, 3, 7, A, C, E, N, R, Q, W to Times Square 42nd street
212 947-9277 x 304
Register by emailing: workshop@twn.org.

Starts03/19/2008
Ends04/23/2008
IssuesCriminal Justice, Economic Justice, Environment, Family & Society, Gay/Lesbian, Gender/Women, Immigration, International, Media, Racial Justice
Homepagewww.twn.org
Contactworkshop@twn.org

Posted on March 17, 2008 in Event / Call to action by FelixEnd