NUFS are going to be having our next meeting this Thursday (29th) at The Cameo Bar from 6pm. This week’s film will be 300 at 9.00pm. Tickets are £2.
Film Description: “In 480 BC, the Persian king Xerxes sends his massive army to conquer Greece. The Greek city of Sparta houses its finest warriors, and 300 of these soldiers are chosen to meet the Persians at Thermopylae, engaging the soldiers in a narrow canyon where they cannot take full advantage of their numbers. The battle is a suicide mission, meant to buy time for the rest of the Greek forces to prepare for the invasion. However, that doesn’t stop the Spartans from throwing their hearts into the fray, determined to take as many Persians as possible with them.”
As usual, we will try to decide which film to see next week at the meeting, but if you can’t make it on Thursday please do email suggestions to nufs@napier.ac.uk. If you’d like to be taken off our mailing list, please email me. I’ve noticed that I’m spamming hundreds of you, but only the committed few keep coming back.
Cheers,
“I’m not bitter” Hilary
Watch the trailer: 300 - Trailer 2
NUFS are going to be having our next meeting this Thursday (22nd) at McCowan’s Brewhouse at Fountain Park from 6pm. This week’s film will be The Number 23 at 8.50pm. Tickets are £4. However, if you have a Snapfax, it’s £3.
Film Description: “Jim Carrey stars as a man whose life unravels after he comes into contact with an obscure book titled ‘The Number 23′. As he reads the book, he becomes increasingly convinced that it is based on his own life. His obsession with the number 23 starts to consume him, and he begins to realize the book forecasts far graver consequences for his life than he could have ever imagined.”
As usual, we will try to decide which film to see next week at the meeting, but if you can’t make it on Thursday please do email suggestions to nufs@napier.ac.uk.
Cheers,
“I’m not bitter” Hilary
The Metropolitan Film School have invited us along to a Digital Filmmaking Workshop, which we are hosting exclusively for University Film Societies from all across the country this summer.
“The aim of the day is to bring University Film Societies together in a non-competitive environment and offer you a chance to participate in a day of workshops led by industry professionals on Digital Film Production, Post-Production, Distribution and Exhibition at the famous Ealing Studios in
West London. Throughout the day you will also have plenty of opportunity to meet and work with fellow filmmakers from other Universities and an evening drinks and screening session will allow you to watch some of each others short films and chat about your own societies and discuss any upcoming projects. This event is to be held on Wednesday 4 July 2007 at our Ealing Studios facilities.
The workshop will run from 11am – 5pm with the evening drinks and screening session following on from 5pm – 7pm. For those of you travelling a long distance we are able to assist you in arranging accommodation in Ealing at a very cheap price. A provisional programme of events for the day is as follows:
10.30-11.30am: Meet and chat at Ealing with fellow University Film Societies over drinks and snacks.
11.30am – 12.30 pm: Developing and Producing Films in the New World of Digital Cinema
Jonny Persey – APT Films / Met Film School
Jonny is an independent film producer, managing director of APT Films, and Director of the Metropolitan Film School. His credits include Wondrous Oblivion, Deep Water, Everyone’s Child, and he is currently in production on Heavy Load and French Film.
12.45pm – 2pm:Advances in Digital Film Post-Production
Matt Troughton – Met Film and TV
Matt is a senior colourist at Digital Post-Production Company Met Film & TV. He has a 1st class honours degree in post-production for film and TV and has worked as editor and colourist on an impressive array of projects - from feature films, documentaries and music promos to commercials and TV. Most recently he was the colourist on the feature documentary, The Pied Piper of Hutzovina, which garnered great reviews.
2pm – 3pm: Lunch
3pm – 4pm: Microbudget Digital Feature Films
Uzma Hasan – Slingshot Studios
Uzma is development producer at microbudget feature film production and distribution company slingshot, where she works across development and production. Slingshot was set up in 2005 with the ambitious aim of producing and distributing 10 feature films in 3 years. Their first feature Sugarhouse is currently in the distribution stage and their second feature French Film is about to begin shooting later this month.
4.15pm – 4.45pm: Digital Film Training at the Metropolitan Film School
Rif Mahmood – Enrolments Director
Rif will give a brief presentation and hold a Q&A session on new digital film training opportunities at the Metropolitan Film School and you will have the chance to take a tour of Ealing Studios and the Metropolitan Film School.
5pm – 7pm: Screenings
University Film Societies
This part of the day will be very much down to you. Each society will have the opportunity to speak about your film society and, if you would like to, screen a couple of your own student short films. There will be drinks and snacks provided and it will be an informal and hopefully very enjoyable end to a brilliant day. “
If anyone is interested in attending this, please let me know. I’m dying to go!
Hilary
Email: nufs@napier.ac.uk
Hey folks,
Just a note to remind everyone to vote. I did. And so did Pete.
Two students are standing against each other for NSA President (Martin Couper vs Aran Simm), two for Treasurer and Student Activities Officer (Frank Anderson vs David Waddell), and Darren Gleeson stands uncontested in his bid to be re-elected as Veritas Editor.
Voting is running at all the campuses. So do it. It’s your right as a Napier student, and more importantly as a member of a Napier society. These folk give us money.
Cheers,
Hilary.
Link to NSA: Elections 2007
Candiates: NSA Website
Voting Times: NSA Website
NUFS are going to be having our next meeting this Thursday (15th) at McCowan’s Brewhouse at Fountain Park from 6pm.This week’s film will be The Illusionist at 8.20pm. Tickets are £4. However, if you have a Snapfax, it’s £3.
Film Description: “A magician in turn-of-the-last-century Vienna falls in love with a woman well above his social standing. When she becomes engaged to the crown prince, the magician uses his powers to free her and undermine the stability of the royal house of Vienna.”
As usual, we will try to decide which film to see next week at the meeting, but if you can’t make it on Thursday please do email suggestions to nufs@napier.ac.uk.If you’d like to be taken off our mailing list, please email me. I’ve noticed that I’m spamming hundreds of you, but only the committed few keep coming back.
Cheers,
Hilary
Email: nufs@napier.ac.uk
