NUFS

Well, not film this week, as NUFS will be attending the Sports and Socs Ball.

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Movie Night at mine this Thursday.
7pm.
Bring your own DVDs, booze, sweeties, and anything else you’d like to bring.
Flat 3 1 Valleyfield Street Buzzer says “Arthur/Smith” Should you need help/get lost my number’s 0780 325 7194.
See you then!
Hilary.
 
IN OTHER NEWS:
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Dead by Dawn Intense Edinburgh Horror Movie Mayhem From Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 7:00pm to Monday, April 28, 2008 at 3:00am at The Filmhouse DEAD BY DAWN - four days of utter horror indulgence with the usual stunning programme of previews and glorious indie discoveries, complemented by a superb selection of classics, more short film programmes than you can shake a splintered bone at, special guests, endless give-aways, goodies, a late bar every night and your very own FAB Press shop. Pretty much everything takes place in Cinema One at Filmhouse from 24th - 27th April. All-inclusive tickets cost £60.
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Sports and Socs Awards Ball
When: 10th April 2008 @ 7pm
Where: Jam House, Queen Street
How Much: £35
Dress: Black Tie
This year there will be a pre-dinner drinks reception for Captains, party magician performing walk around tricks, full 3 course meal with vegetarian options, ceilidh (traditional Scottish dancing), and a disco.
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Please let me know if you’re interested in attending!

Hi guys, To celebrate the new term, we’ll be showing a couple of films this Thursday (7th Feb) in room A17 at Merchiston from 6pm to 9pm, when we’ll then head to the union for a couple of drinks. We’ll be providing the sweets and drinks (non-alcoholic since it’s university property!) For those who have no idea where A17 is, head along to Merchiston, go into the JKCC entrance and turn left along the toilets and follow the signs to A17. If you get a bit stuck or a bit lost, my number is 0780 325 7194. Hope to see you then, Hilary. NUFS President

NUFS are going to be having a film night on Thursday (1st Nov) at Brass Monkey from 7.30pm.

The theme is 50s sci-fi B movies. If you have anything you’d like to show, please bring it along!

To get to Brass Monkey, located on Drummond Street, you can easily get any Lothian Bus that goes down the Bridges, eg the nos 3, 5, 30, 31, 33, 37, 47 and get off at the Festival Theatre.

However, if you have any problems, get a little lost (like I always do), feel free to email us, or phone me on 0780 325 7194.

Hope to see you there!
Hilary
President
Napier University Film Society
nufs@napier.ac.uk
www.nufs.wordpress.com 

Hey folks! 

A lot’s happened since our last meeting on Thursday. Rob and I have been working hard to try to make NUFS more fun and interesting for everyone. We’ve spoken with the Filmhouse and have managed to get members £3 tickets when attending a NUFS meeting. That’s £1.50 off normal student prices, meaning more money for drinks! To celebrate our new working relationship with the Filmhouse we’re going to see The Counterfeiters at 8.45pm. Tickets are £3! Woohoo! 

We’re also adding an extra film night, so we’ll be watching films on a Tuesday and a Thursday. Film suggestions are more than welcome!  

Our special meeting at Brass Monkey on Thursday 1st November will be a sci-fi 50s B-movie theme night. We’ll be showing films like War of the Worlds, Forbidden Planet, It Came From Outer Space, Journey to the Centre of the Earth, etc. 

So, to recap, NUFS will be meeting in the Filmhouse Bar this Thursday (25th) from 7.30pm, then going to see The Counterfeiters at 8.45pm. Tickets are £3 for members.

Film Description: “A devastatingly effective wartime thriller, based upon real events. In 1936, the Nazis established the largest counterfeiting operation in history, with the intention of flooding the British and American economies with fake currency. Enlisted to assist were any concentration camp inmates with skills in the right department – among them master forger, gambler and playboy Salomon Sorowitsch. Wonderfully played here by Karl Markovics, ‘Sally’ is a charismatic rogue who is at first energised by his new task (and by the superior quarters and treatment that his status affords him). But as the war grinds on, the moral frailty of Sally’s position becomes more and more apparent, and he must choose which side he’s on. Absolutely gripping, and crackling with class and intelligence, this is an instant classic – and a must for anyone who loved The Lives of Others. German soundtrack with English Subs.”

Suggestion for what we see next? Email me at nufs@napier.ac.uk !

Hope to see you there!
Hilary
President
Napier University Film Society
nufs@napier.ac.uk
www.nufs.wordpress.com 

Hello, hello, hello!

And welcome to all our new members! Hope you’ve had a good summer and are all ready and refreshed to go back to uni.

NUFS are going to be having our first meeting on Thursday (4th Oct) at Brass Monkey from 7pm.
For the fresh bloods, Brass Monkey’s is a bit of a tradition for NUFS, and a really good one at that!
Brass Monkey is a pub off South Bridge, but it’s not just any old pub, it has it’s own very private, very cosy cinema in the back.

To get to Brass Monkey, located on Drummond Street, you can easily get any Lothian Bus that goes down the Bridges, eg the nos 3, 5, 30, 31, 33, 37, 47 and get off at the Festival Theatre.

However, if you have any problems, get a little lost (like I always do), feel free to email us, or phone me on 0780 325 7194.

See you all there!
Hilary, Rob and Graham.

15 - 26 August 2007

The 61st Edinburgh International Film Festival takes place from 15 - 26 August 2007.

More info to follow…

Hey guys,

This Thursday (5th April) we’re having a DVD showing at Brass Monkey on Drummond Street from 7pm.

We’re inviting one and all to bring good DVDs you own and we’ll fight it amongst ourselves as to what we watch. There’s no theme on what to bring apart from yourselves, friends and good DVDs.

We’ll be meeting there at the bar from 6pm, then going into the back (wink wink) to watch the films. Here’s a link about the bar itself. For those who aren’t familiar with Edinburgh, Brass Monkey is located on the Bridges , to get there, you can easily get any Lothian Bus that goes down the Bridges, eg the nos 3, 5, 30, 31, 33, 37, 47 and get off at the Festival Theatre.

However, if you have any problems, get a little lost (like I always do), feel free to email us, or phone me on 0780 325 7194.

Looking forward to see you all there!

Hilary & Pete.

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