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World Science Festival & an amazing library of science videos

If you want some examples of how other people have approached the telling of science stories through film, look no further than the World Science Festival. This is a festival that happens each year, this year in New York City from May 30 – June 3rd. I have no doubt that the festival would [...]

March 19th, 2012 | Category: Announcements, Video, Websites | Leave a comment

ScienceFilm Workshop Announcement: Friday Harbor Labs Oct 2-9, 2011

Registration is now open for the Oct 2-9, 2011 ScienceFilm workshop. Cost is US$1449, which includes workshop fees, housing, and food.

Click here to learn more

Online registration is possible here

Hope you can join us!

August 10th, 2011 | Tags: , , | Category: Announcements, Workshops | Leave a comment

Final Cut X is here

Despite being Final Cut Pro users since 2007, we use iMovie ’11 as an editing standard for our ScienceFilm courses. And why not? It comes free with every Mac, and it really covers the basic needs of an editor quite well. In fact, it does things better than FCP7 (faster output, ease of image [...]

June 25th, 2011 | Tags: , , , | Category: Announcements, Technology | Leave a comment

Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival

Registration for the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival is now open! The festival runs Oct 3-7, 2011.

From their website:

“The Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival brings together the world’s best natural history broadcasters, producers and filmmakers and other industry professionals with leading scientists, journalists, and conservationists, for one remarkable week each autumn. [...]

June 24th, 2011 | Category: Announcements, Film Festival | Leave a comment

Vancouver Festival of Ocean Films

Hey folks,

are you interested in, or have you made a film about, the ocean? The Vancouver Festival of Ocean Films is accepting submissions until June 1st.

At VFOF, their goal is to inspire and stimulate people to explore their relationship with the ocean by bringing together local and international filmmakers and [...]

May 20th, 2011 | Category: Announcements, Film Festival | Leave a comment

ScienceFilm Forum is live!

We have created the ScienceFilm forum, a place for everyone interested in science film making to discuss gear and techniques, make announcements, and connect with others who share the same interest. There is also workshop-specific forums for participants to connect before the workshop, and stay in touch after the workshop. We hope it will [...]

May 2nd, 2011 | Tags: , , , | Category: Announcements, How-to, Technology | Leave a comment

DC Environmental Film Festival

If you are in the Washington DC area March 15-27, 2011, make sure you check out the DC Environmental Film Festival. Looks like there will be lots of great films and lots of great speakers!

Click here to learn more about it…

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March 21st, 2011 | Tags: , , | Category: Announcements, Film Festival | Leave a comment

FHL workshop registration now open (and cool video)

Hey folks,

the registration materials for the ScienceFilm Workshop at Friday Harbor are now posted on the ScienceFilm website. Hope to see you there!

Also, a cool TED Talk about the use of video as a teaching tool (forwarded by Brandon Harvey).

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March 9th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Announcements | Comments are closed

SustainableFocus.org is online!

Check out SustainableFocus.org, a new web magazine and online community dedicated to visual communication about science and the environment! 

Click here for more info

February 14th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Announcements, Technology | Leave a comment

Workshop Announcement: Friday Harbor Labs, Washington State

We are pleased to announce a 2011 ScienceFilm workshop at the University of Washington Friday Harbor Labs, in Washington State. The workshop will run April 24-May 1, 2011. Registration fees will be announced in the next week. We ran a very successful workshop at FHL last year, the facilities were perfectly suited to our [...]

February 14th, 2011 | Category: Announcements | Leave a comment
 
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