[Vcfilmmakers-l] Screening Submissions Note

[Kyle Porter]

Hi All,

Just to let you know, if you want to be included in our publicity, you need to send Tim (tioconnor at vassar.edu) an email by midnight tonight. Please also send the name of your film(s) and a couple stills (if you have them).

Feel free/I encourage you to also do your own flyering for the event, specified to your own film. Please just state that it will be screened at the "Vassar Filmmakers Annual Showcase" on Thursday, May 13th at 6PM in the Rosenwald Theater in the Center for Drama & Film. Also include the statement (likely in a small font at the bottom of the poster) "Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should call Campus Activities at 845-437-5370 as far in advance as possible to request accommodations". Tim will send out our poster after it is done later tonight or early tomorrow if you want to refer to the fonts or formatting when making your own poster (though you don't need to refer to our fonts or formatting). Unfortunately, we will be unable to pay for your printing costs, though I would very much recommend going to the copy center (in Main) to have them do your print-outs as they will look a lot better than if you do them using V-Print and the library printers.

By the way, we'll be providing subs from Rossi's Deli after the screening - mention that if you want.

Hope you're all making it through,
Kyle


----- Forwarded Message -----
From: "Timothy O'Connor" <tioconnor at vassar.edu>
To: "VCFilmmakers-l" <VCFilmmakers-l at lists.vassar.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, May 5, 2010 11:17:25 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: [Vcfilmmakers-l] End of the Year Screening Submissions

Hi Everyone -

So, we're getting real close to the screening now, and we're going to start publicizing for this thing. So, if you could send me an e-mail with any films you'd like screened, along with your name and the approximate running time, we can start doing publicity type stuff.

Then, we can work on getting the films ready for screening. Here's a repeat of that process for exporting that I sent out before:


Once you're finished editing, export your movie by following these steps:
   a. In Final Cut, go to File --> Export --> Using Quicktime Conversion
   b. Select the location where you want to save the finished file (the desktop works fine)
   c. Hit "options"
   d. Make sure both "Video" and "Sound" are checked.
   e. Under Video, hit "Settings." Make sure the compression type is H.264 (this is the default). Slide the Quality bar over to "Best." Hit OK.
   f. Under Video, hit "Size." Check "de-interlace source video" (VERY important). Under "Dimensions," select Custom. Then enter in the open fields:
      - For Widescreen (16:9) Projects: 853 x 480
      - For Fullscreen (4:3) Projects: 640 x 480
      Hit OK.
   g. Under Sound, hit "Settings." Make sure Stereo is select under "Channels." Change Quality from "Normal" to "Best." Change the Sample Size from 16 to 32. Hit OK.
   h. Hit OK on the "Movie Settings" window.
   i. Hit Save.

 Note: Depending on the length of your movie, exports can take a pretty long time and eat up a lot of CPU. I'd recommend exporting at a time where you're not going to need your computer (start it right before you go to sleep is usually a good bet).



Try to send us the info as soon as possible so that we can work out getting it all together and ready to go.


-Tim
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