Front: (l-r) Digital Filmmakers Resource Group's Krista Keosheyan, Motion Media Arts Center's Erica M. Shamaly, Reel Women's Sherry Mills, Flicker Austin's Cory Ryan, Austin Film Society's Rebecca Campbell and Stephen Gray Back: (l-r) Reel Women's Beth Sepko, South by Southwest's Matt Dentler and Jarod Neece, Austin Film Festival's Kelly Williams, AustinActors.net's Brad Koester, AFS's Elisabeth Sikes, Austin Community Access Center's Jon Wright and Jay Brand Credit: Photo By John Anderson

Educational

Austin FilmWorks

Director: Steve Mims

Other Instructors: Deb Lewis, David Layton, J. Kevin Smith, and Mike Nicholson

1705 Guadalupe, Third Floor, 467-0731

www.austinfilmworks.com

Since fall of 1993, Austin FilmWorks has offered college-level filmmaking courses with the aim of providing solid information and experience that students may use to create their own film and video projects. Austin FilmWorks has earned a reputation for challenging students to innovate in the independent tradition. That independence is based on a bedrock knowledge of film stocks, lenses, cameras, and formats.

To Join and to Help: For information on current classes – including Production I, Production II, a summer intensive workshop/ Austin and Houston, a Final Cut Pro workshop, and an Adobe After Effects workshop – call or visit the Web site. Motion picture and digital video cameras used include: Arriflex 16BL, Cinema Products CP16, Bolex H16, Canon XL1s, and the new JVC HD10U HD camera; equipment used includes lighting, grip equipment, and Macintosh-based nonlinear editing using Final Cut Pro.

University of Texas Department of Radio-Television-Film

Associate Dean: Tom Schatz

1 University Station A0800, 471-4071

www.utexas.edu/coc/rtf

To Join and to Help: For information on undergraduate and graduate programs and for application information, call or visit the Web site.

Burnt Orange Productions

President and CEO: Carolyn Pfeifer

research.communication.utexas.edu/utfi/BurntOrangeProductions.pdf

Burnt Orange Productions LLC is a private, for-profit production company based in Austin that plans to produce low-budget independent feature films for commercial distribution through a partnership with the UT Film Institute.

To Join and to Help: For information about current and future Burnt Orange productions, budget listings, and work opportunities, visit the Web site.

Austin Community College

RTF Coordinator: Deborah Hill

5930 Middle Fiskville Rd., 223-4793

www.austincc.edu/rtf To Join and to Help: For information, call or visit the Web site.

Official

Austin Film Office

Director: Gary Bond

201 E. Second, 583-7229

www.austinfilmcommission.org

As a division of the city’s Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Austin Film Office acts as a liaison between the government, the community, and the film industry, while helping to facilitate filmmaking in Austin.

To Join and to Help: Call or visit the Web site.

Texas Film Commission

Director: Tom Copeland

1100 San Jacinto #3.410, 463-9200

www.governor.state.tx.us/divisions/film/about/contact_html

Since 1971, the Texas Film Commission has been assisting filmmakers with information on locations, crew, talent, weather, laws, housing, and every other aspect of filming in Texas.

To Join and to Help: For information about internships, services, and employment opportunities; regional information, including weather and general Texas information; and information about upcoming film events, call or visit the Web site.

This article appears in February 20 • 2004.

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