SAVE THE DATE: FSU Film School Alumni Conference will be held on Saturday, July 29, place is TBA. We will have a session for BFA 05 and MFA 06 alums from 2-4, a master class for all Film School alumni who register from 6-8, and a reception from 8-10.

A January Kodak Campus Beat article about the making of The Resurrectionist: http://www.kodak.com/US/en/motion/students/beat/jan2006/fsu2.jhtml?id=0.1.4. 5&lc=en

Well, rats! The Coca-Cola Refreshing Filmmaker Award this year went to a student from Chapman, where Dan Leonard (MFA 94) is head of production! However, two of our current students, were among the 10 finalists and were funded to make their projects for the competition: MFA student Mark Thomas with "The Kiss", and BFA student Nicole Emanuele with "Galaxy 9".

Frank Goodin?s (MFA 97) feature film Love Trap will be screening here in Tallahassee on Friday, Feb 24 at 5:40pm and 7:55pm... and Saturday Feb. 25 at 2:30pm, 5pm, and 7:30pm. The screening place is "All Saints Cinema" located inside the Amtrack Rail Station - address: 918 1/2 Railroad Ave.

Soapbox Films, a movie marketing post-production house, (owned and staffed primarily by Film School alums) is looking for a Production Assistant. Job is 5 days a week - initial duties would include answering phones, office organization, short courier runs and, as the job evolves, basic digitizing and logging of footage. Requirements for job include a car, good phone skills, positive attitude. Basic knowledge of post production and Avid editing a plus. We are not looking for a career PA - we want someone with drive and initiative who wishes to grow in the field of post-production. We would like to fill the position ASAP: Please email resumes to resumes at soapboxfilms.com.

Two TX jobs: ?VNR-1 is looking for a full-time editor/videographer and a full-time editor/grip. We are AVID-based and located next to Ranger Stadium in Arlington. For the editor/videographer position, digital editing and videography skills a must - animation/graphics skills would be helpful for a wide range of radio and television broadcast productions. For the editor/grip position, we are willing to hire someone with basic digital editing skills, but must be interested to grow those skills. Salary commensurate with experience. We are an EOE. Jack L. Trammell, President VNR-1 Communications, Inc., 711 Stadium Drive, Suite 210, Arlington, TX 76011 P: 800-937-8671 F: 817-794-0552 jtrammell at vnr1.com <mailto:jtrammell at vnr1.com> www.vnr1.com & www.vnr1.tv <http://www.vnr1.tv> ?

Rodrigo Rocha-Campos (MFA 05) is in LA this weekend for the ASC Awards weekend which starts with dinner at the ASC clubhouse on Friday Feb. the 24th, ASC Open-house on Saturday with literally dozens of camera and lighting people, and on Sunday the awards ceremony. He?s VERY excited! Go to http://www.theasc.com/awards/index_20_heritage_award.html to read the press release from the ASC for the student awards. Rodrigo has put together a new web site www.rocha-campos.com - check it out if you are looking for a DP!

Frank P. Tomasulo (?Dr. T?) chaired a film panel at the recent Florida State University Conference on Film and Literature here in Tallahassee. The topic was: "Comedy = Tragedy + Time." Dr. T. also delivered a paper on that same panel entitled, "Humor and the Holocaust in Roberto Benigni's LA VITA ? BELLA (LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL, 1997)."

?My name is Christopher Novak. I am the Television Operations Scheduling/Internship Coordinator for the Home Shopping Network based in St. Petersburg, Florida. I am looking for interns for this coming summer. Our requirements are a minimum of 12 hours per week for a period of 12 to 16 weeks depending on the students availability. This is a non-paid internship but we will give credit towards the student's graduation requirements. The student would cover various areas related to the live show including audio, graphics, floor directing, robotic cameras, handheld cameras, jib cameras, technical directing, backstage coordination (aka product coordination), lighting, set-building, and set/prop design. If time permits (and usually it does) we would also offer some time with our Control Room and Stage Supervisors. Also we would set up some time for a day or two in video production (editing) and a day with a show host if desired. We are understanding of the the fact that the student may have a regular summer job and in light of that we are very flexible with the student's schedule while they are here. We are looking for at least 10 interns for this summer. If you know of anyone who would be interested or have any questions, please contact me: Christopher Novak , Television Operations Scheduling/Intern Coordinator 727-872-5144 Christopher.Novak at hsn.net ?

?Project Director for nonprofit, educational, interdisciplinary organization seeks EXPERIENCED CINEMATOGRAPHER for documentary on consciousness. Advanced students and recent grads who require a internships are encouraged to apply. Consideration for working professionals too. Own equipment preferred. Does involve travel. MUST have experience in the films' subject matter. Contact Kelly (FSU alumni) at 941-539-5499 or k.bennett01 at comcast.net. ?

Tribute to John Kelly, as published in the St. Pete Times: John Kelly had various roles, and cabdriver was just one of them, his relatives said Friday night. He was a photographer who hated to have his picture taken. A sometime actor with a bit part in an award-winning film. A man who dabbled in ceramics, making mugs and oil lamps. He was divorced, with two daughters he loved in Tallahassee. Early Thursday morning, Mr. Kelly of St. Petersburg was heading east on 22nd Avenue N when a Ford Taurus sped through a stop sign at the 47th Street N intersection. The car smashed into his Independent Taxi cab. The driver of the Taurus, 18-year-old Leyana M. Rich of St. Petersburg, was arrested on charges of vehicular homicide, police said. Mr. Kelly was pronounced dead at the scene. He was 53. Before Mr. Kelly drove a taxi, he was just the little brother with a camera always hanging around his neck, laughing at the silliest jokes that only his relatives could understand, said his older sister, Donna Kelly of Connecticut. The family lived in Lynbrook, Long Island. When Mr. Kelly moved to Manhattan after high school, he found himself rooming with photographers who navigated among celebrities, said his brother, Gene Kelly. Into the late '70s and early '80s, John Kelly worked with rock 'n' roll photographer Bob Gruen, celebrated for his iconic shots of John Lennon in New York City. There was Mr. Kelly at Studio 54, taking pictures of the performers, the crowd, the stars, the disco mirror ball. But away from the glitter, there were the portraits he made of the city's homeless, said Donna Kelly. He gave those to relatives as gifts?.There was also the acting. Gene Kelly said his brother got the first of several bit parts after moving to Florida and making contacts through photography. His latest screen time came in the short film Fields of Mudan., a winner at last year's Florida Film Festival. Family members didn't know about the part until after his death. Mr. Kelly had many friends in the arts, and maybe one had asked him for a favor, relatives said. Aside from Fields of Mudan and his appearances in the Fox TV show House, Mr. Kelly had credits in a string of obscure films: the wise fisherman in Natalie and Leonard (2004), the pilot/tattoo artist/priest in The Plunge (2003). He also appeared in Cater-Waiter and Wigstock: The Movie.? John acted in many other Film School projects and I know we will all miss him.

FSU is presenting a week-long series of events about Napoleon, and the Tallahassee Film Society is presenting Abel Gance?s film of the same name. Dean Fielding reminisced about the restoration of the Triptych screen sequence at the film?s climax, which was done by the visual effects company he ran for Francis Coppola in 1981. Originally shot in 1927 on three separate 35mm strips of film (like Cinerama) the three images were combined onto one 35mm negative by Fielding?s outfit more than half a century later. ?Luckily for us?, he said, ?we bid the job on a cost-plus basis. It turned out to be much more difficult than we had anticipated. For reasons unknown, the lens on the central camera used by Gance had a focal length that differed from the two outboard cameras. That meant that the magnification of the images differed. We?d line up the horizon on all three strips but then the blend between panels would be wrong. If we got the blend right, then the center horizon would drop. What we finally produced, however, was a composite image that was better than Gance himself had ever seen with three-projector presentation. When we presented our final bill to the client for the work done he nearly fainted."

Claudia Johnson, former Film School Screenwriting faculty member, will be teaching a Screenwriting Seminar at the Tallahassee Progressive Center on Saturday, February 18 ? class size is limited so pre-register! The Seminar will from from 9:30-5; $89 for Non-Tallahassee Film Society Members, $79 for members. There is also a student discount. To preregister contact Bert A. Mitchell at 850 383 1718 or bamitchell711 at hotmail.com Let me know if you want more complete information and I?ll e-mail it to you.

No Warren Report next week. I?m leaving on Wednesday to go to Pensacola to take care of our grandson while Allison and Michael ski in Colorado. Keep sending me info so I can do a major WR the following week!!

This week with the Tallahassee Film Society: 1) TFS presents classic Abel Gance film "Napoleon" - Sunday, February 19th at the R. A. Gray Building (Museum of Florida History). 2) "Bubble" - This Friday and Saturday, Feb. 17/18 at All Saints Cinema. 3) "Ballet Russes" - Final Showing - Saturday, February 18 at 3:00 PM - All Saints Cinema. 4) This Week's Regal Miracle Five Theater Films (Feb 17 - 23). 6) This Week's Challenger Learning Center IMAX Films. For complete information go to tallahasseefilms.com

FROM THE FSU MAIILING LIST

FSU Screenings & Awards Update February 16, 2006

THE PROBLEM WITH FIBER OPTICS (MFA 2005 - Producer-Shannon Gregory/Director-Greg Jardin & Crew) and TYCHO'S NOVA (MFA 2005 - Producers -Tiffany Moore and Max Valverde-Soto/Director-Soo Jin Hwang) have both earned top awards in the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences College Awards. THE PROBLEM WITH FIBER OPTICS has won First Place Comedy, and TYCHO'S NOVA has the won the Best Music Film Award. Only one award is given in the Music Category. The producers will be honored at the awards events in Los Angeles March 19 & 20, 2006. For more information go to www.emmys.org/foundation/collegetvawards.php

THE PROBLEM WITH FIBER OPTICS (MFA 2005 - Greg Jardin & Crew) will be screened at the 2006 Washington DC Independent Film Festival March 2 - 12, 2006. For more information go to http://www.dciff.org/Festival_home.cfm <http://www.dciff.org/Festival_home.cfm>

SIRAH (MFA 2005 Cristine Spindler & Crew) and CAKE (MFA D-3 Jennifer Arzt & Crew) have been accepted to the San Francisco International Film Festival - Golden Gate Awards the last week in April. Check out the web site at http://www.sfiff.org

SIRAH (MFA 2005 - Cristine Spindler & Crew) has been invited to participate in the 9th annual Sprockets Toronto International Film Festival For Children, April 21 to 30, 2006, in Toronto, Canada. For more information go to www.e.bell.ca/filmfest/sprockets

MY GOLDEN CAGE (BFA Doc 2004/2005 Cristina Paez and Wilson Tang) and OF MY GOD (BFA Thesis 2005 Demetrius Wren and Wilson Tang & Crew) will be screening at the Garden State Film Festival on March 30 - April 2,2006, in Asbury Park, New Jersey. Also THE SEASON, a semi-professional documentary about hurricane relief by grassroots organizations will screen there. Demetrius Wren and Jessica Miller and Wilson Tang worked on this documentary together. The web site for this festival is at www.gsff.org

FIELDS OF MUDAN (MFA 2004 - STEVO & Crew) has been invited to screen in the Boston Underground Film Festival which runs March 22-26, 2006 in Massachusetts. The film is scheduled to screen on 35mm on Sunday, March 26 at 3:00 PM. For further information go to: Bostonundergraound.org

UPCOMING SCREENINGS, AWARDS AND EVENTS:

COOCHIE (MFA Thesis 2004 - Naaja Young & Crew) is screening this week in the 14th Annual Pan African Film Festival being held at the Magic Johnson Theatres in Los Angeles February 9-20, 2006. The festival's web site is www.paff.org

KOSHER (BFA F-3 2001) will be screening at the Tampa Bay Jewish Film Festival February 18, 2005. For more information on this festival go to www.jewishtampa.com

ONCE BROKEN (MFA Thesis 2005 - Matt Pope & Crew) and SIRAH (MFA Thesis 2005 - C. Spindler & Crew) have been invited to screen at the Sedona International film Festival & workshop being held February 23-26, 2006, in Sedona, AZ. For more information on this festival go to www.sedonafilmfestival.com

MEMORY COLLECTOR (MFA D-3 12/2004 - Soo Jin Hwang & Crew) and TONI & THE GREAT PADDLE CAPER have been accepted for screening by the Pacific Film Archive at Berkeley, CA in the Women of Color Festival in March 2-5, 2006 and the festival will close on Saturday, March 11th at the Yerba Buena Gardens theater in San Francisco through Cinematheque. MEMORY COLLECTOR will screen on Saturday, March 11 in San Francisco. TONI & THE GREAT PADDLE CAPER was invited through another festival's participation and that screening date will be forthcoming. For further information contact Linda Charmaraman, Women of Color Film Festival Director by email at lacharm at berkeley.edu

TONI AND THE GREAT PADDLE CAPER (MFA D2- 2004 Kyley T. Robinson & Crew) has been chosen to screen in the 8th Annual BAMKids Film Festival which will take place March 4-5, 2006 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York and will feature some of the finest children's films and videos available internationally. The 2005 BAM International Children's Film Festival welcomed more than four thousand children who participated in voting for the Bammies, the Festival's top honors. For more info on this festival go to http://www.bam.org/education/BAMkidsfilmfestival.aspx <http://www.bam.org/education/BAMkidsfilmfestival.aspx>

FIELDS OF MUDAN (MFA 2004 - STEVO & Crew) has been invited to screen in the Boise Human rights Film Festival in Boise, Idaho. The festival is scheduled to take place March 11-12, 2006. For more information on this event contact Angela Hummel at 208-713-3055.

THE PROBLEM WITH FIBER OPTICS (MFA 2005 - Greg Jardin & Crew) will be screening in the Florida Film Festival's Midnight program, and SIRAH (MFA 2005 - Cristine Spindler & Crew) and CHARM (BFA 2004 - Melissa Rossi & Crew) will be screening in the festival's Florida Sidebar program. This year's festival runs March 24-April 2, 2006. Check their web site at www.floridafilmfestival.com/index.html

FIELDS OF MUDAN (MFA 2004 - STEVO & Crew) has been invited to screen at the 4th San Sebastian Human Rights Film Festival in Spain which runs March 24-31, 2006. For more information go to www.cineyderechoshumanos,com

SIRAH (MFA 2005 - Cristine Spindler & Crew) has been accepted for screening at the 6th Annual ReelWorld Film Festival (RWFF) in downtown Toronto, Canada, April 19-23, 2006. For further information check the web site at www.reelworld.ca or email to kirk at reelworld.ca