Archive for November, 2010
Behind the Scenes of Citizen Jane: Kerri Yost
One of the creators of the festival, Kerri Yost has served CJFF in too many ways to count.--Paula Elias and I are co-directors of CJFF. We work on it throughout the year, basically. We do try to divide and conquer, each doing specific jobs. We get to see the whole festival from beginning to end, development and execution. In general, my role is fundraising--like right now I have a lot of reports for grants that fund our festival, so it's the ...
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Behind the Scenes of Citizen Jane: Cozette Lehman
It's simple. Cozette Lehman: code for CJFF jack of all trades with ideas coming out of her ears.What has been your job for Citizen Jane? You gave the festival a "face," but you do much more... Technically, I was CJFF's graphic designer,responsible for reinterpreting the festival'sexisting design concept (created by Tiny Circus) into myriad materials (festival program, ads, poster, etc.). I had the general idea of what I'd be producing when I accepted the gig, but there's always "the little extras" ...
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Women in Film Update
"The Rule" done by cartoonist Alison Bechdel is the creation of Bechdel test. Sadly even 23 years after the fact several movies don't pass this test. Next time you are at a movie you should see if it passes the Bechdel test and sice several women's centered films have come out or will be coming out soon this could be an interesting challenge. Good movie watching.
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Behind the Scenes of Citizen Jane: Chad Freidrichs
Citizen Jane featured some very unique shorts programs this year, including "The Secret Life of Girls: CJFF Youth Media Program," and "Portraits: Short Films That Say a Thousand Words." I sat down and spoke with Chad Freidrichs, tech-man extraordinaire and compiler of this year's programs. It turns out that creating a cohesive series of shorts that moves with ease isn't easy at all.What is it that you do for Citizen Jane?Well, what I did for this year was compile the ...
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Women in Film Update
Well, the Cinematic Woman episode finished up about half an hour ago and it was a great episode. The discussions were insightful. Jennifer Erickson brought up an interesting article from New York magazine about the top ten sexist jobs. If you missed the episode don't worry it will be online soon. Until then join in on the discussion of women in film by commenting on this blog, the facebook page or look up MYFEMTV on facebook or email [email protected]
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Behind the Scenes of Citizen Jane: Leah Cheaney
One of the most unique aspects of the Citizen Jane Film Festival is its youth media program, which features short films by young, extremely talented women. I was lucky enough to talk with its director, Leah Cheaney.So, what exactly is the youth media program, and what prompted you to create it? The youth media program selects and highlights films made by women 18 and under. A selection of about 20 short films was shown during the festival; several of these ...
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Women in Film Update
Hi Citizen Janers! Tonight on CAT Channel 85, your local cable access station, MYFEMTV will be doing their "Cinematic Woman" episode. It will start airing at 6:30 so tune in and hear some behind the scenes insight from our very own Keri Yost and Jen Erickson among other guests.For those of you who don't know MYFEMTV is a television show dedicated to women. It is for women(men can watch too) by women about women. The goal of MYFEMTV is to ...
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Women in Film Update
"We are such stuff as dreams are made of and our little life is rounded with a sleep." The Tempest is my favorite Shakespeare plays and I am so excited for this to to theaters in mid-December.Directed by Julie Taymor, starring Helen Mirren and has Alfred Molina I personally think that these people alone will make the film phenomenal! I am really interested to see how/ if anything is changed now that Prospero is Prospera. Changing the gender of the ...
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Behind the Scenes of Citizen Jane: Ginny Muller
Hi everyone, welcome to "Behind the Scenes of Citizen Jane," where we get a closer look at the faces that made up the backbone of the 2010 Citizen Jane Film Festival. Someone had to be in charge of all the people in CJFF Volunteer T-shirts buzzing around the festival all weekend, so this post features Ginny Muller, who told me all about all about it. So, what exactly is it you ...
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Folks Behind the Films: Deborah Stratman
Name Deborah StratmanAge 43Hometown ChicagoCurrent Location still ChicagoFavorite Color chartreuseFavorite Food tomatoesWhen you were little what did you want to be when you grew up?an astronautPlease tell us a bit about the following: Your first project:My first film was called “My Alchemy”. Coincidentally, it was mostly shot on a farm in rural Missouri near a town named Bland (I guess by a bored founding resident). The film ...
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