Latest 2012 UFVA Conference Info!
An Update on submitting Films, New Media exhibitions, Panels, Papers, Scripts, Videos, Workshops (and the kitchen sync) to the 66th UFVA Conference at Columbia College
The UFVA website will be ready to accept online submissions starting Monday, February 6. There are a few changes in the procedures for submitting work this (highlighted below) but in general the system will be the same; use the appropriate online form(s) to submit your work.
An IMPORTANT Note:
• If you are a UFVA member at the time you intend to submit material via the online form, please LOG IN to the site BEFORE submitting your material. This will auto-fill your personal information, and will also allow you to edit your submission later.
• If you do not log in first, you will not be able to make changes later to your submission.
• If your UFVA membership application isn’t current, renew BEFORE Submitting!
Conference Theme - "Imagination is the 21st Century Technology"
Keynote speaker, Peter Sims, will explore the concept of incremental, accumulative ideation and help us understand the value of making what Sims calls "Little Bets". More info on Peter Sims: http://petersims.com/
Changes for 2012:
• There are separate online submission forms for Panels and Papers.
o Panels should be submitted with the topic, and participants, already lined up; the UFVA member submitting the application will be the moderator for that panel.
o Papers submitted individually will be programmed into panels, depending on space availability.
• There are separate online submission forms for the Film and Video Screening and the Film and Video Competition sections of the Conference.
o Work submitted to the Film and Video Screening section is the traditional way film and video work has been exhibited at the Conference; material submitted will be programmed depending on space availability.
o Work submitted to the Film and Video Competition will compete in two categories; fiction and non-fiction; Competition work is not programed into the Conference (unless also submitted to the Film and Video Screening section).
Submission Limits:
• Conference attendees may present a maximum total of two entries in the areas of Film and Video Screening, Panels and Papers, New Media, and Scriptwriting.
o Submitting material to the Faculty Screenplay Competition and the Film and Video Competition does NOT count against this total of two entries.
UFVA Membership and Registration Info:
• You do not need to be a member of UFVA to submit entries to the conference, but you must be a member to attend the conference.
• If your entry is accepted, you should confirm your UFVA membership immediately, and register for the conference.
• After June 3, 2012, if you have not registered for the conference and become a member, your submission will be removed from the program.
For more info, contact Michael Mulcahy, Conference VP: mmulcahy@u.arizona.edu
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Hello there all:
I have four items that I wanted to have considered for the conference:
1 - you have or are about to get a detailed proposal for a booth from the Directors Guild of America where I am a director member and on the national board and chairperson of Special Projects and we want to share our new Visual Histories Program that allows for complex functionality that can be of use by students and faculty.
2 - Norm Hollyn has asked me to participate in "Things I Wish I Could Tell Myself About My First Film." and I would be glad to. I have made 9 feature films as a director so I may be of use here.
3 - I would like to propose a presentation based on the work I have been doing a the Change Making Media Lab which I founded at the School of Cinematic Arts at USC where I am a tenured full professor. This would be a 15 - 2O minuted "keynote" presentation with video clips comparing the effectiveness of the narrative vs the non narrative in motivating behavior change. We just finished making two films for this purpose of the National Cancer Institute of the NIH and the research results are fascinating and significant and make a new contribution to the field of Entertainment-Education.
4 - As may be the case with other's students, many of ours at USC are stealing films illegally downloading them from the net which is threatening the film industry and the future of these potential filmmakers. The DGA is very active in this issue and if I can participate in this discussion if it is being addressed at this year's conference. Let me know.
Thanks for considering all the above.
Best
Professor, School of Cinematic Arts, USC
Film and Television Director, Writer, Producer
Founder of the Change Making Media Lab
Chairperson of Special Projects for the DGA