The Lake Area Film Group: March 2005

Your money hard at work

At the March meeting of the Lake Area Film Group, Patrick Roddy spurred the membership to make a donation to FOCUS (Fellowship Of Communication's Uprising Students), the McNeese State University chapter of the National Broadcasting Society. Thanks to your help, the organization successfully raised the needed funds and was able to attend the 2005 NBS national convention in Los Angeles, CA. The convention provides students the opportunity to learn production techniques and to seek career advice from industry professionals. The event is also geared towards networking students. The convention concludes with an awards ceremony for student competitions. Entries come from universities across the nation in various electronic media categories ranging from audio and video production, to scriptwriting and web design. McNeese was recognized for three awards. Scott Waldrop was selected by NBS for a Rookie Member Grant. A 30-minute, magazine style video show produced by Patrick Roddy's advanced production class, In The Mix, not only won first place, but received a perfect score from one of the judges. McNeese was also awarded the NBS Rookie Chapter of the Year. FOCUS students who are also involved in the LAFG include Corey Tarver, Scott Waldrop, Candace Harralson, Nick LeJeune and alums Angela Brittain and Candace Carver.

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Leda Gonzalez and Candace Harralson at the Kodak Theater, home of the Academy Awards.

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Adam Burger, Corey DeVillier, Nick LeJeune, Leda Gonzalez and Candace Harralson.

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Entertainment Industry in SWLA Pt. 2

Yesterday a second meeting was hosted by George Swift, director of the SWLA Partnership for Economic Development, for interested parties to continue discussions and development of the entertainment and film industry in southwest Louisiana.

The group discussed short and long term goals and formed several committees to move the objectives forward.

The LAFG was once again represented by Patrick Roddy and also attending for the LAFG was Julie Fay.

Actors

A new section just for Actors has been added to the Discussion Forum. If you are an aspiring actor this is the place for you to meet other members of the Lake Area Film Group with the same interests. Take a look.

Screenwriters

Are you interested in screenwriting?

The LAFG Screenwriter's Group meets the second and fourth Tuesday of every month. The March 8th meeting will be at McNeese, Hardtner Hall, Room 118c at 7pm.

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The discussion forum is back online. Good job Eric.

Entertainment Industry in SWLA

George Swift, director of the SWLA Partnership for Economic Development, hosted a meeting today with Mark Smith, the Entertainment Industry Director for the state's Economic Development group. Mark met with interested local residents to discuss building the entertainment industry in southwest Lousisiana.

Topics discussed included available tax incentives as well as programs being created in other Louisiana communities.

Among the attendees were the LAFG's own Patrick Roddy, Ken Henderson and Jack Woodson.

A followup meeting has been scheduled for later this month.

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The discussion forum is temporarily out of action.

Eric is aware of the problem and our service provider is working on it.

Stay tuned for more information.

March Meeting Highlights

Approximately thirty people attended last night's monthly meeting including four newbies. Topics discussed included updates on current projects, grants and the April film festival.

A call for a project for March was answered by Suzie Shadrick. She will be directing her short film Try Not To Look later this month. Stay tuned on the forum for more information and a sign up list.

The highlight of the evening was the screening of shorts from the weekend Film Sprint. These included The Box, Routine, Chelsey and Milk On The Rocks.

Several awards were given out with Chelsey winning Best Picture, Jack Woodson (Routine) as Best Director, Tracey Bryant (Chelsey) as Best Lead Performance, Angela Brittain (Milk On The Rocks) as Best Supporting Performance and Best Screenplay went to Julie Fay and Suzie Shadrick (Milk On The Rocks).

All of the shorts will be rescreened at the upcoming film festival.