Intern With the Jedis!

A presentation by the Lucas Jedi Academy will be held on:

Friday October 22, 2010
10:45a to 12:15p

CEM in the Bridge screening room
500 W. Livingston Street
Orlando, FL 32801
PH: 407-235-3610

Showbiz Budgeting Software Demo. Special UCF Student Pricing!

There will be an online demo for the new film production budgeting software that UCF Film is now using, Showbiz Budgeting.

It will be held in Comm room 148
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Friday October 15, 2010

It will be conducted by Steve Bizenov, Media Services/ Showbiz Software Stores. Lisa Cook will be there and she urges you to attend if you intend to get into the film production business. It's an excellent program, includes cost reporting and petty cash tracking features. They are giving UCF a very special price of $49.95 (the usual price is $300). This UCF student price will be in place for 1 year only. "I strongly suggest you make the purchase - it's a great program and you will use it forever. And they have excellent support services," says Lisa Cook about the new software. The UCF Computer store will be selling it on campus very soon.

RSVP and keep up to date via Facebook

Christopher Harris' Film to Screen at 24th Annual Leeds Film Festival

Associate Professor Christopher Harris' internationally renowned experimental film, 28.IV.81 (Bedouin Spark) will screen at the 24th Leeds International Film Festival in the Cherry Kino Avant-Garde Programme “Night Jewels, Day Blooms” on Saturday November 6th, 2010.

UCF Film Grad Lands Gig With HBO!

2006 UCF Film Graduate Drew Lindo lands big with HBO. Drew is currently a writer's assistant on HBO's new hit series "HUNG." 

Recently Jay Boyar interviewed Series Co-Creator Dmitry Lipkin about the series' main character, Ray Drecker (played by Thomas Jane), being a UCF Alum himself. Lipkin sites that Lindo was able to provide details about the University where Ray Drecker's charmed life as a star athlete began to come apart.

The article recently appeared in Orlando Magazine (scroll to the bottom of the page).

Drew has also established a twitter account for the "HUNG" writers. If you're curious, follow them at: https://twitter.com/hungwriters

Panhandle Film Fest: Last Call For Entries

ATTENTION ATTENTION ATTENTION ATTENTION ATTENTION

LAST CALL for Student entries.

The Florida Panhandle Film Festival needs some student films for screening at this years festival. The submission is waived due to the time left until the festival. The festival is November 4th- 7th, 2010 and we will still judge the submissions for an award. Students submission will stop on October 20, 2010.

UCF Film Major, Don Cupo, is featured in a national story on ABC News!

"Meet 48-year-old Floridian Don Cupo, who is by far the oldest member of the University of Central Florida's Marching Knights.

When Cupo lost his job as a financial analyst during the economic downturn, he decided to go back to school, but he wanted to do more than just take night classes..."

Check out the full story.

Web Designer Needed

Megan Wechter is producing the official website for Jesse Wolfe's feature film "Eye of the Hurricane" and is looking for someone to help design it. If you (or someone you know) knows how to design a website, please contact Megan ASAP! They need someone immediately due to the sudden departure of the previous designer.

The Angry Filmmaker is Back!!! Today Only!

Kelley Baker, filmmaker, sound designer, and author of The Filmmaker Survival Guide: Making the Extreme No-Budget Film, is coming to UCF TODAY!!!!

"The Miseducation of Simon Kraus" Gets Buzz From indieWIRE.com

Check out this great article by indieWIRE.com and scroll down to the 5th film. Bryce J. Renninger found Mike Diaz' film, "The Miseducation of Simon Kraus," on kickstarter.com and gave him a plug. Mike is aiming for a December graduation from our MFA Film program.

Congratulations, Mike!