Up the Stream Without a Paddle
Delivering Video on the Internet – Streaming Media Workshop

Learn how to go from a final cut of your film to delivering it on the web for the masses. Topics covered: Background on streaming media, progressive and RTSP, bandwidth considerations, compression and codecs (i.e. H.264), uploading your media to a streaming server, and embedding your media in a webpage. Students are encouraged to bring their laptops, and have QuickTime Pro installed if possible.

Saturday, March 11th, 2006, from 2pm–5pm
at the InPlay Forté, Jr. Ballroom, 15th & Cuming, Omaha, NE
Workshop $20 – 877.346.FILM – Free for HSFF Filmmakers
Sponsored by Qwest
Women In Documentary Film
Three women who all write, produce, and direct documentary programming, will be coming to the Hot Shops Film Festival! Join us when Mel Bucklin (nominated for a Writer's Guild of America award and a national Emmy and a Peabody award for An Exceedingly Dangerous Woman: The Radical Life of Emma Goldman), Christine Lesiak (won the George Foster Peabody Award and the Writer's Guild Award for Monkey Trial, plus numerous awards, including the Cine Golden Eagle, Gold Apple, and the Gabriel Award), and Michele Wolford (joined NET in 2000 as a Producer/Director and is currently producing a CPB-funded documentary) come to talk about their struggles and triumphs in the world of documentary. [Read their bios here.]

Saturday, March 11th, from 11am–1pm
at the Hot Shops Art Center, 13th and Nicholas, Omaha, NE 
Workshop $15 – 877.346.FILM – Free for HSFF Filmmakers
Insights from Hollywood!
President of Seven Summits Management, William Blaylock, is coming to the Hot Shops Film Festival! Seven Summits is a Hollywood management company (though located in Beverly Hills), that represents movie stars such as Zooey Deschanel, Judge Reinhold and Sean Bean (among others), as well as writers, producers, and Academy Award™ winning directors. William Blaylock will be talking about his insights to the business side of Hollywood, and will answer questions that arise during the talk.

Sunday, March 12th, 2006, from 2pm–5pm
at the InPlay Forté, Jr. Ballroom, 15th & Cuming, Omaha, NE
Workshop $15 – 877.346.FILM – Free for HSFF Filmmakers
• Limited seating • Call 402 346-FILM (3456) to reserve a seat ASAP • MC/Visa accepted

There will be a limited amount of class slots. Times may change, so check back for the latest news.

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