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The August 18, 2010 Meeting of MCAI is All About Audio.

We’ve booked four top OC experts. They’re masters of field production, live performance, recording, mixing, editing, sweetening, scoring and post production audio.

Got equipment questions? Music? Dialogue? Voice Over? Sound FX?

JUNE NEWSLETTER

Wednesday, June 23rd

Ritz Restaurant 
880 Newport Center Dr
Newport Beach, CA 92660
(949) 720-1800

Come to the Ritz Restaurant in Newport Beach to meet professional and amateur filmmakers in a casual setting. Purpose - networking and sharing resources. 

Special guest: entertainment attorney James Hirsen (hirsenonhollywood.com/)

BYOD (BUY YOUR OWN DRINKS.) 

To our younger members, there is no problem with you coming to the Ritz but (of course) you must be 21 or older to drink.

 meetup link

On Thursday, May 27th, the UCI Film and Video Center will present:

"Screenwriter's Choice" series, in association with the UCI Screenwriting Festival:

THELMA AND LOUISE, directed by Ridley Scott
(U.S., 1991, 120 min., 35mm print)
with award-winning screenwriter Callie Khouri, introduced by Marie Cartier

Reception: 6:30 p.m. at the entrance to Humanities Instructional Building 100
Screening: 7 p.m. HIB 100

Admission: non-FMS Students: $3, Seniors $5, General $6

Legendary Screenwriter, Producer, Comic Book Author, Novelist, Journalist...J. Michael Straczynski.

His credits include: Changeling, Babylon 5, Ninja Assassin, Jeremiah, Lensman, Silver Surfer, Twilight Zone, Thor," and many more! (credits) 

When: Saturday, May 22, 2010
10:00am-1:00pm
Where: The Regency South Coast Village Theater (map)
1561 W Sunflower Ave, Santa Ana, CA‎- (714) 557-5701‎
How much: Free.

Also,radio personality  Manny Pacheco will be talking about his book "Forgotten Hollywood, Forgotten History" with renowned OC journalist and radio host Gary Lycan.

Join us for a Q&A and then a rousing discussion led by JMS as he details his career and tips about working in Hollywood.

JMS will be signing autographs after the event!

The 11th Annual Polish Film Festival at the Regency South Coast Village Theater.  

Movie schedule and slate HERE

Official site HERE

The Screenwriters Workshop will be screening the Edda nominated documentary Alfred Eliasson & Loftleidir Icelandic. Writer/director/member Sigurgeir Orri will join us to talk about the process of making the film and answer questions.

This event will take place at Orange Coast College. Arts Center Building off Parking Lot D. Room 216.  You can buy a Visitor parking permit at the Arlington entrance or park in metered space.

Non-members do not need to RSVP for this event.  More Information can be found here: http://www.meetup.com/SoCal-Screenwriters-Workshop/calendar/12997221/

Legendary Screenwriter, Producer,
Comic Book Author, Novelist, Journalist...

His credits include: Changeling, Babylon 5, Ninja Assassin, Jeremiah, Lensman, Silver Surfer, Twilight Zone, Thor,
and many more! (credits) 

Saturday, May 22, 2010
10:00am-1:00pm

Join us for a Q&A and then a rousing discussion led by JMS as he details his career and tips about working in Hollywood.

February 2010 Event

In conjunction with the Media Alliance of Orange County, we present a Q&A with documentary filmmakers at the Bowers Museum. 

NOTE:  Pre-registration is closed.  Please pay at the door at the event.  
Cost is $12.00 unless you present a valid Student I.D. in which case it is $5.00.

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On December 5, 2009 The Orange County Screenwriters Association was proud to host a Q&A with Mr. Kevin Sorbo at the beautiful Regency South Coast Theater. As always, a special thanks to Larry Porricelli and Lyndon Golin at the Regency for making us feel at home.

I’ll admit I’m prejudiced. I really like Kevin Sorbo. I met him for the first time at a press conference for a film of mine he is slated to star in (link.) He was amazingly open and friendly to everyone there, including the press. You just like this man - he’s truly genuine.   (READ MORE) 

December 7, 2009

“Harvey the Monster Racist” premiered on Saturday, December 5, 2009 at the Regency South Coast Village Theater as part of the Orange County Screenwriters Association event featuring actor Kevin Sorbo.

The cooperative production between OCSWA and Lennex Productions had many instant fans as the appreciative audience gave it thumbs way up for its fun tone and clever writing. The eight minute short had people laughing from the opening images to the closing credits and afterward the gathered filmmakers took a much deserved bow talking a bit about the making of the short.

 I'm surprised that Halloween has survived in the age of nutrition. Parents who scream at non-diet sodas being allowed in schools turn a blind eye to the kids dressing up for a night of unbridled, instant diabetes. For once, I took a stand against the Nestles and Hersheys. I wasn't about to let their profits soar at the expense of our local O.C. youths' health. Since I live in a small, mostly adult, complex, I realized there would be few trick or treaters coming to my door. I decided to give each child a single cigarette.

The Orange County Screenwriters Association, in association with Lennexe Productions, saw the culmination of a process started this past summer when we (OCSWA) ran a short script contest and Lennexe agreed to film the winner's script.

These are some stills from the set of "Harvey, the Monster Racist" yesterday.  link to photos

We had a blast working on this and the finished product will be screened (hopefully) this coming Saturday (October 31st) at our Halloween event. The project was filmed at breakneck speed over 10+ hours - quite an accomplishment for the producer/director Eric Hensman.

There will be more information on the ocscreenwriters.com website soon.
 

A special thanks to Colin Tanji at Abracadabra Presentation Graphics for allowing us to use his excellent production facilities.  We simply could not have done it without his gracious generosity (that's his butt on the ladder in one of the photos.)  I think I got his best side.  ;-) 

On Tuesday night (10.20.09)  O.C. filmmaker Regina Crosby’s film “Teenage Dirtbag” screened at the Regency South Coast Village Theater. Since Ms Crosby has sold the distribution rights to the film to Universal (congrats due for that), and Universal has decided to take it direct to video, this was one of the rare times it could be seen big.

There was a Q&A with Director Crosby and Actor Michael Bradley after the screening led by Mark Sevi of the Orange County Screenwriters Association.

Thumbnail critique - a movie and evening worth the price of admission.

 Film Production in Orange County
October 20, 2009

For Immediate Release:

Sunday, October 25th, will mark the beginning of the end of a film production process started in May 2009 when Eric Hensman of Lennexe Productions (www.lennexe.com) approached the Orange County Screenwriters Association (OCSWA) (www.ocscreenwriters.com) after their inaugural event and said “You write it, we’ll film it.” 

JOIN US ON OCTOBER 20th
Tickets on Sale!

YOUR STUDENT or TEACHER I.D.
GETS YOU A GREATLY REDUCED RATE 
AT THE BOX OFFICE
at the Regency South Coast Theater 

Tickets on sale online or at box office
the night of the screening!

Tuesday, October 20, 2009, 7:00pm
Q&A with writer/director Regina Crosby after film

film website

All good filmmakers have some poetry in their souls no matter what genre they express themselves in. In the case of filmmaker John Woo, he finds the ballet of violence and force against force to be his haiku (yes, I know haiku is Japanese and Woo is Chinese but just go with it.) 

In his soon-to-be-released "Red Cliff" Woo once again shows why he is a director who must express our humanity with blood and battle. But "Red Cliff" is so much more than a foxtrot of fists or a sonnet of swords. It's an all out, balls first, epic - with a heart. It's about big moments, small moments - the huge tapestry of life, and life on the edges of despair and death.

John Woo's latest "Red CLiff" will be at the Regency South Coast Village Theater this Thursday, October 15th.  John Woo will be at the screening to do a Q&A afterwards.

http://orangecountyfilmsociety.com/

Our event yesterday (09.19.09) at the Regency South Coast Village Theater was fan-damn-tastic as a friend of mine is wont to say. People began arriving at 9:00am for the 10:00am start and it built from there. We didn't keep exact track but it seemed like we had a lot of new people there which speaks well (hopefully) of our marketing but more of our word of mouth friends who have begun to spread the word.

 Mark & "The Board" --

Thank you all for taking the time to put this event together.

I look forward to the October 31 event and seeing the visualization of the winning script from the contest.