Normally not open on Mondays, Rojo owners Laney DeJonge and Clark Lopez are opening up their establishment exclusively for Salon participants!
Complimentary snacks are available for all and beer on tap.
Rojo is located at 2921 Highland Ave South.
(Need a map? Click here.)
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Scheduled the first Monday of the month, Sidewalk Salons provide an opportunity for Birmingham's filmmaking community to meet, greet, listen and discuss. Guest speakers and topics provide a focus to each meeting, while the social environment
of Rojo gives friends and colleagues a reason to get together monthly to talk about upcoming projects.
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Monday, July 9 @ Rojo
TOPIC: The Look of Your Film
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm | Group Networking
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Presentation NEW TIME!
On the docket:
Please welcome Mary Gurney from The PLAYHOUSE. Mary will share with us what it is like to be a provider of costumes and props for theatre and film. Need to dress up your set? Have questions about the easiest way to make your actors and set look like they're from the Civil War era? This is the Salon for you!
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| MONDAY /JUNE 4 |
| Sidewalk presents its first ever debate. The topic? FinalCut vs. Avid. We have Carl Ross, local editor, and Joe Huggins of CineFilm on Team FinalCut. Opposing them were Sam Frazier, Jr., local filmmaker, and Kenneth Hurd, local DP/editor, on Team Avid. Who will win? (Psst...it may be FinalCut!) |
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| MONDAY /MAY 7 |
| How do you make Las Vegas look like Mars? It's all about having a clever eye and a good location scouting team. Listen as Chance & Stacey Shirley (of Hide and Creep fame) discuss the in's and out's of location scouting and re-coloring, complete with visuals! They will also be filling us in on their current production, Interplanetary. |
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| MONDAY /APRIL 2 |
TOP TEN SIDEWALK SUBMISSION MISTAKES - Rejection sucks, especially when you see the same filmmakers get accepted into Sidewalk year after year. What do they know that you don't? Come to this salon to get the skinny on what makes a film Sidewalk worthy. Hear tips from veterans, fellow filmmakers, and members of the screening committee. P.S. We're officially calling this Salon "Top Ten Sidewalk Submission Mistakes." Kyle and Rachel will really be sharing things you must avoid at all costs when submitting a film. |
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| MONDAY / MARCH 5 |
FILM RESTORATION - Patrick (Pat) Loughney, PhD (American Studies, George Washington University, 1988) is the Curator, Motion Picture Department, George Eastman House. He is the Director of the L. Jeffery Selznick School of Film Preservation, a unique program founded in 1996 to train the next generation of film preservationists. Previously, he was the Supervisor in charge of the Moving Image Section of the Library of Congress. Mr. Loughney is in town for the Hellman Wyler Festival. |
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| MONDAY / FEBRUARY 5 |
MEET THE TEAM! - Meet the new team of staff behind Sidewalk, the Scrambles, Birmingham SHOUT & more. The team will discuss and answer questions about plans for 2007. Get the calendar of this year's events: Festivals, Scrambles, Salons & much more! |
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2006
| MONDAY / NOVEMBER 6 |
THE IMAGE SALON - Don't miss the November 6 Sidewalk Salon , where you can meet and hang with Gabe Wardell and Dan Krovich from IMAGE in Atlanta. A frequent Sidewalk juror, Gabe is IMAGE's new President / CEO, and Dan is their new Festivals Director. Hear details on their Out On Film gay & lesbian film festival next weekend, and get tips on submitting to the Atlanta Film Festival. |
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| MONDAY / OCTOBER 2 |
THE POST-FEST RECOVERY SALON - Share stories from the 8th annual Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival, and offer up your feedback, comments and suggestions to festival organizers.
~ View special screenings of local faves in Rojo's screening room -- including GOUASH (winner of the Jury award for Best Alabama Short), PIECE OF CAKE (Audience Choice Award-winner for Best Alabama Short), and more. |
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| MONDAY /JULY 10 |
| Get the latest details on SideWrite 2006, which just extended its deadline and added Final Draft Screenwriter's Suite to the Grand Prize package! Meet Arik Sokol of Vazda Studios, learn about who whey are and what they do, and hear about their plans to tackle the SideWrite 2006 Production Prize winner with guest director Adam Wingard of Team Bloodjet! Welcome back Michael Grady, formerly of Dimension Films and now at Hunter Films and WorkPlay Productions, and hear about new developments happening at the WorkPlay Soundstage. |
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| MONDAY / JUNE 5 |
THE SOUND SALON - Meet Cinema Audio Society member Whit Norris this Monday at the Sidewalk Salon and hear about his 14 years of experience as a location sound mixer. Hear tales from the sound side, learn tips and tricks that will help you on your next production – big budget or no budget, and come to realize why sound can ma(or break) a moving picture.
A Birmingham native, Whit's feature film work includes Kevin Smith's CLERKS 2, DOGMA and JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK, as well as FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, HEAD OF STATE and AMERICAN SPLENDOR. His television credits include work for Walt Disney Entertainment, Spelling Entertainment, and HBO Productions. Whit has also done numerous corporate and commercial work for companies such as McDonald's, Panasonic, Saab, Diet Coke, and the Discovery Channel. |
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