2014-15 ORIENTATION
Welcome to the twenty-sixth Centre for Art Tapes Media Art Scholarship Program! Through the Scholarship Program, you will work with individual mentors, meet visiting artists, take technical workshops, attend screenings and exhibitions, and have access to the all of the Centre's equipment, facilities, and resources.
The Centre encourages all scholars to communicate with each other throughout the program. If you run into difficulties, you will likely find that others in the program have faced similar issues and may be able to help one another both creatively and technically. Staff members are also here to help you throughout the program.
CENTRE FOR ART TAPES STAFF CONTACT INFO: Kristy Depper
Communications & Program Coordinator communications@cfat.ca or kristy@cfat.ca (902) 422-6822 Tom Elliott Technical Coordinator tom@cfat.ca (902) 422-6822 Keith McPhail Director cfat.operations@ns.sympatico.ca (902) 422-6842 Jesse Mitchell
Electronics Lab Technician elab@cfat.ca (902) 422-6822 PUBLIC HOURS Sat/Sun/Mon Closed Tuesday 9:30–5:00 p.m. Wednesday 9:30–5:00 p.m. Thursday 9:30–6:00 p.m. Friday 9:30–5:00 p.m.
IMPORTANT NOTES COMMUNICATION:
The Centre for Art Tapes expects all scholars to communicate regularly with their individual mentor and Group Focus Team mentors. As a Scholar, you are highly encouraged to work with your program peers.
Keep in touch with CFAT staff! We are here to help you solve any problems that may arise! We are here to help you meet the program requirements and complete your first media artwork.
WORKSHOPS:
CFAT workshops are free for scholars. You must enroll in the workshops, which are scheduled in communication with the CFAT staff, and attend the sessions you have signed up for in order to fulfill the requirements of the program.
ATTENDANCE & PARTICIPATION
Attendance at CFAT events and screenings is encouraged; our programming is there to enrich your creative process throughout the program.
This is a great opportunity to enjoy yourself with your art! We will organize group gatherings to keep everyone in touch, and ensure you are having a good time and complete your project in a timely manner.
YOUR SUPPORT TEAM
Your Project Development Team is comprised of Keith McPhail, Kristy Depper, Tom Elliott, Jesse Mitchell, and your assigned mentors.
Your project must be completed by 20th of January 2015 NO LATER THAN 5 p.m. in order for it to be formatted for the annual screening in February 2015. This is a hard deadline that will not be negotiated.
PROGRAM ACTIVITY EXPLANATIONS
Scholarship Orientation Meeting - Thursday August 20th
• Introduction to the program
• Introduction to the Mentors and expectation for meetings (meeting formats) • Introduction to the Scholars and their projects
• Book the first Focus Group Meeting (September)
Intro to CFAT Facilities - Tuesday August 26th
• Introduction to the facilities: video edit suites, audio suite and e-lab. • Best practices for shared space use
• Health and Safety orientation
Individual Project Planning Sessions – to be determined by mentor and scholar • You should meet with your mentor at least eight timesbetween August and
January (once or twice per month). Make sure to take notes, both for yourself and for the Record of Scholar/Mentor form which you will have to submit.
• During the initial meeting, you and your mentor will outline your project. • During the October meetings you should be looking ahead to completing the
remainder of your project. For example: Video/Documentary
• Finish shooting / acquiring source footage • Update storyboard / Begin editing
Animations
• Complete your storyboard • Record dialogue
• Finish acquiring majority of source material • Begin animating source material
Installation
• Complete audio / video components • Prepare plans for creating your installation Web-based:
• Establish site structure and general design
• Complete data research / compile content into appropriate formats for the web
• Complete your production components and begin your post-production activities.
• Your project should be about 75% complete by the end of October. During November meetings, you should finalize plans for post-production. This is the time to concentrate on editing, shaping and revising the piece in order to complete your project by January. Post-Production Goals should include:
Video/Documentaries
• Complete image editing / colour correction. • Complete audio effects.
• Complete credits and other digital effects Animation
• Complete animation • Complete soundtrack
Installation:
• Complete technical preparations.
• Test Audio and Video components for synchronizing with the installation
• Complete credits Web-based:
• Complete a demo version for screening
• Complete beta testing and determine level of interactivity • Complete project and upload to the server
• In January, submit the Record of Scholar/Mentor meetings form; you will not receive your honorarium until these are submitted.
Focus Group Meetings - Time and location TBA
• From September to December, Focus Team meetings will occur approximately once a month. Scholars will meet for group critiques and discuss the creative and technical content of their project.
Rough Cut: Focus Group Meeting – December 10th – CFAT Project Room, 2238
Maitland St.
• Be prepared to present a rough cut for an assessment of the presentation/quality • Concentrate on refining the presentation aspect of your piece. In the
post-production phase both technical and aesthetic problems will have to be resolved in order for the work to be ready for the screening.
Written Project Synopsis – December 10th - Submitted digitally to Kristy via Email
• Submit a 100-200 word synopsis describing the project.
Poster/Program Submission – January 6th – Submitted digitally to Kristy via dropbox.
Details to follow
• Send three digital stills, either by email or burned on CD • Send a 50-60 word description of the completed work
• Send a 120 character description of the completed work for Twitter
Completed project – January 20th
• FINAL Deadline for Scholars to hand in their completed works to CFAT Staff. Scholars who do not hand their work in on time will not be included in the screening.
• Digital File (normally ProRes) submitted to Tom. Please speak to Tom to make submission arrangements. Typically the project can be delivered via USB key, or left in the CFAT editing suites if worked on at CFAT.
The Centre for Art Tapes will provide the following services to Scholars: • Individual mentorship
• Group critiques
• Technical training relevant to their project
• Consistent communication on workshops, and programming events.
• Each scholar will receive an honorarium of $400 upon completion of the program. Honoraria are presented at screening.
• In-kind use of facilities and equipment to be booked on an individual basis by the scholars.
• A premiere screening/installation of the completed work will be advertised and presented by the Centre For Art Tapes.
SCHOLAR MENTOR
Lindsay Dobbin Andy Dowden
Timothy Ediger Nathan Ryan
Tori Fleming Khanhthan Tran
Beck Gilmer-Osborne James MacSwain
Kasia Klimpel Becka Barker
Lee-Anne Poole James MacSwain
Nzingha Millar Anne Verrall
Rena Thomas Luckas Pearce
Susan Tooke Nick Bottomley
Johanna Thompson Ariella Pahlke
Focus Group Mentors
Becka Barker Ariella Pahlke
2014-15 PROJECT SCHEDULE
Activity Timing Location
Scholars Orientation Meeting Wednesday August 20th CFAT Project Room, 2238 Maitland St. Introduction to CFAT facilities Tuesday August 26th CFAT Project Room,
2238 Maitland St. Individual Project Planning
Sessions
Month of August to be scheduled individually
To be determined by you and your mentor
Focus Group Meetings Once a month, September to December (4 meetings including rough cut screening)
CFAT Project Room, 2238 Maitland St.
Mentor Meetings Minimum once a month, August through January (6 meetings) To be determined by you and your mentor
Workshops
September through October, typically on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Each workshop will run twice.
CFAT,
2238 Maitland St. Screening of previous scholar
work September (TBD)
CFAT Project Room, 2238 Maitland St. Shooting complete Middle of October N/A
Final Post-Production Workshops Mid October through November CFAT,
2238 Maitland St.
Final Workshop Series December CFAT,
2238 Maitland St.
Rough Cut Submission December 9th by 5PM
Digital File to Tom. Please speak to Tom to make arrangements. Rough Cut: Focus Group
Meeting and Screening December 10th
CFAT Project Room, 2238 Maitland St.
Written Project Synopsis December 10th Submitted digitally to Kristy in Email
Poster/Program Submission January 6th
Delivered digitally to Kristy via Dropbox. Details to follow
Completed project January 20th Digital File (normally ProRes) to Tom. Please
arrangements. Screening Tentative: February 11th or 12th To be determined Distribution Workshop February after screen TBD
2014-15 WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
Activity Timing Instructor
Intro Digital Video workshop Thurs., Aug 28 Nathan Ryan Video Production pt. 1
workshop Tues., Sept 2 Tim Tracey
Video Production pt. 1
workshop Thurs., Sept 4 Tim Tracey
Audio Production workshop Mon., Sept 8 Lukas Pearse Audio Production workshop Tues., Sept 9 Lukas Pearse Lighting workshop Fri., Sept 19 Chuck Clark Lighting workshop Sat., Sept 20 Chuck Clark Video Production pt. 2 Mon., Sept 22 Tim Tracey Video Production pt. 2 Tues., Sept 23 Tim Tracey After Effects pt. 1 Tues., Sept 30 Sam Decoste After Effects pt. 1 Wed., Oct 1 Sam Decoste After Effects pt. 2 Tues., Oct 7 Sam Decoste After Effects pt. 2 Wed., Oct 7 Sam Decoste Video Editing pt. 1 Tues., Oct 14 Nathan Ryan Video Editing pt. 1 Wed., Oct 15 Nathan Ryan Video Editing pt. 2 Tues., Oct 21 Nathan Ryan Video Editing pt. 2 Wed., Oct 22 Nathan Ryan Audio Editing workshop Mon., Oct 27 Lukas Pearse Audio Editing workshop Thurs., Oct 30 Lukas Pearse
Audio Mixing workshop Sun., Nov 23 Lukas Pearse Audio Mixing workshop Mon., Nov 24 Lukas Pearse
Other workshops still to be scheduled:
• Glitch, • Isadora,
• Basic Electronics and Sensors, • Colour Correction
NOTES ABOUT WORKSHOPS
All Workshops are being held at CFAT, 2238 Maitland St.
Workshops run from 6:30PM – 9:30PM. Most workshops are held twice; you only need to sign up for one.
