Darklight Festival 2008
Thursday 26- Sunday 29 June 2008
Filmbase/Irish Film Institute/The Light House
www.darklight.ie
Darklight: The Future Is Now
Less than a month to go!
That's right, we can't believe that it's almost Darklight time, it feels like only yesterday that we were finalizing the last few events for this year's festival.
No, wait, that WAS yesterday.
The Darklight programmes have hit the streets, and we're pretty darned happy with them. You'll find all the info on our spiffy new website, too:
www.darklight.ie
It's a work in progress. But then we're all works in progress, boss. There you'll find info about all this year's exciting Darklight events: Crispin Glover, Paddy Considine, Warp Pictures, Chris Doyle, The Documentary Doctor, Vice Magazine, our 4-Day Movie Challenge, DATA, the first Irish screening in 25 years of Tron (we're pretty stoked about that one), the 15 Second Film Festival and much, much, MUCH more... But don't take our word for it. Check it out for yourself.
Today, however, we want to tell you about our exciting Darklight '08 Workshop And Symposium Programme.
€50 scores you an all-access pass to ALL of these events.
Right now, the day by day line-up looks a little like this...
FRIDAY 27 JUNE SYMPOSIA
DIGITAL WATCH:
DARKLIGHT AND DIGITAL MEDIA FORUM PRESENT A PAIR OF CUTTING-EDGE SYMPOSIA EXPLORING THE DIGITAL MEDIAVERSE.
SYMPOSIUM: LETTING IT ALL HANG OUT: PRIVACY VS. PUBLICITY IN THE VIRTUAL WORLD
Friday 27 June Film Base, 10 - 11.30 am
For a new generation of 'digital natives' privacy is no longer a requirement. Web 2.0 has brought with it a transformation in how we view the need for privacy and engage with the public realm ? but at what cost? The discussion will be prefaced by a keynote address from Daniel J. Solove, Associate Professor of law at the George Washington University Law School, and the author of The Digital Person: Technology and Privacy In The Information Age. Chaired by solicitor and digital rights expert Caroline Campbell, the panel will also feature Irish blogging guru Damien Mulley.
SYMPOSIUM: WEB 3.0: WHERE NEXT FOR THE INTERNET?
Friday, FilmBase, 12 - 1.30 p.m.
This panel discussion will look at what is the next stage of development for the World Wide Web - and it's parent, the internet. Cloud Computing, Rich Media applications, Mobile internet, 3D internet, Semantic web, The Grid, wirelessly-enabled appliances and sensors... All these concepts will be analysed, discussed and explained and given context for the creative community and general public alike. Chaired by Anton Mannering (Digital Media Forum), participants will include Bill McDaniel (DERI, Galway) Chris Howard (Head of 3D Internet, IBM) and Joe Dromgoole (Put Place).
INTRODUCING... VIRTUAL CINEMA:
SYMPOSIA AND SCREENINGS TO CELEBRATE THE LAUNCH OF THE IRISH FILM BOARD/WILDLIGHT VIRTUAL CINEMA INITIATIVE - A NEW SCHEME FOCUSED UPON THE PRODUCTION OF HIGH-QUALITY IRISH SHORT FILMS THAT ARE SUITED TO THE NEW FORMS OF DIGITAL VIDEO CONSUMPTION.
SYMPOSIUM: THIS IS THE HOUR: NOT JUST ANOTHER LOW-BUDGET FILMMAKING SEMINAR
The Light House, 2.00 p.m.
Darklight are delighted to welcome Warp X head honcho Barry Ryan to the festival as part of our Warp strand; Warp X posits a new model for the British Film Industry ? a sustainable digital studio driven by creative talent and a dynamic business model that rewards everyone involved in the films. With budgets available for independent film steadily decreasing, what better time to get together and talk about the agonies and ecstasies of low budget? Participants will include Darklight Director Nicky Gogan (Still Films), Documentary Doctor Fernanda Rossi and Barry Ryan (Head Of Production, Warp X).
SYMPOSIUM: DECODING VIRAL MARKETING
The Light House, 4.00 p.m.
Wikipedia puts it thusly: 'Viral marketing is a marketing phenomenon that facilitates and encourages people to pass along a marketing message voluntarily. The basic form of viral marketing is not infinitely sustainable.' The successful viral marketing campaign is the Holy Grail of twenty-first century media... How to capture lightning in the virtual jar? Chaired by Steve McCormack (Wildwave), the panel will include Fionn Kidney (Strategem) and Irish internet phenomenon Sophie Merry (Bandy Toaster).
FRIDAY 27 JUNE ADDITIONAL DARKLIGHT WORKSHOPS
WORKSHOP: INTRODUCING... MICROSOFT SILVERLIGHT
Friday 27th June Film Base, 2 p.m.
Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform and cross-device plug-in for delivering the next generation of media experiences and rich interactive applications for the web. We give you the skinny. Presented in association with Microsoft.
WORKSHOP: INTRODUCING... THE RED CAMERA
Friday 27th June Film Base 4 p.m.
It's the digital video camera the entire industry is talking about ? and it's going to change filmmaking forever. Darklight presents the ultimate bluffers guide to Your New Best Friend. Presented in association with the Irish Film and Television Network.
SATURDAY 28 JUNE WORKSHOPS
FAMILY WORKSHOP: MORPHATHON
Hosted by Michael Connolly
Meeting Room, Irish Film Institute, 11 a.m.
Fun for all the family! Bring life to an inert blob of clay! Darklight's popular animation workshop for kids returns ? and this time Mammys and Daddys are allowed to join in! Everyone attending will get an opportunity to be an animator, cameraman and video editor, creating their own personal clips. All are welcome!
Advance booking is required for this event. Contact Darklight at 01 6709017 or email: contact at darklight dot ie
TALK: DAVID O'REILLY GETS ANIMATED
Film Base, 5 p.m.
David O'Reilly talks about ideas relating to modern animation filmmaking, with a particular focus on 3D aesthetics, appreciation of movement and (in his words) a whole load of other things. He will illustrate using choice examples of his own work.
SUNDAY 29 JUNE WORKSHOP
TALK: KEN PERLIN: TRON AND BEYOND
IFI Meeting Room 3 p.m.
We are delighted to be joined by effects wizard and Oscar winner Ken Perlin, Professor Of Computer Science at New York University; Ken worked on Tron, and since then has been developing new computer graphics techniques widely used in the motion picture special effects industry. Don't miss the opportunity to enjoy a rare audience with a true FX pioneer.
Phew! That will do for now. Next time we'll tell you about our masterclasses. Go and get some sun.
Cheers!
Team Darklight
Darklight Booking Information:
SCREENINGS:
Tickets for all screenings can be bought at the Irish Film Institute box office and Light
House Cinema box office.
SYMPOSIUMS AND WORKSHOPS:
Entrance to the entire symposium and workshop programme is EU50. Student/unwaged tickets are also available for EU20. Tickets can be purchased on line at www.darklight.ie/pages/tickets.htm or by sending a cheque to the Festival Office, 69 Dame St, Dublin 2 and at Film Base from 9.30 Friday 27th June, pre booking is advisable. Individual tickets per event may be purchased at the door for E20 on a first come first serve basis.
MASTER CLASSES:
All master classes must be applied for through the Screen Training Ireland website
www.screentrainingireland.ie .
Thursday 26- Sunday 29 June 2008
Filmbase/Irish Film Institute/The Light House
www.darklight.ie
Darklight: The Future Is Now
Less than a month to go!
That's right, we can't believe that it's almost Darklight time, it feels like only yesterday that we were finalizing the last few events for this year's festival.
No, wait, that WAS yesterday.
The Darklight programmes have hit the streets, and we're pretty darned happy with them. You'll find all the info on our spiffy new website, too:
www.darklight.ie
It's a work in progress. But then we're all works in progress, boss. There you'll find info about all this year's exciting Darklight events: Crispin Glover, Paddy Considine, Warp Pictures, Chris Doyle, The Documentary Doctor, Vice Magazine, our 4-Day Movie Challenge, DATA, the first Irish screening in 25 years of Tron (we're pretty stoked about that one), the 15 Second Film Festival and much, much, MUCH more... But don't take our word for it. Check it out for yourself.
Today, however, we want to tell you about our exciting Darklight '08 Workshop And Symposium Programme.
€50 scores you an all-access pass to ALL of these events.
Right now, the day by day line-up looks a little like this...
FRIDAY 27 JUNE SYMPOSIA
DIGITAL WATCH:
DARKLIGHT AND DIGITAL MEDIA FORUM PRESENT A PAIR OF CUTTING-EDGE SYMPOSIA EXPLORING THE DIGITAL MEDIAVERSE.
SYMPOSIUM: LETTING IT ALL HANG OUT: PRIVACY VS. PUBLICITY IN THE VIRTUAL WORLD
Friday 27 June Film Base, 10 - 11.30 am
For a new generation of 'digital natives' privacy is no longer a requirement. Web 2.0 has brought with it a transformation in how we view the need for privacy and engage with the public realm ? but at what cost? The discussion will be prefaced by a keynote address from Daniel J. Solove, Associate Professor of law at the George Washington University Law School, and the author of The Digital Person: Technology and Privacy In The Information Age. Chaired by solicitor and digital rights expert Caroline Campbell, the panel will also feature Irish blogging guru Damien Mulley.
SYMPOSIUM: WEB 3.0: WHERE NEXT FOR THE INTERNET?
Friday, FilmBase, 12 - 1.30 p.m.
This panel discussion will look at what is the next stage of development for the World Wide Web - and it's parent, the internet. Cloud Computing, Rich Media applications, Mobile internet, 3D internet, Semantic web, The Grid, wirelessly-enabled appliances and sensors... All these concepts will be analysed, discussed and explained and given context for the creative community and general public alike. Chaired by Anton Mannering (Digital Media Forum), participants will include Bill McDaniel (DERI, Galway) Chris Howard (Head of 3D Internet, IBM) and Joe Dromgoole (Put Place).
INTRODUCING... VIRTUAL CINEMA:
SYMPOSIA AND SCREENINGS TO CELEBRATE THE LAUNCH OF THE IRISH FILM BOARD/WILDLIGHT VIRTUAL CINEMA INITIATIVE - A NEW SCHEME FOCUSED UPON THE PRODUCTION OF HIGH-QUALITY IRISH SHORT FILMS THAT ARE SUITED TO THE NEW FORMS OF DIGITAL VIDEO CONSUMPTION.
SYMPOSIUM: THIS IS THE HOUR: NOT JUST ANOTHER LOW-BUDGET FILMMAKING SEMINAR
The Light House, 2.00 p.m.
Darklight are delighted to welcome Warp X head honcho Barry Ryan to the festival as part of our Warp strand; Warp X posits a new model for the British Film Industry ? a sustainable digital studio driven by creative talent and a dynamic business model that rewards everyone involved in the films. With budgets available for independent film steadily decreasing, what better time to get together and talk about the agonies and ecstasies of low budget? Participants will include Darklight Director Nicky Gogan (Still Films), Documentary Doctor Fernanda Rossi and Barry Ryan (Head Of Production, Warp X).
SYMPOSIUM: DECODING VIRAL MARKETING
The Light House, 4.00 p.m.
Wikipedia puts it thusly: 'Viral marketing is a marketing phenomenon that facilitates and encourages people to pass along a marketing message voluntarily. The basic form of viral marketing is not infinitely sustainable.' The successful viral marketing campaign is the Holy Grail of twenty-first century media... How to capture lightning in the virtual jar? Chaired by Steve McCormack (Wildwave), the panel will include Fionn Kidney (Strategem) and Irish internet phenomenon Sophie Merry (Bandy Toaster).
FRIDAY 27 JUNE ADDITIONAL DARKLIGHT WORKSHOPS
WORKSHOP: INTRODUCING... MICROSOFT SILVERLIGHT
Friday 27th June Film Base, 2 p.m.
Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform and cross-device plug-in for delivering the next generation of media experiences and rich interactive applications for the web. We give you the skinny. Presented in association with Microsoft.
WORKSHOP: INTRODUCING... THE RED CAMERA
Friday 27th June Film Base 4 p.m.
It's the digital video camera the entire industry is talking about ? and it's going to change filmmaking forever. Darklight presents the ultimate bluffers guide to Your New Best Friend. Presented in association with the Irish Film and Television Network.
SATURDAY 28 JUNE WORKSHOPS
FAMILY WORKSHOP: MORPHATHON
Hosted by Michael Connolly
Meeting Room, Irish Film Institute, 11 a.m.
Fun for all the family! Bring life to an inert blob of clay! Darklight's popular animation workshop for kids returns ? and this time Mammys and Daddys are allowed to join in! Everyone attending will get an opportunity to be an animator, cameraman and video editor, creating their own personal clips. All are welcome!
Advance booking is required for this event. Contact Darklight at 01 6709017 or email: contact at darklight dot ie
TALK: DAVID O'REILLY GETS ANIMATED
Film Base, 5 p.m.
David O'Reilly talks about ideas relating to modern animation filmmaking, with a particular focus on 3D aesthetics, appreciation of movement and (in his words) a whole load of other things. He will illustrate using choice examples of his own work.
SUNDAY 29 JUNE WORKSHOP
TALK: KEN PERLIN: TRON AND BEYOND
IFI Meeting Room 3 p.m.
We are delighted to be joined by effects wizard and Oscar winner Ken Perlin, Professor Of Computer Science at New York University; Ken worked on Tron, and since then has been developing new computer graphics techniques widely used in the motion picture special effects industry. Don't miss the opportunity to enjoy a rare audience with a true FX pioneer.
Phew! That will do for now. Next time we'll tell you about our masterclasses. Go and get some sun.
Cheers!
Team Darklight
Darklight Booking Information:
SCREENINGS:
Tickets for all screenings can be bought at the Irish Film Institute box office and Light
House Cinema box office.
SYMPOSIUMS AND WORKSHOPS:
Entrance to the entire symposium and workshop programme is EU50. Student/unwaged tickets are also available for EU20. Tickets can be purchased on line at www.darklight.ie/pages/tickets.htm or by sending a cheque to the Festival Office, 69 Dame St, Dublin 2 and at Film Base from 9.30 Friday 27th June, pre booking is advisable. Individual tickets per event may be purchased at the door for E20 on a first come first serve basis.
MASTER CLASSES:
All master classes must be applied for through the Screen Training Ireland website
www.screentrainingireland.ie .
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