Transition Towns Video Film Festival is Taking Off!

Make your movie about "Looking Back to the Future: Envision how your
town can become more environmentally and economically sustainable in
2030."	Transition Town Film Project Group, BNCTV staff & studio,
additional resources and technical people are here to help you. Here's
how:

FREE ongoing workshops, training, assistance and guidance
* All through the summer the Transitional Town Film Project Group will
email new information, workshop schedules and timeline updates to all
those who are on our email list. Contact Judy Phillips at
judy-dharma@crocker.com to be added to the email list.
* Need help with a specific topic? Possible small working group sessions
may be scheduled if requested by email or phone.
* Otis Wheeler will be available at the BNCTV Studios on the PVRS Campus
for personal assistance, throughout the summer by appointment. Contact
Otis at owheeler@bnctv.net or by phone at 413-648-6300.
* Also available for consultation on production issues is Northfield
resident and semi-retired filmmaker, Bree Kehmeier at 413- 265-1012.

FREE use of equipment, cameras, microphones, and editing software
available at BNCTV
Filmmakers are encouraged to train before using this equipment and seek
filming advice and/or technical instruction from a BNCTV staff person.
BNCTV staff can also assist with editing using your program or using
BNCTV editing software on site.

FREE examples
* For ideas, hints, and examples on the art and craft of filmmaking,
view the presentations by three local filmmakers: Rawn Fulton, Steve
Alves and Kerry Kazokas on www.BNCTV.net.
* Handouts from workshops and various resource lists are available from
the Transition Town Film Project Group and will be online at
www.northfieldareatransition.org/ as well as at www.BNCTV.net.

Timeline: The Transition Towns Film Festival will be held mid-October 2011
*	The submission deadline will be one month prior to The Transition
Towns Film Festival
*	Upon the submission deadline, 2 non-returnable DVD copies must be
submitted by mail to:
Transition Towns Film Festival/BNC-TV 97 F. Sumner Turner Road,
Northfield, MA 01360

With submissions due mid September, we encourage you to:
*Enjoy, have fun and let us help you create your film.
*Ask for help.
*Develop a concept or theme to convey that is within the contest rules.
*Create a pre-production script / location sequence / prop and equipment
list.
*Work with a buddy system when possible.
*Have a rough cut screening with Otis or other tech support people well
before the mid-September submission date.

For Contest Rules, go to the Transition Towns website:
www.northfieldareatransition.org/. The Film Festival Group is happy to
assist you with additional questions or information. To reach Committee
members, contact: Sue Ross at 413-498-2700 or suross@comcast.net; Rick
Abbott at 978-544-8458 or fhabbottiii@gmail.com; Judy Phillips at
978-544-2653 or judy-dharma@crocker.com; Bree Kehmeier at 413-265-1012;
Otis Wheeler at 413-648-6300 or owheeler@bnctv.net.
The Transition Towns Film Festival project is co-sponsored by Transition
Towns Northfield & Warwick, BNCTV, and the Pioneer Valley Institute