Screenwriter’s Circle will convene this wednesday the 11th in Harper 145 at 6:30. Bring that idea for fleshing out, that completed screenplay for a reading and critique, or that image stuck in your head for brainstorming! We’ll have pizza and spend some quality artistic chill time.

If you have several pages (or more) you’d like to go over with the group, send it here so we can print out multiple copies for people before the meeting.

These meetings will continue, every other week (opposite the Fire Escape General Meetings), until the end of the quarter.

The next Fire Escape general meeting will happen this wednesday the 4th at 6:30p in our regular meeting place, the Cox Lounge in Stuart.

We will be holding committee elections for the upcoming year at this meeting. If you would like to nominate someone, or are interested in running yourself, let us know at fecommittee@uchicago.edu. Once you’ve done that, show up to the meeting on wednesday, give us a two-minute speech, and help us decide who will run FE next year.

Sorry guys, but we’re unable to host a screenwriter’s circle this week. Our next meeting will be at the beginning of next quarter, so look forward to it. Until then, don’t be afraid to seek your peers’ help and criticism through the use of the listhost. Just send your work to screenwriters@lists.uchicago.edu!

This Wednesday the 22nd at 6:30 in Cox Lounge (basement of Stuart Hall), Fire Escape Films will host a Stop Motion Animation workshop with Uchicago and Fire Escape alum, Dave Pickett.

Dave has been working with stop-motion for over 6 years. You can see his work at fallen tomato animations on youtube, and join his group of over 1,000 subscribers. He will give a hands-on workshop with multiple animation set-ups, giving you everything you need to make your own stop-animation films!

And as always, dinner will be served.

Filmmakers!

Screenwriter’s Circle will be meeting this wednesday the 15th. We’ll be meeting in a private place this time, so we can’t get kicked out. The address is:
1209 E Madison Park, apt. 1
It’s just north of 51st and Woodlawn, and the UC North Shuttle route passes it twice.
Come by for some writing/brainstorming/critiquing/exploring/eating and general film-y stuff.

Filmmakers and hobbyists,
Fire Escape is holding another general meeting this week the basement of stuart hall at 6:30. Come by to hear about and sign up for the 48 hour film festival happening this weekend!

6th weekend of winter quarter (Feb 10-12) Fire Escape will be hosting their annual 48hr Film Festival where You and your friends will write, shoot, and edit a short film all in the span of 48 hours. The event will formally start at 6pm on friday the 10th, and all films must be submitted by the following sunday at 6pm.

Fire Escape will have equipment and editing stations available for check-out in the Cox Lounge (basement of Stuart Hall), which will be the headquarters and check-in spot for the weekend.

Get some friends and Sign Up! E-mail the committee at fecommittee@uchicago.edu with your name, e-mail, and telephone number, along with the names and e-mails of the other group members you want to sign up with. Everyone who e-mails us with interest will be added to the 48hr Film Fest Listhost, made specifically to send out details about the competition.

You can check out last year’s 48hr Film Festival winner at Fire Escape’s vimeo channel. Food and Free T-shirts will also be provided for the groups who sign up!

This wednesday the 18th, 6:30p in Harper 151, Screenwriter’s Circle will have its first meeting of the quarter. Bring your script, your premise, your half-baked idea, your thoughts on Syd Field’s influence in Hollywood, or your new storytelling technique. The meeting will be totally chill, food will be served, and new friends will be made.

Hope to see you there!

Hello film-makers,

Fire Escape will be holding the first general meeting of the quarter next wednesday the 11th at 6:30pm in Cox Lounge, located in the basement of Stuart.

We have a lot coming up in the next quarter, so come by and learn about it.

It’ll be sweet!