WOMEN IN FILM has invited me to be their guest speaker Tuesday, May 22 at its Annual Membership Meeting when it convenes at the Rock Bottom Brewery (where for many years we held SchmoozaRama, the film industry’s first networking party) at 6 p.m.
All are welcome to attend, to join and to re-up their current membership. Guests will hear nominees and returning board members present a brief overview of their committees and goals for the coming year.
My talk won’t be as lofty. My first public speech in a very long time will be a kick in the skirt about why women should aspire not only to get a seat at the table, but to sit at the head of the table, to paraphrase President Obama.
I hope you’ll attend as a potentially new or current member to meet your WIF friends and learn the benefits of membership. WIF is especially important to women with an eye on the prize for reasons the board and I will illuminate.
Cocktails and party fare will be served.
THE NEW SONY F65, Sony’s flagship 4K digital camera will be presented Tuesday by the Digital Cinema Society’s Midwest Chapter to cinematographers, assistants, DITs, producers, directors, editors and others who want to get close and personal to learn its capabilities and post options.
Leading the presentation will be veteran DP/filmmaker James Mathers of L.A., who has been the DP on more than 40 features and movies of the week, numerous TV shows and is currently developing several movie and TV projects.
Sony support engineer Keith Vidger will head the in-depth presentation and hands-on demo, hosted by Ari Golan’s Atomic Imaging and Jim Summers of Fletcher Camera — the Midwest source for F65s — with DCS Midwest chapter president.
It takes place at Golan Studios/Atomic Imaging starting at 6 p.m. Free admission to current DCS members; non-members, $10. RSVP@DigitalCinemaSociety.org.
CHICAGO IS ONE OF SIX US cities in which Ad Age is holding a simultaneous Mix and Mingle event Tuesday for folks “to shake a new hand or share an idea with fellow members of the advertising, marketing and media industries,” reads the invitation. The venue is O’Callaghan’s, 29 W. Hubbard.
The event is sponsored by MaxPoint Interactive, and will be held in New York, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Minneapolis and San Francisco, all starting at 6:30 p.m. in their respective time zones.
CHICAGO PORTFOLIO NIGHT Wednesday, May 23 is hosted by Energy BBDO at the 410 Club in the Wrigley Building, where Energy CD Kevin Lynch assembled 46 top agency creative executives to review the work of future advertising creative stars.
Chicago is one of 18 major cities throughout the world to simultaneously hold what’s called “The World’s Advertising Portfolio & Recruitment Review. Tickets are $35 and may be purchased here.
3D AND VFX EFFECTS IS CENTER STAGE at the Wednesday meeting of the Final Cut Pro Users Group (Chifcpug) the Illinois Center for Broadcasting, when tech guru Michael Kammes discusses 3D concepts, terminology and workflows used in Hollywood and popular 3D editing, and Haminiaina Ratovorivony will focus on the recent stop-action claymation film he produced. Additionally, Closed Captions’ Terry Thomas enlightens about captioning and subtitle services that can add revenue to a project.
Kammes is senior technology and workflow consultant at Key Mode Media and Ratovorivony is the owner/producer of Colorful Films, LLC and stop motion animation technique instructor at the French International School of Chicago and the Alliance Française of Chicago. You can register here.
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