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May/June 1999
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Win Tickets To The Hollywood Film
Festival!
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Answer the following
trivia question correctly and you'll be eligible to win two
complimentary VIP Passes to the Hollywood Film
Festival:
Who was
the first woman to win an academy award for best editor,
and what film did she win it for?
Rules:
You must be a
member in good standing to be eligible to win. Entries must
include your full name and phone number, and the words "Film
Festival Trivia Contest" along with your answer. The winner
will be selected via a blind drawing from all correct
entries. Entries must be received via mail or fax only by
Wednesday, July 21. The winner will be notified by Friday,
July 23. Only one entry per member.
Mail or
fax entries to:
Film Festival
Trivia Contest
Motion Picture Editors Guild
7715 Sunset Blvd., Ste. 200
Los Angeles, CA 90046
Fax (323) 876-0861
The following companies have recently
become signatories to the I.A.T.S.E. Basic
Agreement:
Alex
Entertainment, Inc., West of South of Heaven
Alibi Prods.,
Inc., Next
Friday
Bats Prod.,
Bats
Beyond the
City Limits, Inc., Beyond the City Limits
Cuchulain
Co./Thunderstone Corp., Stout World
First Trigger,
Inc., Untitled
Kevin Spacey Proj.
The Funny One
LLC, I Know
What You Screamed
I'll Be You
Prods., Inc., I'll Be You
Miraculous
Hand Prods., Picking Up the Pieces
Mitchell
Entertainment, Inc., Price of Glory
Play It,
Inc., Play it
to the Bone
Shokri
Pictures, Inc.,
Cherry Falls
Standing Only
Prods.,
Standing Room Only
Tennessee
Valley Prods., Inc., Tennessee Valley
The Kearce
Craft Co., A
Celebration to Remember
Wind On Water Prods Inc...
Wind On Water (f)
The School of
Visual Arts in New York is offering an intensive summer
seminar with editor Evan Lottman ('Presumed Innocent', 'The
Exorcist'). The four-day workshop is scheduled from July
19-22 and costs $1,000. Only 20 students will be admitted.
For an application, phone (212) 592-2050 or e-mail.
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Training And Practice
News
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from Hank Schloss
The Editors Guild training program for
the Avid is still available at both Video Symphony and
Montana Edit and both places offer many variations of what
can be done on this system. Training on the Lightworks
system is no longer available through the Guild but may be
available at other organizations.
The following regulations apply to
eligibility for the Guild program: You must be on the roster
of Local 700 as well as a member and you must file an
application for the course you want to take. Get the
application from the Guild receptionist and return it to the
Guild. You will be called by the facility you have selected
when they have an opening. You may take more than one class
but please file only one application at a time.
The Guild also offers 'practice time'
on up to date equipment in our offices. The practice room
now has the latest model Avid and the latest ProTools, as
well as a Lightworks. There are qualified instructors
available in the training room to coach those that need
it.
To book practice time at the Guild,
call the office (323) 876-4770 ext.246. Time is available in
2-hour blocks and practice material is provided. Facilities
are available Monday thru Friday from 9 am to 3 pm. At this
time, ProTools is available only on Wednesdays.
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Zenith Color Plant Goes
Dark
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Zenith Electronics Corp.
has closed its color-tube manufacturing plant in the Chicago
suburb of Melrose Park, eliminating 2,000 jobs. Some 1,800
of the workers, represented by Electrical Workers Local
1031, voted to accept a severance-pay package that totals $4
million. Lump-sum payments to individuals ranged from $500
to $1,000.
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Technicolor Focuses on Film
Restoration
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Universal City-based
Technicolor has organized a new subsidiary specializing in
film restoration. The Technicolor Film Restoration Company,
to be headquartered in a new facility adjacent to the main
Technicolor Film Laboratory, will make use of traditional
film restoration techniques and Technicolor's newly
redesigned dye transfer process. Rami Mina heads the new
company.
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IDA Issues Call for
Entries
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The International
Documentary Association is now accepting entries for its
1999 Distinguished Documentary Achievement Awards
competition. Submissions must be postmarked by July 15,
1999, with winners being announced at the 15th Annual IDA
Awards gala on Friday, October 29. For complete details,
contact the IDA at (310) 284-8422, ext. 26, or via
e-mail
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Media 100 Acquires
Terran
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Digital video and
effects system manufacturer Media 100 entered into a
definitive agreement to acquire Terran Interactive, a
leading supplier of software tools for high-quality Internet
and DVD video. Terran's products support all major video
encoding and streaming architectures, including RealVideo,
Windows Media Technologies, QuickTime 4 and MPEG.
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