TAT WeeklyNews & Events
The Monterey County Herald
"CSU-Monterey Bay will have some representation at the biggest independent film gathering in the United States - The Sundance Film Festival."
Charlie and the rabbit in The Californian.
"Both Machoian and Ojeda-Beck (now a graduate student at UC Davis) are graduates of California State University at Monterey Bay and grabbed local headlines in December when they learned that their short film, 'Charlie and the Rabbit' was selected to compete at the popular film festival."
CSUMB in indieWIRE
CSUMB Alumni Robert Machoian and Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck get some great press about their film "Charlie and the Rabbit"
"In Shorts Program V is "Charlie and the Rabbit," a captivating 10-minute adventure following a bb-gun-totting, bike-riding 4-year-old boy who is inspired by cartoons to kill a rabbit. The naturalistic short is co-directed by California State University Monterey Bay students Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck and Robert Machoian."
"Remember their names. Today they're making student films, tomorrow they'll be taking over the world."
TAT Alumni selected for 2010 Sundance Film Festival
TAT Alumni, Robert Machoian and Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck's Charlie and the Rabbit has been selected to premier at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. Robert and Rodrigo will be coming by the studio on Wednesday, December 9th at 2pm to meet and discuss their wonderful news.
CSUMB Teen Film Festival
Young filmmakers eager to see their work on a screen bigger than YouTube will get the opportunity next spring, when CSUMB holds its second annual Teen Film Festival.
Starting Nov. 13, the Teledramatic Arts and Technology Department will accept applications for the festival, which will be held at CSUMB's World Theater on April 3.
Fall 2009 Capstone Festival
Join fellow students and the TAT department at the fall 2009 capstone festival Wednesday, December 16th, at 11:30am in the TAT studio. There will be free parking. Bring your friends!
2009 Carmel Short Cinema: Film and Video Screening, July 19th at the Forest Theater in Carmel
Work by students at California State University Monterey Bay will be presented at the Carmel Short Cinema film and video screening at the Outdoor Forest Theater on July 19
Click here to to see event poster.
Sponsored by the Forest Theater Guild and CSU Monterey Bay's Department of Teledramatic Arts and Technology, the plan is to make the screening an annual event.
Among the "shorts"- all are under 10 minutes - to be screened are music videos, documentaries and narratives. Some were made as part of advanced classes, others were created for students' capstones, or senior projects.
Enid Baxter Blader, who teaches digital video at CSUMB, is the event's producer.
Tickets are $7 and can be purchased at the door. The evening will get under way at 8:15pm. Spectators are advised to wear warm clothing and may want to bring a blanket. Concessions will be available.
The Forest Theater is located at the corner of Mountain View and Santa Rita streets near downtown Carmel. For information, visit the web at www.foresttheaterguild.org
Spring 2009 Capstone Festival, 6pm, May 15th at the World Theater
The 2009 Teledramatic Arts and Technology Capstone Festival will be held at the World Theater (Building 28), on Friday, May 15th at 6:00pm (doors open at 5:30pm).
The TAT Capstone Festival celebrates the culminating projects of graduating seniors. These projects reflect the synthesis of knowledge, skills, and abilities developed over the course of each student's learning experience at CSUMB.
TAT Student Project Accepted into the London, Austin, Dallas, Athens and Mill Valley Film Festivals
Robert M. Graham and Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck's film, Ella and the Astronaut, created during an independent study class last semester, will screen in the prestigious London Film Festival, the Austin Film Festival, and Mill Valley Film Festival.
The film is a short, eloquent, delicate composition shot on HD, on campus at CSUMB. It depicts a young girl's preparations for an imagined voyage into space, including a haunting tea party in the woods with her toys. The piece is somewhat dark, a feeling heightened by the score which features an opera song that has been manipulated to create an incredible tonal environment. The piece stars Graham's daughter, Harper. The film is the final work in a 1 hour program created by these emerging filmmaker/artists. Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck is a TAT senior. Robert M. Graham recently graduated and has continued on to the MFA program at UC Davis.
Internship Program
The TAT Department offers Majors the opportunity to gain valuable professional experience on the job through the new TAT Internship Program. Internships are available locally during Fall and Spring. Many summer opportunities are also available in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Learn more about opportunities, guidelines and forms on the Internship Program page.
TAT Takes CSUMB Virtual
TAT 320 Introduction to New Media takes CSUMB virtual!! TAT initiates CSUMB's presence in Second Life and joins other educators in the online virtual world. Second Life is a virtual, or synthetic, world with an open structure in which participants create an avatar and the entire synthetic world - from clothing to architecture to objects; relationships, business models, media, and art. Linden Labs, the developers say "Second Life provides an opportunity to use simulation in a safe environment to enhance experiential learning, allowing individuals to practice skills, try new ideas, and learn from their mistakes. The ability to prepare for similar real-world experiences by using Second Life as a simulation has unlimited potential!"
In TAT 320 students from all programs, disciplines, and interests are encouraged to join this course and explore, from your point of view, the potential as well as cautions this new world raises. How is it different form other virtual worlds? How is it currently being used? What impact does a virtual world have both psychologically and materially? What about the business and career opportunities being promoted? There are no prerequisites - come and explore! Contact Professor Michelle Riel at michelle_riel@csumb.edu with questions.
Sound Curriculum Expands
The TAT Department expands its sound curriculum by offering TAT 210 Sound Production (4 units). This new course introduces the theoretical and practical fundamentals of sound production. Exercises introduce audio terminology, production processes for field and studio, and use of audio tools that support video, film, broadcast, and new media production. Taught by industry veteran Dave Nelson founder and CEO, Sound Mixer and Engineer at Outpost Studios. Dave also teaches TAT 310 Sound Design where students learn the post production sound design process. Includes script analysis, recording of original sound, acquisition of existing audio, an introduction to foley production.
TAT Moves to High Definition
TAT introduces HDV format cameras into video courses. The aesthetic capabilities of the HDV format enable video courses to focus on digital cinematography and complements film courses (374 Intro to Film, 375 Advanced Film) and lighting curriculum (309 Fundamentals of Production Lighting). The addition of three new HDV cameras augments the TAT inventory which includes a broad stock from broadcast studio cameras to micro firewire cameras to film cameras. Our inventory includes analog and digital video (Beta and Beta SP, 3CCD DV, miniDV), and 16mm film (Bolex, Arri).
