Also Tonight: Open House for Info on Editing Courses

Also tonight, Jan 30, from 5-7, Southeastern Louisiana University is having an open house so people can learn more about two upcoming extension classes: “Introduction to Videography” and “Basic Video Editing: An Introduction to Post-Production Film”

The Videography course will be 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays, Feb. 25 through March 6

The Video Editing course will be Tuesdays and Thursdays from March 12 through March 21,and you can choose from classes from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. or another class from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Find out more at the Advocate or SLU's Website.

Free Screenwriting Class

NOVAC is offering a series of free screenwriting classes- the first one is tonight at Algiers Library from 5:30-7:30 pm. Tonight's class is Fade In/Fade Out: Screenwriting Fundamentals.

Future classes in the series will be on March 26, May 21, and July 9.

On January 15, 2013, Millennium’s Diego Martinez gave a talk at at NOVAC. If you missed it, here is a recap of what he talked about: Millennium’s Diego Martinez at NOVAC

Inspiration and Ideas

Check out this set of short films appearing at Sundance for inspiration and ideas... The Screening Room

Louisiana at the Oscars

Louisiana films have made a big showing in the Oscar nominations for this year, and everyone is talking about it.

The Louisiana-made indie Beasts of the Southern Wild is the biggie- it's garnered nominations for best picture, best director, best actress, and best adapted screenplay.

Other notable Louisiana ties to movies in this year's Oscar lineup include Django Unchained, which was filmed in New Orleans and is also competing for best picture (the first time two local movies are in the running for that honor- which just may indicate how big Louisiana is getting with regard to movie production) and Tony Kushner, a native of Lake Charles, is up for best adapted screenplay for Lincoln.