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PAH-FEST:Motown 2007
July 16-22 in Livonia, Michigan
This summer the Motor City hosted one of the most exciting events to come out of Hollywood since Ben-Hur. Project Accessible Hollywood (PAH) brought its caravan of innovation and talent development to Madonna University for "PAH-FEST Motown".
PAH is the brainchild of Hollywood family member Christopher Coppola, brother to academy award winning screen actor Nicholas Cage and nephew of academy award winning director Francis Ford Coppola. Unlike his Southern California Limelight lineage, Christopher prefers to seek out the untold stories that would otherwise whither and die without a broad audience to hear them. Traveling further down the road as yet less taken, Coppola also utilizes only cutting edge digital technology to gather and distribute these tales from the everyday and little known.
FESTIVAL FEATURES
Mobiflicks Competition
Six pre-selected teams will gather at the Madonna University Campus to write, produce, shoot and edit their 6 minute story. PAH-Fest will provide everything needed to make their movies: a prosumer camera, an editing system and coaches, plus a one-day crash course to help prepare for production. Movies will be screened at the the end of the festival, and a cash prize awarded to the winner.
Cellphone Art
Everyone from the Detroit area is welcome to come to campus and shoot a one minute piece of video using their cell phone or one provided. A topic will be given and the contestants will have 2 hours to make their video.
Your Tech Portraits
This contest will feature a one minute video portrait of you or another person. All equipment will be provided for your use including APPLE computer and web cams and will be done on the campus.
An Evening with "Dutch" Elmore Leonard
Detroit's storyteller Elmore Leonard will be honored with an evening of film and discussion. Elmore Leonard has written more than three dozen books including Cuba Libre, Rum Punch, and Get Shorty, and numerous screenplays. He has an unparalleled reputation among lovers of mayhem, suspense, and just plain woeful writing. A Grand Master Award winner of the Mystery Writers of America, Mr. Leonard will be on hand after the screening of "Out of Sight" to discuss his latest work.
Christopher Coppola: The Digivangelist
Mr. Coppola will spend an evening discussing Hollywood, talk about building online communities and spend the evening screening some of his work. Open to the Madonna community.
LEARNING SEMINARS
Throughout the week PAH Fest Motown will celebrate movies, technology and music with seminars aimed at educating and entertaining. The public is invited.
High Definition Workflows
Presented by Paul Tyson and Paul Eiswerth from TeL Systems
See how tapeless HD cameras and decks work within a file-based workflow. Sony XDCAM HD, Panasonic P2 and HDDR recording technologies are compared. Workflow process covering acquisition, editing, and final DVD burning is covered, with HD DVD and Blu-Ray recording and display considerations discussed. HDMI, copy protection and display compatibilities and different resolutions are discussed. High definition codecs, i.e. DVCPro HD, MPEG2 HD, and HDV are compared. Video file management and conversion is explained.
Storytelling: Josh White Jr.
Storytellers have shaped our societies and the way we think for all of recorded history, and before that to the days of cave paintings. As we celebrate the technology that now allows us to share our stories worldwide we take a step back and look at our past and a more traditional way of sharing a tale; through song. Josh White, Jr. is renowned as an interpreter of American folk song and also as a songwriter and actor on- and off-Broadway, bringing these skills to his concerts and workshops. His nine solo albums include a collection of contemporary songs specially written for "single-digit people", as Josh refers to his audience of children, and a tribute album to his father - House of the Rising Son. Josh will be here to share story through song and remind us of our past as we look forward at our digital future.
Where Soul & Imagination Reside
This empowering workshop will help you tune into your authentic voice. You will gain powerful tools to self knowledge which will help you recognize and release creative blocks in order to create the life you’ve imagined living! This is an experiential class geared to exploring the art of “being” creative – The ability to play and have fun is a prerequisite. Facilitator: Kathleen Thompson, award-winning photographer, author of “Sometimes I Am A Kite,” And creator of “BeCause Cards,” an interactive box of cards geared to inspire conscious Living and Creating – will hit the marketplace in July 2007.