[NEohioPAL][OIFF-News] FILMMAKING IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY: A HOW-TO WORKSHOP STRAIGHT FROM A HOLLYW

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FILMMAKING IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY: A HOW-TO WORKSHOP STRAIGHT=20
FROM A HOLLYWOOD VETERAN

For Immediate Release: November 2, 2002

Contact: Annetta Marion or Bernadette Gillota, Co-Artistic and=20
Executive Directors of Independent Pictures, 216 651-7315

Cleveland, Ohio - "=85because in this day and age, at some point
every=20
film has some sort of visual effect.  These effects may go right by=20
the viewer, they are so seemless," says Stephen R. Lebed, an
almost=20
twenty-year veteran of the Hollywood film and television visual and=20
special effects industry.  Join Mr. Lebed at his in-depth two-day=20
Visual and Special Effects Workshop at the Ohio Independent Film=20
Festival where he will teach modern visual effects, how to choose the=20
right tool for the job at-hand, and how to get a job in the visual=20
and special effects industry.

Mr. Lebed is currently the Visual Effects Supervisor for the hit TV=20
show CHARMED starring Alyssa Milano, Rose McGowan, and Holly Marie=20
Combs.  Selected past credits include STAR TREK, ALIEN NATION, JAG,=20
BABYLON 5, and the feature films PROPHESY 2, SECOND TIME AROUND,=20
DARKMAN, TREMORS, CRITTERS 2, ED WOOD, INTO THE SUN and INDEPENDENCE=20
DAY, the biggest effects film of the 1990's based on the sheer amount=20
of effects shots.=20

The two-day workshop will be held 9a-1p on Saturday November 9 and=20
Sunday November 10 at the Cleveland Public Theatre=A6s Gordon Square=20
Theatre located on 6409 Detroit Avenue. Class size is limited,=20
reserve your space now for only $110 or $80 for IP members. Similar=20
learning experiences are priced much higher on the West Coast.=20=20
Tickets are available in advance at Independent Pictures by=20
calling 216-651-7315.=20

Independent Pictures supports emerging media artists and the=20
exhibition of their films and video projects to a wider audience=20
through the Ohio Independent Film Festival and other programs such as=20
the Ohio Independent Screenplay Awards, Script Mill, film training=20
programs, and workshops. Membership is available for download at=20
http://www.ohiofilms.com

SUPPORTERS: The George Gund Foundation, The Cleveland Foundation,=20
Ohio Arts Council, Sherwin Williams, IBM, Association of Independent=20
Video and Filmmakers, Filmmaker Magazine, Media Design Imaging,=20
TVWriter.com, Hollywood.com Indie Films, FilmStew.com,=20
WritersScriptNetwork.com, WriteSafe.com, Final Draft, Scr(i)pt=20
Magazine, Cleveland Public Theatre.

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