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Sound of Metal: Discussion Circle

Let’s talk about the highly acclaimed film, Sound of Metal. 

On Thursday, May 27th; we’re discussing the highly praised film,  the Sound of Metal. Come ready to dive into what makes this film that won the BAFTA Award for Best Editing, the Academy Award for Best Film Editing, the Academy Award for Best Sound…the Critic’s Choice Movie Award for Best Editing – to name a few – resonate with audiences across the globe.

We’ll be discussing:

  • The Protagonist
  • Characters
  • Themes
  • Three Act Structure

The Sound of Metal has reinspired filmmakers to take a creative leap in storytelling and owning diverse narratives. Please watch the film and read the script prior to our discussion.

Download the Script | Watch the Film on Amazon Prime

About Sound of Metal :

The life of an itinerant punk-metal drummer (Riz Ahmed) begins to unravel when he suddenly loses his hearing, and with it, his identity. Directed by Darius Marder with an original screenplay by Darius and Abraham Marder; story by Darius Marder and Derek Cianfrance.

Genre: Drama

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Filmmakers Pop-Up Legal Clinic

**This opportunity is available to Members only. Please Email your BTFC Username or Associated email address for a link to the application. All applications must be received by Thursday, May 13th at 4 PM.***

 

The Black TV & Film Collective and The Filmmakers Legal Clinic at Cardozo Law partnered on a monthly series of legal empowerment for Filmmakers.  This month, we offer a Pop-Up Legal Clinic.

Are you interested in getting free legal advice to get your project off to the right start? The Filmmakers Legal Clinic at Cardozo  School of Law will run a pop-up legal clinic for BTFC  filmmakers.  The Filmmakers Legal Clinic is a not-for-profit clinical program that provides free legal services to filmmakers producing narrative and documentary films and artists providing services in film. This is a unique opportunity to meet with a student legal team in a brief, intimate setting.  Bring your legal questions on fair use, entity formation, distribution, licensing, work-for-hire agreements, and other issues.  If you’re interested in participating in this event, please fill out this application by Thursday, May 13th at 4 pm. There are a limited number of meeting times available. 

The Clinic will be held on Wednesday, May 19th at 7pm.

Please Email your BTFC Username or Associated email address for a link to the application.

About the Black TV & Film Collective

The Black TV & Film Collective is a 501c3 development and production hub with a simple mission: to create career-advancing opportunities for Black and African Descent artists to achieve financial sustainability within the entertainment industry.

We provide critical production support enabling members to build a strong body of work, supplemented by workshops and labs focused on craft development and networking events to foster relationship building.

There is power in numbers and together there is unlimited potential in what we can achieve.

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Speakers Series feat. Cameron Squires | Writer “WandaVision”

On Thursday, June 10th at 7 PM ET, join us in a conversation with Cameron Squires. He’s an accomplished writer who was most recently a part of the writing staff of the acclaimed Disney+/Marvel Studios series WANDAVISION. 

Cameron is currently developing an animated pilot with HBO Max entitled FENCE and is also the Executive Story Editor for a new untitled STAR WARS series for Disney+. Screenwriters – we know that it breaking into the writer’s room is not easy! This is a chance for you to hear from a writer who is doing amazing things in the industry and telling stories that he believes in!

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Cameron Squires is currently developing an animated pilot with HBO Max entitled FENCE, which is based on the BOOM! Studios graphic novel, and is also serving as Executive Story Editor for an untitled STAR WARS series for Disney+. He recently served as Staff Writer on the critically acclaimed Disney+ / Marvel TV series WANDAVISION and Story Editor on Netflix’s upcoming animated series AGENT KING. Prior to that, he served as Staff Writer on Season 2 of TBS’s animated series FINAL SPACE, which Conan O’Brien produces. He was the show’s Writers Assistant in Season 1 and got an episode that season. An Indiana native who played collegiate baseball at Yale, Cam moved to LA to pursue writing. He got his start in the ICM mailroom before getting a crash course in comedy working with Ed Helms.

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BTFC Member Orientation

The Black TV & Film Collective holds member orientation because we want to ensure that members new and old are aware of simple, easy steps you can take to maximize your membership.  Now that you’ve joined our organization, we want to make sure you both know the tools and resources that are available to you, and how to use them. This BTFC orientation session is important to ensure that you understand the process for seeking and lending help. We want to hear what you seek to gain from your membership and encourage you to jump right in and get involved. We also want you to meet each other!
If you haven’t had a chance to explore the BTFC website, take some time to review it. Come to member orientation with an open mind, and come with ideas on ways to make the BTFC better serve your needs!
We’re looking forward to walking you through:

  • Staple BTFC professional development events
  • The BTFC calendar
  • Ways to stay informed
  • Step by step guide to using the BTFC Membership Database
  • Step by step guide to using the BTFC Member’s Project Board

Don’t miss this opportunity to meet fellow members, share your ideas and become better informed! If you have not yet signed up for membership but want to or want to learn more, click here. You’ll also have the opportunity to learn about other resources available to you.

See you soon!

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***IN AN EFFORT TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) THIS EVENT WILL BE HELD VIRTUALLY. PLEASE RSVP AS USUAL. LINKS WILL BE EMAILED***

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BTFC Online Work Dates

**Non-BTFC Members are also welcome! RSVP through Eventbrite here.**

BTFC ONLINE WORK DATES: Every Monday night starting June 14th – August 2nd!

7:00pm – 9:00pm

Join us for our BTFC Online Work Dates. What exactly does this mean, you ask? It means you bring your scripts, your program apps, your to-do lists– really, anything you have that needs to get done…because it’s a WORK date.  Also, should attendees wish to spend some timetable reading pages, that can happen too!

“You can always edit a bad page. You can’t edit a blank page.”

― Jodi Picoult

Sometimes as artists, we make procrastination our best friend and easily become professional self-sabotagers. Working and writing don’t have to be solitary task. Join other writers,  scribes, and scribblers from the Black TV & Film Collective and create more pages on your web series, narrative films, or short screenplays.

Open your laptop, bring your pen, pencil, paper, or whatever writing tool suits you. Make sure your batteries are charged, literally and figuratively!

We feel you, writing / working on our projects can be a lonely and arduous endeavor. So help ease the difficulty of bringing ideas to life by committing to a person, date, and time and most importantly pen to paper. Making an online work date to work with other artists will help you stay on task with your projects.

**Non-BTFC Members are welcome – reserve your ticket here.

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This event is moderated by BTFC Board Member, Letitia Guillory.

About Letitia

 

LETITIA GUILLORY is a multi-hyphenate creative whose works span, theatre, film, and episodic content.

Her work has been presented at PS 122, Lincoln Center, O’Neill Playwrights Conference, BRIC Media Arts among others.

She produced the award-winning short comedy, Pas Honteux (REVOLT TV) and the powerful LGBTQ short Winston. Letitia’s writing credits include the plays: The Further Adventures of Gussie Mae in America, MAE and THE (beginning of the End), Crawfish Tales, RED and 8:42 (Austin Film Festival Second Rounder); screenplays: Hound Dog (Oaxaca Film Festival Global Script Competition Finalist), Grace, The Last Time, Lights Out and Shanghai ’37; and the teleplays: Parish, gATES (Second Rounder Austin Film Festival, Semifinalist Screencraft TV Pilot Launch) and Salvation.

A proud alum of the University of Texas (BFA, Drama) and New York University (MA, Performance Studies), Letitia remains inspired and grateful. Learn more about Letitia here. 

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BTFC Summer Member Orientation

Our first BTFC Member Orientation of the summer! 

The Black TV & Film Collective holds member orientation because we want to ensure that members new and old are aware of simple, easy steps you can take to maximize your membership.  Now that you’ve joined our organization, we want to make sure you both know the tools and resources that are available to you, and how to use them. This BTFC orientation session is important to ensure that you understand the process for seeking and lending help. We want to hear what you seek to gain from your membership and encourage you to jump right in and get involved. We also want you to meet each other!
If you haven’t had a chance to explore the BTFC website, take some time to review it. Come to our first summer member orientation with an open mind, and come with ideas on ways to make the BTFC better serve your needs!
We’re looking forward to walking you through:

  • Staple BTFC professional development events
  • The BTFC calendar
  • Ways to stay informed
  • Step by step guide to using the BTFC Membership Database
  • Step by step guide to using the BTFC Member’s Project Board

Don’t miss this opportunity to meet fellow members, share your ideas and become better informed! If you have not yet signed up for membership but want to or want to learn more, click here. You’ll also have the opportunity to learn about other resources available to you.

See you soon!

Like this event? Check out other upcoming events and member opportunities.

***IN AN EFFORT TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) THIS EVENT WILL BE HELD VIRTUALLY. PLEASE RSVP AS USUAL. LINKS WILL BE EMAILED***