The New Mexico Post Alliance is hosting another workshop on movie post production. “Digital Compositing Demystified” will be taught by Aaron Estrada, a VFX artist and compositor with over 20 years experience. The workshop will cover the basics of digital compositing and show how Hollywood films manage to accomplish such perfect green screen work. With the diminishing cost of consumer-grade, high-resolution digital cameras and the ready availability of various open source software tools, making high-quality special effects shots is easier than ever before. The workshop is scheduled for Thursday, May 19, from 6 to 8pm at UNM Continuing Education, Room 219 (1634 University NE). General admission is $30. For more info go to nmpost.org. To register go to eventbrite.com.
Reel World: Firestarter: The Next Generation Firestarter: The Next Generation
Author Joe Hill (also known as Stephen King’s son) will be at the Jean Cocteau Cinema (418 Montezuma) in Santa Fe on Monday, May 23, to discuss his newest horror thriller, The Fireman. The book explores an apocalyptic American landscape in which humanity is being wiped out by a plague that causes victims to burst into flames. Hill’s previous novel Horns was turned into a 2013 film starring Daniel Radcliffe. He’s also the man behind IDW’s long-running horror fantasy comic Locke & Key. Earlier this month Hill announced he would be producing a television version of the popular series. General admission for this author reading and signing is $10 or $38.99 including a hardcover copy of Hill’s new book. Cocteau owner (and somewhat famous author in his own right) George R.R. Martin will be on hand to conduct a writer-to-writer interview/Q&A. For more info go to jeancocteaucinema.com.
Reel World: I’ll Drink To That I’ll Drink To That
Cinema at the KiMo Theatre offers up another installment in its “Best of Bogart” series. The Roaring Twenties, released in 1939, stars James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart as a couple of World War I buddies who return home and get into the bootlegging business. The film screens at 2pm on Sunday, May 22. Admission is $8 general and $6 students/seniors. Tickets are available in advance through kimotickets.com. The KiMo Theatre is located at 423 Central NW.
Reel World: Eye On Film Eye On Film
Oscar-winning South African movie director Gavin Hood (Tsotsi, Ender’s Game, X-Men Origins: Wolverine) will be the featured speaker at graduation 2016 at the United World College USA in Montezuma, N.M. (just outside of Las Vegas) on Sunday, May 22. Prior to the graduation ceremony, Hood will host an afternoon screening of his most recent film, the military/political thriller Eye in the Sky starring Helen Mirren and Aaron Paul. The screening will take place in the UWC-USA auditorium on Saturday, May 21, starting at 4pm and will be followed by a Q&A session. Admission is free, but in order to attend, you need to RSVP on the UWC website (uwc-usa.org).
