WHEN: Saturday, July 27, 10AM – 4PM

WHERE: NOVAC Training Center, 532 Louisa Street

COST: Members (Orleans Parish Residents) – $50, Members (Outside of Orleans) – $100
New Members – $150
(Class participants will receive a discount on Movie Magic Software!)

NOVAC’s Assistant Director Intensive will provide participants with the ins and outs of managing a production as well as the critical Movie Magic Scheduling software needed to make your days.

Topics covered will include:

• Script Breakdowns
• Generating Production Boards and Shooting Schedules
• Day out of Days
• Working with the director
• Set Management
• Movie Magic Scheduling Fundamentals
• And More…

Members living inside Orleans Parish REGISTER HERE.
Members living outside Orleans Parish REGISTER HERE.
Not a NOVAC Member yet? New Members REGISTER HERE.
(New Members receive a yearlong NOVAC Access Membership included in the class cost.)

Check out the latest vid from NOVAC’s Virtuous Video program profiling Agenda for Children (AFC), a nonprofit founded to make Louisiana a state in which all children can thrive. AFC ensures that the basic needs of children and families are met, that our children are nurtured and well taught, beginning in the early years and continuing through adolescense; that they are protected from harm; and by acting in ways that combat racism and other forms of oppression.

This Virtuous Video was a creative collaboration with cinematographer DJ McConduit and editor Zac Manuel of the Greenhouse Collective.  Are you an organization with video needs of your own? CLICK HERE for more information about NOVAC’s Virtuous Video program.

Clark Prep students work with their Tulane mentor Adam to edit their horror film!

Through generous support from Tulane University’s Institute for Gulf South Studies, and with the guidance of filmmaker and Tulane staff Luisa Dantas (Land of Opportunity), we’ve been at Clark Prep High School in the Tremé for the 2012-2013 school year, creating a vibrant after-school video production program.  Juniors and Seniors in Tulane’s Digital Media program who take Dantas’ Place-based Storytelling class come to Clark Prep High School after the school day and work with our students conceiving, scripting, shooting and editing productions that reflect Clark students’ experiences of the place they call home.  Together this year they’ve created 5 short video pieces, one of which, a mini-documentary about the I-10 Claiborne corridor, called Splitting the Treme, was just named the first place winner in the Congress for the New Urbanism’s “Highways to Boulevards”  video contest!  Clark Prep, Tulane and NOVAC will be hosting the Place-Based Storytelling program again next year, so stay tuned for more great videos created by local kids!

WHEN: Saturday, June 22, 10AM – 4PM

WHERE: NOVAC Training Center, 532 Louisa Street

COST: SOLD OUT – Members (Orleans Parish Residents) – $50, Members (Outside of Orleans) – $100
New Members – $155
(Class participants will receive a discount on Movie Magic Software!)

SOLD OUT!!
NOVAC’s Production Accounting Intensive is back by popular demand and will cover production accounting fundamentals as well as the ins and outs of Movie Magic Budgeting, the standard in production accounting software for feature films. NOVAC is also thrilled to announce that we are able to provide NOVAC members who are also Orleans Parish Residents with special pricing due to the generous support from Film New Orleans and the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Economy.

Topics covered will include:

• Production Accounting Functions
• Budgeting & Cost Reporting
• Petty Cash
• Labor Laws and Production Tax Credits
• Extensive Training on Movie Magic Budgeting Software
  
• And More…

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

Melissa Wiseman is a Manager at Entertainment Partners and EP Financial Solutions Louisiana, a production services company based out of Burbank, CA, that created a branch in New Orleans in 2008 to participate in the film industry boom within the state. Melissa has ten years of Production Accounting experience for film and television. Her experience consists of working for major studios including Summit Entertainment, Fox Television Studios, Inferno Entertainment, Disney ABC Networks, Warner Brothers, and Walt Disney Studios. In 2007, Melissa moved to Louisiana due to the large amount of production work in the area. She was introduced to NOVAC through a NOVAC-produced workshop in production accounting in 2008, enabling her to obtain knowledge in budgeting and scheduling. In addition, Melissa taught a class for the workshop and even reaped the benefits of hiring the talented individuals from that NOVAC experience. Once she joined Entertainment Partners Louisiana, Melissa decided to give back to the organization that helped her career in the industry and others locally. She has been working with NOVAC as a board member since June 2012.

SUPPORT PROVIDED BY

Membership / Development Coordinator and former intern Abigail Levner

To apply for an internship position, please download and complete the internship application and submit with a resume to abigail@novacvideo.org.  

WINTER/SPRING INTERNSHIP

Application Deadline: December 15

Internship Period: Mid-January – April 31

SUMMER INTERNSHIP

Application Deadline: May 1

Internship Period: Mid-May – August 31

FALL INTERNSHIP

Application Deadline: September 1

Internship Period: Mid-September – December 22

GENERAL DUTIES

• Express an interest in film, video, television and/or non-profit management

• Answering phones and general office tasks

• Knowing and understanding the NOVAC mission and being able relay that information to inquiring minds

• Keeping abreast of NOVAC programming and membership levels so that you can take care of inquiries

• Taking care of general inquiries prior to handing the call over to staff

• Monitoring event attendance.

MARKETING / PROMO INTERN

• Blog Posts

• Handle all Social Media, including live tweeting events and facebook posts

• Flyer design and distribution

• PSA Calls

• Press Release Drafting

• Researching organizations who may be interested in Virtuous Video and other programming and creating emails profiling the program

• IT’S A PLUS IF YOU KNOW: Constant Contact, Google Apps, Photoshop, InDesign.

EQUIPMENT / VIDEO

• Maintenance of Equipment Room

  • Labeling

  • Inventory

  • Quality Checks

  • Battery Charging

• Managing Equipment Sales

• Managing Check In / Check Out

• Shooting NOVAC Promos and Animating Logos and Promo Headers

• Researching Equipment for Purchase

• IT’S A PLUS IF YOU KNOW: Final Cut Pro Studio, After Effects, DSLR and Digital Cameras and Production Gear.

MEMBERSHIP / EVENTS

• Creating Membership Cards

• Maintaining Membership Database

• Maintaining Mailing List and importing sign in sheets

• Making Food and Beverage Sponsor Calls

• Drafting Membership Contacts

• IT’S A PLUS IF YOU KNOW: Constant Contact, Google Apps, In Design, NOVAC Membership backwards and forwards.

Download PDF of Internship Application

Membership/Development Coordinator and Former Intern Abigail Levner

NOVAC has been serving filmmakers for over 40 years, but we couldn’t do it without the help of our interns. These superstars commit to a minimum 5 hours per week (most work 10) and are typically enrolled in a college or university (though not necessarily). Interns usually fall into one of three intern categories: Marketing/Promo, Membership/Events, and Equipment/Video. All interns, however, are responsible for certain duties across the board. Check out more about the internship positions and their responsibilities to see if applying for a NOVAC internship is right for you. It’s a commitment. For more information or to apply contact the gal to the right at abigail@novacvideo.org.

GENERAL DUTIES

• Express an interest in film, video, television and/or non-profit management

• Answering phones and general office tasks

• Knowing and understanding the NOVAC mission and being able relay that information to inquiring minds

• Keeping abreast of NOVAC programming and membership levels so that you can take care of inquiries

• Taking care of general inquiries prior to handing the call over to staff

• Monitoring event attendance.

MARKETING / PROMO INTERN

• Blog Posts

• Handle all Social Media, including live tweeting events and facebook posts

• Flyer design and distribution

• PSA Calls

• Press Release Drafting

• Researching organizations who may be interested in Virtuous Video and other programming and creating emails profiling the program

• IT’S A PLUS IF YOU KNOW: Constant Contact, Google Apps, Photoshop, InDesign.

EQUIPMENT / VIDEO

• Maintenance of Equipment Room

  • Labeling

  • Inventory

  • Quality Checks

  • Battery Charging

• Managing Equipment Sales

• Managing Check In / Check Out

• Shooting NOVAC Promos and Animating Logos and Promo Headers

• Researching Equipment for Purchase

• IT’S A PLUS IF YOU KNOW: Final Cut Pro Studio, After Effects, DSLR and Digital Cameras and Production Gear.

MEMBERSHIP / EVENTS

• Creating Membership Cards

• Maintaining Membership Database

• Maintaining Mailing List and importing sign in sheets

• Making Food and Beverage Sponsor Calls

• Drafting Membership Contacts

• IT’S A PLUS IF YOU KNOW: Constant Contact, Google Apps, In Design, NOVAC Membership backwards and forwards.

For more information about NOVAC’s internship program or to apply email the gal above at abigail@novacvideo.org.

WHEN: May 25 from 10AM – 3PM

WHERE: NOVAC Training Center, 532 Louisa Street

COST: $75 Current Members, $125 New Members

So you’ve got a film project – great!  Now it’s time to get it funded.  Join us for a day-long workshop on fundraising for independent film projects, from private funds and individual investors to crowdsourcing and kickstarting.  Participants in the class will learn the basics of funding research, treatment and budget basics, reporting requirements, film accounting principles overview, types of funding and their requirements and more.  Bring your current treatment for feedback on your project!

TUITION COST: $75 for Current NOVAC Members & $125 for New Members

Current NOVAC Members register here.  New NOVAC Members register here.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Darcy McKinnon’s first job in New Orleans was as a videographer for NOVAC.  After a BA in Film Studies from the University of Florida and an MA in Comparative Literature & Film Studies at Indiana University, Darcy lived for six years in San Francisco working on independent features and documentaries.  While producing commercial pieces at Mineral Films, Darcy mainly worked closely with director Vicky Funari to edit and co-produce Live, Nude Girls UNITE!, a documentary feature about the first sex worker’s union in the U.S., and later in the innovative Maquilapolis – City of Factories.  Maquilapolis tells the stories of women working in assembly factories along the U.S. – Mexico border, and was created in collaboration with the women featured in the film, as they shot many of the scenes in the documentary, and took the film on tour.  The inclusive process of making this six-year project focused Darcy on the importance of community media in the development of local culture.  Darcy moved to New Orleans in 2001, and worked on a NOVAC youth media project at New Orleans Charter Middle School, the first charter school in New Orleans.  An active NOVAC board member since 2004, Darcy became Executive Director of NOVAC in March 2012.  Her development background includes film funding including up $300K for one documentary project, educational and non-profit sector development and campaign design.