Big John Rolls into PATV

Big John and his Guitar stop in to record for Bob Jett's Country Time Country.

New Camera for Check-out

Meet Wanda, PATV's latest addition to cameras available to our membership. This camera is much smaller than our Sony 2100's but still has excellent image quality and an external microphone jack. Records to MiniDV. Great for handheld shooting. Ask the staff to show you Wanda next time your at PATV.

New Digital Editing Station

PATV's newest addition.

December Updates

PATV NEWS

New Board Member
PATV is proud to announce that Walter Jahava is the newest addition to the PATV Board of Directors. Walter hails from Kenya and is an active PATV producer with an extensive background in film production. He is currently is enrolled in the School of Social Work at the University of Iowa.

Holiday Hours
PATV will close Friday, December 23rd and re-open its doors Saturday, January 2nd.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Free Screening of WAL-MART: The High Cost of Low Price
Wednesday, December 7th @ 7pm @ Public Access Television. This feature length documentary uncovers the retail giant's assault on families and American values.

EQUIPMENT UPDATES

New Apple PowerMac G5 soon to be available for editing reservations. Sign-up for editing time on “Digital 3.” You can edit with iMovie HD or new Final Cut Pro 5.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Volunteering is a good way to work off workshop fees or to get experience before starting your own show. Please call PATV at 338-7035 or e-mail us at contact@patv.tv to sign up and confirm time and dates.
• Tom's Guitar Show needs camera and studio help. (every Tuesday 5-7pm)
• The Generic Sports Show needs camera, sound, graphics, and phone screeners on Tuesdays 7:30-9:30 pm
• The Sports Stop needs camera, sound, and graphics help Mondays 9-11 pm and Thursdays 6:00-8:00 pm
• Tonight with Bradman Live needs camera, sound, and graphics help every Thursday 8-11 pm
• Other Production Opportunities *Stop by PATV and check our bulletin boards for upcoming field productions that need your help taping.
• Volunteer your way to a concert! Ask the staff how you can get involved with the 10,000 Hours Project and earn a free concert by volunteering just 10 hours.


WORKSHOPS

GUIDELINES (free, 1 class)
This class is REQUIRED for all new producers, providers, and potential members! Guidelines is an introduction and prerequisite to our technical workshops. Learn about PATV and become a member of a non-profit community organization dedicated to diversity in community communication. (You only need to attend one session.)

Sunday, December 4th, 12-2 pm

PRE-PRODUCTION (free, 1 class)
Organize your project in this class. We will work on your ideas and plan all steps of production in this informal class. Who is your audience? How do you shoot it? What are your goals for the project?

By appointment. Call us if you are interested.

LIGHTS, CAMERAS, ACTION! (1 class) $40.00
This class will cover the basics of how to use our digital cameras, SVHS cameras, and the Lowell DV Creator light kit. Learn the basics of composition and 3-point lighting.

Sunday, November 4th, 2:30-5 pm

TV STUDIO (1 class) $40.00
Learn everything you need to know to make a show in our studio. Be a director, run the audio board, use the cameras, and make graphics. Also covers shot composition and set design. (Call for special group rates.)

Wednesday, December 28, 6:30-7:30 pm

DIGITAL EDITING - IMOVIE (2 classes) $40.00
This class will cover editing with Apple's entry-level non-linear editing software, iMovieHD. In the first class we will cover the basics of iMovieHD and the second class will be a work session. Bring footage you have shot and create a short movie of your own. Excellent workshop for beginners. Both classes must be completed in order to be certified on our equipment. Lights, Camera, Action is a pre-requisite if you wish to use PATV cameras.

Sunday, December 11, 12-2 pm
Sunday, December 18, 12-2 pm

ADVANCED DIGITAL EDITING - FINAL CUT PRO (2 classes) $100.00
Want more options from digital editing? This class will explore Final Cut Pro HD, Apple's professional, industry standard in digital editing. In the first class we will cover the basics and the second class will be a work session. Bring footage you have shot and create a short movie of your own. Both classes must be completed in order to be certified on our equipment. Lights, Camera, Action is a pre-requisite if you wish to use PATV cameras.

Sunday, December 11, 2:30-5 pm
Sunday, December 18, 2:30-5 pm

November Updates

NEWS

Membership Rates Lowered plus Free Workshops
New Local Individual Membership rates lowered to $40/year. Local Seniors now $25. New Local Members now receive a $40 workshop voucher to apply to any of PATV’s workshops. New Organizational Memberships receive an $80 workshop voucher.

Volunteer Rates Increased
Volunteers can now earn $10/hour to apply towards workshops at PATV. Volunteer opportunities can be found on-line at www.patv.tv or stop by PATV and check out the volunteer book.

New Board Member Elections
PATV will elect two new board members at our annual meeting in November. If you or someone you know is interested in running please stop by PATV and pick up an application.

MEMBER NEWS
Former Interns and PATV Members Mika Kiburz and Ariana Gum will be screening their honors thesis documentary project Wednesday, November 9th @ 7pm at Wild Bill’s Coffee Shop in North Hall. The two short documentaries explore local and national youth activist groups battling global child labor. The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments provided. Q&A with filmmakers and Iowa City youth activists following screening..

UPCOMING EVENTS

PATV Annual Meeting
Thursday, November 17th 7pm @ PATV. Currently accepting applications for our board of directors and suggestions for the Membership equipment ballot.

Open Channel
Wednesday, November 30th 8pm @ PATV
Public Access Television’s Open Channel is the soapbox of the electronic town square. The staff of PATV opens our studio to you, the public, allowing you go LIVE the last Wednesday of every month. Come to PATV and show off your talents – sing a song, dance a jig, preach politics, or announce an event. It’s not just open mic - it’s Open Channel!

EQUIPMENT UPDATES

Varizoom Remote Zoom and Focus Controls for use with our Sony DV Cameras. These units clamp onto tripod arms and allow for smooth zooming and focusing without having to touch the camera. Studio or camera certification required for reservations.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Volunteering is a good way to work off workshop fees or to get experience before starting your own show. Please call PATV at 338-7035 or e-mail us at contact@patv.tv to sign up and confirm time and dates.
• Tom's Guitar Show needs camera and studio help. (every Tuesday 5-7pm)
• Open Channel. We need crew for this open mic show @ PATV (Wednesday, November 30th, 7 pm call, show starts at 8pm)
• The Generic Sports Show needs camera, sound, graphics, and phone screeners on Tuesdays 7:30-9:30 pm
• The Sports Stop needs camera, sound, and graphics help Mondays 9-11 pm and Thursdays 6:00-8:00 pm
• Education Exchange needs camera, sound, and graphics help every other Monday 6-9 pm . Call for next show time.
• Tonight with Bradman Live needs camera, sound, and graphics help every Thursday 8-11 pm
• Other Production Opportunities *Stop by PATV and check our bulletin boards for upcoming field productions that need your help taping.
• Volunteer your way to a concert! Ask the staff how you can get involved with the 10,000 Hours Project and earn a free concert by volunteering just 10 hours.

WORKSHOPS

GUIDELINES (free, 1 class)
This class is REQUIRED for all new producers, providers, and potential members! Guidelines is an introduction and prerequisite to our technical workshops. Learn about PATV and become a member of a non-profit community organization dedicated to diversity in community communication. (You only need to attend one session.)

Sunday, November 6, 12-2 pm

PRE-PRODUCTION (free, 1 class)
Organize your project in this class. We will work on your ideas and plan all steps of production in this informal class. Who is your audience? How do you shoot it? What are your goals for the project?

By appointment. Call us if you are interested.

LIGHTS, CAMERAS, ACTION! (1 class) $40.00
This class will cover the basics of how to use our digital cameras, SVHS cameras, and the Lowell DV Creator light kit. Learn the basics of composition and 3-point lighting.

Sunday, November 6, 2:30-5 pm

TV STUDIO (1 class) $40.00
Learn everything you need to know to make a show in our studio. Be a director, run the audio board, use the cameras, and make graphics. Also covers shot composition and set design. (Call for special group rates.)

Sunday, November 13, 12-2 pm

DIGITAL EDITING - IMOVIE (2 classes) $40.00
This class will cover editing with Apple's entry-level non-linear editing software, iMovieHD. In the first class we will cover the basics of iMovieHD and the second class will be a work session. Bring footage you have shot and create a short movie of your own. Excellent workshop for beginners. Both classes must be completed in order to be certified on our equipment. Lights, Camera, Action is a pre-requisite if you wish to use PATV cameras.

Sunday, November 20, 12-2 pm
Sunday, November 27, 12-2 pm

ADVANCED DIGITAL EDITING - FINAL CUT PRO (2 classes) $100.00
Want more options from digital editing? This class will explore Final Cut Pro HD, Apple's professional, industry standard in digital editing. In the first class we will cover the basics and the second class will be a work session. Bring footage you have shot and create a short movie of your own. Both classes must be completed in order to be certified on our equipment. Lights, Camera, Action is a pre-requisite if you wish to use PATV cameras.

Sunday, November 20, 2:30-5 pm
Sunday, November 27, 2:30-5 pm

Varizoom Controls in Studio

New Equipment Arrival: Varizoom Zoom and Focus Controls for our Sony camcorders (for use in Studio or for Check Out).

Democracy Now x 2

Thanks to 2 local series providers Democracy Now can be seen early in the morning at 7am and later at 11am Monday - Friday.

Enter the IC International Documentary Film Festival

The Iowa City International Documentary Film Festival is now accepting entries for the 2006 Festival and you are invited to participate. The dates of this year's festival are April 11th-15th and the deadlines for submission are:

Earlybird Deadline: December 1, 2005
Regular Deadline: January 16, 2006
Final Deadline: February 1, 2006

Students are offered a discounted submission fee and international entries are free if mailed from outside the US.

Go to the link below for details on how to enter:

http://www.icdocs.org/

The link below will take you directly our withoutabox paperless entry process:

withoutabox.com/login/4083

Please forward this e-mail to any film/video makers you think might be interested. Thanks in advance for your participation.

Might Be Good: Films of Margaret Tait

MARGARET TAIT: SUBJECTS AND SEQUENCES
An Afternoon of Pioneering Scottish Filmmaker's “Film-Poems”
October 29th , 101 Becker Communication Studies Building

The experimental short films of pioneering Scottish poet and filmmaker Margaret Tait will be featured at the University of Iowa on Saturday, October 29th, beginning at 2 p.m. in room 101 Becker Communication Studies Building. MARGARET TAIT: SUBJECTS AND SEQUENCES will screen films spanning from the beginning of Tait's film career in 1951 to her last film in 1998. For anyone interested in ethnography, experimental films, or British cinema, Margaret Tait's films offer challenging new perspectives on each. Premiered at the 2004 Edinburgh Film Festival, MARGARET TAIT: SUBJECTS AND SEQUENCES is a touring exhibition that is bringing these rare and important films to prestigious venues across North America, including the Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley, California; Cinematexa s in Austin, Texas; the Cinematheque Ontario in Toronto, Canada; the
University of Buffalo in Buffalo, New York; the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, New York.

Dr. Sarah Neely, a UI alumna and currently Lecturer in Film Studies at University of Paisley, Scotland, is returning to UI to introduce the program and participate in a post-screening discussion. MARGARET TAIT: SUBJECTS AND SEQUENCES is divided into two programs, the first beginning at 2 p.m. and the second at 4 p.m. Both programs are comprised of Tait's newly restored 16 mm film-poems. The screenings and post-screening discussion are free and open to the public.

Tait's use of rhythm, pattern and color in her bristling evocations of the Scottish landscape--both urban and rural--give the films a rare potency. Tait, who used Lorca's phrase “stalking the image” to describe her own process of working, once remarked at the “sheer wonder and astonishment at how much can be seen in any place that you choose…if you really look.” Not surprisingly, much of the pleasure in viewing her films derives from her dedicated attention to the details. Don't miss this opportunity to see the works of this groundbreaking poet of both word and image.

A truly independent filmmaker, Tait established her own film company, Anacona films, and self-financed all but three of her productions. From abstract, hand-painted animations to film poetry or vivid observational portraits of her immediate surroundings, Tait's films stretch across an impressive range of experimental styles. By the time of her death at eighty in 1999, Tait had produced over thirty films - including one feature BLUE BLACK PERMANENT (1992) - and had published three collections of poetr y and two volumes of short stories. Tait, who originally trained as a doctor, studied at the Centro
Sperimentale di Cinematographia in Rome from 1950-1952. Afterwards, she worked in Sutherland, then Edinburgh, until finally returning to her native home, the Orkney Islands.

A LUX project, the show is curated by Peter Todd in connection with Scottish Screen, and is supported by Arts Council England, Esmée Fairburn Foundation and Pier Arts Centre, Stromness, Orkney.

This retrospective is sponsored by the Institute for Cinema and Culture and the Institute for Cinema and Culture. All screenings will take place in 101 Becker Communications Studies Building (Corner of Madison and Iowa Aves). For more
information, contact Ellen Sweeney at the Institute for Cinema and Culture at 335-1348 or at ellen-sweeney@uiowa.edu.

PROGRAM 1: FILM POEMS (1951-74), 2 p.m., 101 Becker Communication Studies Building

In the works in this program, Tait looks closely at people and everyday experiences, exploring film as a medium for portraiture and poetry.

THREE PORTRAIT SKETCHES (1951, 10 mins, Silent, B&W).
A PORTRAIT OF GA (1952, 4.5 mins, Color).
AERIAL (1974, 4 mins, Color).
HUGH MACDIARMID, A PORTRAIT (1964, 9 mins, Poems by Hugh MacDiarmid, B&W).
COLOUR POEMS (1974, 12 mins, Color).
WHERE I AM IS HERE (1964, 35 mins, B&W).

PROGRAM 2: THE ISLANDS (1955-98), 4 p.m., 101 Becker Communication Studies Building

In this program are film poems featuring people and the places in which they live, an evocation of childhood, and Tait's last film, made in 1998.

HAPPY BEES (1955, 17 mins, Color).
THE DRIFT BACK (1956, 10 mins, B&W).
PLACE OF WORK (1976, 31 mins, Color).
TAILPIECE (1976, 10 mins, B&W).
GARDEN PIECES (1998, 12 mins, Color).

Garage Sale Officially Liquified

Thanks to everyone who came by... we still have an Old Amiga and some weird cables left.

Looking for Provider - Nation of Islam

We are currently seeking an Iowa City/Coralville resident to provide for the series Nation of Islam. This provider would need to complete our Guidelines class and would be responsible for coordinating tape delivery from the producer to PATV, and signing for programs at PATV before they can air. There is no fee involved for providing this service. Call 338-7035 or email programming@patv.tv