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New Deadline announced: April 26
Attention all filmmakers. The deadline for Hockomock Film Festival has been changed to April 26. This will give you a chance to work over the April vacation to finish your projects and submit them.
Filmmaking Workshop January 14
Easton Community Access Television, in partnership with the Hockomock Film Festival will be hosting the 2nd of 4 workshops for young aspiring filmmakers. The class will be held on Saturday January 14 from 10am – 1pm. Special guest instructor is Easton resident and media producer Kevin Friend of BCN Productions.
The class is open to all students of the Hockomock towns.
Cost of the class is $10. Class size is limited so RSVP to jason.daniels@eastoncat.org or call 508-230-7200 by January 12.
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January 14……..The Shoot
February 11…….Post Production
March 10………..Mastering for Distribution
Hockomock Film Festival 2011
Take a peek at some of the talented filmmakers and films from the 2011 Hockomock Festival. This video shows behind the scenes interviews with some of the winning filmmakers. We also see the awards day 2011 from Stonehill College as well as clips from the winning films.
2011 Hockomock Film Festival Winners
DOCUMENTARY
1. No Home to Call Their Own, Brian Wright (Easton)
2. Other. Conor Spilman (Franklin)
3. Project Opportunity Ryan Sullivan (Canton)
Honorable Mention Awards
Cinematography: Road Less Traveled Adam Karas (Easton)
Public Service Award: Mock Crash Anessa Roth, Alix Haase (Sharon)
Still Photography: I Am a Mom Tiffany Parsons (Stoughton)
DRAMA
1. Bonaparte Shane Butler (Easton)
2. The Sound Machine Brian Wright (Easton)
3. Exit Exam Tony Simonetti (Sharon)
Honorable Mention Awards
Sound: Paranorms Vitaliy Mityushin (Canton)
Cinematography: The Routine Paloma Parikh (Easton)
Choreography: The Pulse Joe Haederle (Easton)
MUSIC VIDEO
Tie: 1. Car Like This Daniel Corona (Easton)
Tie: 1. The Eco Project Daniel Sheehy (Canton)
2. Lava Tag Zach Levenson (Canton)
Honorable Mention Awards
Young Film Maker Award: Vermont Isabel Rijas (Easton)
Animation: Give ‘em Reality Brian Wright (Easton)
Town Pride: Black and Orange Kris Joyce et al. (Stoughton)
2010-2011 Film Club
Film Club is on held in the Carriage House at Sheep Pasture (intersection of Rt 138 and Main St.) at 7 p.m
All Films are Free!
All Are Welcome!
November 5 – The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
November 19 -Captain Blood (1935)
December 3 – The Twilight Samurai (2002)
December 17 – The Crimson Pirate (1952)
January 7 – The Thin Man (1934)
January 21 – Ride the High Country (1962)
February 4 – Henry V (1989)
February 18 – The Professionals (1966)
March 4 – Shall We Dance? (1996)
March 18 – The Three Musketters (1973)
April 1 – Princess Mononoke (1997)
April 15 – Paths of Glory (1957)
April 29 – The Train (1964)
May 13 – Songcatcher (2000)
May 27 – Looking for Richard (1996)
June 10 – Jaws (1975)
On Embracing the Creative Commons
A critical challenge for the up and coming filmmaker is to successfully navigate a complex world of copyrights. In an age where virtually any piece of media, be it moving image, photo, or song can be found online the temptation to recklessly appropriate for ones own use is very strong. At the same time, the desire to share and collaborate powered by the internet is also very strong.
A landmark organization called the Creative Commons provides a fundamental tool for the emerging filmmakers of the 21st century to leapfrog the traditional copyright quagmires. According to their website:
Our tools give everyone from individual creators to large companies and institutions a simple, standardized way to grant copyright permissions to their creative work. The Creative Commons licenses enable people to easily change their copyright terms from the default of “all rights reserved” to “some rights reserved.”
The Creative Commons allows for remixing and sampling work. No more ripping off music – there are hundreds of thousands of songs that can be used legally!
To get started check out this great place for:
5 PLACES TO DOWNLOAD FREE MUSIC FOR YOUR VIDEO
2009 Hockomock Film Festival
On Saturday, May 9th the Hockomock Film Festival held its 8th Annual Awards Day at Stonehill College. The committee received 21 entries by filmmakers from five towns in the Hockomock League. Awards and cash prizes were given out for the winners and runners up in the categories for Drama and Documentary. In addition, a new category, College Age and Above, was created to accommodate entries by college age film students and adults. The North Easton Savings Bank is the sponsor of the Hockomock Film Festival and Courtney Palm represented the bank, handing out the prizes to the producers of the three winning entries.
Documentary
Lucy and Luke Davies for ‘A Dream Come True?’
Drama
Zach Stanger et al. for ‘Public Service Announcement’
Drama – College Age and Above Award Winners
Ben Del Guercio et al. for ‘The Harpist’
2008 Hockomock Film Festival
The seventh annual Hockomock Film Festival Awards Ceremony was held June 21, 2008 at Stonehill College. This year the films were divided into three categories, documentary, drama and music video. Awards were presented to three finalists in each category. A list of award recipients is below.
Pictured left to right: Courtney Palm, North Easton Savings Bank, Andrew Rapp, Actor, Ryan Murray, Producer, Ed Hands, HFF Committee, Gino Del Guercio, Chief Judge
2007 Hockomock Film Festival
The sixth annual Hockomock Film Festival Awards Ceremony was held June 16, 2007 at Stonehill College. This year the films were divided into three categories, documentary, drama and music video. Awards were presented to three finalists in each category. A list of award recipients is below.
From left: President Bill Ames, Jon Cortizo, Drama 1st place winner for “Escape,” Gino Del Guercio and Ed Hands
Back row: Evan Kellogg, Josh Gleason, Nick Jones, Front row: Michael Meyer and DJ Switz