Please welcome these new vendors to the Propville Community. We’ve got what you need…..

Snader & Associates:   “don’t-miss-it” event.    Attend .Visit. Learn. Prosper.
Fiesta Hall, San Mateo Event Center January 28 & 29.
Please use our free registration to attend valuable workshops, (8 in 2 days!) including
“Broadcast & beyond: where will the work be?” presented by NATAS Nor cal chapter.
Visit the John Lennon/Sony Bus, play with the newest gear and meet the 
People you want to work with in 2009!

             

Peter Williams’s Motor coaches:  New to The Propville Directory, Peter has a gorgeous 40’ coach,
With all the amenities (side-outs, chairs & tables, etc.) for film or print. The Best rates in the Bay! lots of inclusions , superlative service and kind attention. Call peter for your next location shoot. 415 730 4991

Michaan’s Auctions. Hummm… auctions you say? Do I need that? Everyone in the production business knows: stuff comes, stuff goes. Buying or selling, Michaan’s auctions (formerly Auctions by the Bay) are an essential card in your rolodex. Hosting the Alameda Antiques faire on the 1st Sunday of every month, auctions; online and live; plus supportive advice for shifting the “stuff” of your world:   in OR out. Ask for Allen or Scott. The Propville name will give you carte balanche’ (800) 380-9822    Next auction 2.3.09

Our Most loyal citizens: these are local business, par excellence, that support the film, theatre and event communities in the bay area. They care about service, about connection and most importantly, are truly interested in supporting the arts. Please acknowledge them with your patronage.

KTOP Studios Oakland, Michaan’s Auctions Alameda, Snader & Associates San Rafael
Urban Outfitters San Francisco, AGI film & print San Francisco

Community Calendar, Newsreel: Two new features to help our business members get out information about production community events, shows and worthwhile contests.
The community calendar offers seminars, open houses to local production facilities & tons more. It’s here:

The newsreel appears on the Propville home page and changes almost daily. Tickets,
Help-wanted and more, all at your first click!

*New Tricks of the Trade column. This month, creative coach to high profile photographers, Ian Summers, shares tips for sanity and abundance in a recession.
http://www.propville.com/tricks.php. Short & sweet, don’t miss these pearls.

 (remember that it’s free for our current members to post jobs)

Lomography Workshop 1.24.09.     5 tickets left (1.20.09) Sponsored by AGI and The New Lab, Just Film and Urban Outfitters, with Photo Laboratory of Berkeley.

Perfect for photographers, DP’s and Art Directors!! Join us at Studio 333 in Sausalito for an experimental, fun day of photo play. Take a break from the habitual grind of commercial photography and find the playful kid that cherished her (his) first camera. Cameras for the day will be graciously supplied by Urban Outfitters.
Tickets on sale now! Limited space. Not much time…..$45 per person or 2 for $80. (if qualified) Bring an art director, save money (see below!)

A panel of experts (see bios below) will open the event with a brief history and fun facts about the plastic camera movement, including Brownies, Lomos, and Dianas & Holgas. The morning will take you either to a studio lighting set up or outside in beautiful Sausalito for a lomo walkabout. The walk about will be lead by Catbird Blum, Catbird Locations, Scouting for local & international crews in the Bay Area.

A beautiful lunch from Bauer’s Catering, then a change of pace, reversing the set-ups; studio for location. We end the day with the famous Propville Dog & Pony Show™ goody bag, treats from vendors you respect, useful gifts for all in attendance.

Includes lunch, instruction, camera use and connections! Bring an art director and save an additional 10% off your admission (call us for this special rate. 415.454.1260) Use this experience to hang with one of your favorite art directors, make some great images and launch the next wildly successful, award winning campaign.

Next Dog & Pony Show™ Bus Tour April 25th. North Bay. If you have not been on the bus, pencil it in for this spring, so fun! you will truly be amazed at what you know when you leave. Make connections, get treats, be part of the big picture.   Watch the 1 minute movie.

Scary Cow Film Festival, a San Francisco based film cooperative, brings a program of short films produced by its filmmakers for a special one-day screening at The Castro Theatre on Saturday, February 7th, 2009, 2:30pm.  There will be a cocktail reception following the premiere.  Tickets and info…. 
 The special one-day screening will present 25 short films produced over the last four months, exclusively by Scary Cow members. Films scheduled to screen at The Castro include: Eat Pray Whatever - a comedy inspired by the best-selling book Eat Pray Love,  Play Something, The Waiting Game, and Look Forward all described in detail.  Get your tickets here.

Got Fire? 
Find it at The Crucible
This non-profit arts education center in West Oakland is dedicated to the creative use of fire and light.  The Crucible is known for its innovative and stunning public events and fundraisers, uniting artists from diverse disciplines.  Teaching and showcasing fire, metal, glass, light art and performance art in the East Bay for ten years, you’ll find classes and studio facilities for bronze casting to neon, welding to glass working, blacksmithing to fire dancing and more. 

Help Wanted: Panoramaniacal.com is a music composer agency seeking an established and talented creative services sales representative to call on ad agencies, production companies, producers, Filmmakers, etc., on behalf of our clients.  50/50 commission split.  This is an account that will start generating revenue for you as soon as you add it to your repertoire.  www.panoramaniacal.com - chris@panoramaniacal.com
- 415-302-0839

Bonnie Hughes, formally Bonnie Katz "Studio Teacher to the Stars" worked locally on 3 feature films out this past Holiday season, 4 Christmases, Milk, & Bedtime Stories. Also a large commercial for Rexona with Park Pictures & 200 screaming girls running all over SF.  On August 2nd, Bonnie married Jim Hughes a set builder from Duncan Designs, also a member of The Propville Directory. Congratulations!! bonkatz@pacbell.net

Nancie Marsalis from the make-up chair……”Just a quick little note let you know that an independent film I worked on has just become available on DVD. I was Louise Fletcher’s personal makeup and hair artist for the film. Shot entirely in HD, her character is eccentric, wears too much rouge and powder, bad lipstick, and has a great eccentric friend; Cicely Tyson. It was a real treat to work with Louise.
  
“Fat Rose and Squeaky”, stars Academy Award winning Louise Fletcher & Academy Award nominee Ms. Cicely Tyson.  It is a wonderful film that addresses issues of friendship and aging. If you want to weigh in on the subject of “Aging in America”, there is a social website set up for the film at See a trailer of the movie…learn a little more.”  Great job Nancie! (415) 282-5133

Quote of the Month
If Michelangelo had wanted to play it safe: He would have painted the Sistine Chapel Floor. ~ Anonymous
(Thanks Ian!)

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