Capital Film Arts Alliance (CFAA)

SUNDAY, FEB. 24th
4:30-9:30pm

CFAA OSCARS PARTY

Come out to watch this years Academy
Awards and enjoy the festivities with the Capital Film Arts Alliance! Let's see who takes home the golden statues this year!

Hosted by CFAA board member Mamie Jean Calvert, it'll be a fun night with great food, drink, contests and more! Come out and party with your film loving friends!

* Pick the Winners Contest.
* Costume Contest – Come dressed as your favorite Hollywood person (dead or alive).
* Movie Trivia Games during commercial breaks.

$10 at the door - or reserve space and get tickets in advance HERE

Proceeds go to the Capital Film Arts Alliance (CFAA)

Date: Sunday, Feb 24th
Time: 4:30 to 9:30 pm
Where: Steve’s Pizza,
9135 W Stockton Blvd., Elk Grove, CA 95758

Complimentary appetizers - come early!

Full menu for ordering and no host beer & wine is available.

SIGN UP HERE

TO RECEIVE THE
CFAA'S FREE
WEEKLY
NEWSLETTER!

2018 CFAA Presidents Award Winner:
SALLY FORCIER
A true 'force' in the development of the Sacramento film industry.

CFAA TESTIMONIALS:

In Their Words

The CFAA is a great way
to meet, reconnect and communicate with Sacramento's top film
and media makers.
You should check it out!
-Rick Kuebler,
My Hero Productions

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I can’t tell you how much
the CFAA means to me!
They have been there and helped me thru the years make by making me a better filmmaker and by giving a place to create business and personal relationships with professional folks in industry of entertainment!
-Cliff Allen,
Screams 4 Reel

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To send your CFAA testimonial in, email:
info@capitalfilmarts.org

Mark your calendars for the CFAA's Monthly Events:

ACTORS WORKSHOP
CFAA FILM FORUM
SCREENWRITERS LAB

ACTORS WORKSHOP:
Every 2nd Tuesday @ 7pm-

Offering a variety of workshops, special guest instructors and industry leaders who share tools, tips and exercises with the acting community of all experience levels. It's a great place to stretch your acting muscles.

CFAA FILM FORUM:
Every 3rd Tuesday @ 7pm

The general CFAA membership and all production folks come out to this monthly gathering of the creative filmmaking community. Topics for meetings vary monthly, based on the speaker or topic - but you will always learn something important!

SCREENWRITERS LAB
Every 4th Tuesday @ 6:30pm-

For those seasoned writers seeking to improve their scripts through workshopping. This is a great place to improve, share and connect with other writers, and to gain skills and make valuable contacts.

CFAA Meetings & Workshops held at

The Workshop
3301 C Street, #1000
Sacramento, CA.

All meetings are free to CFAA members, or $5 at the door for non-members and guests.

The CFAA is a non-profit association serving filmmakers, writers, actors and crew in Sacramento, CA and it's surrounding counties.

FOR Filmmakers, BY Filmmakers.
The CFAA is here for YOU.

* 3x Monthly meetings for Filmmakers, Writers & Actors
* Free Weekly Newsletter
* Discounts and professional resources.
* Valuable Networking Opportunities
* Workshops, Events, Screenings, Film Festivals & More

Join Us in 2019 to Expand Your Creative Skills and Increase Your Connections!

COMING UP:

Every 3rd Tuesday @ 7pm

CFAA FILMMAKERS FORUM / MEETING
Tues., February 19th, 7pm

The Life Cycle of a Production.
with Commercial Line Producer
Paul Taylor

Whether you’re bidding a commercial deck, working on a passion project with friends, completing a documentary, or heading into production on a feature film, your production will cycle through 5 universal phases along the way.

Treatment
Adapting a creative deck for a client to communicate your vision, or laying the foundation for a short film or feature project, this is the time to lock in some of the key visuals and ideas you’d like to see along the way. Likely happening before locations, talent or a budget have been attached to the project. Most commercial directors find they write 10 treatments to get a single project if things are going well.

Bid
Time to look at the parameters of your job and communicate that as numbers. Perhaps you’re bidding to a specific budget cap, or being asked what you think it will take to complete a project. Even on a project with no money, you’re going to need to assess the resources you will have, be they time or favors, and figure out a viable path through your creative with only those at your disposal. Calendars and shoot days may need to get locked while in this phase.

Prep
You’ve got an idea, a schedule and a budget, got anywhere to park? Time to wander the earth and find the crew, talent, locations and resources to match your budget and schedule. Be prepared to discover many areas where you’ll need to think on your feet and adjust your plans. Time to pull permits, sign contracts, and start using a very powerful phrase: “you are booked."

Shoot
A short but resource intensive phases is finally here! No matter how well prepped you are at this point, you’re introducing some new and very powerful bosses to your team: the weather, the Sun, background noise, traffic, hours in the day, overtime, forgetting to stop and eat…This is an exciting, but potentially distracting time for the filmmaker. Stay focused and trust your team, even if you’re overwhelmed.

Post
Oh good, just you, the footage, and an editor! Be prepared to find out that insanely complex sequence you laid out on set and were so proud of…just doesn’t fit well in the final assembly. This is a draining and isolating part of the process, and you may end up making two versions of your project, one to deliver on time, and one to keep futzing with until you decide to move on, aka “The Director’s Cut."

Paul Taylor has 15 years experience in the work of broadcast commercial production, now working as a Commercial Line Producer based in Northern California. Learning through the AICP workflow of commercial production, he has had the chance to work for top tier production companies and talent, with no shortage of challenges along the way. As a central resource for film crews from all over the world as they pass through Northern California, he has had the chance to showcase our film-shed for some top talent in the industry, and always appreciates how they make our region look on film.

Doors open at 6:30, meeting starts at 7pm

Every 4th Tuesday @ 6:30pm

CFAA SCREENWRITERS LAB
Tues., February 26th, 2019 @ 6:30pm

improve your writing through peer review, evaluation and advice from writers with all experience levels. Take your writing to a new level!

Every 2nd Tuesday @ 7pm

CFAA ACTORS WORKSHOP
Tues., March 12th, 2019 @ 7pm

Guest Instructor TBA

Free to CFAA members, and only $5 for non-members and guests. All are welcome.

The CFAA Actors Workshop offers a different instructor or acting technique is shared each month by some of the best acting coaches and instructors around. There's something for everyone!

CFAA MEETING LOCATION:
The Workshop Sacramento
3301 C Street #1000,
Sacramento 95816

FEES:
Admission is free to CFAA members
and only $5 for non-members and guests.
All skills and experiences are welcome!

MEMBERSHIP:
Click HERE to register

The CFAA's annual President's Award for 2018 goes to the Sacramento region's most indomitable 'force' in the local film and media community:

SALLY FORCIER
Sally is a formidable champion of all things film, and of making Sacramento an exciting hub of production. She has operated Forcier Casting for almost 20 years, coaching, advising and tirelessly giving of herself and her time to advocate for the growth of others in the local production community, and in making Sacramento a professionally recognized industry. In the last couple of years she has branched out to add full-time producing to her array of creative services and has already successfully co-produced a few major features films that were shot here at home, along with managing other commercial casting work and producing smaller indie projects - all while planning her wedding at the same time!

Sally's stated passion on her own website is "to be a part of the creative process on set, inspire and help others realize their dreams" - and I believe that we are a better community because of her doing just that.

Thanks for Another Great
CFAA Annual After-Holiday Party!
Saturday, January 12th, 2019
At The Workshop

VIEW ALL PICTURES HERE

Wait! There's More!! VIEW ALL 2019 PARTY PICTURES HERE

Attention!
NEW CFAA MEETING LOCATION!
The CFAA hosts all monthly meetings at
The Workshop
3301 C Street, Sacramento.

The WorkShop is a coworking, incubation, and training space that includes on-demand work and office space, business support services (e.g., phone reception, IT management services and support), skills training and professional certification access, aide in seeking early-stage financing, and networking activities and events designed to support entrepreneurship opportunities. The CFAA is honored to be a partner of this organization and excited for the future.