Creative Heart Productions--Patricia West-Del Ruth

November 14th Newsletter

Greetings from Patricia West-Del Ruth:

Mark your calendars for December 19th for the next shoot of CINEMA SCENE . Our next tentatively scheduled guest will be legendary cinematographer and director Caleb Deschanel, A.S.C. whose work includes The Natural and The Right Stuff among many other notable credits.

Caleb received an Oscar nomination for The Patriot. The feature topic of the show will be his experience working with Mel Gibson on The Passion of the Christ.

Participate in a live Q&A and learn the art and craft of visual story telling from a master.

You will also enjoy the intimate and enlightening behind the scene storys of a great film maker of our time.

For reservations please call by December 1st at 760-736-1990
Admission $69.00
Student $59.00
Time 10 am - 2 pm
Location 240 10th Street Del Mar

Sheigh Crabtree from the Hollywood Reporter has informed me it's time for the Hollywood Reporter's Next Generation: Crafts 2005.

They will be extending the focus on their popular Next Gen series to include the industry's brightest and most talented atrisans under 35 years old:

Profiling upcoming production designers, costume designers, hair stylists and makeup atrists in "Oscar Watch Crafts One - Creating the Image" 2/11

Highlighting promising cinematographers, editors, sound designers and/or sound editors in "Oscar Watch Crafts Two - Sight and Sound" 2/14

Including visual effects supervisors, animation directors and matte painters in "Oscar Watch: Crafts Three- The Magic" 2/16

The Hollywood Reporter is seeking your suggestions for the 2005 candidates for these categories. Please email your nominees to Sheigh Crabtree at scrabtree@hollywoodreporter.com.

Movie Magic 180 Years of Cinema Technology

The Academy's Science and Technology Council is proud to announce a series of programs dedicated to the science and technology of filmmaking.

In six segments they will explore pre-cinema, the silent era, color and sound, widescreen formats and multi-channel sound, zoom, telephoto and wide angle devices and the digital age. The program will be punctuated with rare footage and imagery that illustrate the milestones, and a special exhibit of important raritites ranging from the Praxiniscope to the Steidicam will be on display.

Screenwriting Expo, sponsored by Creative Screenwriting Magazine, ran Friday through Sunday at the L.A. Conventon Center.

Daily Variety News Paper reported in an insightful article entitled Scribes Tell Tales of Biz Woe by David S. Cohen who wrote...... "Sunday's two guest-of-honor seminars featured two sessions with Goldman, one solo and one in conversation with Sorkin, who said that the downward slide in storytelling started with the "Batman" franchise. "All of those movies were huge hits, and I have yet to meet anyone who liked any of them," Sorkin commented.

"Movies are more and more about the one-sheet. It's no longer an essential marketing tool for your movie to be good."

Regarding TV, Sorkin commented that "the worst thing happening right now is the mean-spiritededness of reality television."

The expo's pitchfest, organized by Script magazine, gained momentum this year with some 60 companies, including the William Morris Agency, the Firm, ICM, Dimension Films and the Robert Evans Co., taking as many as 75 five-minute pitches a day. Feedback from the companies was positive, and several said they planned to follow up with writers they met."

Bravo to all involved in the production of the film "Ray". Don't miss the extraordinary performance of Jamie Fox, it surely should be an Oscar winner!

Best wishes this Thanksgiving and Happy Holidays,

Always from the Heart,
Patricia West-Del Ruth
Creative Heart Productions
760-736-1990

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