Established in the 1980's, Jumpstart is a video incentive programme designed to give artists the opportunity to explore the medium of video. Applicants to JumpstART must be new to the medium of video or in the initial stages of their video careers. Eligible projects are those over which the artist has creative and editorial control. All genres are accepted (i.e. experimental, drama, documentary, video installation, newmedia...). The JumpstART proposals are assessed by an independent jury and the successful applicants have one year to complete their project.

There are two Jumpstart deadlines a year: March 1st and Sept. 1st.

Applicants retain copyright to their productions, but they must provide a copy of their tape to be kept in SAW Video's archives.

The successful applicants receive

- a SAW Video producing membership for one year
- a Video Handbook
- a $200 credit towards two workshops of your choice
- up to $200 in materials (tapes)
- up to $1000 in access to SAW Video Co-op equipment
(Equipment access is in the form of waivers for SAW Video equipment only, and can be used solely for the purpose of the awarded project.)

Applicants must submit
- a current resume (with emphasis on your artistic work)
- a 1 to 2 page description of the proposed project (may include a script or storyboard)
- a production schedule
- a detailed budget
- examples of previous work (video, film or other artistic work)

Have questions? Check out our granting FAQ's at:
http://sawvideo.com/sawvideo/genericx.php?id=54 and the Jumpstart sample budget at http://sawvideo.com/budget.htm

Other grants available in 2007 can be found at
http://sawvideo.com/sawvideo/production_grantsx.php?type=saw.

If you still have questions after that, contact Erin at (613)238-7648 or at sawvideo@sawvideo.com.

Call to members: SAW Video Equipment Committee

The SAW Video Equipment Committee meets 2-3 times a year to discuss equipment directions for the centre, upcoming acquisitions, changes in rental policies, etc.

We need your input and feedback! Acquisitions planned for 2007 focus primarily on new cameras and production accessories. If you would like to participate, please contact the Technical Coordinator, Doug Smalley.

Administrative Coordinator

The Administrative Coordinator is a key point of contact for SAW Video’s members and the public at large, facilitating access to the centre through queries by phone, mail, e-mail, or in person. He/she oversees members’ accounts and manages the centre’s databases. As the key administrator of the centre’s finances, the Administrative Coordinator works in concert with the Bookkeeper to administer all finances for the organization; preparing financial reports and cashflows as required by the Director or the Board of Directors. In addition, he/she also assists with grant applications and reporting; coordinates SAW Video’s production fund applications: and assists with the coordination of fundraising events.

Hours of work: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Starting salary: $30,000 per year

Qualifications:

The selected individual will have:
· Knowledge of the media arts and the not-for-profit sector;
· Previous experience or training in arts administration;
· Thorough knowledge of Windows, Word, Excel, Access, Outlook applications;
· Knowledge of Quickbooks Accounting software and of accounting principles;
· Strong interpersonal and communication skills;
· Excellent planning and organizational skills, with the ability to prioritize work and manage several tasks simultaneously;
· Bilingualism would be an asset.

Deadline for applications: Friday March 2nd, 2007 at 5pm.

Please submit by mail, fax, or email the following documents:
- A letter of intent describing your skills and experience as they relate to this position.
- Curriculum vitae or resumé
- A reference list with names, positions and contact information for 3 references

Send to:
Hiring Committee – Admin. Coordinator
SAW Video Association
67 Nicholas St., Ottawa, Ontario K1N 7B9
Phone: (613) 238-7648 / Fax: (613) 238-4617
E-mail: sawvideo@sawvideo.com

SAW Video is committed to employment equity. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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PROGRAMMING COORDINATOR

SAW Video is also seeking a Programming Coordinator to plan and implement our dynamic media arts presentation programming.

The Programming Coordinator will oversee all aspects of presentation programming at SAW Video including (but not limited to): preparing grant applications for programming activities; overseeing the design and production of promotional and didactic materials; collaborating on programming events at Club SAW that support the mandate of the centre; fostering collaborations with embassies, arts organizations and collectives locally, nationally, and internationally; and attending regional and national festivals/events related to media art when possible.

Hours of work: 28 hours per week
Salary: $21,840 per year

Qualifications:
The selected individual will have:
· Extensive knowledge of contemporary media art practice and the media arts milieu in Canada and abroad;
· A minimum of 3 years media arts curatorial experience;
· Proven grant writing experience;
· Strong planning and organizational skills, with the ability to prioritize and manage several tasks simultaneously;
· Excellent verbal and written communication skills;
· Self-motivation and the ability to work independently and collaboratively;
· Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop, MS Word, Excel, and Outlook applications.
· Critical writing abilities and bilingualism would be assets.

Deadline for applications: Friday, March 9th, 2007

Please submit by mail, fax, or email the following documents:
- A letter of intent (up to 2 pages) describing your skills and experience as they relate to this position.
- Curriculum vitae or resumé
- A reference list with names, positions and contact information for 3 references

Send to:
Hiring Committee – Programmer
SAW Video Association
67 Nicholas St., Ottawa, Ontario K1N 7B9
Phone: (613) 238-7648 / Fax: (613) 238-4617
E-mail: sawvideo@sawvideo.com

SAW Video is committed to employment equity. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

About SAW Video:

SAW Video is an artist-run centre committed to support ground-breaking artistic production, presentation and programming of independent video and media art. SAW Video provides many services to its membership including affordable technical facilities, and a wide range of programmes designed to create an atmosphere that will inspire production through the exchange of ideas around form, content and style.
In addition to providing affordable access to video production and post-production facilities, our activities include production support programmes for video artists, a comprehensive range of introductory, inter-mediate and advanced workshops and as well as screenings and exhibitions. For more information on SAW Video, check out our web site: www.sawvideo.com.

SAW Video – Centre for the Media Arts
67 Nicholas Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 7B9
tel. (613) 238-7648 / (613) 238-4617 fax

Sound Recording for Video

Sat February 24th, 2007
10:00am - 5:00pm

Sun February 25th, 2007
10:00am - 5:00pm

One of the most important elements of any video is the quality of the sound. A clear recording made in the field can make or break your production.

This workshop is for people with an interest in developing skills and an understanding of how sound recording works for video and film production.

The most important elements and skills of sound recording will be taught and practised "hands on" by participants. This will include how to hook up your sound equipment to various cameras, mike techniques and types, working with lighting, and getting the best sound possible. The course will also touch on best practises when working in professional situations.

Previous experience and a basic understanding of DV production is a required prerequisite for this workshop.

Limited to 9 participants.

Instructor: Kate Kechnie

Kate Kechnie is a location sound recordist for television in the Ottawa area. Working with sound since 1979, she has at times been a CBC radio technician, music studio owner and live concert engineer. Passionate about sound and about sharing her expertise, Kate will hopefully inspire in others a similar passion and appreciation of our aural environment.

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2 Day Introduction to MiniDV Production

Sat March 17th, 2007
12:00pm - 6:00pm

Sun March 18th, 2007
12:00pm - 6:00pm

This two-day workshop teaches the basics of camera, audio and lighting through hands on training.
On the first day of the workshop, participants will receive basic instruction on SAW Video's prime 3-chip MiniDV cameras -- such as the , Panasonic AG-DVX100 and the Sony PD-150. Participants will be introduced to three point lighting and dealing with power on location. A variety of mics will be used and their applications will be discussed.

Day two of the workshop provides the added opportunity for more hands on time and instruction. Shooting exercises will be indoors and outdoors (weather permitting) simulating varying conditions and situations. The second day of the workshop will focus exclusively on the Sony PD-150.

WORKSHOP LIMITED TO 6 PARTICIPANTS Deadline for registration is Monday March 12th

Instructor: Jacob Hanna

Members $125.00
Non Members $150.00

Duration: 12 hours

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2 Day Introduction to Final Cut Pro

Sat March 24th, 2007
1:00pm - 6:00pm

Sun March 25th, 2007
1:00pm - 6:00pm

Our new Mac Pro Tower system has arrived and with it the Final Cut Pro 5 production suite. This 2 day course will cover all steps of the process from setting up a project and capturing from a dv device, to using the timeline based interface, and outputting back to dv. Day 1 of the workshop will focus on a complete overveiw of the FCP software demonstrated by the instructor. Day 2 of the workshop will be hands on for all participants to practice editing a brief sequence under the supervision of the instructor.
This workshop includes 3 hours of practice time which may be booked with the Technical Coordinator according to availability. Workshop is limited to 4 participants On day 2 participants will be seated in pairs at each editing workstation. Deadline for registration is Monday March 19th, 2007

Instructor: Ryan Stec

Ryan Stec is an artist and curator whose work deals with the idea of plurality in audiences experience of media. He started the Remix project(artengine.ca/remix) in 2002 with co-curator Anne Clarke, and it has become a popular local commissioning program producing over 30 new works from local video artists. He has also recently completed a residency at Platform Gallery (www.platform.fi) in Vaasa, Finland where he curated a program of nordic media art which was presented as a performance where the work was remixed in a live context.

Members $125.00
Non Members $150.00

Duration: 10 hours

Video Pool Media Arts Centre
Call for Submissions 2007/08 Programming
Theme Off the Grid: The Creative Misuse of Technology

Deadline: March 23, 2007

Contemporary culture is permeated by a fascination with media and trends in consumer electronics. Media artists often follow their own fascination with technology and its creative potential into uncharted territory. In an effort to free themselves from the technical and aesthetic restraints of conventional approaches, artists create new processes, strategies and systems for dealing with media. Technology is creatively misused and
repurposed; found or antiquated media is reused and reinterpreted; and traditional approaches to media are hacked, bent and reprogrammed to create unique artistic results.

Video Pool is inviting submissions on the theme Off the Grid: The Creative Misuse of Technology for the 2007/08 programming season.

Video Pool invites submissions of:

New Media

Experimental Electronics

Installation (with media components)

Audio Art

Curatorial packages (with media components)

Video Pool's 2007/08 programming season will include three programs specifically focused on new media performance and single channel film and video in the following three categories:

1. Machinima
Film and video made using avatars and/or video game environments.

2. Performance Lecture
Performances that bend the usual accoutrements of academic lectures slide shows, power point presentations, video clips, etc., to critically reflect on the form of the lecture and props used to support intellectual
authority.

3. Camera-free film and video
Submissions may explore the range of camera-free image manipulation from well established film techniques such as hand processing and optical printing to computer-based image manipulation in programs such as After
Effects.

Submission Requirements
Due to funding requirements, primary consideration will be given to Canadian
citizens.

All submissions must include:

1. C.V. or artist resume; including current contact information
(address, telephone # and e-mail) for the artist/curator.

2. A short description of the project or video(s) including an outline of
the project's curatorial and/or critical objectives.

3. The project and/or video title(s).

4. Artist's name(s).

5. Project/video year(s) of completion and city(s) of origin.

6. Project's exhibition history and any other contexts in which the work
will be presented in the coming year.

7. A statement indicating if the artist(s)/curator(s) plan to be in
attendance with the work and if so in what capacity they would expect to
participate in the screening/exhibition.

8. Support material: Please do not send originals. Video Pool will not
accept responsibility for the loss of or damage to, support material.

- still images should be submitted on CD.
- Video support material should be NTSC and submitted on either VHS, Mini DV
or DVD.
- Audio support material should be submitted on CD.

9. Audio, video and image list (detailing all accompanying work).

10. Please include a SASE if you want support material returned.

* Video Pool encourages submissions of projects that are already complete or
near completion.
* Fees are paid in accordance with the CARFAC rate scale.

Inquiries can be directed to:
Cam Hutchison
Programming Coordinator
Video Pool Media Arts Centre
e: vpprogramming@videopool.org
t: (204) 949-9134 ext.1

Please send submissions to:
Programming Committee
c/o Video Pool Media Arts Centre
#300-100 Arthur St.
Winnipeg, MB
R3B 1H3 Canada

Deadline: March 23, 2007
(submissions must be received by the deadline)

Reel Femme, Edmonton
Deadline: March 31, 2007

The Edmonton Women's Film Society is currently accepting film for their second annual feminist film festival called 'Reel Femme' taking place on May 4-6, 2007. This year's theme is "Women, Writing and Reading" and will be held in conjunction to a conference held at the University of Alberta. For more info:

www.ewfs.ca

Call for Submissions: Hot Docs - Doc Lab

After the overwhelming success of last year's inaugural Doc Lab, Hot Docs is again inviting 15 early to mid-career documentary writers and directors to participate in the intensive, five day master class programme, running April 22 - 27 during the 2007 Hot Docs Festival.

Doc Lab provides filmmakers in need of creative refueling an opportunity to connect with leading creative documentary professionals through intimate and focused discussions of their craft and projects. Last year's Doc Lab speakers included Stephen Bognar, Julia Reichert, Francois Verster, Rainer
Frimmel, Joan Churchill, Manfred Becker, Atom Egoyan, Larry Weinstein, Brian Hill, Elizabeth Klinck, and Werner Herzog. The curated, salon-style itinerary will include Doc Lab workshops, meetings, social gatherings, screenings, one-day access to the Toronto Documentary Forum, as well as admission to many other industry panels and events.

This year, industry veteran Gerry Flahive will act as Doc Lab Mentor, guiding participants through the programme and, alongside the guest speakers, sharing and debating ideas.

For more information and eligibility requirements, please visit
http://www.hotdocs.ca/TemplatePage.aspx?PageID=99

The deadline for applications is March 9, 2007.

The CFC Media Lab is currently accepting applicants for the Fall 2007 session for the TELUS Interactive Art & Entertainment Program (IAEP). The IAEP is Canada's first post-graduate program for new media training and production, based on a philosophy that compelling new media content is created through a collaborative process harnessing a wide range of creative skills, knowledge and talent. An internationally acclaimed facility, the Media lab has produced award-winning new media prototypes ranging from simulation-based interactive documentaries, to wireless storytelling networks, to interactive short films and narrative-driven media installations.

For more info download this PDF

The Deadline is May 18th

JACQUELINE NUWAME
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Programme Enrolment Advisor
CFC Media Lab
2489 Bayview Ave. Toronto, ON, Canada, M2L 1A8
t. 416-445-1446 x296 f. 416-445-9481
cfccreates.com

Gjennifer Snider, Director, Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre
21A Queen Street, Kingston, ON K7K 1A1
MAIN (613) 548-4883, NMW (613) 548-0696
admin@modernfuel.org, www.modernfuel.org

"Winters of Discontent"
Curated by Brett Kashmere
Presented by the Available Light Screening Collective
Friday February 23rd 2007 at 7:30pm
Club SAW, 67 Nicholas Street (at Daly Avenue)
Ottawa, Ontario
Admission: $5 or $3 students & unwaged

"Hockey is part of life in Canada. Thousands play it, millions follow it, and millions more surely try their best to avoid it altogether. But if they do, their disregard must be purposeful, one of conscious escape, for hockey's evidences are everywhere... in Canada, hockey is one of winter's expectations." (Ken Dryden and Roy MacGregor, Home Game)

Hockey has often been employed as a symbol of national unity, an indicator of Canadian values, and an instrument of foreign policy. To question or renounce our common assumptions is one way to become conscious of what might have been automatically and habitually accepted before. Such is the case with hockey, as the power of the sport's imagery in the national imagination is impossible to deny.

The Friday February 23rd screening of "Winters of Discontent" brings together revisionist video-essays about the undercurrents of Canada's national game. Curator and artist Brett Kashmere will be in attendance to introduce and discuss the video works in the program.

Program:

"Valery's Ankle" by Brett Kashmere (33 minutes, digital video, 2006)

In September 1972 Canadian hockey pros faced the amateur Soviets for the first time ever. Canada's victory in this famous Cold War showdown, thanks to a last-minute winning goal, has become the most celebrated Canadian tale of all time. But the games were also marked by extreme acts of violence that are only subconsciously remembered. Team Canada’s performance throughout the series and Bobby Clarke’s two-handed slash of rival Russian star Valery Kharlamov’s ankle, in particular, signal a “glitch” in the production of Canadian nationalism, identity, and masculinity.

"Valery's Ankle" explodes the spectacle of hockey violence and its representation in North American media -- from Eddie Shore’s vicious, career-ending hit on Ace Bailey, to Clarke’s pre-emptive smashing of Kharlamov’s ankle, to Todd Bertuzzi’s revenge assault on Steve Moore -- filmmaker Brett Kashmere uncovers a disturbing history of unforetold and abject Canadian behaviour.

"Death by Popcorn: The Tragedy of the Winnipeg Jets" by l'Atelier National du Manitoba (61 minutes, digital video, 2006)

Peppered with action-packed cameos by Winnipeg All-Stars Dale Hawerchuk, Burton Cummings, Teemu Selanne, Billy Van, and a recent interview with the man who sent the Jets straight into the jaws of death by throwing a cataclysmic box of popcorn onto the ice in Game 6 of the 1990 Stanley Cup playoffs, "Death by Popcorn" follows the ill-fated Jets through their many travails with "arch-enemies" Wayne Gretzky and the Edmonton Oilers, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, and many other agents of Winnipeg annihiliation. Sadness on ice! The CBC has described the film as, "Somewhere between earnestness and irony, high comedy and high art, love, and loss."

L'Atelier National du Manitoba contends that the ironic epic of the Winnipeg Jets NHL hockey team seems to mirror the mysterious tragedy of Winnipeg history itself. Both tell a story about people whose triumph was short-lived, whose defeat was monumental, whose drama was played out upon a cruel bed of ice, and who, at the end of their lives, moved to far away Phoenix, Arizona.

The "Winters of Discontent" program will also include the short "Colonel Canuck" by Jake Kennedy (2:25 minutes, digital video, 2003).

About the Artists

Brett Kashmere grew up playing hockey on the Canadian prairies. He is a filmmaker who now lives in Central New York and writes extensively about avant-garde cinema, music and video, curates international exhibitions, and teaches experimental film. www.brettkashmere.com

L'Atelier national du Manitoba is un fun-club de filmmaking, founded en 2005. Concerned with preserver les ephemeral cultures du Manitoba, notre travail tends to salvage Manitoban nationalist phenomena des hungry & cannibalistic jaws of self-loathing Winnipegois. Nous avons also made le videos de found footage “Kubasa In a Glass: the Strange World of the Winnipeg TV Commercial, 1978-1992”. Current saveurs d'Atelier includes Mike Maryniuk, Matt Rankin, and Walter Forsberg.

About Available Light Screening Collective

The Available Light Screening Collective is a volunteer Ottawa-based group committed to the curating and presentation of experimental film and video art for local audiences. Support for Available Light’s activities is received from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, and the City of Ottawa. The current members of the collective are: Nikhil Adnani, James Missen, Linda Norstrom, Theo Pelmus, Christopher Rohde, Phil Rose, and Sylvie Wisniewski.

For further information about the program “Winters of Discontent”, the artists, the curator, and/or the Available Light Screening Collective, please contact Phil Rose at ctronic@cyberus.ca.

IFCO's INDIE FILMMAKER SERIES PRESENTS:

AN ARTIST TALK WITH DECO DAWSON

When: Monday, March 5th, 2007
Where: IFCO Lounge
Time: 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Cost: $20 IFCO & SAW Video Members/$25.00 Non-Members

On Monday, March 5th guest filmmaker Deco Dawson will be in town to give an artist talk at IFCO. Q & A session to follow talk. Since 1998 Winnipeg filmmaker Deco Dawson has been making surreal, award-winning short films in a wide range of styles, covering a variety of subjects. Below is Deco in his own words, on what he'll be discussing:

"Filmmaking is generally considered the most engaging of all art forms and the most popular in terms of accessibility and scope, yet with this comes the many outside expectations of broad entertainment. Winnipeg filmmaker Deco Dawson will discuss how we as filmmakers can remain fiercely independent by looking back at the films and filmmakers working from within “the system” over the past 80 years, and how their relatively ground breaking, yet totally mainstream styles can be incorporated into modern filmmaking. Deco will be presenting clips from such movies as Night of the Hunter, Playtime, 42nd Street, Vertigo and others, while also referencing clips from his own filmography. Deco will speak for 3 hours, sharing his insight into independent filmmaking, style and his love of the screen. Deco will take questions and topics from the audience throughout his talk, so come for an open discussion with one of Canada’s most fascinating and daring young artists".

DECO DAWSON SCREENING

Tuesday, March 6th, 2007 at 7:30PM
Club SAW / SAW Video
67 Nicholas Street, in the Arts Court Building
Ottawa, Ontario
$5 or $3 unemployed/under-waged

Program:
FILM(knout) 10min 16mm
The Fever of the Western Nile 7min 16mm
Elizabeth Short 7min 16mm
Dumb Angel 9min 16mm Beta/MiniDV
FILM(dzama) 23 min 16mm
Defile in Veil 10min 16mm

Deco Dawson himself will be on hand at Club SAW to present 6 of his most recent films including FILM(dzama) about pop artist Marcel Dzama winner of the Best Short Film Award at the 2001 Toronto International Film Festival, and Dumb Angel an innovative one-shot film featuring wunderkind drumming sensation Anders Erickson, winner of the Best 16mm Film at the 2006 Ann Arbor Film Festival. Dawson will also be screening FILM(knout) the winner of The Chicago Underground Film Festival Best Experimental Film prize, and its uncharacteristic, mystical sequel The Fever of the Western Nile. Other films include Defile in Veil and his latest Elizabeth Short, a harrowing account of the Black Dahlia victim.

Available Light Screening Collective is an Ottawa-based volunteer group devoted to curated presentations of experimental video, film, and new media art works in the region. Available Light is supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the City of Ottawa and SAW Video.

Canada Council for the Arts: Grants to Film/Video Artists

Description of Program:
The Grants to Film and Video Artists program supports Canadian professional independent artists who use cinema and video as a mode of artistic expression, and provides them with opportunities for creative renewal and for production of independent film and video works.

The program offers three components:

1. Research/Creation Grants
Research/Creation Grants provide artists with opportunities for creative renewal, experimentation, professional development and research. Grants enable artists to concentrate full-time on a program of work for a specific
period of time. This component addresses artists whose practice combines experimentation, exploration and research in conjunction with production.

2. Production Grants
Production Grants cover the direct costs of production and post-production of independent film or video works.

3. Scriptwriting Grants.
Scriptwriting Grants cover the direct costs of scriptwriting (which includes research for artists' documentaries) for independent film and video artworks.

There are separate application guidelines and a form for each of the components.

DEADLINE: Thursday, March 1, 2007

http://www.canadacouncil.ca/grants/mediaarts/cn127221225398593750.htm

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SAW Video receives financial support from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the City of Ottawa, Department of Canadian Heritage, the Community Foundation of Ottawa and the Laidlaw Foundation. Many thanks too, to our corporate sponsors: Adobe Canada, Ntegrating Solutions and to our artist-members.

SAW Video
67 Nicholas Street
Ottawa, ON, Canada
K1N 7B9

East of the Rideau Centre in Arts Court (which is at 2 Daly Ave).

T: (613) 238.7648
F: (613) 564.4428
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