TAOS
TALKING PICTURES
Taos Talking Picture Festival, April 6-9, 1995
1995 Media Literacy Conference
Cast and Crew
Taos Talking Pictures
is a New Mexico-based nonprofit organization dedicated to encouraging thoughtful
production and informed consumption of media. The organization was formed to
produce the Taos Talking Picture
Festival, a multi-cultural celebration of cinema artists, their art, and its
audience. In the tradition of old Taos, the Festival will serve as a rendezvous
where people meet to trade ideas and inspiration in an atmosphere conducive to
clear, conscientious thought; a unique context in which to view and discuss the
art of film and the ways in which media shape our lives.
Taos Talking
Pictures will fund and support outreach and educational programs throughout the
year in various aspects of media-centered
education, such as:
The Anatomy of a Film ... a beginning course
on what goes into the making of a film
Telling Stories Through Film
... exploring techniques for translating oral history and myth to film or videotape
Making
the Most of Media ... a seminar on how television and film
viewing affects us (particularly children) and how we can be more conscious consumers
of entertainment and information
Screenwriting ... beginning through
advanced classes
Directing
... an intensive primer on the human, aesthetic, and technological factors
involved in motion picture directing
Producing ... the producer's role
in the making of a film, video or television project
Acting ... courses
in basic acting, film acting and the transition from stage to screen and vice
versa