New workshop announced

Tickets will be going on sale from Saturday for a special workshop with Heroes for Zeroes

Directing Workshop with Heroes For Zeroes
Saturday 20/6/09
10AM
€20

Heroes for Zeroes are a directing team who have worked with bands such as The Blizzards, Electric Eel Shock and Kaiser Chiefs. In this two hour workshop the guys will discuss things like teamwork, making your first video, seeking representation, treatments and how to get commissioned. The workshop will hopefully be a fascinating insight into what it's like working in the music video industry in Ireland and how to get yourself there.

You can get yourself a ticket by calling the Mermaid Box Office on +353 1 272 4030

Check out one of their videos below:

Programme announced

First few details of the programme for the festival is as so:

Screenings

Screening 1
Thursday 18/6/09
7.30PM
€7

This screening is mostly an invite only affair however we are releasing 50 tickets for general sale to the public. Everyone who has a video accepted to the festival will recieve an invite to this screening along with their welcome pack.

Screening 2
Friday 19/6/09
12PM
€7

Screening 3
Friday 19/6/09
4PM
€7

Screening 4
Saturday 20/6/09
2.30PM
€7

Screening 5
Saturday 20/6/09
6PM
€7

Awards Cermony
Saturday 20/6/09
8.30PM
€5

Everyone nominated for an award will recieve a free ticket to this screening.
Most of the rest of the audience will be invite only but we are releasing 100 tickets for general sale. It's sure to be a great night with top drawer entertainment and you never know, you might be lucky enough to pick up an award.

Steve Barron Retrospective Screening
Friday 19/6/09
7pm

€10

The Steve Barron Retrospective is already set to be one of the highlights of the festival.
We're pleased to announce here first that the screening will be preceeded with a live performance from Irish musician colm Lynch.
Sure to be a sell out!

Editing Masterclass with The Colonel Tony Kearns
Saturday 20/6/09
1pm
€20
Theres likely to be a couple of workshops as we have three confirmed already so this is just a taste of what's to come.
As one of the top promo editors in the world Tony Kearns has cut videos such as The Prodigy: "Firestarter", The Artic Monkeys: "When The Sun Goes Down", Radiohead: "Just" and Blur: "Parklife", to name but a few. Over and hour and a half Tony will pass his insights and advice on how to not just survive but be at the top of the pile in promo editing.
We are selling just 50 tickets for this and it is highly recommended for anyone who's serious about making music videos.

We've been busy watching all the entries over the last few weeks and all the hard decisions have now been made so we'll be letting everyone know if their videos are in or not in the next week. If your video is chosen for a screening and you wish to attend you will be entitled to a free ticket but it's important that you contact the Mermaid to confirm that you will be taking your ticket.

Ticket for all screenings and the Tony Kearns workshop will go on sale from Friday morning from the Mermaid Arts Centre box office on 00 353 1 272 4030

In the meantime you can check out some of Tony Kearns editing here:
http://www.beam.tv/beamreel/drDMbrYvFV