Minutes - 1/31/12

5:04 - Meeting starts.

5:04 - Gerald talks about hoodies, $25 each. Deadline is next week.

5:06 - Dues are due in two weeks. (Feb. 14)

5:08 - We have the LSC theater booked for two days and the art gallery booked the whole week for the festival.

5:09 - Cultural movies being shown this week in LSC theater. Tonight is Memoirs of a Geisha. We are going tonight.

5:11 - We're dropping the Aramark project. It's not in our best interest to keep it going, as we don't have time. We need to focus on our editing backlog, especially with the festival coming up.

5:14 - Editingpalooza is next weekend (10th - 12th). If you are interested in learning editing, be there.

5:17 - Sam is looking for people to help film the opera.

5:19 - Next week we're getting a collection of music from Ars Perpetua to film a movie around.

5:22 - Bearkat All Paws In is coming up. Laura suggests we see if we can help out either by filming or volunteering.

5:23 - We're preparing for the budget proposal. We have some potential spaces available for a permanent location to keep any equipment we'd buy with school funds.

5:25 - Meeting adjourned. Night of the Raven, we're discussing the proposal video.

Minutes for 11/29/11

5:04 - Meeting starts.

5:05 - Congrats to the crew. Successful weekend of filming. Sharing experiences and impressions of filming.

5:16 - Gerald announces that they're putting together a committee to vote on who will be heading up the new film program and Gerald is on the committee.

5:22 - Nothing happened.

5:26 - Awkward applause.

5:29 - Hilliard will be doing a weekend-long production workshop after the break. Details to come.

5:35 - Next week is our last meeting of the semester. First meeting of next semester is January 24th.

5:43 - We're ordering Raven zip-up hoodies. They're $24 each.

5:52 - Insomniac Film Challenge is this weekend. Meet at PAC lobby on Friday night at 7. Our two directors are Robin and Katie.

6:06 - Meeting adjourned.

Minutes - 10/11/11

5:05 - Meeting starts.

5:05 - Minutes.

5:06 - Gerald talks about dues and ordering shirts. We're putting t-shirt orders in tomorrow.

5:10 - Laura's running for Homecoming queen! Vote today or tomorrow!

5:11 - Collecting final versions of scripts. Script will be decided by the end of the week. Director will be announced next week.

5:17 - Discussion of client videos. Viewing of the Fresh Foods Video. Looking for a line producer to develop a script for the next Aramark video, camera operators, etc. Also looking for editors for the theatre video.

5:26 - Please think of 3 greatest movies to discuss next week so we can have a discussion and compile a master list. Be prepared to defend why you think these 3 are the best.

5:28 - Sam encourages people to write poetry for a future experimental film project.

5:32 - Night of the Raven tonight will be an editing workshop at Gerald and Alex's apartment. Gerald will be leading in editing a rough cut of the Kill Bill scene we filmed a few weeks ago. Pizza and soda provided.

5:39 - Meeting adjourned.

Raven Films Greenlights Next Production...

"Just Stay" written by Peter Ton.

Will be executive produced by Samuel Sanchez Jr. and Gerald Morris Jr.

A director has yet to be decided.
More information to come soon!

Member Meeting Minutes, 10/4/11

5:00 - Meeting starts. Tom Prior, our advisor, has a few words.

5:01 - Minutes.

5:03 - Laura has a few announcements. First, they're planning to develop a film degree at SHSU. Second, she's running for Homecoming queen.

5:05 - Gerald talks about dues. $20 due today. Includes t-shirt. If you don't pay your dues, you can't be on crew.

5:10 - Discussion of opinions on last week's shoot.

5:13 - Pitch time! Peter, AJ, Stephan, David and Shelby pitch scripts.

5:51 - Discussion of screenplay formatting.

5:55 - Meeting adjourned.

Houston 48 Hour Film Project Awards!

This year, Raven Films participated in the Houston 48 Hour Film Project with the film "Family Settings." The awards ceremony was held on July 21, and Raven Films walked away with 5 awards, including...

• Audience Award - Group A
• Most Improved
• Best Actor - Gerald Morris, Sr.
• Honorable Mention for Best Ensemble Acting
• Best Writing

Congratulations to everyone involved!

"Family Settings" can be viewed at http://youtu.be/b8N0VpdBmHQ

Officer Nominations

Here are the officer nominations for next year. Elections will be held next week at the meeting.

President
Samuel Sanchez Jr.

Vice President
Alex Scott
Ashley Smith

Treasurer
Laura DuBose
Gerald Morris

Secretary
Alex Scott
Janie Stephens

Historian
Jaron "Stick" Moore
Janie Stephens

Director of Public Relations
Laura DuBose
Jeremy Meszaros