Last time at Chapter MovieMaker:documentaries and music videos, mostly

First, Alan Hamouane presented Enfal, a documentary on the genocidal operation against Iraq's Kurdish population. Next up was Under Pressure, a documentary on the recent spate of suicides in Bridgend, from the Subjective Realities collective. Then, a sharp change of tone: Ryan Owen presented a music video for The Loves which stunningly reimagined A Hard Day's Night with a cast of zombies. Pavel Petchko's Don't Dream It - winner of the Jury Prize from Movie Mogul Fund's Viral Filmmaking competition - popped up:



And finally, James Plumb presented a pair of music videos for Don't Tread on Spiders. And much fun was had by all.

Screening: Monday 7th April 2008

As always, we'll be in Chapter Screen 2 at 6:30pm. Several short films are already pencilled in, but if you have something you'd like to show, please bring a copy on DVD or Mini-DV ahead of the start time.

Previously at Chapter MovieMaker: 'The Wallet'

(2006) (3 minutes)
Directed by Steve Pierce
Contact: info*at*filmshed.com

When a wallet is dropped on a busy main street, the passer-by who finds it struggles to do the right thing.

Shortlisted, BBC New Filmmakers 2006

Plug: Stranger Than Fiction - 13th/14th March 2008

A free documentary festival taking place at the Riverfront, Newport on the 13th and 14th of March 2008. Click here for more information.

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: 'Pogo'

Directed by Ryan Owen
Contact: myspace.com/bobbydylan

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: 'Free Mr Frog'

(2008) (2 minutes)
Directed by Jonathan Mason
Contact/blog: jdm525.blogspot.com

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker:'En s'embrasse?'

(2000) (6 minutes)
Directed by Pierre-Olivier Mornas.

Screening: Monday 3rd March 2008

We're back with another screening at 6:30pm in Chapter Screen 2. Tickets are free at the box office, and if you have a (shortish) film you'd like to show, please bring it along on DVD or Mini-DV.

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: 'Le Pie'

A short from the warped collective mind of manmadeplatypus.

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: 'Best Kept Secret'

A music video for Freak Unique by Subjective Realities.
Click here for contact details.

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker:'Memory' / 'Basement' / 'Cache-cache'

Films by Frédérique Santune. Visit fr.youtube.com/santune or www.saturne-feerique.net/LABO for more films and contact information.

'Memory'



'Basement'



'Cache-cache' [Hide and Seek]

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: 'Operator' / 'Argue' / 'Helen & Dave'

'Operator' - a music video for General Miggs



'Argue'



'Helen and Dave'

Screening: Monday 4th February 2008

6:30pm in Chapter Screen 2. Bring a friend, bring a film, or just bring yourself and watch what's on offer. Free tickets at the box office.

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: 'Psychosomatic'

We screened this debut feature from director Andrew Tanner, and you can check out the first 19 minutes here:


Psychosomatic' (part 1 of 4) from andrew tanner on Vimeo.

Click here for further instalments.

Screening: Monday 7th January 2008

6:30pm in Screen 2. Join us, won't you?

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker ...

We screened the latest travelogue from Malcolm Boorer (click here for more of his work) and 'The World of Magnum Quilter' by Dave Beynon. Hungry for more from electronic ambient experimentalist Magnum Quilter? Then visit www.myspace.com/magnumquilter. That is all.

Screening: Monday 3rd December 2007

At 6:30pm in Chapter Screen 2 we'll be showing shorts and talking about them. Free tickets are available at the box office. If you have something you'd like to show us, put it on DVD or Mini-DV and bring it along!

Plug: MA Moving Image @ University of Glamorgan

The MA is designed to provide postgraduate study for individuals from a broad range of backgrounds: new graduates who wish to develop a distinctive practice in order to succeed in a highly competitive industry; those in media industries who would like to use their extensive experience to expand the scope of their professional practice; and those from a visual arts background who wish to incorporate time-based media into their practice.

The aim of the course is to provide a strong critical and interdisciplinary context in which experimentation and innovation is
encouraged in different approaches to moving image production, from television drama to experimental film and site specific video art.

Course content
You will study the following modules:
* Research Methods 1
* Experimental Practices
* Pilot Project
* Production
* Histories and Theories of the Moving Image 1& 2

How you will study
The course is delivered through taught modules. Students will spend eight hours a week in lectures, seminars and workshops. These taught sessions will provide students with the necessary practical and theoretical skills to complete their practical and written coursework.

Click here for more details
Contact: Inga Burrows Award leader MA Moving Image
Tel 01443 668570 email iburrows*at*glam.ac.uk

Previously at Chapter MovieMaker:'The Su Doku Man'

(2006) (12 minutes)
Written & Directed by Alistair Parkhurst

Ralph Dedman is in training for a shot at the world Su Doku record, to the consternation of his girlfriend. Can his unorthodox training methods compensate for a lack of natural talent?

Part 1:



Part 2:

Previously at Chapter MovieMaker: 'Urban Hunting'

(2004) (7 minutes)
Written & Directed by Alistair Parkhurst

A shocking expose into the sinister practise of 'urban hunting'.