An evening with filmmaker Bob Elfstrom, Friday in HMB

Director and cinematographer extraordinaire Bob Elfstrom will be traveling down from his San Francisco studio to introduce two of his films to an audience at this Friday’s Coastside Film Society’s Film Night in Half Moon Bay. We are lucky to get him - he just ended a shoot for Shawn Penn and had a few days free before his next project begins.

Bob is a director and cameraman who specializes in documentary filmmaking. He’s got an intuitive sense of story, a feature film feel for lighting, and an athletic agility with a handheld camera. Bob has produced, directed and photographed hundreds of documentary programs for serious media outlets such as PBS, National Geographic, NOVA, FRONTLINE, CBS, CBC, HBO, BBC and the Discovery Channel.
In between the screening of his films he has graciously offered to run a mini tutorial on how to properly light and record sound to squeeze the best possible results out of an amateur video project.  Bob is well known as a lighting and sound guru. The tutorial he is giving us is worth far more than our $6.00 admission price.

 
Feature 1 : Moses Pendleton presents Moses Pendleton   (58 mins) 

The story of one of the most influential choreographers of the 20th century. Pendleton is a founder of both the hyper-athletic Pilobolus company and Momix, a company of dancer-illusionists.  The film blends interviews with Pendleton and others & superbly captured dance routines.  * Winner of the Cine Golden Eagle *

If you don’t know Pendleton’s work please spend a few minutes on YouTube looking at some of the wonderful stuff that has come out of his Pilobolus and Momix companies. Truly mind blowing stuff, even if you are not a dance fan.

Film School :Mini Tutorial on Lighting and Sound

Feature 2 : Finding Lucy   (86 mins) 

 
When "I Love Lucy" debuted on national TV on October 1951, the show became an instant sensation, turning its unlikely star, Lucille Ball, into a legend.  This film tells the story of how a B Grade movie actress from Jamestown, N.Y. used her penchant for comedy to transform herself into the very first female television superstar and first female head of a major studio. * Winner of Emmy for Best Documentary *

Fri. February 22nd 2008, 7:30 pm

Methodist Sanctuary,  777 Miramontes, Half Moon Bay, Corner of Johnston & Miramontes
Donation:  $6.00
For more information, see www.hmbfilm.org