Asian American Film Lab eNewsletter Featured Articles: 1. This Tuesday's AAFL Meeting Details - Short Film Screening 2. Taaza: The High Rollers @ The ImaginAsian - Special Discount 3. Writer X Screenwriting Project Underway 4. Seeking Secretary and Treasurer for AAFL 1. Next Meeting: Tuesday, February 13th - Seeking Films for Screening 1. This Tuesday's AAFL Meeting Details - Short Film Screening Join us for our next meeting featuring the works of three of our members. We hope to get a good turnout to this next meeting, particularly filmmakers who have an opinion and aren't afraid to express it. Feedback is so important and I hope we can do that for these guys. Scroll down for more information about the featured films this week. Note our new meeting location which has food and booze! I'm very glad to see the same faces at our meetings, hopefully we will continue to see that. As always, if you would like to have a reading, screening, workshop your script or have an idea for a meeting, just send an email to (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) AAFL Member Film Screening featuring... "Compulsory Exercise, No.1" by Matte Chi "Waqt"by Hyunsuk Kim "Within Limits" by Eubin Kim Maxim Lounge Inside the Hotel Stanford in K-Town 43 West 32nd St. This Tuesday, February 13th @ 7 pm Please RSVP to (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) with "Film Screening" in the Subject Heading and your First and Last name only in the Body of your email. No other text is necessary. * This is a free event. Stay tuned for details regarding membership dues in the coming weeks. Compulsory Exercises, No. 1 [rough cut] Directed by Matte Chi Shot on PXL2000 transferred to minDV, Approx 3min Synopsis: New Years Eve. Participants are repeatedly asked two questions: "Do you have any regrets?" "How many times do you wash your hands?" Participants repeat the question and answer it. The results are assembled and set to music. "Waqt" Directed by Hyunsuk Kim Video, Approx 5 min. Synopsis: A story of a man defining his life metaphorically, struggling to exist, live and mean himself. "Within Limits" Directed by Eubin Kim Digital Video, 12:08 min. Synopsis: Steve is searching for a sense of belonging in the world. School wasn't for him, and corporate America made him feel like an underachiever. The only place where he feels a sense of inclusion is the underworld of Koreatown, where outsiders have a sense of camraderie. But loyalties run deep, and uncontrolled, leads to violence. One night after an altercation, Steve finds himself too deep in the scene. When Kyung Min unexpectedly shows up to "help" him out with his situation, the stakes are heightened and he must make a decision that will change his life. What's up NEXT: Tuesday, February 27th: Member Film Screening: Gregory Singer's "Papa's Branch" and Tony Chen "Untitled" Tuesday, March 13th: MOVIE NIGHT with the AAFL - "Taste of Tea" @ The Imaginasian Tuesday, March 27th: Member Film Screening: Mark Cheng's "Deployment Strategy" 2. TAZZA: THE HIGH ROLLERS @ The ImaginAsian Tazza: The High Rollers is playing at The ImaginAsian through February 15th. Print out a copy of this newsletter and present it at the box office for a $7 ticket and for $1 popcorn. Limit one per customer, valid through February 15, 2007. For show times, visit http://www.theimaginasian.com 3. Writer X Project Screenwriting Project Underway It's not too late to join in the fun. For more information about this competition, go to http://www.aafilmlab.com/index.php/weblog/writer_x_project_details_announced/ Winner of this competition gets their film produced with a minimum budget of $500! Scripts from all over the US accepted. 4. Seeking Secretary and Treasurer for AAFL As we grow we are in need of more humans. Please be that human. Seeking Secretary and Treasurer. Descriptions below. Secretary: Will assist in record keeping of all regular meetings and special events. Responsible for meeting minutes and follow up items for the group. Will own the AAFL eNewsletter which is released every two weeks. As part of the core group will be involved with steering committee for the AAFL and will have input into all AAFL decisions. Treasurer: Manage all monetary transactions for the group, including workshop fees, membership dues etc. Maintain files for tracking all income and expenditures. Help calculate costs for certain events including Event Fees, Membership Fees etc to make sure the AAFL is financially sound. Responsible for keeping track of tax related issues. As part of the core group will be involved with steering committee for the AAFL and will have input into all AAFL decisions.

On the night of February 24th 2009, the Actors randomly selected their character breakdowns and the Directors randomly selected their shooting slots for the Relay. We have been quietly and actively moving forward on making the Relay a reality. We have rebooted the project by going back to its conceptual roots, where improvisation and creativity is king. We want to thank all of you have already helped in getting this project off the ground and to all those who have auditioned as well. But make no mistake, the Relay is only just getting started. We send out luck and congratulations to Simon Ko for selecting the first shooting slot!

Read up on what’s happening on our Tumbleblog: http://relay09.tumblr.com

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