PUTNEY — Next Stage Arts Project presents ON SCREEN, a series of themed films, hosted and curated by filmmaker Vanessa Vadim and writer/producer Paul van Winkle.
The first theme is neo-noir. All films in the series will be on Monday nights at 7 p.m.
Upcoming films in the series include Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (Feb. 8), Winter's Bone (Feb. 15), and Touch of Evil (Feb. 22).
A short course on cinematic storytelling, ON SCREEN will provide the community with a place to view films in a casual setting in variety of categories, while exploring questions, techniques, and ideas about filmmaking.
Materials are provided, and discussions will be led on the basics of cinematic storytelling as the focus: story/idea, editing, sound, script, and cinematography. Weekly screenings are followed by conversation about the role of film in culture, art, and politics, as well as the art and techniques of filmmaking.
Vadim, a cinematographer and director, studied film and television at NYU-Tisch Graduate School before leaving to co-found MayDay Media, a nonprofit documentary production company.
Along with documentary films, she has worked in commercials and feature films, and has filmed and produced videos for National Geographic, Mother Nature Network, L'Oreal, Houston Museum of Modern Art, Random House, and Rai Uno.
Her 2003 profile of Gee's Bend, Alabama, artists, The Quilts of Gee's Bend, accompanied the exhibition of the same name. She graduated from Brown University and lives in Putney.
Van Winkle has more than 25 years of experience developing, writing, and producing communications and media for global and national networks, agencies, and brands. He has worked at marketing and communications firms Publicis, Young & Rubicam, and BBDO.
His clients have included Turner, TNT, CNN, Discovery Channel, The Weather Channel, Blackberry, AT&T, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, The Nature Conservancy, Siemens, and UPS.
He holds a B.A. from Fairleigh Dickinson University, and studied film, communications, and media at the graduate level at New York University and the University of Colorado, Boulder. A former actor, he has worked on both sides of film and television cameras.