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Friday, 25 January 2013

See the lovely Toy Town Tampere by Chris Hales

Chris Hales - the Interactive Film Doctor and our frequent visiting professor - gave last week a workshop on Visual Styles to our students where the student made movies illustrating metamorphosis. While the students worked with their films Chris decided to show what he can do and made this lovely film "Toy Town Tampere" We actually live in a wonderful city, don't we?

This is a screen shot, please find the film at the end of story

Chris' work adds to the series of brilliant creations promoting Tampere made by TAMK Art&Media guests and students.

24 hours in Tampere, the video installation created by Richard Vickers and James Fields & our students has been screen and awarded at many festivals. The work now features other cities as well.

Our exchange students Dan Castro & Nick Rowley won the "My Tampere Award" in 2008 with their animation Tampere - A Truly British Guide. Franziska Emhardt & Kathrin Muessigmann (also exchange students) won a honorary mention in the same competition with their piece Our Tampere.

Some weeks ago seven Tampere region promotional movies by our Film&Television students were published:
Here are four of them and their series of the now famous swearing man from Tampere films (Stop the nonsense 1-3) are here.

Enough history, time to see Chris Hales' Tampere style:

Wednesday, 28 November 2012

TTVO FILKKA - MOVIE WATCHDOWN 26-30.11.

Everyday a movie in TTVO!
In this week we're going to show one movie in every night. Showdowns are in second floor`s theatre 17.00 o'clock every day monday till friday. Monday`s theme was humor and that we'll get of Clerks. In tuesday there was a classic from Alfred Hitchcock; Psycho (1960).

Wednesday will be enjoyable experience with Juho Aittanen and B-movie; The Super Inframan. Thursday is full of hope and you're going to see a finnish document KOVASIKAJUTTU which tells about punk/rock band.

Friday is your day! You can vote in our Facebook (TTVO-FILKKA) about 7 options your favorite! Candidates are The Godfather, Spirited away, Memento, Delicatessen, C.R.A.Z.Y, Alien and Holy Grail.

Obs! We`re having english subtitles or sounds in every movie.

TEXT: Aino Mättö

Tuesday, 30 October 2012

On the way to graduation, wacky times ahead!

The founders of Wacky Tie Films,
Mikko Helmanen, Jussi Sandhu and Ville Hakonen with their stylish ties.

On Monday morning, there’s a class full of fourth year students during the course “Documentation and Reporting of Bachelor's Thesis”. Some of these students still aren’t sure what to write their thesis work on, even if the teachers first asked us about it during our first year of studies.

The thesis project of me and four others was filmed on week 41 and is being edited as we speak. It appears the film will turn out good, and the headline of my thesis work is becoming clear to me, as well. However, what’s waiting after school makes me insecure at times – graduation is just over six months away, and I hear that jobs are hard to find. One can’t help but wonder, how did the other graduates do before me?

When I came to TTVO in the autumn on 2009 I soon got more involved with the students two years ahead of me, the class of 2007. From those mutual projects I got, not only good movies, but irreplaceable friendships and awesome co-workers. I wish I could always work with such a crew, in which people get along and they understand each other. I ended up spending most of my time with these guys, inside and outside the school walls.

Now most of my friends of class 2007 have graduated. Some are working in the industry. Others find it very difficult to get a job according to their education, and so they plan ahead on their following projects and take on other work in the meanwhile. Then there are those who have decided to employ themselves. For example Miro Laiho, sound student of 2007, graduated in the autumn of 2011 and in June of 2012 founded Time Films Oy (http://www.timefilms.fi/) – a production company and freelance filmmaker’s agency in Helsinki. Some of the company shareholders are TTVO graduates as well.

For me, it’s been especially inspirational to follow closely the birth of a brand new production company here in Tampere: Wacky Tie Films (http://www.wackytie.fi/). The company specializes in post production phase and their goal is to bring some culture of film making from the capital city to the Tampere Region.

The company was founded in September 2012 by three good friends: editing graduates Ville Hakonen and Jussi Sandhu, and a media producing graduate Mikko Helmanen. The three made two short films together during their time at TTVO, and they found themselves to make such a great team, that they decided to continue down that road.

“Both the weakness and strength of TTVO lie in its project-based learning. The most we learned during school was from each other”, Jussi Sandhu says.

It was a genuine pleasure to watch Ville, Jussi and Mikko work together during school, and now in their daily work with the company, I can see the same spirit of pulling the same rope and having laughs together. Being an entrepreneur can be extremely stressful, but when you have two of your closest friends in the same boat with you, the journey will sure be more fun.

Wacky Tie Films is a fine example of what TTVO has to offer at its best: an opportunity to find the people who you want to work with for the rest of your life. If, in addition to that, you find some patience and will to bring something new to the table in this industry, you will be alright.

Hopefully each and every one of us can take that with us from this school.

Text and photo: Salla Lehtikangas.
The writer is a fourth and final year student in the Degree Programme in Film and Television.

Sunday, 1 April 2012

Art&Media went to Iron Sky

Iron Sky is the biggest ever Finnish film production. The science fiction comedy directed by Timo Vuorensola has already been sold to 80 countries. Iron Sky premiered on 11 February 2012 at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival, in the Panorama Special section. It will be released in Finland on 4 April and in Germany on 5 April.
The Premiere Gala was last week Monday in Tampere.

Left to right: Pekka Ollula, Samuli Torssonen, Juuso Kari and Jussi Lehtiniemi

Thursday, 8 March 2012

Tampere Film Festival has started - many events coming!

Film Festival Party today @Klubi. Doors open at 21!

Tampere International Film Festival and TAMK have had cooperation for over 20 years and every year our students and staff are busy during the first weeks of March. International event takes place in Finlayson area, Festival Center is only around 50 meters from our school - this festival is a unique opportunity to our students to show their experience and works for the professionals of film and media field. And also learn new aspects on film and gain credits!
Here you have the calendar for this week:

Sunday, 20 November 2011

Mama Africa

Story: Trent Pancy
Friday was another beautiful day to be a TTVO student. Cai arranged a FREE (to TTVO students) screening of Mika Kaurismäki's Documentary, Mama Africa. The story of Miriam Makeba, a singer from South Africa who, through her music, brought together the hearts and souls of South Africans, Black Americans, and countless other members of Caribbean and African spirits.

Saturday, 30 April 2011

The diploma films on Plevna screen on 11th May!

This year diploma films will be finished soon. We proudly invite you to see those films. The screening will be 11th May 5:15 P.M. at Finnkino Plevna 2, Finlayson. Free entry! The producer of the event is Ilona Tolmunen.

Friday, 29 April 2011

No Heart Feelings premiere May 11

Tunnevammoja (No Heart Feelings) will be one of the movies showed at TAMK film and television students' graduation film show at Finnkino Plevna May 11 5:15 P.M. The film is a part of the final thesis work of the director, cinematographer and light designer.

Tuesday, 19 April 2011

Two TAMK students selected into European Media Art Festival film program

Story: Laura Rytkönen
Two video works by TAMK students got selected into the film program of European Media Art Festival Osnabrück. The Murder Chairs by Nalle Mielonen and Swallow Your Fears by Laura Rytkönen will be presented in Student Campus film programs on the weekend of 27.4. - 1.5. The program holds film screenings, performances, opportunities to meet the artists and Transit – European Young Talent exhibition. This is the 30th time the annual festival is held. There were over 2200 contributions to the film program from all over the world.

Sunday, 6 March 2011

Internet, Film Movement Help Get the Word out about Independent Movies and World Cinema

Guest post written by Katheryn Rivas

Of course, it is nothing short of a cliche to decry the ubiquity of the Hollywood commercial behemoth that maintains one of the strongest strangleholds on American cultural imperialism in the U.S. and abroad. But for all the criticism of Hollywood's cultural hegemony, world cinema and artfully-made independent films are experiencing nothing short of a blossoming renaissance in the 21st century. The problem, as critic A.O Scott noted in a New York Times opinion editorial earlier this year, is that all these wonderful advancements in film are muddling along in relative obscurity.

Friday, 4 March 2011

Kino TAMK screening at Tampere FF - part one

From 'The Lesson'. Photo: Hannu Koivuranta

We are now making our 20th appearance at Tampere Film Festival! This post will introduce first six of the twelve short films of the Kino TAMK screening at Tullikamari Thursday March 10th.

Wednesday, 9 February 2011

Strange Walls by Martta Tuomaala and Mikko Keskiivari

Ella Tarmo, Elihu Galvan and Heikki Nousiainen

Last week we told that two films by our fine art students are invited to the domestic competition of Tampere Film Festival. (Read the story) Swallow your Fears by Laura Rytkönen was earlier introduced on our blog. Now it is time to introduce Strange Walls by Martta Tuomaala and Mikko Keskiivari:

Saturday, 5 February 2011

Sadri Cetinkaya nominated for Jussi, the Finnish 'Oskar'

Story: Nina Forsman
It’s again that time of the year when Americans are celebrating the past year of cinema and awarding those few lucky ones – first with Golden Globes and then with Oscars.

Sunday, 19 December 2010

SL:MIMA 2011: Vote for your favourite

The Swan Lake: Moving Image & Music Award (SL:MIMA) invited again young talented filmmakers to participate with a movie in one of the three categories: ’Computer-Animation’, ‘Digital Film’ and ‘Interactive Movie’. Modern piano music by international artists serves as the basis for the competition.

Sunday, 9 May 2010

TAF – How can universities give students a kick to go global?

Tuesday, 13 October 2009

Arctic Film Festivals Like Our Films

Arctic Fury Film Festival
4.-8.11.2009 Rovaniemi Invited School of Art and Media Films:
Alone
The Electrician
Rain Must Fall

Sunday, 2 August 2009

The Swan Lake: Moving Image & Music Award deadline August 30

The Swan Lake: Moving Image & Music Award (SL:MIMA) invites young talented filmmakers to participate with a movie in one of the three categories: ’Computer-Animation’, ‘Digital Film’ and ‘Interactive Movie’. Modern piano music by international artists serves as the basis for the competition.

Wednesday, 29 July 2009

Tampere Art Factory 09 Online - Part One

Our annual festival - Tampere Art Factory (TAF) - was in May, but much of the student works seen there are still visible online. In this posting we present the films that were shown at TAF which can be understood without knowledge of Finnish language or with subtitles in English.

Monday, 20 April 2009

TAMK Goes Green on Thursday

'Go Green' examines the future of green business and research; in addition to introducing ways to get involved in green actions both locally and globally. 'Go Green' presents lectures and challenging films to spark dialog.

Sunday, 19 April 2009

TAF Presents Interactive Movies

TTVO Interactive Film Show 2001-2009
May 15 2pm - 3pm
Werstas Auditorium, Finlayson Language: English
Admission free

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