Eco-Comedy Video Competition winner is Alexander Lucas!!

The winner of this year’s Eco-Comedy Video Competition is Alexander Lucas with his short video Clean Coal by the Bituminous Marketing Agency.

It's SOC Week and we're all invited!!

This week is SOC Week which means there are a ton of interesting events happening on campus in celebration of the American University School of Communication.

Check out SOC Week on Facebook
See their website
PDF of the full SOC Week schedule.

There's plenty going on Tuesday, March 27th for SOC Week:
(Be sure to check the full schedule to see all upcoming events)

MEET THE FILMMAKER: NICK FRANCIS
Brought to you by the SOC Center for Social Media
http://centerforsocialmedia.org/events
Tuesday, March 27
4:30-6:00pm
Wechsler Theater (MGC 315)
Nick Francis, Co/Writer, Director, Producer of Black Gold (http://blackgoldmovie.com/) and When China Met Africa (http://whenchinametafrica.com/), will hold a Q&A session. When China Met Africa will screen that evening at Landmark's E Street Cinema, Time: TBA.

These titles are also available in Media Services:

Black Gold - DVD 2245 and Streaming Video

When China met Africa - DVD 9246

* "SOCIAL NETWORKING" - YOUR PATH TO AN INTERNSHIP OR JOB
Brought to you by the AU Career Center
Tuesday, March 27
5:00-6:30 pm
Butler Conference Room
This workshop will be lead by the AU SOC Career Advisors and will discuss how students can use online platforms to market themselves during the internship/job search.

* SECRETS REVEALED: THE SOMETIMES COMPLICATED, ALWAYS ENTERTAINING JOURNEYS OF A WILDLIFE FILMMAKER
Brought to you by the SOC Center for Environmental Filmmaking
http://www.american.edu/soc/calendar/?id=3403209
Tuesday, March 27
7:00-9:00pm
Wechsler Theater (MGC 315)
Emmy Award winning filmmaker Kevin Bachar, founder and director of Pangolin Pictures, has made natural history films for all the big networks. In this presentation, he will show a number of fascinating clips to illustrate the major challenges facing wildlife filmmakers in the field.

Eco-Sense Screening of "Tapped" and Georgetown Cupcakes

Tapped
Wednesday, March 21 from 1-4pm in the Kay Lounge
Come join the United Methodist Student Association and Eco-Sense for a screening of "Tapped", a documentary that delves into the dirty truth behind the bottled water industry. The screening will be on Wednesday, March 21 from 1-4pm in the Kay Lounge. An optional discussion will follow the film.

Free pizza and Georgetown Cupcakes provided!
Please RSVP by joining the Facebook Event.
Sponsor: Eco-Sense
Contact: Caroline Marsh, cm0013a@student.american.edu, 214-499-5908
Web: http://www.facebook.com/events/187619248017674/
Excerpted from Today@AU

DC Environmental Film Festival: The Best and Worst of Wildlife Films - Tuesday, March 20th at 7pm in Wechsler Theater

DC Environmental Film Festival
An Evening with Chris Palmer: The Best and Worst of Wildlife Films
Tuesday, March 20 at 7pm, Mary Graydon Center's Wechsler Theater.

When Chris Palmer’s book Shooting in the Wild: An Insider’s Account of Making Movies in the Animal Kingdom was published in 2010, it sparked praise, great interest, & controversy. Exposing the thrilling, yet sometimes tragic, world of wildlife filmmaking, his book revealed a dark side to the industry. In this special evening, Chris discusses the ethics of filmmaking and highlights its worst & best examples with numerous, controversial, high-impact clips from wildlife films.

Reception with refreshments at 6:30pm. FREE admission.
Sponsor: Center for Environmental Filmmaking
Contact: Chris Palmer, palmer@american.edu, 202-885-3408
Web: http://www.dcenvironmentalfilmfest.org/films/show/710

SOC’s Center for Environmental Filmmaking Presents: Documenting the Unseeable: Spielberg, Ground Zero, and Feeling the Rebuilding

Tuesday, February 28, 7:00 p.m., Mary Graydon Center, Wechsler Theater

Mark Breeze, the producer of the "Memorial and Museum" episodes of the recent landmark six-part Discovery Channel/ Spielberg documentary on the rebuilding of Ground Zero, discusses the challenges and process of making a documentary about the rebuilding of a site that everybody knows but nobody wants to talk about.
Sponsor: SOC's Center for Environmental Filmmaking
Contact: Chris Palmer, 202-885-3408 or palmer@american.edu

Excerpted from Today@AU

SOC's Center for Environmental Filmmaking Presents: Exploring the Potential Power of Film in Protecting America's National Parks

Tuesday, February 21, 7:00 p.m., Mary Graydon Center, Wechsler Theater

Stephen Shackelton, a top executive and Chief Ranger with the National Park Service (NPS), shows stunning stills and clips of our iconic national parks like Yellowstone and Yosemite, and describes how NPS uses the media to protect and conserve these national jewels
Sponsor: SOC's Center for Environmental Filmmaking
Contact: Chris Palmer, 202-885-3408 or palmer@american.edu

Excerpted from Today@AU

Eco-Comedy Video Competition Spring 2012 **$1,000 Prize**

Eco-Comedy Video Competition Spring 2012 ** $1,000 Prize **

Sponsored by: Sierra Club and the Center for Environmental Filmmaking

The contest is open to anyone who prepares a short, funny video for YouTube, which communicates a clear message about clean energy and/or green jobs.

Submissions must:
-Be humorous!
-Address the issue of clean energy and/or green jobs
-Reach a broad audience beyond just environmentalists.
-Be an original production.
-Be less than three minutes.
-Posted to Eco-Comedy Video Competition 2012 YouTube Channel at: http://www.youtube.com/ecocomedy2012.
-Submitted by 11:59pm on March 2, 2012.

There will be six judges representing the Center for Environmental Filmmaking, Sierra Club, the US Environmental Protection Agency, Mill Reef Productions, and EcoSense. The decision of the judges is final. Awards are based on overall merit of the entries. Judges reserve the right not to grant an award. The organizations listed above reserve the right to post submissions on their websites.

Submissions that are not received by March 2, 2012 will not be judged. The winner will be announced at American University on Tuesday, March 20 at the DC Environmental Film Festival.

For more information regarding submission guidelines and contest rules, visit: http://www.american.edu/soc/cef/eco-comedy-film-competition.cfm

If you have a question, please e-mail Chris Palmer at palmer@american.edu.

Excerpted from an email announcement from Chris Palmer.