8th
Annual Digital Days Festival
Riding the Digital Wave Across 3 Generations
Thursday, May 11, 2006
Arlington Theatre, Santa Barbara.
3:30 pm - FREE
Teen Access
This event is designed for all teens, friends, and families and
focuses on filmmaking, content creation, and media education.
Fuel TV will also participate, tossing out swag and talking about
future opportunities available to older teens. The lobby will
be alive with gaming, VR, and technology demonstrations including
"Social Evolution" simulated society in association
with UCSB Media Arts and Technology Program.
4 pm - Teen Filmmaker
Awards and Presentations
Third-generation filmmaker Wes Brown (grandson of Bruce Brown, Endless
Summer and son of Dana Brown, Step into Liquid) and
production partner TJ Barrick will hand out thousands of dollars
of software from Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, Avid, Macromedia and others.Winners
will see clips from their movies on the BIG screen. This year's
competition received submissions from local teens 13-19 years old
with 10 film submissions from previous winners. These student submissions
covered the range from Santa Barbara Middle School to USCB, including
Anacapa School, Laguna Blanca, Bishop Diego, and Dos Pueblos, San
Marcos and Santa Barbara High Schools. 5:30
pm - VIP Reception in Courtyard
F ood by Virginia Caters and music by Soledadeez.
7 pm - Live
Music
Performed by local surf legend Tom Curren and special guests.
8:30 pm - Screeening:
Chasing Dora
Depicts juxtaposition between old school and new school,
between 25 pound wooden longboards and short light boards, between
two schools, as both Munoz and Kelly Slater, at the Billabong
Pro, make the fastest wave in the world look easy. Chasing
Dora, a mini travelogue/tribute to Surf legend Mikey Dora,
documents three surfers who follow Dora’s concept of surfing
eight foot waves at Jeffrey’s Bay, South Africa with no
wetsuits, natural boards, and no judges. Robert “Wingnut”
Weaver (star of Endless Summer II) surfing legend Mickie “Mongoose”
Munoz, and Santa Barbara Junior High School alumnus and San Luis
Obispo shaper Marc Andreini star.
This event will benefit
both the Surfrider Foundation and local youth media educational
programs.
Tickets for the VIP
Reception and General Admission are available at the Arlington
box office (805) 963-4408, and at www.ticketmaster.com.
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