News from Nimbus: Saturday Lunch, Casting Contest

[Gwen]

A few months ago, you may recall, we announced that
our Saturday Luncheon speaker would be Cheryl Klein of
Scholastic. Most unfortunately, only a few weeks after
agreeing to come, Ms. Klein had a sudden change of
plans involving her family and had to cancel.

The Nimbus  2003 Programming team is therefore very
pleased to announce that instead, our Saturday
Luncheon speaker will be Ari Rapkin, Computer Graphics
Software Engineer, from Industrial Light and Magic.
Ms. Rapkin has been with ILM since 1998, working on
ILMs sequences in films such as "Jurassic Park III,"
"Star Wars: Episode II 'Attack of the Clones,'" and
"A.I. Artificial Intelligence." She is currently
working on the cloth simulation system for use in
several upcoming films including "The Hulk," "Van
Helsing" and "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of
Azkaban." Her talk will offer us some insights into
the mysteries and secrets of film enhancement through
computer animation.

If youve been waiting to find out who the speaker
will be before signing up for the lunch, please make
your upgrade quickly! The $19.75 luncheon fee for
Saturday is only available until May 6; as of May 7,
the price will increase to $29.75. We are sorry we
could not extend the lower rate further, but our
negotiations with ILM ran longer than we anticipated.


Speaking of the film versions, we also have another
fun activity to announce: 

HP Movie Casting Contest!

How about those HP films? Did they make the right
casting choices? Do you agree with JK Rowling's
insistence on casting only actors from the British
Isles, Canada, and Australia? Well, Nimbus - 2003
offers you alternatives!

Objective: Cast any one of the films (including OoP!)
with the actors you would have picked if *you* were in
charge. To aid people who might not know your choices,
please bring a picture, filmography, or other evidence
of the person's suitability. For each choice, write a
*short* (no more than 3 sentence) description of why
you think that person is right for the part. 

Scenario #1: "Looks can be Deceiving" - Pick your cast
members based on looks (or looks and personality)
alone, not necessarily because of their acting skills.
The object in this choice is to assemble a cast that
*looks* as close to your vision as you can find.

Scenario #2: "Englishman in New York" - Cast the film
as well as you can from nations *not* on JKR's
approved list.

Scenario #3: "If Worse Comes to Worst..." - Go the
other way. If you felt the movies made poor choices,
just how much worse could it get? Pick your ultimate
worst choices - but still be realistic! For example,
Ringo Starr as Snape. For this one, they must fit
JKR's bill and come from a British country or
commonwealth.

Assemble your lists, collages, or whatever, and
display them all weekend in the Nimbus - 2003 banquet
room!


Finally, we remind you that our submissions for
Artwork and T-Shirt designs are still open! Please see
the LiveJournal
(http://www.livejournal.com/community/hp_orlando/13913.html)
for details. To answer one question that came up on
the artwork: Designs may absolutely be full colour,
but bear in mind that (especially for the t-shirt), we
may have to print in only one or two colours to keep
costs low. If its totally spiffy, though, we might
just have to go with the extra expense!




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Bring Your Own Broom to Nimbus - 2003!
http://www.hp2003.org/

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