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Being a film major definitely has its perks - one of them being a (relatively) tangible final product. My 300 group consisting of Geoff George, Zach Hoskins, Mike Zatorski and myself have been working extremely diligently this semester, often devoting entire weekends, to create some pretty spiffy projects. Our first one, Spin the Bottle, has been complete for a few weeks now. The emphasis for this assignment was lighting and we did ourselves in, with regards to complexity, as we had a 360 degree area to light and shoot. Overall, the film turned out pretty welll, and we got an A on it, (with an A+ on aesthetics) so that was pretty sweet. You can watch it via YouTube now.

Also, our second film, Flow is complete, but I do not have a digital copy of it yet that includes the titles, but that’ll be up when I get it. And our third film, The Gardener is now in post-production and let me tell you, it’s going to be something to behold (Production Stills). It’ll be making its official premiere at the Lightworks Festival on April 21st at the Nat. Sci. Auditorium. And while you’re visiting the Lightworks link, subscribe to the video podcast that showcases student films from the department.

After this semester, I’ll pretty much be done working with film. I’ll be taking a screenwriting class in the fall (and I’m tremendously excited about that), and then my Production requirement will have been fulfilled. When working on film, you put your blood and sweat into the projects, solely due to the immense amount of preparation that goes into Pre-Production and Production in order to get a quality result. Unlike video, once that film is processed, there’s little you can do in Post-Production to change your project but splice and spool. But oh, how you can completely change a film in that editing process…case in point, The Gardener. That’s right, you’d better be excited and I’d better be seeing you on April 21.