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diversions
Student filmmakers
make the cut
By Jeanne Hoffa
On-line Forty-Niner
Hollywood agents,
studio executives and industry insiders will sit in the darkened
theater of the Director's Guild of America alongside nine
nail-biting Cal State Long Beach film students at tonight's11th
Annual Student Filmmaker's Showcase at 7920 Sunset Blvd. in
Los Angeles.
While a film screening does not guarantee entrance into the
industry, a number of students have procured meetings with
agents after the yearly event, said Steve Hubbert, the film
services coordinator for the department of film and electronic
arts.
CSULB FEA alumni include David Twohy, screenwriter for "The
Fugitive" and "Pitch Black," J.F. Lawton, screenwriter
for "Pretty Woman," Mark Stevens Johnson, screenwriter
for "Grumpy Old Men" and "Simon Birch,"
and Guy Bee, writer and director for "ER."
The DGA event will be hosted by "Saturday Night Live"
and "War Games" director John Badham. 500 guests
were drawn to last year's event.
CSULB film students pool their efforts together for each other's
projects, often putting in 14-hour days each weekend during
the semester to finish films. They trade positions as gaffers,
assistant directors, costume designers, cinematographers and
set designers. Professional actors and musicians often
donate their services. Universal Studios provided the lot
for one of the student films, "Trade Day." Director
Lee financed the insurance for the shoot. The films to be
screened range from historical narratives to experimental
explorations of the unconscious.
Hubbert said students arrive armed with copies of videocassettes
of their pieces, business cards and resumes.
The public is welcome to attend the screening at 7:30 p.m.
Parking is available in the rear of the theater.
Three other CSULB film students are finalists in this weekend's
CSU Summer Arts Media Arts Festival at Cal State Northrige.
Dan Verman, Aaron Garcia and Ken Winler's pieces won more
than 139 entries to get included in the event. Their work
will be screened Saturday. Berman wrote and directed "Dial
F," Garcia wrote and directed "Drowning" and
Winkler wrote and directed "Heaven." All 27 entrants
are from universities in the CSU system.
The following titles and synapses were provided by the FEA
department:
"Trade Day," written and directed by Lee Williams.
Eight-year-old Jack learns from his grandfather in 1952, Alabama,
that sometimes people have to live with haunting decisions.
Already the winner of 23 festival awards, this film is being
considered for Academy Award short film nomination.
"Tableaux Vivant," written and directed by Kristina
Holland. The surreal tale of a young women's return home
to her father's world of living pictures.
"Second Thought," written and directed by Michael
Bogs. A young man's life is turned upside down, and he
has little time to reconcile his past, but it is too late.
"The Move," written and directed by Brian Marsh.
When you are the new kid in school, they don't teach you how
to make friends.
"Catch of the Day," written and directed by Nick
Shaffer. A father takes his son fishing and hopes to bond
their distancing relationship.
"Drowning," written and directed by Aaron Garcia.
An experimental film. In the ocean's tinted depth, descending
thins hollow air, as we struggle incased in a drowning sound.
"Infidels," written and directed by Ken Winkler.
Art is a religion that survives only through the faithful.
"Captivity," written and directed by Kevin O'Neil.
An unconventional experiment of lighting and film techniques,
which explore a prisoner's struggle with war and the unconscious.
"Stunt Man," written and directed by Bobby D.
Lux. The story of a dreamer who fails miserably.
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Jeanne
Hoffa/On-line Forty-Niner
Actress Maria Nicolacaskis, center, takes direction
from assistant director Maria Perez during the filming of
"Stalked.Com,'' with, from left to right, Silvio Maggiotto,
Todd Kniss and Brolin Howe.
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