Student
film showcase to present diverse plots
By Kari Schneider
On-line Forty-Niner
“The
Plaids” is a film based on a family portrait
Erin Cearley, a Cal State Long Beach film
production major, found in a thrift store
in Olympia, Wash., about five years ago.
A mother, father and six children all wear
plaid shirts, each in a different pattern
in the photograph.
Cearley was intrigued that someone would
give such a picture to a thrift store and
started to think about who the people in
the photograph were and what kind of social
dynamic surrounded them.
“I wrote a short story about their lives,
tapping into the weirdness of their representation
in the photo,” said Cearley. “I am really
excited to show [the film] at school. This
project was an experiment to weave and tweak
several genres together.”
The photo and the short story then became
a film.
“I used the form of plaid to help me make
the piece,” said Cearley. “I worked to mesh
and weave many different genres and techniques
together with a documentary base as the
way to explore and tell the story.”
“The Plaids,” along with eight other student-made
films, will be shown Dec. 14 at 8 p.m. in
the University Theater on the first floor
of the University Student Union.
Each of the films was shot last semester
by students from the Advanced Film 1 and
2 classes in the film and electronic arts
department.
Another film that will be shown is “A Poem,”
by Martin Aristidou about a woman who is
close to dying. A chess game decides her
fate.
“I always make personal films and through
them I try to find therapy,” said Aristidou.
“To Be or Not To Be,” by Jennifer Mendrin;
“Rearview,” by Michael Capes; “Para Mi Padre
Con Amore,” by Tadd McCalmont; “Shaken Not
Stirred,” by Steve Stuhr; “A Dollar Bill,”
by Juta Yuka; “Dilemma,” by Takahito Omori
and “The Thing She Left Behind,” by Kae
K. (Kristen) Kim will also be shown.
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