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Student
filmmakers strut at the Carpenter
By Joe Licavoli
On-line Forty-Niner
Cal State Long
Beach film students will show off their hard work, dedication
and talent at the annual spring filmmaker showcase, Saturday
at the Richard and Karen Carpenter Center at 8 p.m.
The showcase is an opportunity for film students at CSULB
to show off all their hard work, said film major Blanca Sanchez.
"Long Beach doesn't get the recognition it deserves.
The showcase is to show what we can do and what we're capable
of doing," Sanchez said.
The films range from melodrama to experimental to comedy.
There's even a thriller, Sanchez said.
The showcase, sponsored by the film department at CSULB, is
a part of the film production option, Sanchez said.
"[The directors are] selected through the staff of the
film department," Sanchez said.
The film department has several levels: beginning, intermediate
and advanced. The students that have their films in the showcase
are from the advanced and advanced one classes. The advanced
classes films last approximately 12 minutes and the advanced
one classes films are the same length of time but are bigger
because they often have more people involved in the film Sanchez
said.
Ten short films are involved in this year's event, Sanchez
said.
"Each film has their own crew, one film had a director
who did everything. There are ten directors and there can
be 10 to 20 people in a crew for each film," Sanchez
said.
The spring showcase is bigger than fall because it is in the
Carpenter Center. In the fall semester, the showcase is held
at the University Theatre, where film students recruit people
to work on the showcase.
Audience attendance has been increasing as the semesters pass.
"Last fall was the first time we sold out the University
Theatre, which holds 500 people, Sanchez said. "We had
to turn people away."
With the response from the fall showcase, the expectations
are high for a good turnout Saturday, Sanchez said.
"Long Beach doesn't get the recognition it deserves.
The showcase is to show what we can do and what we're capable
of doing," Sanchez said. "We put out posters and
flyers all around Long Beach and there was a press release
also sent out."
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