| PROGRAM
#4: The DSU Student Showcase | Sunday, April 1 7:30 PM |Running
Time: 81 minutes
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Please stay for a filmmaker Q&A after this program.
Location
for all Screenings: the Recital Hall at the Bologna
Performing Arts Center, Delta State University, Cleveland
Mississippi |
Breathless
Abe Draper
5:00; 2006
A film about speed, breath, movement, and light. |
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The
Cricket
Nathan Duff
2:56; 2006
Discovery—of a creature, a camera, and a different way
of engaging my subject. Nature—tweaked. |
World
of Online Wrestling Games
Brian Williams
3:06; 2006
Walk in the shoes of virtual beings—what is it like in
their world? |
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Coming
Soon: the Owl and the Pelican
Jon Mark Nail
2:00; 2007
This is a trailer for a twenty minute short piece I have done.
I wanted to give it a seventies exploitation film feel for the
trailer. I examined trailers from films from the early seventies
and put my own twist on them. Influences include Martin Scorsese
and Stanley Kubrick. |
A
Dreamer
Clark Blue
5:35; 2006
A young girl, unsatisfied with her own life, fantasizes her
ideal one. |
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Questions
Erika Thomas
2:32; 2006
A
film about a man rambling about questions of life, death,
and the role society plays in between. The visuals of the
film are disturbing images of pain mixed with playful images
of toys, dolls, and stuffed toys. |
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So
Like Candy
Julie Johnston
4:52; 2006
This piece is about youthful idealism vs. reality. Also, dealing
with expectations handed down from my parents. This piece touches
on fears of not fulfilling dreams and fears of actually being
successful. Much of it is putting away the fairy tale of it
all and dealing with the truth in life. |
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The
Prisoner
Edgar Smith
12:40; 2007
A prisoner is being visciously interrogated by three shadowy
individuals. But is he really what he appears to be? Is everything
really as it seems? Filmmaker’s warning: Graphic/violent
content |
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The
Fountainhead
Edgar Smith
1:00; 2007
When a relationship comes to an end,
it's very easy to find oneself wishing that you had never
met the other person. But is that fair? Or are the experiences
of a relationship sometimes more important than the result? |
The
Nothing
Lindsey Key
4:48; 2006
A haunting film that asks questions about the spaces in which
we live. |
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Humble
Billy Coffee
1:00; 2007
The film is about humbling yourself before the Lord, and taking
up His cross to run this race of ‘this life.” |
Alien
Planet
Rashaun Ellis
6:00; 2006
Where skin is crust, muscle is mantle, and the soul is a glowing,
spinning ball of molten self-esteem. |
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Overlooked
Jessica Allen
0:00; 2007
A study of light, shape, and movement. An obsessive look at
a commonly disregarded space. |
Possibilities
Erika Thomas
1:00; 2007
A short piece about someone not showing who they truly
are because of the fear of how it might change who they are. |
My
Life on Beats: Crunk 4 Christ
Billy
Coffee
4:30; 2006
This
is a film about the lifestyle of “new-age” Christians
in a skating rink having a good time with a hip-hop backdrop. |
With
Texture
Tamara
Koeder
3:21; 2006
A
film about texture, light, and surface. |
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Happy
Future
Jessica Allen
1:00; 2007
A short film paying homage to the great "80's dance montage"
sequence, with music by Totally Michael.
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Procrastination
is An Obstruction To Construction
Julie Johnston
1:00; 2007
After going through what I consider a
form of writer's block over an interesting video project, I
realized I was spending more time not doing than doing. I know
this is something I struggle with, so I thought I would make
a piece on procrastination. I was inspired by a recent movie
to do the stop-motion animation with objects. I consider
this a short test of future animated pieces. |
Story
of a Girl
Jamie Shumaker
3:25; 2007
This film is about a girl who lives in her dream wanting only
what she can’t have—the guy of her dreams. It is
a fast-paced, accelerating short film. |
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The
Sky is Falling
Nathan Duff
1:00; 2007
Inebriated pontification. |
The
Very Sad Leaving of Thomas Dutter
Jon Mark Nail
7:30; 2006
This film is a study in extremes. What would push a
man to leave his wife? This film also closely examines how an
audience will react when they are given a situation where they
see the end of a conflict without seeing the beginning of the
conflict. |
This
Never Happened
Hillari Burns
3:18; 2006
This is an abstract film experimenting with sounds, lighting,
and texture from an outsider perspective. |
OCD
David Barnowski
3:00; 2007
A film that challenges us to think about our own compulsions.
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