2008 Woodie Awards
Film puts club back into the limelight
PRODUCTION: The full student project brings a community of students from various majors to work together and participate in the narrative film.
By: Kristine Fetalco
Issue date: 3/31/05 Section: Arts
- Page 1 of 3 next >
All it took was just a little restarting to shake things up.
The Cinema Arts Club will debut its biggest project of the year, "Restart," Saturday, April 23 in Marsee Auditorium at 7 p.m.
Clubs come and go, but real passion is unrelenting. In the spring of 2004, a core group of four people who, coincidentally, were all film majors, decided to sharpen the edges of the then-defunct Cinema Arts Club by electing cabinet members.
It was Felipe Gomez, Jason Palines, Christopher Rubio and Alex Calderon's plan to gather people who are passionate about working on film projects. Ultimately, this led to the club's revamping.
"Originally, there was a Cinema Arts Club, but it dissipated. There were no cabinet members, no money- there was just the name," Jason Palines, director of "Restart," said.
A year later, the club finds itself in post-production of its first movie, "Restart." Directed by the club's co-founder, Jason Palines, the 35-minute dark love story explores various ideas, such as challenging one's own fate, the persistence of desire and the consequences of loving.
"Everybody felt that I should be the one to direct it because I had experience and I'd been in the film program. We can't just let anybody direct the short. There's a lot more than people think when it comes to directing," Palines said.
The club is a way for film majors and tudents to collaborate with other students for projects to practice what they learn, express themselves, network with people and find opportunities to enter into the film industry.
"Whatever your major is, there's an opportunity to try your hand at it. Film encompasses so many aspects, so many varied skills and talents-actors, cinematographers, fashion, audio sound music, prop making, machining," Dodger Ruiz, producer, said.
Financially, the project was funded by the club's income that mainly comes from freelance projects, TV tapings and donations from various establishments.
The Cinema Arts Club will debut its biggest project of the year, "Restart," Saturday, April 23 in Marsee Auditorium at 7 p.m.
Clubs come and go, but real passion is unrelenting. In the spring of 2004, a core group of four people who, coincidentally, were all film majors, decided to sharpen the edges of the then-defunct Cinema Arts Club by electing cabinet members.
It was Felipe Gomez, Jason Palines, Christopher Rubio and Alex Calderon's plan to gather people who are passionate about working on film projects. Ultimately, this led to the club's revamping.
"Originally, there was a Cinema Arts Club, but it dissipated. There were no cabinet members, no money- there was just the name," Jason Palines, director of "Restart," said.
A year later, the club finds itself in post-production of its first movie, "Restart." Directed by the club's co-founder, Jason Palines, the 35-minute dark love story explores various ideas, such as challenging one's own fate, the persistence of desire and the consequences of loving.
"Everybody felt that I should be the one to direct it because I had experience and I'd been in the film program. We can't just let anybody direct the short. There's a lot more than people think when it comes to directing," Palines said.
The club is a way for film majors and tudents to collaborate with other students for projects to practice what they learn, express themselves, network with people and find opportunities to enter into the film industry.
"Whatever your major is, there's an opportunity to try your hand at it. Film encompasses so many aspects, so many varied skills and talents-actors, cinematographers, fashion, audio sound music, prop making, machining," Dodger Ruiz, producer, said.
Financially, the project was funded by the club's income that mainly comes from freelance projects, TV tapings and donations from various establishments.