April 24, 2013

Spring 2011 FAMS Student Film Festival

The 2010-2011 academic year was capped with the FAMS student showcase on May 9.

 

Program I: (Run time 26:36)

FAMS 201: Making Media Civility Projects

Assignment: Employing the cinematic technique of “the long take,” complete a short (1-2 minute) film that illustrates the concept of “civility.”

  •  The Box of Civility (Benjamin Greenwald and J.D. Moore)
  • The Power of Change (Kelsey Harkness and Paige Nelson)
  • Come Together (Kaitlyn Cortes and Lauryn Harris)
  • I Will Not Remain Silent(William Jauregui and Lauren Levi)The film makers answered questions
  • Civility Starts with a Small Gesture (Monika Krumova and Kyle MacLelland)
  • A Little Ditty About Civility (Jacob Kreuser and Samantha Sangenito)
  • Coexist (Stephanie Bateman and Gina Morrone)
  • Erase Hate (Justin Butler and Lindsey Dier)
  • Easy as Chalk (Karissa Ciliento and Brittany Santagata)
  • It’s a “Heart” Thing (Kathryn Panto)
  • The Little Things Count (Kiran Krishna and Alyson Shumeyko)
  • Parking Garage Security Footage (Michael Kowaleski and Matthew McKenzie)
  • A Sign of Civility (Elenie Chung and Joel Vargas)
  • Civility (Gabriel Rhadigan and Lakeisha Wright)

FAMS 260: Film Genres: Response to Incidents of Ethnic Intimidation

  • So Speak (Caitlin Altomare, Ryan Flaherty, Anne Flanagan, Jason Goldfarb, Eric Henney, Will Jauregui, Kiran Krishna, Peter Mara, Will Parker, Alex Von Arx, Rebecca Winter, Rob Young)

Program II (Run time 15:20)

  • What We’re Worth: A Liberal Arts Student, a documentary short, examines how today’s liberal arts education can better prepare its students to meet the demands of the global world we have become a part of, and how students can be better inspired to use their education for a higher purpose. (Kelsey Harkness)

Program III (Run time 27:36)

  • How to Make a Pizza

This film was made using a collection of 500 hundred pictures, and then processing the pictures through the computer software PureData. (Sarah Badhr, Doug Bucci, Tom Peter, Gabriel Rhadigan and Josh Schultz)

  • Music is…

While music holds a special and unique meaning for each listener, the images and words that appear throughout Music is…, a short stop-animation film consisting of 2,032 pictures taken with a Sony digital camera, represent what music means to the film’s creator (Lauren Levi).

  • For Loveless Hearts

A man meets a mysterious woman and together they delve into the deeper meaning of relationships. (Kiran Krishna)

  • The Shooting Gallery

A film about a heroin addict, his high and his pain. (Joel Vargas)

  • Undying Love

A twisted love story. (Joel Vargas)

Program IV (Run time 12:35)

  • McKelvy: The Film

A look at what makes the McKelvy House and its scholars a unique and enduring Lafayette College institution. (Justin Chando, Kelsey Harkness, Jesse Ryan, Jessica Wason)