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Interview conducted by Jody Michelle Solis STUDENTFILMMAKERS: What’s new at the Ohio University Film Division? Steven Ross: The Film Division continues to be a hotbed of creative activity. Our MFA graduate students and BFA undergraduates (through OU’s distinguished Honors Tutorial College) are in constant pursuit of excellence and originality. The three-year MFA (and BFA) sequence… …
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Mark Evitts Composer, String Arranger, Producer, Songwriter, Multi-Instrumentalist MarkEvitts.com Instagram.com/MarkEvitts Twitter.com/MarkEvitts SoundCloud.com/MarkEvittsMusic STUDENTFILMMAKERS: Can you tell us about your current projects? Mark Evitts: I’m a workaholic. I’m always working on something, either for others or for myself. This week, I finished up a full orchestra suite with a Gaelic choir, composed a double quartet for… …
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Roman Falkenstein Composer, Arranger and Music Producer from Riga, Latvia www.rfmusic.lv STUDENTFILMMAKERS: Tell us about your current projects. Roman Falkenstein: I completed a short drama, “En Garde!” directed by local, talented director Daniel Yoffe. It’s a story of a young fencer on his way to manhood, wrestling with fears and a feeling of guilt, after… …
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Interview conducted by Jody Michelle Solis STUDENTFILMMAKERS: How has workflow and storage changed over the years? Clement Barberis, LaCie Marketing Manager: Not so long ago, it was difficult and very expensive to have access to computing power, therefore workflow to most Creative was limited to setup they could afford. So computer equipment was the main… …
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Musician and award-winning music producer, composer and arranger, Daniel LeBlanc has based his career and life on the belief that success involves passion, drive, hard work, situational awareness and a willingness to embrace change while employing a ‘never quit’ attitude. He scored and composed songs for TV and film projects that included Adventure Inc.,… …
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#FlashbackFriday #FBF Do you remember our exclusive interview with Bing Rao? Interview conducted by Larry Jaffee New York-based Chinese cinematographer Bing Rao enjoys a unique firsthand vantage point in seeing how China’s film industry has transformed economically and technologically during the past 15 years, influenced by Hollywood while remaining true to its insular culture…. …
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#FlashbackFriday #FBF Do you remember our exclusive interview with Brian Lazzaro? This story got the Cover of StudentFilmmakers Magazine, August 2007 Issue. Consumer-Generated Ad Contest Lands Music Video Director His First Commercial Brian Lazzaro’s Videography Methods Contribute to a Successful Transition from MTV to National Commercial Interview conducted by Larry Jaffee The tremendous… …
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Can you tell us about your body of work? Zoran Dragelj: As an independent filmmaker/auteur for over 20 years I’ve been fortunate to work on both film and video productions of various sizes and lengths (from feature films to episodic content to short films and videos). Also, I worked on many different genres, which… …
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Shane Stanley www.shanestanley.net Shane Stanley is a lifer. His career began in front of the camera at 9 months old before becoming a two-time Emmy Award winning filmmaker and launching his own company, Visual Arts Entertainment. Best known for Executive Producing the #1 Box Office hit, Gridiron Gang for SONY Pictures starring Dwayne “The Rock”… …
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Daniel Denk Czech Republic Can you tell us about your body of work? I am a music composer from Prague, Czech Republic. I started doing music about 10 years ago in a local band playing electric guitar, which I pretty much do until now. Throughout the years I started feeling that I would like to… …
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StudentFilmmakers Magazine: Tell us about your work and your process creating, shooting, and editing experimental films and videos. Mark McKeown: Often a project will develop from a single image. This can be from a memory, a dream or listening to music. I will meditate on this image over a period of time, maybe make rough… …
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#FlashbackFriday #FBF Do you remember our Exclusive Interview with Michael Damian? Director Michael Damian’s “Hot Tamale” wins the Indie Spirit Best Picture Award at the 2006 Fourth Annual Boston International Film Festival, and is an official selection for the San Diego Film Festival in September. The film world-premiered at The Newport Beach Film Festival,… …
