Stevenson 3rd Annual Film Festival on February 10

Enjoy this trailer, made by the head of the MAP (Mustangs Activities and Programming) Movie Committee, Sophomore Tavon Mayne.  Come one, come all!

For further details, click here.

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Film/Video Spring 2012 Artist-in-Residence

On February 1, at 7pm, in the Inscape Theatre (reception in the lobby at 6pm) on the Greenspring Campus, Film/Video Spring 2012 Artist-in-Residence John Van Vliet will present a screening of examples of his work, along with an audience Q&A.  Mr. Van Vliet is a Hollywood Visual Effects Supervisor and Nocturnal Photographer.  From February 1-3, Mr. Van Vliet will also lead workshops on visual effects and nocturnal photography for interested students.

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Welcome back to school – let the Spring 2012 Semester begin!

And while you’re here, check out this nice article that appears in today’s Baltimore Sun: Silver screen turns to gold for Baltimore seniors

Keep in mind that the person who really does all of the work is Chris Muldowney, even if the article seems to give me equal credit.  Enjoy!

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Season’s Greetings!

May your holidays be filled with joy and fun spent with your family and friends.

Love from Lizzy and me.

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2 great ways to end the semester!

Lee Tamer, Senior Film/Video student, practices with our new RedRock Micro Universal Shoulder Mount Handheld Rig and our Sony FS100 camera.

Junior Film/Video students in Adjunct Instructor Rich Sayers’s VID321 (Sponsored Video) class made this film for HopeWell Cancer Center.

Have a great break!

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End of Semester Party

 

Students in the Department of FIlm/Video, and their friends, celebrate the last day of classes.

From left to right: Brian Bitterfeld, Noel Bohdan, Kelly Maunes (a Fashion Merchandising Major), Paul Pirozzi, Johnny Eichler, Chris Moore, and Jamie Gillis.

Click on the photo to see more where that came from.

Here is a short video clip from the event.

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Staged Readings in Honors Course

Professor Virginia Iannone and I co-taught an Honors Course this semester entitled “That’s Crazy! Images of Mental Illness in Film & TV” (HON214F-02/HON214S-02).
At the end of the course, the students had to present a staged reading of the 10-page film script they had written on the mental illness of their choice.  Here, Amanda Byrd, on left, presents her script, read by Film/Video students Danielle Damico and Ben Tschirgi.
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Michael Keplinger visits Stevenson University

Mr. Michael Keplinger, Deputy Director General, Copyright and Related Rights Sector, WIPO (World Intellectual Property Orgnaization), visited Stevenson University’s Department of Film/Video to lead a discussion on Intellectual Property issues, and how they relate to filmmaking.

The students in attendance were enthusiastic about the material presented, and hope to apply the lessons in their future work.

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A great overview of Adobe CS5.5 Production Premium today!

David Helmly (left up at the table in the front of the room) and Sebastian DiStefano (right at that same table) of Adobe came to Stevenson today to present a workshop on the wonderful In’s and Out’s of the Adobe CS5.5 Production Premium Suite, which we have on our video editing stations. In the morning session, they covered Premiere Pro, along with the “dynamic link” between Adobe Story, Premiere, After Effects, Encore and other aspects of the CS5.5 Suite. In the afternoon, they focused more on those other elements of the Suite, including Adobe Audition.

It was great fun, and very informative.

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A Chicago Thanksgiving

Greetings from Chicago, where I have traveled for this year’s Thanksgiving holiday.

Usually, I visit Long Island or Massachusetts, but this year those relatives are traveling, themselves, so I decided to visit my good friend Savvas Paritsis, who teaches at DePaul University, in the School of Cinema and Interactive Media.

Here we are, reflected in “The Bean.”

Have a fantastic Thanksgiving, wherever you are.

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