Lights! Camera! Action!
Giving students the opportunity to strut their stuff, BYU student film festival "Final Cut," hosted by the department of Theatre and Media Arts and the Student Film Association, gives the student body an opportunity to screen different films and commercials made by BYU students.
"It's a way for our students to see an audience reaction to their stories," said Roxanna Boyer, theatre and media arts advisement assistant. "It has evolved into a BYU tradition. It represents a range in the students' experience, from beginning production pieces that were polished enough to be viewed by an audience to Capstone pieces to some professional pieces. ... There is a variance in skill, in equipment and in themes; it's just a very diverse, fun program."
Four different styles of film, narrative, documentary, experimental, and animation, will be shown, said SFA president Derek Pueblo, a 25-year-old film major from Denver, Colo., whose trailer, commercial and 3-minute short film will be shown.
Chris Coy, a 26-year-old graphic design major from Eagle River, Ala., presents a visual essay through "Milton Glazer Makes a Drawing," a short documentary film about the designer, Milton Glazer and his artistic talent.
"There's a whole bunch of different things that students do from the award-winning animation that wins Emmys to student films that are student projects," Coy said. "There's a broad range. You should come expecting to see a lot of variety, unique voices and visions of directors and students who want to make a living in the visual arts and film in general."
"Final Cut" is divided into two programs, A and B, as a means of organizing the large number of films. Programs A and B will run Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2006, through Thursday at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. in the Varsity Theater. Selections programs are films chosen by the department faculty and are to be shown Friday and Saturday at 6 and 8 p.m. in the Joseph Smith Auditorium.
Twenty-five minute film, "Only the Pizza Man Knows" is a personal documentary by Scott Christopherson, a 24-year-old media arts major from Salt Lake City, which confronts his father's difficult past and tries to understand what his own future holds. Christopherson's film will be shown during the Friday and Saturday selection screenings.
"Come with an open mind and attitude," Christopherson said. "Don't go just to be entertained, but to think about the topics that you're seeing."
A and B program tickets are $4 in advance at the Information Desk and $5 at the door. Selections tickets are $5 in advance and $6 at the door.
Copyright Brigham Young University 7 Nov 2006
