THE Take the Film Festival XI Presented student cinema and presented young filmmakers to the entertainment industry.
The LSU School of Theater organized the Film Film Film Student at Take Theater in the Music and Dramatic Arts Building on May 4 at 2 p.m. This annual film festival presented 15 student short films, in particular those which highlight the two geaux films, which are specially funded by the Ministry of Cinema and TV.
“It is essentially made as a showcase of projects, in particular, cinema students from our university,” said Sarah Picard, major in cinema and senior television and director of one of the Geaux films. “This is a big problem with regard to our sphere of influence.”
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Picard’s film “Doveweed” had around 40 crew members who shot the film for two 12 -hour shooting days and was published in just one month. However, the team was able to create a valid film in a relatively short time.
“I love to see the film process slowly come together,” said Picard. “He has the same kind of delayed gratuity as gardening, where you see everything you planted to materialize.”
Take XI is also an invaluable step for emerging filmmakers to enter the industry. Layne Davis, director of the second film Geaux “Sink or Swim” and a double junior specialization in cinema and television and art, considers Louisiana as a major actor in the entertainment industry.
“I have the impression that in Louisiana, we are not talking about the quantity of the crucial entertainment industry for, like the richness of the state of Louisiana,” said Davis. “There are major incentives for people to come to film here, and I think that the simple fact of having a space so that the filmmakers to come have a space to share their work is really important.”
Davis then quoted the many successful films that were filmed in Louisiana, including “The Iron Claw”, “Where the Crawdads Sing”, “Five Nights at Freddy’s” and more, as proof of the participation of Louisiana in the entertainment industry.
Of the 41 films submitted, 15 were chosen to project to the Take XI Film Festival. Choosing the films to project was a thin decision like a razor, said Professor Chris Stelly, and that finally resisted small technical errors such as execution, late submission and sound mixing.
“So it’s really super razor, and it’s the most difficult aspect because they are all good,” said Stelly. “They all deserve to be on the big screen, in my opinion. But we have a task to accomplish, we have a time limit, and that is part of learning what it takes to organize a feast of the film. ”
For Stelly, these difficult decisions are worth it when he sees the pride and the excitement that these young filmmakers feel during the awards segment. After the screening, the prices are presented for the best film, the best actor, the best actress, the best sound design, the best cinematography, the best publisher, the best production design, the best scenario and the best costumes.
“Once you are finished and start putting the prices, and you can witness and feel the excitement of the public and smiles on the faces of young filmmakers and things like that,” said Stelly. “Of course, that’s what it is at the end of the day.”
The Take X Student Annual Film Festival provides not only a space for students to present their work, but also helps to cultivate the future of industry as a whole.
“I think what the Take XI student film festival has to offer, and what the Take Festival in the future will offer is an opportunity to see your work,” said Stelly. “Without public, what do you make a film for film festivals in the biggest ecosystem of independent young filmmakers are important because sometimes this is how these films are seen.”