Student Film Showcase presented at Huntington Downtown Theatre

Huntington, Ind.- Lights! Camera! Action! The Huntington community is welcome to attend the 2002 Huntington College Student Film Showcase on Monday, May 6, 2002. Huntington College communication students will showcase their films at the Huntington Downtown Theater on Jefferson Street, starting at 7:30 p.m. Admission is only $1, and the actors, directors, producers, and editors will meet and greet the public before the event.

Three different groups of students from the Advanced Television Studio Production class at Huntington College have spent the past five weeks writing, directing, producing, and editing their own films. The half-hour films were shot at different locations around Huntington and Fort Wayne.

Seed of Evil, written by Justin Clifton, is a dramatic romance set in a fantasy realm where a man, who has turned evil, learns about sacrificial love and second chances. Jedidiah Hutchison, who interned as an actor in Los Angeles first semester, plays opposite Christine Clifton in a movie that will keep the audience guessing if Hutchison will find love. The film is directed by Justin and Christine Clifton, Andy Keck and Jonny Rice.

A Superflous Life, written by Jason Kiser, explores one man's search for meaning in the midst of life's oft-unfulfilling routine and relationships. Huntington's own Jean Michelson and Gary Town play supporting roles in a movie that brings artistic style and montage to the dark world of a life with lost meaning.

The Scarf, will leave the audience doubled over with laughter. Written by Katie Piehl, The Scarf is full of mischief, mayhem, mishaps, misinformation, melodrama, misbehavior, mirth, misunderstandings, madness, and mafia. Roanoke native Ashley Fox plays Tommy in a story that is sure to leave all mafia stereotypes untouched. The film is directed by Piehl, Chris Wright and Kristen Freeman.

"This year's films are above and beyond what I expected," said Dr. Lance Clark, Assistant Professor of Communication at HC. My students have really raised the bar in terms of plot structure and production technique. They are going to give the audience a really fun ride."

The short films are completely student written, directed, produced and edited through the Communication Department of Huntington College. They are a result of a final project in the Advanced TV Production course and are shot in digital video and edited on the Avid editing system. (Over 90 percent of all feature films and television shows are edited on the Avid system.) The films will be entered into various film festivals and student contests throughout the year and Clark hopes the community will come out to support his students' efforts and enjoy the artistic and dramatic themes presented.

Please be aware that the content is redemptive in all these films yet the material is targeted toward an adult audience. Therefore, it is not suitable for children.

Huntington College is a comprehensive Christian college of the liberal arts offering graduate and undergraduate programs in more than 50 academic concentrations. US News and World Report ranks Huntington among the best in the Midwest. Founded in 1897 by the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, Huntington College is located on a contemporary, lakeside campus in Huntington, Indiana.