Georgia Southern Statesboro campus film students will host their spring media arts showcase this coming Monday, February 27 at Sanford Hall (Room 1002) starting at 7pm. There will be nine screenings of short films from film majors. Abbey Hoekzema, associate professor, is excited for the students to present their films to not only to the students and faculty but also to the community.
"The video showcase was on hold during the pandemic, and we relaunched it in the fall. We decided to continue to host one every semester so we can present more student work," Hoekzema said.
Hoekzema said this is a way for students to get excited about their films being presented. The senior students pitched their film ideas to a faculty panel, and if approved, they started production the next semester. Sophomore, junior and senior students from different production courses will present their short films with great excitement.
"We will have pieces from our introductory course, single camera course, studio production course, commercials projects and two senior projects," Hoekzema added.
Films for the showcase are:
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"The Vulture"
Studio Production
Produced by Colby Griner -
"The Garden"
Single Camera
Directed by Rain DeWitt -
"What If"
Single Camera
Directed by Keva Elder and Micah Parks -
"The Man Behind the Set"
Single Camera
Directed by Chris Gresham -
"In Focus"
Single Camera
Directed by Bae Allen -
"Cuts"
Single Camera
Chase Thomas -
Meter Pecans
Studio Apps -
"Baby Blues"
Senior Project
Written and Directed by Brooke Gibb -
"Psychiatric"
Senior Project
Written and Directed by Brianna Black
There will also be a special trailer screening of a documentary, "On a Race Across Mexico," produced by several former students who went to Mexico to film that event in 2017.
For Hoekzema, knowing she had a hand in successful students using their film and production degree in their careers is extremely rewarding. Some graduate students have gone above and beyond working in the film industry in Atlanta. Other students have been nominees at the Macon film festival, and another works for the Atlanta Dream basketball team.
"You always worry as a teacher, are you reaching?" Hoekzema said. "In this field, you have to have a passion and want to do this so bad because it's so competitive. So, when you see a student find this is really their passion and this is what they want to do and it carries them into their next position, that's really what's amazing, and that's the best validation you can get."
This student work will shine bright on the screen at the showcase, and the community is invited to come out and see the preparation and hard work of these Georgia Southern film majors.
