{"id":104860,"date":"2021-04-19T08:59:08","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T12:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=104860"},"modified":"2024-01-04T15:03:55","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T20:03:55","slug":"ddn-drive-in-for-wright-states-big-lens-film-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2021\/04\/19\/ddn-drive-in-for-wright-states-big-lens-film-fest\/","title":{"rendered":"Dayton Daily News: Drive-in for Wright State\u2019s Big Lens Film Fest"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Coleman Clark performing in Adam Clark’s “Sick and Tired” music video.<\/p><\/div>\n

Student filmmakers are in the spotlight as Wright State University\u2019s Motion Pictures program hosts its annual Big Lens Film Festival Thursday, April 22 at 8 p.m. at Dixie Twin Drive-In, 6201 N. Dixie Drive, Dayton.<\/p>\n

In order to accommodate COVID-19 requirements, this year\u2019s event will be held outdoors with patrons viewing the assortment of premieres from the safety of their cars. The festival celebrates the culmination of the filmmakers\u2019 four years as students in the Tom Hanks Center for Motion Pictures. Graduates of the program who have participated in the festival have gone on to win Emmy and Academy Awards as well as lead the film and television industry in Southwest Ohio and the nation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis year\u2019s Big Lens will have films from 2020 graduates as well as 2021 graduates,\u201d said Jeremy Bolden, festival director and motion pictures instructor. \u201cAlmost everything you\u2019ll see on the screen was either finished or entirely created during the COVID-19 pandemic. A large part of the filmmaking process is problem solving, and our students have and continued to put in a tremendous amount of work to create content and tell stories that are important to them.\u201d<\/p>\n

In particular, the lineup is a reflection of up to two years of preparation and production, which has been a feat considering the aforementioned COVID climate. In fact, there were added requirements of following industry standards for COVID-safe conditions for filming, editing and preparing the premieres.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Big Lens Film Festival is always a great event,\u201d added Joe Deer, chair of the department of theatre, dance and motion pictures. \u201cBut this year is special, seeing a group of students that have banded together to make films while much of their industry has had to go on hiatus. I have such admiration for them and for their gifted faculty and staff, who have gone so many extra miles to make this event possible. I don\u2019t think any of these filmmakers will ever forget this festival.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Filmmaker and animator Ben Young working on “Gooey Goats, one of the films by Wright State students that will be screened at the Big Lens Film Festival on April 22.<\/p><\/div>\n

This year\u2019s lineup includes:<\/p>\n

\u201cWill I Make It Thru the Springtime,\u201d Music Video, Directed by Adam Clark.<\/p>\n

\u201c27 Pages of Notes,\u201d Documentary, Directed by Parker Bowling<\/p>\n

\u201cMAGGIE & SARAH,\u201d Short, Directed by Ella Price<\/p>\n

\u201cMeat,\u201d Animation, Directed by Vincent Short*<\/p>\n

\u201cSick and Tired,\u201d Music Video, Directed by Adam Clark<\/p>\n

\u201cCANVAS,\u201d Documentary, Directed by Ryder Caldwell<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Disaster Mitzvah,\u201d Animation, Directed by Brandon Were*<\/p>\n

\u201cDEON,\u201d Documentary, Directed by Danny Fain<\/p>\n

\u201cYou May Feel,\u201d Animation, Directed by Joe Greenwell<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m Lonely Even Though I\u2019m Not Alone,\u201d Music Video, Directed by Parker Bowling<\/p>\n

\u201cAPOTHEOSIS,\u201d Short, Directed by Ella Price<\/p>\n

\u201cGooey Goats,\u201d Animation, Directed by Ben Young*<\/p>\n

*Denotes 2020 graduate<\/p>\n

The festival begins at 8 p.m. but gates open at 7 p.m. A suggested cash\/check donation of $10 per person can be made at the gate. Patrons are expected to follow COVID precautions while viewing films at the Dixie Twin Drive-In.<\/p>\n

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