Cucalorus 11/13/17
For Cucalorus I attended the kick off 10x10 party, Rebels on Pointe, Working in Protest, the Barn Door Shorts, and a Connect seminar about sustainable seafood. The two events that I connected with the most were the feature documentary Working in Protest and the sustainable seafood presentation.
Working in Protest chronicled protests in the United States from the 1980s all the way until the recent presidential inauguration and womens' march, covering everything from the KKK to Occupy Wall Street. Seeing observational footage of these protests collected over thirty years was chilling and maddening, but also inspiring in many different ways. From a filmmaker standpoint, it gave me an example of a completely off the wall and out of the box way to make a documentary, which is helpful for me because I have a habit of limiting myself to the traditional talking head and intercut b-roll style. I got a similar feeling when watching Rebels on Pointe, given that it was cinema verite.
I also loved the Connect seminar on sustainable seafood because the push to localize access to seafood is a huge movement in North Carolina as well as my hometown of Virginia Beach. I plan on moving back to Virginia Beach after I graduate, so I've been keeping the idea of making a documentary about the local seafood industry in my town on the back of my mind. This seminar was mostly led by people who are heavily involved in the seafood industry and marine policy in North Carolina, and so the common feeling when I look into this issue is that I'm on the outside. This is important to me, though, and my hometown means so much to me, and so the possibility of delving further into that topic for a potential documentary really excites me. This seminar gave me a lot of perspective and ideas to keep in mind as well.
The kick off party was interesting because I don't normally go to networking events. I usually just stick to the screenings I'm interested in and don't venture out. But this time around, I went with Paige and Jocabed to potentially help with their 10x10 group. I didn't end up helping with their 10x10 video, but I knew a lot more people at the party than I thought I would. A lot of them were students as well, so it was great to get out and see how far other students in this program have come together. Similarly, at the Barn Door Shorts, my friend Jillian Carney's senior thesis film screened. I was in the screenwriting class with her when she wrote the script for this film, so it was great to see it on the screen and watch it come to completion.
Working in Protest chronicled protests in the United States from the 1980s all the way until the recent presidential inauguration and womens' march, covering everything from the KKK to Occupy Wall Street. Seeing observational footage of these protests collected over thirty years was chilling and maddening, but also inspiring in many different ways. From a filmmaker standpoint, it gave me an example of a completely off the wall and out of the box way to make a documentary, which is helpful for me because I have a habit of limiting myself to the traditional talking head and intercut b-roll style. I got a similar feeling when watching Rebels on Pointe, given that it was cinema verite.
I also loved the Connect seminar on sustainable seafood because the push to localize access to seafood is a huge movement in North Carolina as well as my hometown of Virginia Beach. I plan on moving back to Virginia Beach after I graduate, so I've been keeping the idea of making a documentary about the local seafood industry in my town on the back of my mind. This seminar was mostly led by people who are heavily involved in the seafood industry and marine policy in North Carolina, and so the common feeling when I look into this issue is that I'm on the outside. This is important to me, though, and my hometown means so much to me, and so the possibility of delving further into that topic for a potential documentary really excites me. This seminar gave me a lot of perspective and ideas to keep in mind as well.
The kick off party was interesting because I don't normally go to networking events. I usually just stick to the screenings I'm interested in and don't venture out. But this time around, I went with Paige and Jocabed to potentially help with their 10x10 group. I didn't end up helping with their 10x10 video, but I knew a lot more people at the party than I thought I would. A lot of them were students as well, so it was great to get out and see how far other students in this program have come together. Similarly, at the Barn Door Shorts, my friend Jillian Carney's senior thesis film screened. I was in the screenwriting class with her when she wrote the script for this film, so it was great to see it on the screen and watch it come to completion.
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