SCREENING: FILMMAKING PROJECTS III

The BFA F3 projects screening will be held Thursday, March 1st, 2012 beginning at 7:00pm at the Student Life Cinema in the Askew Student Life Center at 942 Learning Way

Screening Lineup:

Title: Out of Hand

Writer/Director: Katie Aldworth

Producer: Dustin Waldman

Director of Photography: Aaron Pagniano 

Editor: Jen Ligler

Production Design: Andie McMahon

Starring Cast: Zach Pullam Tamara McShane

One Line Synopsis: An anxious young boy struggles to rid himself of a strange nuisance before his nerve-racking performance in the big school play.

Title: For Better or For Worse 

Writer/Director:Myranda Byrne 

Producer: Nick Reinhard 

Director of Photography: Leelund Kim 

Editor: Paige Tomlinson 

Production Design: Jen Ligler 

Starring Cast: Robert P Evans and Yanira Torres 

One Line Synopsis: A down on his luck knight goes off to slay an evil witch but soon learns appearances can be deceiving. 

Title: Stand Tall

Writer/Director: Lexa Payne

Producer: Myranda Byrne

Director of Photography: Paige Tomlinson

Editor: Jesse Zhu

Production Design: Nick Reinhard

Starring Cast: Brit Gordon

One Line Synopsis: A rookie Florida Wildlife Officer takes on being the law in the wilderness where the line between right and wrong isn't always clear. 

Title: Irrational

Writer/Director: Holly Pearson

Producer: Rachel Pontbriand

Director of Photography: Nick Reinhard

Editor: Michael Bennett Smith

Production Design: Myranda Byrne

Starring Cast: Madison White and Mike Petrie, Jr.

One Line Synopsis: A woman with a phobia of mascots--and a boyfriend who can't take her seriously--signs herself up for exposure therapy.

Title: Once Lost

Writer/Director: Rakan Shaker

Producer: Adam Ruckersfeldt

Director of Photography: Andie McMahon

Editor: Josh Smooha

Production Design: Haley Manrique

Starring Cast: TJ Tyler, Rachel Pierce Dent

One Line Synopsis: In an attempt to see his deceased wife again, a scientist builds a machine granting him access into his memories.

Title: The Gray

Writer/Director: Idan Menin

Producer: John Wikstrom

Director of Photography: Holly Pearson

Editor: John Wikstrom

Production Design: Michael Smith

Starring Cast: William Bevan Thomas, William Hill, Tony Demario

One Line Synopsis: a young boy tries to protect his family from rogue confederate soldiers.

Title: Practically Perfect

Writer/Director: Jennifer Ligler

Producer: Paige Tomlinson

Director of Photography: Myranda Byrne

Editor: Lexa Payne

Production Design: Rachel Pontbriand

Starring Cast: Michelle Scileppi, Sam Goodwin

One Line Synopsis: Harriet, a young girl in a boarding school, struggles with the ideals of perfection within a class based society. 

Title: Dead Lions

Writer/Director: Michael Bennett Smith

Producer: Zachary Johnson

Director of Photography: John Wikstrom

Editor: Holly Pearson

Production Design: Idan Menin

Starring Cast: Nate Levine, Scott Holstein, Casey Leach

One Line Synopsis: A group of explorers hunting an undiscovered ape species uncover more than they bargained for in the wilderness.

Title: No Signal

Writer/Director: Jesse Zhu

Producer: Josh Smooha

Director of Photography: Rachel Pontbriand

Editor: Adam Ruckersfeldt

Production Design: Pedro Vivas Hernandez

Starring Cast: Britt Michael Gordon, Rachel Pierce Dent

One Line Synopsis: A scientist flees to the stars and travels forward in time to escape a war.

Title: Earthbound

Writer/Director: Adam Ruckersfeldt

Producer: Katie Aldworth

Director of Photography: Barbara Soares

Editor: Rachel Pontbriand

Production Design: Aaron Pagniano

Starring Cast: Adwin Brown, Dorothea Syleos, Robert Parry Evan, Will Worden

One Line Synopsis: An alien and a robot crash land on Earth and must deal with battery problems and pesky Men in Black while trying to get home.

Title: The Catalyst

Writer/Director: Rachel Pontbriand

Producer: Briana Frapart

Director of Photography: Lexa Payne

Editor: Rakan Shaker

PD: Jesse Zhu

Starting Cast: Jessica Blackband and Jonathan Walker

One line synopsis: A young woman with a mysterious ability must convince a jaded scientist to help her save a dying world.

Title: Smörgåsbord

Writer/Director: Andie McMahon

Producer: Aaron Pagniano

Director of Photography: Katie Aldworth

Editor: Idan Menin

Production Design: Lauren Brinkman

Starring Cast: Jessica Jade Barry

One Line Synopsis: A girl struggling with bulimia must climb into her own stomach to fight a vomit monster, and get rid of her disease forever.

Title: If Not For You

Writer/Director: Josh Smooha

Producer: Jesse Zhu

Director of Photography: Jennifer Ligler

Editor: Zachary Johnson

Production Design: Lexa Payne

Starring Cast: Casey Leach and Tamara McShane

One Line Synopsis: A young man visiting home from college uses old home movies to cheer his mom up after her recent cancer diagnosis.

Title: Petulia's Elsewhere

Writer/Director: Zachary Johnson

Producer: Lexa Payne

Director of Photography: Idan Menin

Editor: Haley Manrique

Production Design: John Wikstrom

Starring Cast: Avery Kristen Pohl as Petulia  Phillip Parham as Donald (Father)

One Line Synopsis: A young girl struggling to get attention from her father attempts to touch the deep end of the pool but ends up disappearing into a mysterious house where she has to face her greatest fear of being forgotten.

Titrle: The Hatchling

Writer/Director: John Wikstrom

Producer: Michael Bennett Smith

Director of Photography: Zach Johnson

Editor: Katie Aldworth

Production Design: Holly Pearson

Starting Cast: Zach Pullam, Riley Moran

Synopsis: When two siblings find a large and mysterious egg, the only question more important than what it might be is what they should do with it.

-Intermission-

Title: The Ivy League

Writer/Director: Katie Mackley

Producer: Andie McMahon

Director of Photography: Haley Manrique

Editor: Lauren Brinkman

Production Design: Courtney Harmstone

Starring Cast: Sarah Kathleen Rosen, David Riff, W.H. Worden

One Line Synopsis: When Lillian doesn't get into the Ivy League School she has planned on attending, she must decide what she is willing to do to get in.

Title: Gardenhead

Writer/Director: Cameron Bertron

Producer: Katie Mackley

Director of Photography: Christina Campagnola 

Editor: Katie Mackley

Production Design: Ryan Cook

Starring Cast: Ryann Lee ,Abby McKay, Michael Raymond

One Line Synopsis: An unemployed father takes out his frustration on his sunflower-loving wife and daughter in rural Florida.

Title: Miami Noir

Writer/Director: Joe Hackman

Producer: Cameron Bertron

Director of Photography: Lauren Brinkman

Editor: Christina Campagnola

Production Design: Katie Mackley

Starring Cast: Jamie Doyle, Benjamin Reed

One Line Synopsis: A model on the fritz is forced to do a nightmarish photo shoot by a controlling photographer.

Title: Restless

Writer/Director: Paige Tomlinson

Producer: Holly Pearson

Director of Photography: Pedro Vivas Hernandez

Editor: Pedro Vivas Hernandez

Production Design: Grace Hendley

Starring Cast: Jessica Jade Barry, Randy Dierkes, Wayne DeBary

One Line Synopsis:  Lillie has been suffering from life altering nightmares and is undergoing risky sleep therapy to stop them for good.

Title: Rex

Writer/Director: Haley Manrique

Producer: Lauren Brinkman

Director of Photography: Rakan Shaker

Editor: Nick Reinhard

Production Design: Dustin Waldman

Starring Cast: Madeline Hickman, Julie Moss

One Line Synopsis: A young woman vows to never be like her overweight parents, until

skeletons in her closet reveal she's more like them than she could have ever imagined.

Title: Against Nature

Director/writer: Courtney Harmstone

Producer: Barbara Soares

Director of photography: Ryan Cook

Editor: Barbara Soares

Production designer: Christina Campagnola

Starring: Claire Brown, Luis Mora

Longline: Judith, a recent widow, attempts to commit suicide in order to be reunited with her dead husband, only to realize that death is not what she expected and that life is worth living.

Title: Chimera

Writer/Director: Barbara Soares

Producer: Courtney Harmstone 

Director of Photography: Katie Mackley

Editor: Myranda Byrne 

Production Design: Adam Ruckersfeldt 

Starring Cast: Julien Bensimhon, Madeline Hickman, Ryanne Lee

One Line Synopsis: A mime mantains a relationship with the spirit of his dead wife, but has to face her rage when he falls in love with a new girl he meets. 

Title: Miami 1956

Writer/Director: Tyler Yagman

Producer: Jennifer Ligler

Director of Photography: Josh Smooha

Editor: Ryan Cook

Production Design: Paige Tomlinson

Starring Cast: Nick Johnson and Adwin Brown

One Line Synopsis: A young man coming to term with his brother's murder by the KKK contemplates revenge.

Title: The Eupharmica Hack

Writer/Director: Pedro Vivas Hernández

Producer: Idan Menin

Director of Photography: Jesse Zhu

Editor: Aaron Pagniano

Production Design: Zachary Joel Johnson

Starring Cast: Robert P. Evans, Lexa Lauren Payne, and Victoria Henley

One Line Synopsis: A clinically depressed, former pharmoterrorist, computer hacker is called to action by his old commander to help rescue his recently deceased girlfriend's sister who has been kidnapped.

Title: The Biggest Pygmy

Writer/Director: Dustin Waldman

Producer: Rakan Shaker

Director of Photography: Joe Hackman

Editor: Andie McMahon

Production Design: Cameron Bertron

Starring Cast: Brian Lego, Parker McCabe

(Is the one line synopsis going to be in the program? Because I would rather this one not be in there, as it gives away some plot points.)

One Line Synopsis: While misinterpreting a self-help book, Colin manipulates Blake into beating him up so he can con people out of their cell phones. 

Title: This Bird Has Flown

Writer/Director: Christina Campagnola

Producer: Ryan Cook

Director of Photography: Courtney Harmstone

Editor: Cameron Bertron

Production Design: Joe Hackman

Starring Cast: Kyle DeSpiegler, Kat Glazer, and Danielle Golan

One Line Synopsis: Russel, an uninspired folk musician must find the will to play again after his lover, Chloe, leaves him. 

Title: Chosen

Writer/Director: Aaron Pagnianio

Producer: Haley Manrique

Director of Photography: Adam Ruckersfeldt

Editor: Holly Pearson

Production Design: Katie Aldworth

Starring Cast: Joey Swift, Justine D'addio

One Line Synopsis: A young man finds out that he is the chosen one, destined to save the world from demons.

Title: Facing the Fold

Writer/Director: Lauren Brinkman

Producer: Christina Campagnola

Director of Photography: Cameron Bertron

Editor: Courtney Harmstone

Production Design: Barbara Soares

Starring Cast: Perry Powell, Grace Hendley

One Line Synopsis: A high school couple comes to terms with going their separate ways.

Title: Hunger

Writer/Director: Nick Reinhard

Producer: Pedro Vivas Hernandez

Director of Photography: Michael Smith

Editor: Dustin Waldman

Production Design: Josh Smooha

Starring Cast: Ben Peterson, Robert (Perry) Evans, Sarah Rosen, Nate Livine

One Line Synopsis: After a tough breakup, Chris is taken out by his best friend to a party he wants nothing to do with, all he wants is something to eat, but this night has other plans.

Title: Acne Vulgaris

Written and Directed by Ryan Cook

Produced and edited by: Joe Hackman

D.P.: Dustin Waldman

P.D. : Rakan Shaker

Starring: Ryan Leopold and Cory Vaughn

Synopsis A group of skaterats go on a violent spree through Tallahassee.

For more information about this screening, please call Sandra Howard @ (850) 644-4927 or via email: showard@film.fsu.edu