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Wednesday, January 17, 1996
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Film class needs participants
Expanded class will produce movie on early Lawrence
by David Teska Kansan staff writer
A new film production class this semester has been expanded so that anyone interested in film production, regardless of major, can participate.
Any student may take an undergraduate theater or film internship and work with advanced film-production students to produce a 27 minute film, said Stephen Drain, Lawrence graduate student and one of the film's co-directors.
Tentatively titled "Lawrence: Free State Fortress," the film will tell the story of early Lawrence using both documentary and live acting. The producers hope the film will be used by the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce in the Union Pacific Depot, now being renovated into a museum.
Although previously requiring the consent of the instructor, the internship will be available to anyone who wants to participate. Drain said.
"We'd like to draw on every opportunity we possibly can." Drain said.
Drain said that although the internship had 25 students enrolled, the class really had no limit because project needs exceeded what the class normally held.
"I'm much more concerned about not having enough talent than having too much," he said.
For the film, the students will be assigned to production teams, depending on their area of expertise or interest. Teams include set construction, sound, production and post-production, Drain said.
Rick Gibson, Prairie Village senior, said a lack of knowledge about the project had been a major problem.
Gibson said that several students knew about the film project but that few knew they could get involved.
He also said students may have been put off from taking the classes because originally each student had to pay $300 to help pay for production costs. Because of recently acquired funding for the project, the cost to students has been eliminated.
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Some of the skills needed for the internship include:
Storyboard and animation artists
Carpentry for set construction
Costume design and construction
Prop master to acquire props
Make-up
Hairstylists
Sound technicians
General production assistants
Call Oldfather Studios at 749-1130 for more information.
"All they need to do is lend their time," Gibson said.
Because of the complexity of film production, Gibson said the project had a need for people who may not traditionally associate the skills they have with film production. One example is that students in the department of history can help by doing research on Lawrence and Kansas history.
Also, because Lawrence has changed over the years, Drain said the group needed people who grew up in the area to help scout for locations.
Ultimately, because the film is a learning project, working on it will give students a chance to see what film production is like.
Drain said that the group hoped to have the shooting done by the end of the semester and that editing and post-production work would continue into the summer.
Anyone interested in either class can call Oldfather Studios at 749-1130 and plan on attending an informational meeting today at 5 p.m. at the studios, located at Ninth Street and Avalon Road.
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