Lights! Camera! Action!
Burroughs’s first Film Festival is here and ready for its audience to come piling in! On Friday, Dec. 8, Burroughs CTE Film Production is hosting its Fall Film Festival at Ridgecrest Cinemas.
“I’m excited for people to see the movies. We put a lot of effort into making them so I’m excited for everyone to see what we have been working on,” said senior Brady Raisbeck.
For a while now, students have been filming and editing their films for the festival.
“We have been planning for the festival since the beginning of the year, but we started making our films about a month and a half ago,” said Raisbeck.
With preparations starting in the beginning of the school year, CTE Film Production class teacher Melanie Arrieta had a lot to teach her students before they could start shooting their films.
“I had the year broken down into different sections based on what stage of production they were supposed to be in. We first learned about all of the vocabularies and watched old films to learn about the history they needed to know. Then we wrote screenplays, designed the production, and took three weeks to shoot, and they have been editing for a few weeks now. We had to have our final cuts ready for the movie theater one week before the festival,” said Arrieta.
An assortment of five films were selected to be shown during the festival: “Drudge,” “Lament,” “The Don,” “D-13,” and “No Child Left Behind.”
With many films to present, students are excited to see all their hard work on the big screen.
“I think the best part of the festival will be seeing all of the hard work we put into our films. I know a few of my classmates worked on their films during their free time to write their scripts and edit their movies,” said senior Teresa Germann.
“My favorite film to work on was “D-13” because I had fun working with the cast and the crew,” said senior Jamie Louer. “I also really like working on “The Don” because of the atmosphere.”
Students had many roles they could have taken on when making these films, such as director, actor, or producer.
“I did not expect the quality of artistic ability that they all possess,” said Arrieta. “My student film project when I was in high school was fine, but I do not think I had a sophisticated understanding of the cinematography and editing that they do. I can not wait to see what they will make in the spring because it’s only going to get better from here.”
Tickets are available to be purchased at Ridgecrest Cinemas for $10 each. The festival begins at 6 p.m. Come and support our creative students!
