VCU Cinema
A red carpet was rolled out for the VCUarts Cinema annual First Cut Screening at Grace Street Theatre this past Thursday. First Cut Screening is the showing of six, short, 35 mm films made by cinema students over the summer in a 15 credit class. One film, “The Trailer,” was made during the spring session.
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A red carpet was rolled out for the VCUarts Cinema annual First Cut Screening at Grace Street Theatre this past Thursday. First Cut Screening is the showing of six, short, 35 mm films made by cinema students over the summer in a 15 credit class. One film, “The Trailer,” was made during the spring session.
Each cinema student takes the intensive class after their sophomore and senior years. All of the cinema department will be working together for an intensive short film in the winter this year for the first time.
Awards were also given out at the First Cut Screening to each of the films. The judges, Penny Adams and Jim Contner, were two professors recently brought into the Cinema department. Each six of the films were filmed and produced in Richmond.
“Golden Acres”
Written by Ryan Coleman
Directed by Shane Torres
Produced by Marah Archer
Within a retirement home, Golden Acres, one man has grown tired of the daily routine and being treated like he is incompetent. He and his friend escape to find a steak dinner, but find their journey riddled with obstacles.
“The Rose of Jericho”
Written by Eileen Haplin
Directed by PJ Norton
Produced by Kate Marlette
Set in a dystopian future, a poor young boy helps an elderly man who he found dying on the street after being robbed. The man tells the boy stories about magical genies which inspires the boy to retrieve the man’s lamp to set him free.
“Four Bitches and a Gun”
Written by Will Mattimoe
Directed by Amy Fox
Produced by Autumn Dea & Olivia Blackwell
Four girls learn that they’re not so different when Sarah and Julia’s car breaks down and gas station employees Shannon and Lucretia help them. Matters become more interesting, however, when a masked man robs the gas station.
“Last Spring”
Written by PJ Norton
Directed by Eliot Hagen
Produced by Michael Duni
A year has passed since the death of Tim and Julia’s son. Tim has found hope in the future, but his wife is still in despair. Tim attempts to bridge the gap that has come between them by helping his wife move past the death.
“The Trailer”
Written by Erica Kieffer
Directed by Andy Kennedy-Derkay
Produced by Marlee Kamis
Attlee is a reclusive, shut-in living in a trailer park where she’s too afraid to stand up to her neighbor. The arrival of a mysterious man starts to make Attlee’s life a little better, but there’s more to him than she knows.
“The River”
Written by Erika Kieffer
Directed by Autumn Dea
Produced by Marlee Kamis
A teenage boy from a broken home, attending a Christian school accidentally commits vandalism and breaks a statue of Jesus Christ when he is playing with his friends. The boy then throws the broken statue into the river, where a miracle takes place.
