The Library

Professors' Short Film Captures Top Award
January 08, 2009

A film written and produced by two Eastern Kentucky University faculty members and involving six student interns recently earned the Best Short Film Award at the 2008 Cinefest Movie Expo and Festival in Louisville.

The Library, the brainchild of John Fitch and Chad Cogdill, was produced at EKU in the summer of 2008 with the six-student crew. The students were: Robert Tipton, David White, Richmond; James Webb, Berea; Roy Farley, Harlan; Marshall James, Lexington; and John Kyle Colvin, Louisville.

Fitch, who wrote the script two years ago to use in class and re-wrote it earlier this year for this project, said the six-minute-plus film is about a shy young man who lives out his dreams in his head. These flights of fancy eventually bring him into contact with a hard reality.

We wanted people to laugh when they watched, we wanted a film that would do well in film festivals, and we wanted our students to have a hands-on film lab.

The film was shot in four days, pre-production lasted approximately two months and post-production three weeks. Students contributed in all phases, including casting, locations scouting, securing craft services, wardrobe, art direction, publicity, lighting, camera assistant, assistant director, etc.

All the students worked very hard and did more than what was required of them, Cogdill said. If there is one thing I wanted them to take from this entire experience it is the fact that you must be extremely focused and organized. There had to be a tremendous amount of pre-planning and organization going into each production day. It was good for them to see how organized you need to be for a film production, and I hope they apply some of these organizational skills to whatever they decide to do in the future.

Within EKUs Broadcasting and Electronic Media major, Cogdill and Fitch share five courses in the Film Techniques and Technology (FTT) track: Cinema History I and II, Film Techniques and Technology, Screenwriting, Electronic Cinema Production and an elective Film Genre class. In three years, the FTT option has grown from no majors to approximately 40.

This was the second summer film production John and I produced, Cogdill said. Our goal is to make this an annual opportunity for students involved in film techniques area of the Communication department.

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[twhite4000]

Well thought out, clever premise.

[OfreakinBAMA]

comm tech -__-

[maxdude55]

4:11 that guy gets fuckin dummied