Department screens videos
Campus Times
May 16, 1997
The University of La Verne's communication department is hosting a student
video screening tomorrow and a showcase for all graduating seniors on Sunday.
Both showcases will start at 7 p.m. in La Fetra Auditorium.
"The really exciting thing this year is the adding of the second
screening for senior seminar videos. These students have worked on their
project all semester so the projects are a little more ambitious,"
said Don Pollock, associate professor of communications. "We have three
dramas, a comedy and three music videos. This is the first time we have
ever had a senior project screening."
Only students from the communications department are allowed to submit
material. The material does not have to be made in the classroom and can
be outside work.
"The idea that students get to showcase their work at the end of
the year is something that I wanted to carry on and even expand," said
Pollock.
There will be a student panel of judges which will limit the entire
show to two hours.
Students in the intermediate video production class host the screening.
They sent out a press release, cue up the tapes and work with the department
assistant, Shane Rodrigues, to see that the tapes get played in the proper
order on the night of the screenings.
"The last two years we have had over 100 students participate.
We'd like to see more people, faculty and students come," said Pollock.
"A lot of people who come have worked in the videos and helped in making
them."
In the past, there have been music and art videos.
"Students have free reign. We tend to get a lot of drama, educational
and documentary videos," said Pollock.
Students in the advanced video production class are making short documentaries
and news shows that will air on the La Verne community television station,
LVTV.
"We produce so much material that they are too long, we can't show
everything," said Pollock.
According to Pollock the emphasis of the videos is on nonfiction, but
the "crowd pleasers" are the narrative films.
The judging to determine which videos will be in the showcase was held
Monday.
Any students that wanted to volunteer to be on the panel of judges were
invited.
This is the first year to have a panel of judges.
"I think it is really important to get students' work out there
and be shown. We are in a unique position where students work is aired and
15,000 people see it," said Pollock. "There's something really
special about having students work seen on a big screen in front of an audience.
It is nerve wracking, but it can also be gratifying."
The senior video showcase will include three dramas including "Mind
Games" by Mike Greenberg, "Water from the Moon" by Luis Lua,
"Prodigal" by Kieron Estrada, "All for Pie" by CJ Robertson
and "Three Music Videos" by Pete Carona.