Press Release
We are currently
scheduling personal classroom visits from our students in order to discuss
the process and present clips from their collective productions
WDHS Student Video
has been working on three independent cinematic productions to be presented
to the community and to festival audiences. STEALING GRADUATION,
INTERNAL AFFAIRS & TRUE STORY will premier on April 14th &
15th at the Michael A. Guido Theater in the Performing Arts Center on
Michigan Avenue. The productions were written, cast, shot,
lit, blocked, edited & will be presented by advanced video students.
This will be our most adventuresome presentation in terms of technological
upgrades. One production will be presented in true high definition via a
BLUE RAY DISK. Live action sequences will feature the use of a 35mm
cinematic lens adaptor, film crane, steady-cam, camera car mounts, student
built dolly work/tracking and other unprecedented advances in mobility and
picture quality. Students have consulted graduate school texts on
screenwriting and formatting in order to present complete stories with
proper structure and story beats. The Dearborn Schools, The Screen
Actors Guild, Chuck Baughman, Dearborn Mayor Jack O'Reilly and Mike
Mosallam, Director of Film Initiatives
have all contributed greatly to the process.
In short, these
productions were begun in August and have had the collective involvement of
23 committed students who have spent hundreds of hours in order to present
this work to the community.
Web sites featuring
production stills are linked to the home site
www.wdhsvideo.org.
Please let me know
if you have interest in a personal visit or wish further information
Thank you!