Filmmaker Joan Tewkesbury will visit the Harrington School on Friday, March 21st to conduct a screenwriting workshop with 35 film students.
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We honor the work and achievements of Harrington School of Communication and Media faculty retiring this year: Guo-Ming Chen, Lynne Derbyshire, John Pantalone, Vincent Petronio, Nedra Reynolds, and Judith Swift.
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Clips from: Saudade, Dinner Out, and The Outside of Life.
Continue reading "URI Film/Media Student Film Clips #1"After graduating with an English/film studies degree, Rachel Smith ’06 began working on her first screenplay, “My Own Private Myocardial Infarction.” In it, Smith tells the story of a man whose heart is broken after his mother’s death. It took a top prize at the Rhode Island International Film Festival in 2008. “I am drawn […]
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“The documentaries I have worked on during the past 19 years all have to do with bringing a story to the public.” — Alex Caserta ’74, film producer
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“A production designer is the visual storyteller of a feature film or television show. URI gave me some very good training designing sets and interpreting plays and scripts.” — Matthew Jacobs ’77, production designer, art director
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“My undergraduate classes impressed on me the power of story in everyday life.” — Cherry Arnold ’87, media producer/filmmaker
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“Assisting with a professor’s documentary shoot made me realize that by pursuing film as a career, you could gather the skills necessary to tell any story that you felt passionate about.” — Dan Riordan ’03, video producer
Continue reading "Gather the skills to tell the story"Kyle King ’12, filmmaker As a serviceman stationed in Afghanistan, Kyle King shot his documentary “Fatigued” in between 12-hour shifts. The U.S. Air Force member said he wanted to show his audience what life was like for troops serving in non-combat roles. A month after the film premiered, King left for Ecuador and a two-year […]
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Cherry Arnold ’87, media producer/filmmaker Documentary filmmaker Cherry Arnold won a New England Emmy for Best Documentary for her film “BUDDY: The Rise and Fall of America’s Most Notorious Mayor.” In choosing projects for her production company, Big Orange Films, Arnold credits her URI classes with showing her the power to be found in stories […]
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