Written by Amanda Toye<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A group of students from the film department attended the Sundance Film Festival in Park City Utah Jan. 26-31. While at the festival, the students viewed new movies, heard from different producers and attended the Winderider Summit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sophomore Kimber Eike attended the festival for the second time in her college career. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI really like movies\u2013I always have,\u201d Eike said. \u201cIn middle school, I would make little iMovies with my friends and little TV shows. It was always fun because they always liked to act and I never liked to do it but I liked to film it and edit it. That all kind of led to this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sophomore Allexia Ferren has been passionate about film and creative projects for years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhen I was younger, I would always have a camera in my hand,\u201d Ferren said. \u201cMy parents bought me a camcorder and so I always just recorded the little things. I was fascinated with that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Sundance Film Festival has become a beloved trip among film students and faculty alike. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEvery morning at nine we would have the Windrider summit which was basically a convention where we would have different guest speakers and they would show off the little projects that they were doing and kind of connect it to their faith,\u201d Ferren said. \u201cThat would last from nine to twelve and after that we were kind of our own for the rest of the day. There were four different theaters we could go to for our movies and we would get around on public transportation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Elijah Wood, who played Frodo Baggins in Peter Jackson\u2019s version of Lord of the Rings, was one of the judges for the projects at the film festival. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe could also go on main street for events. Elijah Wood was there so a few of us saw Elijah Wood.\u201d Eike said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eike said her favorite movie she viewed is called \u201cDeaf President Now!\u201d which will be released on Apple TV sometime this year. Ferren enjoyed \u201cRains over Babble.\u201d which can be viewed online from Jan. 31 to Feb. 2. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of the founding film department professors, Dr. Charles Bane, attended the film festival alongside the students this year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat I always tell students is we don\u2019t promise you you\u2019re going to be Steven Spielberg, but we will give you the skills necessary to get a job in an increasingly visual world,\u201d Bane said. \u201cThere are jobs out there for writers, videographers, editors, ect\u2026 Even if they don\u2019t make it in Hollywood they can definitely find jobs creating content.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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