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ntertainment Clackamas Prir|r Wednesday, May 24, 2006 Film class takes on ‘Cyber Sting Tayo Stalnaker A&E Editor Clackamas Community College has never been known for student films, but students in the Advanced Film Production class are trying to change that with their film “Cyber Sting.” The writer of the film, Troy Willis, wrote and starred in a film he made last year at the college. Willis has always been interested in film and plans on doing more. “When I first entered the pro gram I knew I was interested in film but I wasn’t sure if I wanted to make a career out of it,” Willis said. “But these film courses offered at CCC have definitely let me get a glimpse into the film world. Now I have some idea what I am doing, and I love doing it.” The film is a comedy about Alex, an avid video gamer, and his wacky best friend Mac. “I play a guy named Mac whose best friend’s life revolves around ‘Halo.’ When I find out Alex, my best friend, is going to be meeting a chick he met on ‘Halo,’ I become convinced the chick on the other end is really some old dude looking to molest Alex. Comedy ensues,” said cast member Zach Martinson. The cast of “Cyber Sting” con sists of two Clackamas Community College students: Martinson and Colton Ruscheinsky, who’s an actor in the school’s theater depart ment and plays the lead role as Alex. The other two cast members, Erica Ibsen and James Tombe, aren’t students at Clackamas but they decided to audition when they heard about the casting call. “I heard about the casting call for ‘Cyber Sting.’ I read the script and loved it,” Tombe said. “Not as a man loves a woman, but as a person loves a script. No, I take that back. I did love it as a man loves a woman, but also as a per son loves a script.” Tombe isn’t a newcomer to act ing in student films. He actually starred as the main character of a student film made at Clackamas last spring term. “I had so much fun the last time I did a student film. I come from the William Shatter School of Theatrical Arts, so my acting’s not the greatest, but hey, you usu ally get free food and it certainly strokes the ego to be in front of a camera,” said Tombe. Casting went fairly well for the crew. However, the task of finding a mall to film a key scene in hit a couple of road blocks. “[Willis] wrote the script with his own apartment in mind, so that much was a slam dunk. But the original script called for a ‘Hotdog on a Stick,”’ said Dan Robertson, the film’s director. “The Clackamas Town Center is closed for construction, and the Pioneer Courthouse Square loca tion told us we could only film for ten minutes at a time. So we changed the script to shoot the scene at the school. Jeff Sorensen Clackamas Adam J. Manley, Troy Willis and Dan Robertson work on the sound while filming “Cyber Stin in the Clackamas Community College cafeteria in the Community Center. drome, but it has yet to get out of hand. Basically we just all want this to be the best it can be.” Crew member Kyle Steele agrees with Gomes. “We are awesome. The crew is getting along great,” said Steele. “Everyone from the class except [Robertson] has taken American Film and Advanced Screenwriting- this year. Last year we all took Introduction to Screenwriting, so we have been in classes together Making a film is very stressful and crews often have problems with each other. This has not been the case with the crew of “Cyber Sting.” “Our crew has awesome chem istry,” said crew member Elizabeth Gomes. “We all want to be film makers, and so we are actually putting forth an effort to make this film respectable. From time to time we do get a little of the ‘too many cooks in the kitchen’ syn- for a year now and are along great.” According to Robertson, wh^ been making films for years, std dents interested in making film II may want to consider taking tlJ film classes offered at Clack J Community College. i “The screenwriting and pfl duction classes are great. You real ly get a feel for how movies a made, and there isn’t a better plfl to get a start,” Robertson said. ■ Jewdriver: Kickin' out the ham Derek Erikson The Clackamas Print There’s a battle out there between those that can’t get over WWII and those that see how ridiculous it is. To combat this vile ideology are a whole slew of bands that are coming out and standing up for the rights of those that always had to fight. These anti-racist bands most often come in the form of skin heads. The band Skrewdriver has been promoting racism for some time. 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