6 The Clackamas Print
Wednesday, June. 1, 2011
aced@clackamas. edu
Artjffiulturg
Film festival fun
By Brittany Anderson
The Clackamas Print
Ever been to a film fes
tival? Well June 7 in the
McLoughlin auditorium, you
have your chance. The fes
tival will start at 6 p.m. and
goes until all the films have
been shown. The film festi
val has no charge to get in.
‘This is the seventh year
of having the film festival, I
believe,” said Andy Mingo,
the digital film instructor.
“This festival is a way for
students to show off what
they have been working on
this past year, or even just
this term,” said Thomas
Wasson, the animation and
digital media - instructor.
“The students work is very
strong this year; people can
expect a high level of qual
ity”
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Planning for the festival
begins every year in fall and
winter term, which gives stu
dents time to fine tune their
various projects.
The order in which the
films will be shown is not
yet determined. Both Mingo
and Wasson have said that
they will know more about
the scheduling towards the
end of this week, as students
continue to finish and turn in
their work. Mingo is expect
ing about seven films from
his department, ranging from
10 to 40 minutes in length.
Not all the films will be
long, however.
“There will be several
types of films, including
motion graphic, flash anima
tion, traditional animation,
probably a few stop-motion
experiments
as
well,”
Wasson said. “(These films)
will range from 10 seconds
to two minutes.”
“We have some great
work, and its going to be
a long night, but it’s worth
seeing,” Mingo said.
One film that will be
shown at the festival is
“Black Out,” written and
directed by Scott Hofer. The
film is about a man who
makes a bad decision that
comes back to haunt him.
“It’s a bit of a thriller,”
said Hannah Recter, who
played a nameless dead girl
in die film.
Other members of the
film’s team include The
Print’s Nathan Sturgess as
producer: Christian Lagadec
as Bill, one of the main char
acters; Cade Halbrook as a
character who symbolizes
Bill’s innocence; and eliza-
beth stevans as the leading
lady Emily.
The group has been work
ing on “Black Out” for a lit
tle over a month now. “The
shooting of our film went by
pretty fast,” said Lagadec.
“Our group got together dur
ing the week a lot.”
Their film can be seen
in the Film festival here on
the Clackamas Community
College campus on June 7.
Rose Festival to draw crowds
In the city of Portland, the
beginning of summer is when the
city ushers in the celebration of
the Rose Festival.
The city first celebrated this
event in 1908, when a number of
local businessmen created a foun
dation for future events.
Many thousands of people
from the Portland metro area
flock to downtown for both
the Family Fun Center and the
Starlight Parade (held on June 4
this year).
The Fun Center is one of the
most popular events with fami
lies, because it allows adults and
children alike to engage in some
great entertainment, including a
number of fantastic rides from a
ferris wheel to a giant slingshot
The Starlight Parade begins
at 8:30 pm. The parade is made
up of various different groups
walking running and marching
through the city. In the past there
have been men and women run
ning with rubber butts over the
back of their jeans.
Marching bands from high
schools and colleges step in time
to the beat of their own drums,
and lead the way for a series of
creative floats.
The Rose Festival is a blast for
everyone, if you have never been
there before now would be a great
time to check it out.
- Joshua Baird
Above: Curtis Salgado performs Friday, May 27 during the opening ceremony.
Upper left: The crowd looks on as opening ceremony fireworks explode.
Lower left: the Ferris wheel at the waterfront draws crowds.
Below: A giant swing provides a swinging good time.