Thursday, January 31, 2013
The annual event Friday at West Bloomfield High School features workshops, awards and public screenings in the evening.
More than 10 film and TV professionals will speak to film students from around Metro Detroit this Friday at the 10th annual Orchard Lake Student Film Festival at West Bloomfield High School. Over 30 films by high school students are entered in the festival, a daylong event with workshops, prizes and evening screenings for the public. Entrants will gather at the high school all day and attend screenings for all of the films in two categories: public service announcements (up to three minutes) and dramatic, suspense, comedy or docu-drama shorts (five to 20 minutes). "It's a great way for students to meet one another, network and share ideas," said Micah Greene, theater arts program director at the school, who helped create the event as the …
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Monday, April 9, 2012
Best in Show honors for Adam and Daniel Cooper earn April 28 screenings at DIA.
Two local siblings will be honored for visual creativity and imaginative storytelling at a prestigious setting this month. Young filmmakers Adam and Daniel Cooper of West Bloomfield High won Best of Show honors in the 44th Michigan Student Film and Video Festival. An animated short by Daniel and a live-action comedy by both will be part of April 28 screenings in the ornate, 1,200-seat Detroit Film Theater at the Detroit Institute of Arts. War of the Species, a five-minute animation embedded at right, pits "militaristic birds" against a man with a slingshot. It parodies The Matrix (1999) and Pearl Harbor (2001) feature films. The brothers, who created the festival's promotional video (also accompanying this article), are honored jointly for…
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Monday, January 30, 2012
The annual event Friday at West Bloomfield High School features workshops, awards and public screenings in the evening.
Nine film and TV pros from around Metro Detroit will encourage teen filmmakers already following their paths as part of the ninth Orchard Lake Student Film Festival at West Bloomfield High School. About 30 films by high school students are entered in the festival, a daylong event with workshops, awards and evening screenings for the public. For aspiring directors, producers and actors, it's a small-scale version of the Sundance Film Festival, a career-making indie showcase that ended Sunday in Utah. "Having work judged by professionals can be reassuring for students, letting them know they're on the right track," said video production instructor Kevin Walsh of West Bloomfield High. Walsh and Micah Greene, theater arts program director at …
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