Students showcase talent at film festival

In nearly every film made today, special effects are used. With the technology readily available to ASU film students, the art has become increasingly popular. Special effects will be highlighted at the 3rd Annual Augusta Mini Cine Film Festival Thursday, June 17. Professor Rick Pukis, assistant professor of communications, will host the event at The Bee’s Knees, 211 10th St.

“There will be all kinds of really cool films,” says Professor Pukis. “At this festival, there will be a lot of special effects and animation.”

Professor Pukis says that most of the students use a program called After Effects, which is a digital animation and compositing program. The program is widely used in the film industry today, he says.

Among the student films to be shown at the festival are Araijana Sijercic’s I Lived in Terror, Daniel Clanton’s Superstar, Stephanie Brooks’ Cover-Girl, Kay Webster’s Let Them Eat Cake, and Jerome Manley’s Summers Day. Ms. Sijercic’s film is an up close and gut-wrenching experience of living through the Bosnian War. In Superstar, Mr. Clanton examines the life of a pro wrestler. Ms. Brooks uses special effects to make a picture of a “regular” girl look like a “Cover-Girl.” Let Them Eat Cake is a short film that focuses on the secret ingredients in cake. And lastly, Summers Day is a motion music video of Mr. Manley’s band, Damascus Grey.

Show times will be at 8 and 10 p.m., and midnight. The festival is free. For more information, contact Professor Pukis in ASU’s Department of Languages, Literature, and Communications at 737-1500.

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