Category: Film
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Producing: The First Shoot Week
Producing this thesis has really pushed my comfort zone in a good way. Whether that was reading as our transfobic “Uncle” Character during auditions a while back, responding to constant questions from our first year crew, or restraining Cooper the new shop dog while Chris Ellsworth welds a piece for…
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Casting “Gotta Get Down to It:” Claire Fort
Today we discussed our production timeline and casting decisions. I am especially excited about our casting of the primary role: “Val.” She is a kick-butt young professor and a woman of color on an elite liberal arts campus. Val is a powerful character, especially in our current social/political world. Claire…
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Thoughts on “Making the Feature Film”
In the Fall and Spring semesters of 2018 I will be using this platform as an opportunity to share my thoughts on a feature film currently in development at Kenyon College. As a senior film major I will have the opportunity to work on the film in a number of capacities. This…
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Selling my Soul: Signing on to the Production
On Kent Island in the Bay of Fundy you have to brave the elements to send an email. For me, this often meant sitting in the middle of a field out by our clothesline in order to get the strongest line-of-sight wifi through the fog from a nearby island. Sometimes…
Jesseca Kusher 