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A Brunch
A photo of the whole crew of “Paddle Your Canoe” at a team brunch. I had my first all Production Meeting today in the safety of my apartment’s sweet living room. In honor of what I learned from visiting artist Micahel Chichetti, I threw a brunch party to invite everyone…
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Creating a Team
The past week since returning from break has been an incredibly exciting one. I have launched full force into preproduction meetings for my senior thesis project, which will start filming the second week of February. On Tuesday of this week I met with Jon Sherman and Martha to outline my…
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Petition To Produce a Thesis Film
I am very passionate about finishing my Kenyon career the way it started: producing a capstone film for my senior thesis. The past few weeks have made me want to give up quite a bit, but one thing remains true to me: I want my capstone projects to reflect my…
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The Third Thesis Draft
A week ago Wednesday I learned that my grandmother had been admitted to the hospital. She had fallen and was experiencing cranial bleeding on top of being diagnosed with Pneumonia. I was horribly distraught and before I knew it, my life shut down. I couldn’t focus, I couldn’t interact with…
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Grateful for my Film Family
If there’s one thing that makes me happy about the prospect of graduating, its that I know I have helped create meaningful communities of people across Kenyon’s campus. I know they will live on. Over my four years at Kenyon I have watched our film department cohort develop into a…
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Plan Ahead and Prepare
Or, as paraphrased from one of my mentors, Paige Lester-Niles, “You must be aware of how big you spread your picnic blanket on the lawn of the music festival of life. “ As a film student, producer, and certified Leave No Trace Trainer my understanding of the seven Leave No…
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Reflecting on the Work Environment
The first week of November, 2018 I worked more hours on different film sets than I ever have before. In particular, on Wednesday I spent over 12 hours on set. The first of these sets was that of a feature film that my professor, Phil Garrett is producing. We shot in…
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The Need for Liberal Arts
As we move forward in our pre-production segment of producing Jon Tazewell‘s “Gotta Get Down to It,” it only feels right to begin exploring the themes and inspiration for the story. Today’s topic is the Kent State shooting of May 4th, 1970. The first time Jon spoke to me about…
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Understanding the role of the Producer: Notes from Producer to Producer
I have spent a good bit of time at Kenyon acting in a sort of Producer role, but I supposed I have limited experience reaching beyond the student film. So much of my experience on set has been constant troubleshooting and making-do on the fly, but as I continue this…
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Into the Wild
I am forever grateful for the lessons I have learned at camp over the years, but one in particular has stuck with me this week. “The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure.” –Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild My very first experience at…
Jesseca Kusher 