On Location
Students film life at U.Va.
Last year, Mostafa Abdelkarim (Col ’07) and his team of student filmmakers launched the first annual class film project as a way to capture the moments—both big and small—that helped define their experience at the University. Fourth-year Gretel Truong, one of the team members who produced last year’s 30-minute movie, is director of the 2008 Class Film.
With the fall semester complete, Truong’s crew of 14 undergrads has already compiled more than five hours of footage—using cameras and equipment provided by the Robertson Media Center in Clemons Library. The movie’s soundtrack will feature original music by bands with Charlottesville ties and by fourth-year Will Anderson of the band Sparky’s Flaw.
The team isn’t just making a cool keepsake for the Class of 2008. Under the supervision of media studies professor Johanna Drucker, the filmmakers are also earning class credit for their project, which premieres in the spring.
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