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FilmColumbia Festival screens local students’ documentary
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| Local students, who made a documentary about the effects that "Taking Woodstock" had on New Lebanon, stand in front of the Crandell Theater in Chatham where their film premiered Sunday as part of the annual film festival FilmColumbia. Four of the seven students attended the premier. From left is Kimberly Wilcox, the project's mentor Richard Patterson, Geneva Furlano, Devin McConnell, and Evan Rugen. (Andrew Amelinckx/Hudson-Catskill Newspapers) |
By Andrew Amelinckx
Hudson-Catskill Newspapers
CHATHAM — A new documentary made by local students premiered Sunday at the Crandell Movie Theater in Chatham as part of the FilmColumbia Festival, an annual independent film festival.
The student film project, now in its eighth year, is sponsored by the Chatham Film Club, the organization that puts on FilmColumbia.
The project was partially funded through the Hudson River Bank and Trust Foundation.
Calliope Nicholas, director of the festival, said that the students are paired with a filmmaker mentor on the projects.
This year Richard Patterson, a documentary film sound recordist, worked with a group of seven students on their project “Taking New Lebanon,” a documentary exploring the effects of the filming of a Hollywood movie on a small town.
“I believe this is the first year they did a documentary,” he said.
Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee filmed “Taking Woodstock,” his paean to the 1969 rock festival, in and around New Lebanon in 2008.
Patterson said the students came up with the idea, the questions, shot the film and did the editing.
“This project was theirs from start to finish,” he said.
According to Geneva Furlano, a 17-year-old who attends New Lebanon High School who worked on the project, the film was made over the course of several months, beginning in July and ending in September.
“It was a very lengthy process to sort through all the film footage,” she said.
16-year-old Devin McConnell, a student at Ichabod Crane in Valatie, said that while all six students tried their hand at every aspect of the project, each soon found their own niche. His was editing, which, he said, he learned “on a professional scale.”
Besides McConnell and Furlano, the five other students involved in the project were Kimberly Wilcox, Evan Rugen, Noa Naftali, Emma Hanlon and Jamaica Gilmore.
Patterson became involved in the project after speaking with some members of the film club.
“I mentioned that I thought that it would be good for the students to do a documentary,” he said. “And they put me in charge.”
Patterson has 35 years of experience in the film industry, but he said, he hadn’t done any editing in many years.
“Things have changed,” he said.
They had some technical glitches during the editing process, but, said Patterson, they made it through.
“Everybody did a great job,” he said.
This is the tenth year of FilmColumbia, a four-day festival that brings both international and local independent films to Columbia County every October.
To reach reporter Andrew Amelinckx call 518-828-1616, ext. 2267 or e-mail aamelinckx@registerstar.com
The student film project, now in its eighth year, is sponsored by the Chatham Film Club, the organization that puts on FilmColumbia.
The project was partially funded through the Hudson River Bank and Trust Foundation.
Calliope Nicholas, director of the festival, said that the students are paired with a filmmaker mentor on the projects.
This year Richard Patterson, a documentary film sound recordist, worked with a group of seven students on their project “Taking New Lebanon,” a documentary exploring the effects of the filming of a Hollywood movie on a small town.
“I believe this is the first year they did a documentary,” he said.
Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee filmed “Taking Woodstock,” his paean to the 1969 rock festival, in and around New Lebanon in 2008.
Patterson said the students came up with the idea, the questions, shot the film and did the editing.
“This project was theirs from start to finish,” he said.
According to Geneva Furlano, a 17-year-old who attends New Lebanon High School who worked on the project, the film was made over the course of several months, beginning in July and ending in September.
“It was a very lengthy process to sort through all the film footage,” she said.
16-year-old Devin McConnell, a student at Ichabod Crane in Valatie, said that while all six students tried their hand at every aspect of the project, each soon found their own niche. His was editing, which, he said, he learned “on a professional scale.”
Besides McConnell and Furlano, the five other students involved in the project were Kimberly Wilcox, Evan Rugen, Noa Naftali, Emma Hanlon and Jamaica Gilmore.
Patterson became involved in the project after speaking with some members of the film club.
“I mentioned that I thought that it would be good for the students to do a documentary,” he said. “And they put me in charge.”
Patterson has 35 years of experience in the film industry, but he said, he hadn’t done any editing in many years.
“Things have changed,” he said.
They had some technical glitches during the editing process, but, said Patterson, they made it through.
“Everybody did a great job,” he said.
This is the tenth year of FilmColumbia, a four-day festival that brings both international and local independent films to Columbia County every October.
To reach reporter Andrew Amelinckx call 518-828-1616, ext. 2267 or e-mail aamelinckx@registerstar.com
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