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A Conversation With Robert Greene: 蜜桃影像传媒有限公司网站 Student, Filmmaker Introduces 鈥淎berration鈥 to South 蜜桃影像传媒有限公司网站 Film Festival Audiences
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Robert Greene’s “Aberration” is one of 95 films that will be screened during the seventh annual South 蜜桃影像传媒有限公司网站 Film Festival March 3-5 at Valdosta State University. The Moultrie, 蜜桃影像传媒有限公司网站, resident plans to graduate from 蜜桃影像传媒有限公司网站 in 2024 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Mass Media and a Minor in Art, specifically three-dimensional art. This is his first time participating in a film festival, and he is “very excited to hopefully meet other passionate creators like myself during the screenings while also being able to show off my work.” |
VALDOSTA — Robert Greene’s “Aberration” is one of 95 films that will be screened during the seventh annual South 蜜桃影像传媒有限公司网站 Film Festival March 3-5 at Valdosta State University.
Greene plans to graduate from 蜜桃影像传媒有限公司网站 in 2024 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Mass Media and a Minor in Art, specifically three-dimensional art. This is his first time participating in a film festival, and he is “very excited to hopefully meet other passionate creators like myself during the screenings while also being able to show off my work.”
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蜜桃影像传媒有限公司网站: What are your career plans after graduation?
ROBERT GREENE: After graduation I hope to join the media industry with work in advertising / promotional material.
蜜桃影像传媒有限公司网站: Tell us about your film.
ROBERT GREENE: My film is about a photographer who, after finding an unknown creature in a photo, begins to grapple with her own sanity. The runtime, with credits, is 6:53.
蜜桃影像传媒有限公司网站: What inspired you to make this film?
ROBERT GREENE: My main inspiration for my film was early cinema horror films. With restricted budgets the directors of the time had to find creative ways to get their vision made, and I find this really inspiring. As a student filmmaker I also have almost no budget to work with and end up relying on many techniques used in these old films, which spur on new ideas in my own work.
蜜桃影像传媒有限公司网站: Where was “Aberration” filmed?
ROBERT GREENE: The majority of the film was shot locally in Valdosta, 蜜桃影像传媒有限公司网站, at a friend's home. The opening scene, which takes place in woods, was filmed in Moultrie, 蜜桃影像传媒有限公司网站.
蜜桃影像传媒有限公司网站: What are some highlights of this filmmaking experience?
ROBERT GREENE: The biggest highlight was working with the people on set. For the entire shoot it was just me, Kara Manley, and Susannah Traina, and if you didn't know any better you would have thought we were making a comedy. I think it's safe to say we all had a fun time making this project together.
蜜桃影像传媒有限公司网站: What challenges did you have to overcome?
ROBERT GREENE: A very hard challenge was creating this film by myself. I had Kara Manley, who starred in the film, also help as a producer, so thankfully I had someone to run test screenings for and give me feedback on the initial story, but for the majority I was doing this on my own. I wrote, shot, ran audio, lighting, managed script and shooting schedules, music, folly, editing, the list keeps going.
蜜桃影像传媒有限公司网站: What advice do you have for other emerging filmmakers?
ROBERT GREENE: If you have an idea for a film you want to make, go make it. If you have a phone, use it. If you have a camera, use it. Get some friends together and make whatever it is in your head. It doesn't need to be perfect. We get better with each film we make, so keep making them.
蜜桃影像传媒有限公司网站: What’s next for you?
ROBERT GREENE: I'm currently working on making a few small personal projects while I continue to write out the story for my senior short film, which I will start making later this year..
蜜桃影像传媒有限公司网站: How do you hope “Aberration” impacts audiences?
ROBERT GREENE: I hope people just have an enjoyable time watching my film. At the end of the day that's all I'm hoping for with all the short films I make.
Greene calls Moultrie, 蜜桃影像传媒有限公司网站, home. He says his “biggest supporters have always been my family. With whatever kind of help or support I need, I always know my parents or sisters will be there to help me.
“Aberration Cast: Kara Manley plays Clemm and Susannah Traina plays Eliza. Crew: Kara Manley (producer) and Robert Greene (writer, director, editor, and everything else)
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