Every year, around this time, the graduating class of SCAD get to see their works up on the silver screen. This time, I found out in time to plan on attending!
Tonight, I worked the event, as an usher for the Lucas Theatre.
Tomorrow night, I will attend simply as a patron or the arts!
So, tonight, I missed the first few films. I was still in the lobby, counting late arrivals (to make sure we didn't exceed the theatre's capacity of almost 1200).
I was only late by ten minutes. However, when the longest films are just four minutes of time, it's easy to miss three or four in that ten minutes.
Over the next two hours, I watched forty mini-movies.
Forty!
There were romances and horror tales and sweet stories of loss. Comedies, cautionary tales, classic battles of good versus evil.
Woohoo!
"Boots and Brewster", the 'burn aware pair', were featured not once, not twice, but in four different little vignettes! Each were cautionary tales for kids. "Don't play with fires." "How to fill a bath tub with the right temperature water." Those two stayed with me!
"About Dragons" had massive beasts jockeying for position in the same craggy terrain. "Oasis" showed that sharing water can create your own little piece of paradise. "Reach" featured a tree in the desert, also. Very nice use of blowing sand imagery in all three!
"The Neighborly Crocodile", about the clumsy Niles, showed how Pearl the girl helped him be more useful. "Inky Fingers" was very similar, but with a messy little fairy and a patient Einstein-ish artist.
"Trash Cat" was definitely different from those two. The feline was completely unremorseful of his actions, frustrating his owner by deliberately tipping over the waste bin in her room. Then, to complicate matters, he got into her computer and tipped over the Recycle Bin - strewing all its contents all over her screen! LOL!
"Unbound" had a grieving widower finding his beloved in the clouds. I can totally relate to that.
"Melonhead Hunting" was an urban myth horror tale of teens in the woods. "The Boy and the Witch started out creepy, but became a tale of love - nice!
"Optical Obstructions" showed a cheap glasses shop what happens when you cheat the wrong old lady. LOL! "Kids in Cars" demonstrated the folly of leaving the keys in the vehicles, allowing children to, literally, run amok at the store!
And for an excellent twist in the fairy tale genre, "Stained" has a princess trapped in a mirror by her actions. Hah!
I didn't really care for "Stoked Steves", but the audience liked it. A surfer and an animate wave, both named Steve. I missed the point.
But I very much liked "Tracks", "Kindred", and "Where Flowers Once Bloomed". The first followed a young girl through the years, via trips on the train. The second was a sweet medieval tale of a young girl trying to get her dad's attention by trying to obtain his sword.
And the last one? Ah, yes. An old widow tires of life alone and leaves home to catch the train to ... somewhere else. I like that it wasn't specified where she was going.
"Hope" is a graphic novel heroine who attains her freedom from evil. "Prometheon" is a cartoon character which attains its freedom while the artist sleeps, unaware. "Overture to Libertad" is the anthem of a boy fighting for freedom. See the theme?
"West Lake Dream" was an anime tale of a little girl and a goldfish. Nice and dreamy!
Where are the aliens? Right there in "Far Out"! Initially planning to attack Earth, an errant piece of space litter has them steer for Burger Town, home of the addictive hamburgers. Junk food conquers all! LOL!
The one which was most pleasing, though, was "Life on Pause"! Using subtitles of "Loss", "Anger", "Bargaining", it reads like a tale of grief. Then the girl returns home, much to the joy of the waiting dog!!! "Life on Paws" - hahaha haha!!!
On Tuesday night, I will be present from the very start, this time with pen and paper in hand. Notes are helpful, especially with so much sensory overload and such a diverse program!
Woohoo!
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