Three one-act plays will feature a support group for mystical creatures, a school for troubled girls and a dubious alien abduction. “The Good, the Plaid, and the Ugly,” premiering Friday, is the latest show produced by Lapu, the Coyote that Cares Theatre Company. The show features student-written plays, as well as improv performed by LCC […]
Category Archives: Film & TV
Five productions take home awards at 2017 Shorttakes film festival
The audience was suspended in stunned silence moments before bursting into applause at the culmination of the 23rd Annual Shorttakes Student Film Festival’s last film. The Audience Choice Award-winning film, “Ruby Locus,” directed by fourth-year political science student Alvaro Wong, tells the narrative of a young girl kidnapped while on a date with a man […]
Students bring friendship, campus life at UCLA to new web series
Four UCLA students filmed the first episode for their web series at Powell Library on Sunday afternoon. It took Armando Berumen at least five tries to catch a crumpled piece of paper – the paper will be edited to include Berumen’s name on it for the opening credits of the series, “Predominantly White Institution.” Giggles […]
UCLA Extension grad’s film tells story of domestic abuse, immigration
Daniela Arguello finished the sound design for her short film “2500KM” the morning of the film’s premiere in Guatemala City. That night, the film played to a sold-out show of more than 400 people – the theater was so crowded some attendees had to sit on the ground. Many of the audience members cried when […]
Second Take: ‘American Gods’ adeptly handles book-to-television transition
Ancient gods and goddesses run rampant throughout the cities of America in the new Starz series “American Gods.” The show, an adaption of Neil Gaiman’s 2001 novel of the same name, has expertly translated the text to the television screen by capturing the book’s magical and bizarre intricacies despite the show’s weak special effects. The […]
UCLA film society allows students to bring original screenplays to life
Students from any major or background – regardless of experience – can sit in the director’s chair and bring their screenplays to life. Each quarter, The Film and Photography Society at UCLA accepts submissions of screenplays from students, both members and nonmembers. The eight members of the executive board then read and review the submissions […]
Second Take: ’13 Reasons Why’ sequel may fall short despite public demand
Some of my favorite television series have been analogous to a shooting star – unexpected, attention-grabbing and one-of-a-kind. “13 Reasons Why,” a recent release on Netflix but a long-time favorite of mine since reading the book of the same name 10 years ago, is one such shooting star of a show. There is one catch […]