2008 Woodie Awards
RSO Spotlight
The Documentary Project
Faith Tittle, Daily Vidette Staff
Issue date: 2/28/08 Section: Campus
The Documentary Project is an RSO that gives students the opportunity to study and produce documentaries on social and political issues.
The Documentary Project promotes student involvement through documentaries.
"We, as a group, try to research different things that are going on and things that are important to us," Monica Nitschmann, a senior journalism major and member of the Documentary Project, said.
"All of our events are about showing documentaries, so people can appreciate and learn about the issues that are involved," Griffin Hammond, a graduate communication student and president of the Documentary Project, said.
On Monday, the Documentary Project hosted their second annual Socio-Political Film Festival. In April, several members of the Documentary Project will be participating in the contest, Film Your Issue.
Hammond said the group's current focus is to get everyone involved producing something for the Film Your Issue contest.
The group was started in the fall of 2006. The Documentary Project's advisor, John McHale, realized that there were students in his classes that were interested in documentaries and how to produce them. McHale started the Documentary Project to foster these interests.
"Currently the organization sponsors film screenings for the university public and seeks out issues that could benefit from the production of a documentary film," according to the Documentary Project Web site.
Currently the Documentary Project has about 15 members.
Anyone interested in documentaries can join the Documentary Project.
"We actually have a high school student in our group who is very passionate about documentaries," Hammond said.
Members do not have to be students at ISU, and there is no experience required.
"If you never want to get into the production, if all you want to do is watch them, that's fine too," Hammond said.
The group holds weekly meetings Mondays at 5:20 p.m. in Fell 52. People interested in joining the Documentary Project should begin attending meetings.
"It's a very creative environment," Hammond said. "Everyone is very passionate about getting something done, and talking about potential issues for documentaries," he added.
Within the group there are leadership opportunities. Members can run for the executive board, which consists of five to six members. Elections are held at the end of each semester.
"We are always looking for opportunities for our members to shine," Hammond said.
For more information on the Documentary Project visit docproject.org/about.htm.
The Documentary Project promotes student involvement through documentaries.
"We, as a group, try to research different things that are going on and things that are important to us," Monica Nitschmann, a senior journalism major and member of the Documentary Project, said.
"All of our events are about showing documentaries, so people can appreciate and learn about the issues that are involved," Griffin Hammond, a graduate communication student and president of the Documentary Project, said.
On Monday, the Documentary Project hosted their second annual Socio-Political Film Festival. In April, several members of the Documentary Project will be participating in the contest, Film Your Issue.
Hammond said the group's current focus is to get everyone involved producing something for the Film Your Issue contest.
The group was started in the fall of 2006. The Documentary Project's advisor, John McHale, realized that there were students in his classes that were interested in documentaries and how to produce them. McHale started the Documentary Project to foster these interests.
"Currently the organization sponsors film screenings for the university public and seeks out issues that could benefit from the production of a documentary film," according to the Documentary Project Web site.
Currently the Documentary Project has about 15 members.
Anyone interested in documentaries can join the Documentary Project.
"We actually have a high school student in our group who is very passionate about documentaries," Hammond said.
Members do not have to be students at ISU, and there is no experience required.
"If you never want to get into the production, if all you want to do is watch them, that's fine too," Hammond said.
The group holds weekly meetings Mondays at 5:20 p.m. in Fell 52. People interested in joining the Documentary Project should begin attending meetings.
"It's a very creative environment," Hammond said. "Everyone is very passionate about getting something done, and talking about potential issues for documentaries," he added.
Within the group there are leadership opportunities. Members can run for the executive board, which consists of five to six members. Elections are held at the end of each semester.
"We are always looking for opportunities for our members to shine," Hammond said.
For more information on the Documentary Project visit docproject.org/about.htm.
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heathcliff
HeathCliff Rothman
posted 2/29/08 @ 10:31 AM CST
I encourage all the students to create films for the FYI 2008 round. Please visit the website for further info. Films up to 2 minutes, and winners will be shown at the Dem/ Repub convention, broadcast on Starz, profiled on MTV News, posted on MySpace homepage, AOL True Stories, presented at AFI Silverdocs. (Continued…)
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