Community News
Pahrump Valley Gazette;Thursday, June.26, 1997 23
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Pride, enthusiasm, gut:; and young
Summer Soltice, the longest day of the year. Hot, windy - the
sun rises early and never sets. Scouring clouds of sand blast across
the dunes in the morning blindness of the rising sun. Dust-choked
vehicles are stuck in the drifting sand. A cube van is backed up tight
against the base of a dune and a small crew of men struggle,
erecting a camera crane to lift camera and operator above the wind-
sculpted edge of the dune.
No mega-buck movie crew here. Neither is this a high budget
commercial with a crew of a hundred flown in from around the
world. It's not even a super star -- record company funded, music
video.
This is the poorest of the poor. This is sleep four to a room and
Most students raise money by borrowing from friends, family,
credit cards and missing a lot of lunches. A very high student
budget might come in at around $10,000, most of which is
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In The Thermometer's Shadow
by Mike Oougherty
immediately spent on film and food.
In a perfect world, the director
would concern himself only with
peanutbutter andjeUy forlunch.Thisisbuy yourown gasoline and matters creative while the producer came up with the money and
. nobody draws a salary. This is a student film. made it all happen. In the student film world, everybody hustles
Filmstudentsareadifferentbreedfromtherestofus.Thereare and the very rocks are squeezed for financial blood.
maybe four super film schools in the country. This is where
directors are created. The tuition runs about the price of a new Jeep
each year. Competition for admission is fierce and there's no room
for lightweights. Attrition is high and many good people fall by the
way, reaching for a foot in the door of the most fascinating industry
on earth.
It gets even tougher. A student must maintain the grades. They
must make and nurture the social contacts that will see them
through their film career. They must make a good student film.
There are awards to be won. There are exhibitions and film
festivals to enter. There is valuable experience to be gained_ Above
all, the student film is the key to the door of a rewarding and deeply
satisfying career.
When trying to land the first job, a newly whelped director is
asking a stranger to turn over a million dollar project to someone
very young with no experience.
The very best the aspiring film maker can expect is that the
producer, studio or production company will say, "We'll take a
look at what you've done." Hence, the value of the student film.
Not that it will be the artistic find of the century, but rather that
it will show the student's talent, ability to use his training, and the
discipline to focus his efforts and complete a project while
adhering to his original creative goals.
A proper student film made at the dunes and running not more
than 30 minutes could probably be made with a budget of $500,000.
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by Andrea Lynn
Congratulations to two couples Rebecca
Albitre and John Collins and Debi Albitre and
Jason Mayne, who were married June 21,
1997, at the Amargosa Christian Fellowship
by pastor Rick Jackson. Rebecca and John
were married at 3 p.m. and will be living near
San Diego, where John is enlisted in the Ma-
rine Corps. Rebecca will be finishing her col-
lege education. Debi and Jason Were married
at 5 p.m. and will be living.in Beatty, where
both presently work. Debi works at the bank
and Jason at Barrick. Lots of happiness to both
couples.
The Friends of the Library had a ball at their
cast party (I announced it as a past party in my last
article). Penny McGhee was not able to attend.
The children expressed their sorrow at see-
Robert Lee, a tall, slender young man in his early twenties, was
the student director making the film. Anne Peralta, a personable
and shapely woman with flowing dark hair and the heart of a cash
register, was the producer.
I had helped them scout the dunes in the early spring and
figured they would havea problem with their low budget. A little
help might be offered, but never for free.
Rich Johnson of Big Red Production Cars and I got together
and offered Peraland Lee a deal. Between us we would provide
a self-contained trailer for shelter, the Big Red truck and flat bed
trailer for transport and vehicle retrieval, two dune buggies and a
couple of 4-by-4 rigs to keep everything mobile. In return, we
wanted still photos and videos of equipment working so we could
put together color brochures and a short sales video for our
businesses. The deal was made.
Two days at Dumont Dunes on the longest day of the year.
Temperatures in the 120s, wind forever, and work from can't see-
to-can't see (dawn to dusk). The students were great.
I was never that young. Tough, proud and enthusiastic, their
spirit was contagious and 20 sunburned people (including a couple
of grouchy old locals) toiled without respite in the summer desert
at the south end of Death Valley.
Director Lee started the project with the quiet fear of a man who
has just wagered his entire paycheck on the turn of a card.
At the end of the second day as we were striking the set, Lee
ing her go, but Marie Reagle said something
was gained and the children have something
special to look forward to in the future. I am
assuming that means there is a surprise com-
ing up, by the way I was told.
The Central Nevada Farm Bureau will be
holding a dinner and meeting at Longstreet,
Saturday, June 28. Dinner is at 6 p,m. and the
meeting is at 7 p.m. If you would like dinner,
which is $8.50 contact LaVonne Selbach at
372-5355. There will be a sample of roast emu
breast at the dinner.
Don't forget about the benefit for our ex-
change student Jenifer Nagle. It will begin at 6
p.m., Monday June 30, at the community
center. She is going to spend a year in Ger-
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dragon.
Producer Peralta couldn't stop grinning. She was sunburned
and frazzled. Her hand was taped from a minor injury and she
could hardly stay awake. The fire of her quiet pride could be felt
by all of us.
A student film, a student film maker- "Pride, Enthusiasm, Guts
and Young" For the local Baker boys it was a lot of work, a lot ot
expense, and not immediately profitable.
But every once in a while it doesn't hurt to lend a helping hand
to those working so hard on their way up.
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