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On Campus News
Short Film "Writer's Block" Wins Student Film Category
By Staff
posted Oct 13, 2010, 11:58 |
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Cerritos College film student Peter Catania has been named the winner in the
student film category of the annual SoCal Film Festival on October 3. Catania's
film Writer's Block was selected by a professional panel of judges.
Catania, who earned an honorable mention at 3C Media Solutions Fifth Annual
Student Film & Video Festival and went through the Action On Film International
Film Festival earlier this year, appears to keep adding to his list of achievements.
Catania's instructor, Professor Steven Hirohama, congratulated Catania on his
award and stated "I've said this many times in my production classes -
the key to making any good film is "concept, design and execution. Writer's
Block is a simple story, carefully (production) designed and executed eloquently."
Catania's short film Writer's Block is a fantasy about an author who sets up
his desk in the middle of a park as a last ditched effort to get inspiration
for his story.
When he hits the keys to his typewriter, instead of hearing the keys slap against
the paper, he hears piano notes. He continues typing and a song begin to emerge
from what he is writing.
"I am very proud of the cast and crew of the film, two of which are currently
students of Professor Hirohama," said Catania, of Signal Hill. "This
recognition wouldn't have been possible without them. This award belongs to
all of us."
Catania is making the most of the festival experience by getting feedback on
his film, networking with people and gaining knowledge on how to finance a film
project.
Catania received his A.A. from Cerritos College in 2009. After graduating,
he began taking the film production classes with Professor Hirohama which he
completed this year. One day he hopes to become a feature film director.He is
currently working on preproduction of his next short film for which the primary
cast and crew of Writer's Block is getting together again. "Mystery and
paranoia will be the key genres explored," said Catania. "It has been
a wonderful experience to write the challenging screenplay, and we are all eager
to start production early next year."
Resources:
http://www.cerritos.edu/
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