During my junior and senior years of college, I was the president (mainly by default) of our school’s film club.
That meant running a lot of meetings that didn’t accomplish anything and eventually heading up the task of putting on the first- and second-ever student film festivals.
The first year was tough, as is any event you’re trying to create out of nothing. The club wasn’t very big, and there were more film-watching enthusiasts than filmmakers in the crowd.
As the event approached, it was clear we weren’t going to have many entries at all. So, given that I had a camera and a vested interest in not totally embarrassing ourselves, I walked around our campus for an hour and came up with a project.
I really didn’t know what I was doing when I started, but sort of figured it out as I went along. It’s basically a trip around the Susquehanna University campus using common sights from different areas or perspectives as a way to move from one place to the other.
It’s probably easier to follow if you went to the school, but even those who have never been to Selinsgrove can somewhat keep up. Some of the transitions work better than others — banners using the school logo and signs on buildings look pretty good, lightpoles not so much.
The music was done by fellow Susquehanna student, and actual legitimate music artist, DLake.
Enjoy:
Ahhh… nostalgia. I need to get up there again SOON.
PS- I liked some of the effects and scene changes. Good stuff. 🙂
Thank you! I was talking to a non-SUer (non-Susqu? non-Susquer?) the other day about it and I think it really loses a lot if you've never been there and can't picture how I was moving around.
And why don't you just GO. Isn't it right up the street? (I assume everything in PA is 20 minutes from campus)