Welcome to the CTVA 2017 Senior
Television Showcase
The short films you will see here tonight were completed in the senior level Television Production course in the Department of Cinema and Television Arts and are the capstone projects.
The resulting works are the end of an academic path that gives our students the opportunity to produce a Documentary or a Narrative Short, a precious instrument, a calling card for their future professional life and a proof of their academic achievements.
All the films were produced and directed by students in in the Television Option, under the guidance of the television option faculty, with funding provided by the California State University, Northridge, and Associated Students Instructionally Related Activities Fund. The students must raise any additional monies needed and are given creative freedom in their productions.
This is the first public presentation of their work, each and all projects are unique, deserve recognition and praise: they endured countless sleepless nights, sweat, tears, pain, dedication, and talent to be here, for this we salute and honor our students tonight. Your response tonight will be the first test of their achievements.
The Television Production Option is also are proud to acknowledge our affiliation with the Hollywood Foreign Press (HFPA). Many of our technical equipment and postproduction sound and film suites are the result of their donations. In January 2016, the HFPA announced an additional $2 Million gift to CSUN’s Department of Cinema and Television Arts for the complete overhaul and renewal of the camera, sound, lighting and control room equipment in our Television Studio and the establishing of a diversity driven Hollywood Foreign Press Association Scholars Program. In recognition of their generosity the Manzanita Hall South Wing has been named the Hollywood Foreign Press Wing.
Our 2017 Television Showcase Awards Ceremony Guest of Honor Silvia Bizio Journalist, writer, producer Silvia Bizio writes about film from Los Angeles for the daily newspaper “La Repubblica”, the weekly magazines “L’Espresso” and “D”, and is a member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Graduated in Literature and Philosophy from the University of Rome, she earned her Master in Sociology and Mass Communication at UCLA. She has written several books including “Los Angeles Babilonia” and “Cinema Italian Style” a history of Italian Cinema at the Academy Awards and won the award as best film correspondent by the American Publicist Union. She has been the artistic Director of Cinema Italian Style, a series of contemporary Italian movies from 2004 to 2010, and is now director of Italians in Film. Her first short movie as a producer, “The Night Shift Belongs to the Stars”, directed by Edoardo Ponti, with Nastassja Kinski, Julian Sands and Enrico Lo Verso, was shortlisted for the Academy Awards and was the winner as best short at the Tribeca Film Festival. Together with Paola Ferrari De Benedetti she produced the documentary “You Never Had It: An Evening with Bukowski”, directed by Matteo Borgardt and based on her video interview with Charles Bukowski in 1981. She is now in production on the documentary “Camp Monticello: A forgotten History” about the Italian POW camp in Monticello, Arkansas, during WWII. FALL 2016 NARRATIVE
Freedom Fighter
A 19-year- old underground street fighter with a checkered past adopts the discipline of the MMA lifestyle.
Director Dimas Corona Writer / Director of Photography Miguelangel Muñoz Producer Steven Paro Producer Moises Cervantes Editor Nicholas Major Assistant Editor Samuel Caterisano Set Designer Giovanna Villena-Celis Set Designer Jennifer Kelly 1st Sound Alejandro Villaseñor 2nd Sound Travis Foster
The Informant
A by-the- books paralegal is holding the biggest gas company responsible for their corrupt and negligent actions by leaking their sensitive financial documents to the FBI.
Director Miaomiao Wang Producer Emmeli Tomth Producer Liudmila Menshikova Cinematographer Alex Cheung Editor Angel Clark Sound Mixer Cesar A. Martinez Set Designer Richard Sanchez
Limbo
“Limbo” is about Sam Carpenter, a young woman whose bad behavior earns her a spot Limbo, the world between Heaven and Hell. To make her way back to Earth, she must overcome her selfish tendencies or face eternal damnation.
Director Ryanne Smith Producer Josue Carrillorodriguez Producer Roxana Gonzalez Cinematographer Richard Sanchez Editor Michelle Vazquez Sound Mixer Cynthia Rojas FALL 2016 NARRATIVE
Spectrum
The show is about a paranoid SPECTRUM agent, Jake Stein, who wants to solve the case of his missing partner, but can’t because he is losing his mind to fear and must change by accepting & trusting his new partner, Xochi Fisher.
Director Michael Fleming Producer Jordan Denis Producer Gabriela Ruiz Cinematographer Matthew Beavers Editor Sara Farag Sound Mixer Damian Christie Set Designer Ethan Viveiros
Yo Soy Mujer
A young naïve woman comes to terms with womanhood as she navigates melodramatic turmoil in this spoof of a classic telenovela.
Writer/Director Gonzalo Lomeli Producer Sandra Haywood Producer Lynda Rodriguez Editor Sarah Bird Writer/Editor Josue Rodriguez Cinematographer Nick Shelton & Melanie Elizabeth Sound Joshua Crisci Production Designer Noah Cassiel & Mitchell Teague
FALL 2016 DOCUMENTARY
Slice of Grimes
Aspiring rapper Marty Grimes pursues a full-time career in the music industry while balancing his part-time job as a pizza boy in Berkeley, CA.
Director / Producer Eboni Johnson Associate Producer Koto Yamazaki-Sweeny Writer / Editor Melvin Hernandez Writer Anthony Kim Production/Post-Production Sound Justin Flores Production/Post-Production Sound Eric Wool Director of Photography Michael Lopez Editor Levin Kodrat FALL 2016 DOCUMENTARY
The Water Boy
“Imagine a day without water”
Producer Andrew Chung Associate Producer Yutong Xu Writers Vivi Badillo / Blair Windette Cinematography Monica Vera / Fernando Muro Sound Luis Marquez / Hali Stafford Editor Renata Hernandez / Andrew Chung
SPRING 2017 DOCUMENTARY
Spirit
A documentary centered on a mountain lion who changed the lives of those who loved him.
Director/Producer Carmen Pelegrino Associate Producer Erica Flores Writer Erika Santiago Editor Matthew L”Angelle Sound Ellis Bourgoujian Director of Photography Olukayode Lawal
I’m Possible
Author, Kate Schatz’s, children’s book acts as a learning tool for a local girl scout troop in their mission to earn a badge in honor of women’s history month meanwhile inspiring them to believe that anything is possible.
Producer Diana Rodriguez Associate Producer Tamara Ilich Writer Nadia Goretti Director of Photography Axa Nimualrata Sound Ernesto Rubi Celis Editor Jocelyn Gomez
SPRING 2017 DOCUMENTARY
Serve
Donations, Volunteers, and a Community in Need
Director/Producer Martin Ibarra Associate Producer David Lyons Director of Photography Joshua Bantay Writer Jake Heittmann Production & Post Sound Ricardo Garcia Editor Jennifer Becerra
Gender F*ck
The drag scene is not just for the pretty Queens, in Downtown L.A. there is a place for all the monster Drag Queens.
Director Amy Zapata Producer Chuck Bryant Editor Itzel Arevalo Co-Editor Alex Perez Director of Photography Sara Roller Director of Photography Jesus Canal Sound Eduardo Laguna Sound Wintana Ghebreyesus
Whose Trauma Is It Anyway?
An illustrated journey through three varied stories of traumatic experiences, the effects they left behind and how each individual found their personal road towards recovery.
Director Deanna Spinale Producer Kellie Spicer Director of Photography Jacob Stealey Sound Jaime Lopez Editor Alyse Kollerbohm
SPRING 2017 DOCUMENTARY
Rise and Shine
The show is about a naïve young girl from Texas, Natalie Nichole, who wants to become a star in Hollywood, but can’t because she and her mother, Mamie, have become homeless and must struggle everyday just to survive as well as live out the dream of success.
Director Chris Orellana Producer/Writer Michael Fleming Editor Isaac Miller Sound Nolan Sykes Cinematographer Julian Monk Cinematographer Chris Khachatryan
SPRING 2017 NARRATIVE
Only In Hollywood
“It’s not personal, it’s show business”
Director Matthew Margolis Producer Zach Vicente Producer Enda Aquije Director of Photography Lucas Torres del Boca Editor Tawney Luna Sound Designer Andy Karandganian Production Designer Quinton Gipson
Unseen
“Unseen” is a mystery drama TV pilot about Camila a savvy business professional who finally finds her perfect match in Jayden. When Jayden goes AWOL Camila looks for answers only to discover that her Mr. Perfect may never have even been alive throughout their entire courtship.
Producer Keshia Williams Producer Nicole Goins Director Liliana Tapia Director of Photography Martin Matreo Director of Photography William Anthony Production Design Malynn Catalan Art Director/ Wardrobe Lindsey Poole Editor Stefania Buraglia SPRING 2017 NARRATIVE
Sound Check
An aspiring young singer struggles to get her big break while an established young music producer is pressured to find his next star. Does she have what it takes to realize her dream? Does he have the ear to discover the next big thing?
Director Tess Castanon Budgeting Poducer Thomas Grimes Scheduling Producer Glessida Mariz Magaling Director of Photography Hector Anaya Production Sound Mixer Jarrod Booth Editor Kara Forbis
Production Design Kiana Calderone
Blank
When his alcoholic mother loses her memory in a calamity caused by his sister, Jason faces a tough choice – whether to defend his mom despite her preceding flaws, or protect the well being of his older sister.
Director Grisel Guillen Producer Taylor Jones Producer Joshua Escobar Director of Photography Scott Srch Camera Operator Alicie Burrell Production Design: Angella Alfaro Audio Marvin Dwayne Arthur Editor Jackson De La Torre
His Hers
A recovering alcoholic with a sprinkling of OCD gets stood up at a bar of all places by a manic cam girl.
Director Marla Macarr Producer Stephanny Salazar Assistant Producer Michelle Tin Director of Photography Deanne Cortes Production Design Emmittt Beecham Audio Jayden Yen Picture Editor Lynette Hartouni Sound Editor Mialani Love
SPRING 2017 NARRATIVE
Un Dia
Ms. Sanchez, a high school English as a Second Language teacher struggles to fund the ESL program, keep her job, and defend the rights of her only student who can’t communicate well for himself.
Director Daisy Perez Producer Lee Cua Producer Dalia Herrera Director of Photography Ernesto Pulido Production Design Jessica Labelle Audio Sedrick Ross Editor Lauren Serino
Showcase Committee
Showcase Producer Professor Alesandro Jacchia Professor Thelma Vickroy
Student Showcase Producer Mialani Love Meiyan Cheng
Student Production Assistant Daisy Perez Cesar Sanchez Rico
Photographer Andrew Vasile Parris Calkin
Documentary By Director Alyssa Kelly
Producer Riley Boronkay Andres Sical
Contributions Josh Bantay CSUN Television Logo Martin Ibarra Showcase Program Cover Designer Marla Macarr
JUDGES
Anthony Bompensiero Alumnus – Assistant VFX Editor - Legend 3D
Alumna – VFX Producer - FuseFX Currently Producing Super Troopers 2, Associate Producer on Designated Survivor, Scorpion, and Seth MacFarlane's "Orville". She since has worked on a wide Brooke Noska variety of shows and features including, but not limited to, The Walking Dead, Scream Queens, Mike & Molly, Masters of Sex, AHS: Roanoke, AHS: Hotel, and a part of the Emmy winning VFX team for American Horror Story: Freak Show.
Christopher Villa Alumnus – Editor at Buzzfeed branded and MPEG Local 700 assistant editor
Devon Bradbury Alumna – Assistant Editor Whitehouse Post Production Alumnus – Make A Thing working with clients such as TracFone, Straight Talk, Total Wireless, Jake Marada Simple Mobile, and Net10. Karla Gregg Alumna – Junior Digital Manager at Digital Media Management Alumnus – Production sound technician, owner of alley cat audio, and a member of IATSE local Keith Little 695 Alumnus – Scripted assistant editor and editor in network television as well as features. I have worked on shows such as: The Shannara Chronicles (MTV), The Player (NBC), The Vampire Kyle Keris Diaries (the CW), and Stitchers (Freeform) and will be heading off to work on CBS's Macgyver in July.. Alumna – Currently working as a post coordinator for a company that specializes in the marketing Kylie Neuwirth and international distribution for movies from Paramount, Netflix, Sony, and others. Alumnus – Producer at 247 Laundry Service, he has been a part of the production team on shows Matt Hause such as Undercover Boss, Droned, Mystery Diners, Brew Dogs, and Fat N' Furious: Rolling Thunder. Alumnus – Production Manager at Machinima Studios. I've worked for several years as a Matt Murray production manager and production coordinator in reality television, commercials and more recently in new media with College Humor and Funny or Die. Alumnus – Visual effects production coordinator at VFX Legion. Working on shows like The Catch, Matthew Noren How to get away with murder, and Scandal Alumnus – Michael Poisson is an associate of current programming at nbc entertainment. He began Michael Poisson working there as an entertainment coordinator in September, 2010. Poisson covers the NBC hit dramas “CPD”, “Chicago justice” “the blacklist” and the comedy series, “trial & error”. Michael Wismann Alumnus – Reality television on the ABC hit show Dancing With The Stars.
Randy Koszela Alumnus – CNN Los Angeles technician, CBS big brother switcher[dir/td] Alumna – Currently, I'm working at Sony Pictures Animation on the film "Hotel Transylvania 3" as an Office Coordinator/Director and Producer assistant. Working in animation is such a gratifying Rebecca Marie Wismann feeling, and it's amazing to be a part of such amazing teams creating content for kids and adults alike.
Alumna – Creative Producer at Movie Pilot. She left the all too real world of reality tv to produce Sarah Van Der Watt videos at a digital marketing startup, concentrating on driving box office results for upcoming films.
Alumna – Production coordinator at Blur Studios in Culver City. She manages the production process of commercials, video game cinematics and live action shoots. Savanna began her career in CG and VFX while interning at Digital Domain on Maleficent. She started to work at Blur Studio as Savanna Aghassian a production assistant working on various commercials and films such as Deadpool, Titanfall 2 commercial, and Halo Wars 2 commercial. She then moved up the ranks to be a production coordinator on an upcoming series of commercials. Tammy Quang Alumna – E! Live Events Talent Assistant
Special Thanks
The CSUN Senior Showcase and the projects themselves are made possible through a generous grant from CSUN Associated Students Instructionally Related Activities Committee and the support of the following:
Professor Thelma Vickroy Television Production Acting Option Head Professor Quinn Saunders Television Production Option Head
Professor Mun Chee Yong Television Production Faculty Professor Alesandro Jacchia Television Production Faculty Professor Henryk Cymerman Television Production Faculty Professor Deborah Deihl Television Production Faculty Professor Shawn Ku Television Production Faculty Professor Jeffery Lengyel Television Production Faculty Professor Rachel Pearl Television Production Faculty Professor Bill Stratford Television Production Faculty Professor Alex Weiss Television Production Faculty
Professor Jon Stahl Chair, Cinema and Television Arts Department Professor Jared Rappaport Associate Chair, Cinema and Television Arts Department Professor Eric Edson Graduate Coordinator, Screenwriting Faculty Professor Alexis Krasilovsky Screenwriting Faculty Professor Scott Strugeon Screenwriting Faculty Professor Kenneth Portnoy Screenwriting Faculty Professor Nate Thomas Film Production Faculty Professor Karen Dee Carpenter Film Production Faculty Professor Michael Hoggan Film Production Faculty Professor Joel Krantz Film Production Faculty Dr. Robert Gustafson Head, Multimedia Faculty Dr. Jacob Schultheiss Head, Media Theory and Criticism Faculty Dr. Frances Gateward Media Theory and Criticism Faculty Professor Dianah Wynter Media Theory and Criticism Faculty Professor Elizabeth Sellers Department of Music
Dr. Dianne F. Harrison President, California State University, Northridge Dr. Yi Li Provost, California State University, Northridge Dan Hosken Interim Dean, Mike Curb College of Arts, Media, and Communication
David Crandall Manager, Associated Students
Cheri Aguayo CTVA Administrative Analyst Olivia Gonzales CTVA Administrative Support Coordinator Tom Weems Supervisor, STVA Engineering Michael Bryant CTVA Engineering George Johnson CTVA Engineering Joe Schwartz CTVA Engineering William Wilson CTVA Engineering Kathleen McWilliams CTVA Undergraduate Advisor