YOUNG SALT LAKE FILMMAKERS
PREMIERE PITCHNIC FILMS
Spy Hop presents its 8th annual PitchNic World Premiere featuring four new films from its most intensive and critically-acclaimed filmmaking program.
Students of Spy Hop Productions’ most advanced filmmaking workshop will showcase their films, Rock Is In The Air, Streeters, The Silhouettes, and Rx, at a public premiere Thursday, November 11, 2010 from 7:30–9:30PM at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center. Tickets are available online at www.arttix.org, all ArtTix Office locations, or by calling (801) 355-ARTS.
Each year, students premiere four short films as the culminating event of an intensive year-long filmmaking workshop at Spy Hop Productions. Local youth filmmakers Zachary Allred (Viewmont HS), Breanne Anderson, Jordan Brockman (AMES HS), Colton Bybee (Brighton HS), Candida Duran (AMES HS), Samantha Highsmith (Judge Memorial), Adriana Martinez (Cottonwood HS), Mars Oliva (Bonneville HS), Loren Ruiz (SLCC), Sarah Schuster-Johnson, Cassandra Taylor (Highland HS), Alexandria “Ally” VanRoosendaal, and Russell Williams (Lone Peak HS) have worked tirelessly to bring their collective film ideas to the big screen.
“ROCK IS IN THE AIR” (Fiction)
Air Band — noun, english 1.) A collection of musicians pretending to play instruments to pre-recorded music. In this side-splitting mockumentary, John, a middle-aged air guitarist, gets fed up with his friends when they decide that their air band should play real instruments instead. How far will John go to achieve fame and fortune while leaving his friends behind? John must decide which is more important: fame or friendship. Jordan Brockman (Director), Russell Williams (Producer), Zachary Allred (Cinematographer)
“STREETERS” (Non-fiction)
On any given night in the greater Salt Lake City area, there are over 1,000 homeless youth. Most recorded cases of youth homelessness are due to abuse, mental illness, aging out of foster care, and sexual orientation. Until recently, it was deemed illegal to host a youth shelter in Utah, and currently no youth shelter is underway. Because of this, each day these young people are faced with obstacles such as finding shelter and food. Some of these youth are attempting to get off the streets, while others have become accustomed to street culture and that way of life. These youth are constantly in motion, moving from place to place in hopes of finding some form of stability. Samantha Highsmith (Director), Cassandra Taylor (Dir. of Photography), Adriana Martinez (Producer)
“THE SILHOUETTES” (Non-fiction)
Explore the passion and challenges of local performance poets in Salt Lake City, and delve deeper into their lives to discover the mental difficulties suffered by them and their close family members—depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia. Poetry serves as a therapeutic form of escape for these artists, who have learned to process their emotions and bare their hearts and souls on stage. Sarah Schuster-Johnson (Director/Producer), Loren Ruiz (Cinematographer/Producer), Candida Duran (Cinematographer)
“Rx” (Fiction)
Ryan, a hypochondriac, spends his days between juggling doctor appointments and deciphering his latest illness. A chance encounter with Avery, a free spirit, sparks them on a journey of self-discovery that they will never forget. Alexandria “Ally” VanRoosendaal (Director), Breanne Anderson (Writer/Editor), Colton Bybee (Producer), Mars Oliva (Cinematographer)
About the PitchNic Film Program
PitchNic was conceived in 2002 as an exciting, hands-on way to unite talented, passionate young filmmakers with supporters of youth filmmaking. This intense year-long workshop allows experienced student filmmakers to learn the ins and outs of creating a professional-caliber documentary or narrative film. With the guidance of professional mentors—and with access to professional production values—these filmmakers truly learn and experience every aspect of the production process.
About Spy Hop Productions
Spy Hop Productions is a not-for-profit youth media arts and education center whose purpose is to empower youth to express their voice and with it create positive change in their lives, their community, and the world. Our mission is to encourage free expression, self-discovery, critical and inventive thinking, and skilled participation via the big screen, the airwaves, and the web.
The White House recently recognized Spy Hop Productions as one of the top arts and humanities‐based organizations in the country. Spy Hop has been given the distinguished honor of being a finalist for the 2010 National Arts and Humanities Youth Award given by the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities.
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