{"id":23736,"date":"2024-11-18T15:42:52","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T20:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?p=23736"},"modified":"2026-02-16T12:11:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T17:11:05","slug":"filmmakers-praise-instructor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/filmmakers-praise-instructor\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Filmmakers Praise Instructor, Showcase"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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After a pandemic pause, a favorite Homecoming tradition returned in October, showcasing the creative talents of Kalamazoo College film and media studies<\/a> students. A film festival featuring the introductory and advanced students in classes led by Visiting Instructor Danny Kim, allowed alumni to peek behind the curtain and see how students hone artistic skills through documentary filmmaking. After the screening, alumni asked questions of the filmmakers to learn more about the projects and applauded the students\u2019 talents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The projects required students to take B-roll footage to supplement the main footage, conduct about four interviews and use a filming technique called framing that shows the interviewee looking somewhere other than at the camera. Three of the student producers recently shared what they learned from their experiences.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Visiting Instructor Danny Kim (from left), and students Ethan Galler, Davis Henderson, Alex Quesada, Megan McGarry, Emma Frederiksen and Jane Bentley, all from the class of 2025, attend the Homecoming Film Festival.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\u2018Saturday Night Live\u2019 if it Had No Budget<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Davis Henderson \u201925 put K\u2019s TV-production class in the spotlight with \u201cARTX-200<\/a>,\u201d a film named for the course taught by media producer and studio instructor Jaakan Page-Wood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo quote Jaakan, it\u2019s very much like Saturday Night Live if Saturday Night Live was filmed on a Thursday afternoon by amateurs with no money, and was at 4:15,\u201d Henderson said. \u201cIt was a great time, and I wanted to give it more attention. It’s definitely helped me find a space at K where I\u2019m able to make stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cARTX-200\u201d presents Henderson\u2019s peers as they explain how the course provided a creative outlet they had yet to find elsewhere on campus. Henderson, a theatre major who plans to pursue voice acting, developed an interest in filmmaking as a child when he and his brother began making skit videos with his mom\u2019s photography equipment along with editing tools such as iMovie.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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