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Producer WELSH returns to the Boro

(Edinboro, PA – September 6, 2023) Wednesday morning, Edinboro graduate Pat “Shaggy” Welsh addressed students of ART 3205, Professor Brian Fuller’s Non-Fiction Filmmaking course. An Erie native, Welsh is co-owner of 360 Studios in Austin, Texas. For more than 20 years, 360 Studios has been a full-service production company that specializes in high-quality lifestyle, product,…

HESS & BUPP Cover Local Premiere

(Erie, PA – August 26, 2023) Erie-based Oddity Productions, recently hosted a string of events in honor of its newest short film, Portrait of a Universe. PennWest Philm students Ryan Hess and Jared Bupp recorded video and VIP portrait shots to chronicle a day of celebration at the Erie Playhouse, the Meiser Building, and the…

UFVA convenes in Savannah

(Savannah, GA – July 19-21, 2023) PennWest professor Brian Fuller was among 250 filmmaking professors from around the world who converged on Savannah this week for the University Film and Video Association‘s 77th annual conference.  Georgia Southern University’s Armstrong Campus played host to UFVA members as they shared best practices for production and teaching. Perhaps…

G15 Acoustics Improving

(Edinboro, PA – July 5, 2023) This summer, Edinboro maintenance crews are installing custom acoustic panels in Doucette’s G15 Production Studio.  The panels will reduce reverb in one of the program’s hardest-working instructional facilities.  Over several phases, additional panels will be added, with the eventual target of a half-second echo.  Meeting the industry’s metric for…

TWISTING honored by Two Festivals

(Kings Mountain, NC & Waldwick, NJ – June 26, 2023) The Real to Reel International Film Festival today announced the program it will screen for North Carolina audiences in August of this year.  Twisting Memories, a documentary made in the FA22 Non-Fiction Filmmaking course, is among the roster of official selections.  Twisting Memories showcases the…

WILTON interns with PFO

(Pittsburgh, PA – June 13, 2023) “The most surprising thing I’ve learned so far is just how much school has prepared me for the professional space,” says senior Philmmaker Mark Wilton. “The editing and the organization that goes with it has been very comparable to the work we did in class.” Wilton is spending the…

PHILM Upgrades Cameras & Lights

(Edinboro, PA – June 5, 2023) A generous allocation by the College of Education, Arts and Humanities, recently funded the Philm program’s purchase of a dozen EOS Canon R6 cameras.  The R6 is a mirrorless camera, valued for improved video quality and an electronic viewfinder which more accurately previews subjects and exposure. Equipped with full-frame…

HISTORY acclaimed in Tokyo & Iowa

(Tokyo, Japan & Lansing, IA – May 31, 2023) Charged with fostering connections between the Asian and international markets, the Tokyo Lift-Off film festival has selected Drunk History for screening in a program offering a mixture of fresh talent and festival veterans from all genres. Additionally, judges of the Star City Film Festival in Lansing,…

REIHNER snags Choose Internship

(Erie, PA – May 8, 2023) Edinboro junior and Philm Lab Aide KT Reihner has been awarded a paid summer internship with Erie’s Free to Choose Network.  Free to Choose is a non-profit organization that produces broadcast and web-delivered videos which educate viewers in economic and political theory.  Much of their current work grows out…

Levi Lewis

LEWIS Interns with Horror Film

(Meadville, PA – May 5, 2023) Crawford County residents have long been intrigued by tales of Radio Tower mutants.  Senior Philmmaker Levi Lewis joined a crew of 150 people shooting Pig Hill, a horror feature based on the Meadville legend.  Lewis interned as a production assistant reporting to assistant directors.  They managed the film’s operational and…