Dodge University: The Movie is a comedy about the trials and tribulations of a film school professor in Los Angeles. The show was shot single-camera film style with a student crew on three principle sets on the University of Central Florida sound stage and on location around the university in one semester. It was shot on digital video, Sony DVCam for the interiors, and 16mm color negative for the exteriors.
Scripts were solicited from the screenwriting students and the scenes were directed by more than 40 directing students.
Some of the actors came from the University of Central Florida School of Theatre, others come from the professional community. Principle casting was done during the summer months while bit casting was on-going through-out the semester. There was no budget so everyone had to work for free. SAG actors were used due to an agreement that SAG approved. The total cost was $1500.
The film was shot every Wednesday night from 6-10pm, which
included rehearsal time and each student director shot
apporximately 3-4 pages.
Each session would begin by screening the dailies from the
previous week. The director would then go into the editing suite
and cut the footage on the Avid, working with an advanced editing
student, while another director directed a different scene on the
sound stage. Altogether, shooting and post-production took four
semesters to complete.
Dodge University: The Movie is being screened at film festivals in hopes of finding a distributor.
Read what the Orlando Sentinel says about Dodge University: The Movie!
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