Hollywood coming to Greenwood

Lander Short Film Competition features lines from ‘Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ writers 

 Hollywood coming to Greenwood

Lander University alumnus Sam Thomas of Abbeville won top honors in the open division of Lander’s Short Film Competition last year with a line written for him by Hollywood writer/producer Kevin Biegel, whose credits include “Cougar Town,” “Scrubs,” and “Enlisted.” Thomas edged out the competition with his creative use of the line – “That’s because my Dad is Burt Reynolds” – and took home his fifth film festival win.

This year he’s aiming for win number six, but competition will be fierce.

Eight writers from “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” put their talents to work creating lines to be used in the 2015 Short Film Competition, part of the university’s Sixth Annual Film Festival. Twenty filmmakers and their crews are busy writing, shooting and editing their submissions.

Lines arrived this month from “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” writer/producer Craig Titley, who collected more than 30 lines written by an A-list of Hollywood television and screen writers specifically for use in the films made for this festival.

“The lines to be used for the Short Film Festival are still arriving and, as expected, are exceptional,” said Paul Crutcher, Film Festival co-director. “Craig and fellow scriptwriters did this for us for the first time last year, and it really elevated the competition to a new level. This year’s lines are sure to inspire some creative short films.”

Last year’s dialogue lines came from Titley as well as Kevin Biegel, co-creator/writer/producer of “Cougar Town,” writer/producer/story editor for “Scrubs,” and creator/writer/producer of “Enlisted”; Damien Shannon and Mark Swift, co-writers of “Freddy vs. Jason” and the “Friday the 13th” remake;  Drew Z. Greenberg, writer/producer of “Arrow,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Warehouse 13” and “Dexter”; Fred Dekker, writer/director of “Monster Squad,” “Night of the Creeps” and “Robocop 3”; Susan Hurwitz-Anderson, writer for “South Park” and Seth McFarland’s new Fox show “Borderland”; Ryan Rowe, writer for “Charlie’s Angels,” “The Love Bug” and “The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes”; Adam Herz, writer of “American Pie,” “American Pie 2,” and “American Wedding”; Tom Wheeler, writer for “Puss ‘N’ Boots” and creator/writer/producer of “The Cape”; and Ben Ramsey, writer of “The Big Hit” and “Dragonball: Evolution.”

This year’s lines are all from “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” writers including: Titley, also a writer for “Star Wars: The Clone Wars,” “The Cape,” “Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief” and “Cheaper by the Dozen”; Rafe Judkins, writer for “Hemlock Grove,” “Chuck” and “My Own Worst Enemy”; Lauren LeFranc, writer for “Hemlock Grove,” “Chuck” and “My Own Worst Enemy”; DJ Doyle, whose first show is “Marvel’s Agents of Shield,” Jeffrey Bell, writer for ”Spartacus,” “Alias,” “Angel” and “X-Files”; Paul Zbyszewski, writer for “Hawaii Five-O,” “Lost” and “Daybreak”; Monica Breen, writer for “Fringe,” “Revolution,” “Brothers and Sister,” “Lost,” “Alias,” and “Charmed”; and Drew Z. Greenberg, writer for “Arrow,” “Warehouse 13,” “Dexter,” “Star Wars: The Clone Wars,” “The O.C.,” “Smallville,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Firefly.”

The lines were given out to entrants in the Short Film Competition, which includes high school, college and open divisions. There are no thematic limitations for the films, which must be between three and five minutes long, and must include the specific line they are given.  Films must be shot and edited in the two weeks prior to the festival, between Monday, March 20, and Friday, April 4.

The Lander University Film Festival is scheduled for Saturday, April 11, with events at the university and at the Greenwood Community Theatre in Uptown Greenwood. The day’s activities will include workshops and a Q-and-A sessions, a classic film discussion, an awards ceremony and more.

Further information is available on Lander’s website, www.lander.edu, on Facebook, or by contacting Paul Crutcher at 864-388-8206 or pcrutcher@lander.edu.

 

Schedule of events for Saturday, April 11:

• 10 a.m.-noonClassic Film “The Mark of Zorro” (1940 remake starring Tyrone Powers)

with Dr. Misty Jameson, Carnell Learning Center Room 200

• 2-3:30 p.m.Screenwriting Workshop with Craig Titley, Carnell Learning Center

Room 200

• 3:30-4:30 p.m.Pitches (Hollywood Shark Tank), $100, Craig Titley Screenwriters

Resource Room of Jackson Library

• 6:30 p.m.Short Film Competition Screening and Awards Ceremony followed
  by Q and A with special guest Craig Titley, Greenwood Community

Theatre, Uptown Greenwood. Tickets available  through Greenwood Community Theatre, $10 general admission, $5 students with I.D. Visit  www.greenwoodcommunitytheatre.com or call 864-229-5704.

 

Reception, Greenwood Community Theatre lobby

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lander Short Film Competition features
lines from ‘Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ writers

 

GREENWOOD, S.C. —Lander University student Travis Diffenderfer of Anderson won top honors in the college division of Lander’s Short Film Competition last year with a line written for him by Hollywood writer/producer Drew Z. Greenberg, whose credits include “Arrow,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Warehouse 13” and “Dexter.” Diffenderfer edged out the competition for the second year with his creative use of the line “But I don’t know how to juggle.”

This year he hopes to take home his third win, but the competition will be fierce.

Eight writers from “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” put their talents to work creating lines to be used in the 2015 Short Film Competition, part of the university’s Sixth Annual Film Festival. Twenty filmmakers and their crews are busy writing, shooting and editing their submissions.

Lines arrived this month from “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” writer/producer Craig Titley, who collected more than 30 lines written by an A-list of Hollywood television and screen writers specifically for use in the films made for this festival.

“The lines to be used for the Short Film Festival are still arriving and, as expected, are exceptional,” said Paul Crutcher, Film Festival co-director. “Craig and fellow scriptwriters did this for us for the first time last year, and it really elevated the competition to a new level. This year’s lines are sure to inspire some creative short films.”

Last year’s dialogue lines came from Titley as well as Kevin Biegel, co-creator/writer/producer of “Cougar Town,” writer/producer/story editor for “Scrubs,” and creator/writer/producer of “Enlisted”; Damien Shannon and Mark Swift, co-writers of “Freddy vs. Jason” and the “Friday the 13th” remake;  Drew Z. Greenberg, writer/producer of “Arrow,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Warehouse 13” and “Dexter”; Fred Dekker, writer/director of “Monster Squad,” “Night of the Creeps” and “Robocop 3”; Susan Hurwitz-Anderson, writer for “South Park” and Seth McFarland’s new Fox show “Borderland”; Ryan Rowe, writer for “Charlie’s Angels,” “The Love Bug” and “The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes”; Adam Herz, writer of “American Pie,” “American Pie 2,” and “American Wedding”; Tom Wheeler, writer for “Puss ‘N’ Boots” and creator/writer/producer of “The Cape”; and Ben Ramsey, writer of “The Big Hit” and “Dragonball: Evolution.”

This year’s lines are all from “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” writers including: Titley, also a writer for “Star Wars: The Clone Wars,” “The Cape,” “Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief” and “Cheaper by the Dozen”; Rafe Judkins, writer for “Hemlock Grove,” “Chuck” and “My Own Worst Enemy”; Lauren LeFranc, writer for “Hemlock Grove,” “Chuck” and “My Own Worst Enemy”; DJ Doyle, whose first show is “Marvel’s Agents of Shield,” Jeffrey Bell, writer for ”Spartacus,” “Alias,” “Angel” and “X-Files”; Paul Zbyszewski, writer for “Hawaii Five-O,” “Lost” and “Daybreak”; Monica Breen, writer for “Fringe,” “Revolution,” “Brothers and Sister,” “Lost,” “Alias,” and “Charmed”; and Drew Z. Greenberg, writer for “Arrow,” “Warehouse 13,” “Dexter,” “Star Wars: The Clone Wars,” “The O.C.,” “Smallville,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Firefly.”

The lines were given out to entrants in the Short Film Competition, which includes high school, college and open divisions. There are no thematic limitations for the films, which must be between three and five minutes long, and must include the specific line they are given.  Films must be shot and edited in the two weeks prior to the festival, between Monday, March 20, and Friday, April 4.

The Lander University Film Festival is scheduled for Saturday, April 11, with events at the university and at the Greenwood Community Theatre in Uptown Greenwood. The day’s activities will include workshops and a Q-and-A sessions, a classic film discussion, an awards ceremony and more.

Further information is available on Lander’s website, www.lander.edu, on Facebook, or by contacting Paul Crutcher at 864-388-8206 or pcrutcher@lander.edu.

 

Schedule of events for Saturday, April 11:

• 10 a.m.-noonClassic Film “The Mark of Zorro” (1940 remake starring Tyrone Powers)

with Dr. Misty Jameson, Carnell Learning Center Room 200

• 2-3:30 p.m.Screenwriting Workshop with Craig Titley, Carnell Learning Center

Room 200

• 3:30-4:30 p.m.Pitches (Hollywood Shark Tank), $100, Craig Titley Screenwriters

Resource Room of Jackson Library

• 6:30 p.m.Short Film Competition Screening and Awards Ceremony followed
  by Q and A with special guest Craig Titley, Greenwood Community

Theatre, Uptown Greenwood. Tickets available  through Greenwood Community Theatre, $10 general admission, $5 students with I.D. Visit  www.greenwoodcommunitytheatre.com or call 864-229-5704.

 

Reception, Greenwood Community Theatre lobby

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lander University hosts ‘A MARVEL–ous Film Festival’

GREENWOOD, S.C.—-Get an inside look at what it takes to make it in the film and television industries… and maybe a look into the minds of your favorite Marvel superheroes. Coming April 11, the Sixth Annual Lander University Film Festival offers an unprecedented opportunity for local students and interested community members to learn from “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” writer/producer Craig Titley.

Titley’s credits also include episodes of George Lucas’s animated “Star Wars” television series, the live-action “Scooby-Doo” movie, “Cheaper by the Dozen” starring Steve Martin, and the blockbuster “Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.” Titley will be a featured guest for the festival, which also includes a popular Short Film Competition with three divisions: high school, college and open. The competition includes lines written by Marvel writers specifically for inclusion in the short films.

“The lines to be used for the Short Film Festival are exceptional,” said Paul Crutcher, Film Festival co-director. “Craig and fellow scriptwriters did this for us for the first time last year, and it really elevated the competition to a new level. This year’s lines are sure to inspire some creative short films.”

This year’s lines are all from Marvel writers including: Titley, also a writer for “Star Wars: The Clone Wars,” “The Cape,” “Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief” and “Cheaper by the Dozen”; Rafe Judkins, writer for “Hemlock Grove,” “Chuck” and “My Own Worst Enemy”; Lauren LeFranc, writer for “Hemlock Grove,” “Chuck” and “My Own Worst Enemy”; DJ Doyle, whose first show is “Marvel’s Agents of Shield,” Jeffrey Bell, writer for ”Spartacus,” “Alias,” “Angel” and “X-Files”; Paul Zbyszewski, writer for “Hawaii Five-O,” “Lost” and “Daybreak”; Monica Breen, writer for “Fringe,” “Revolution,” “Brothers and Sister,” “Lost,” “Alias,” and “Charmed”; and Drew Z. Greenberg, writer for “Arrow,” “Warehouse 13,” “Dexter,” “Star Wars: The Clone Wars,” “The O.C.,” “Smallville,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Firefly.”

Further information is available on Lander’s website, www.lander.edu, on Facebook, or by contacting Paul Crutcher at 864-388-8206 or pcrutcher@lander.edu.
Schedule of events for Saturday, April 11:

• 10 a.m.-noonClassic Film “The Mark of Zorro” (1940 remake starring Tyrone Powers)

with Dr. Misty Jameson, Carnell Learning Center Room 200

• 2-3:30 p.m.Screenwriting Workshop with Craig Titley, Carnell Learning Center

Room 200

• 3:30-4:30 p.m.Pitches (Hollywood Shark Tank), $100, Craig Titley Screenwriters

Resource Room of Jackson Library

• 6:30 p.m.Short Film Competition Screening and Awards Ceremony followed
  by Q and A with special guest Craig Titley, Greenwood Community

Theatre, Uptown Greenwood. Tickets available  through Greenwood Community Theatre, $10 general admission, $5 students with I.D. Visit  www.greenwoodcommunitytheatre.com or call 864-229-5704.

 

Reception, Greenwood Community Theatre lobby