The first script Colin Davis ever wrote was in crayon. He was 5, and the movie was called "Run or Die," a film he made using his family's video camera about how his family became stranded on an island with dinosaurs, and escaped by building a raft and paddling off into the sunset. Even then, Davis said he remembers channeling his inner-director. Read more...
Arts, Film & TV
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June 9, 10:50 pm
Colin Davis, best known for his Spring Sing involvement, lands an apprenticeship with Fox
Arts, Film & TV
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June 9, 10:46 pm
Fourth-year student Kyle Lau premieres first film “˜Greener,’ tackles stereotypes through work
In 1982, two men in Detroit lost their jobs because of outsourcing to Japan. Looking for someone to blame, they stumbled upon Vincent Chin, a Chinese American man they had never met. The two men chased Chin around their town with a bat, brutally killing him in the middle of the street while people stood by. Read more...
Arts, Theater & Fine Arts
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June 9, 10:43 pm
Theater student Danielle Rosario lets nothing stand in her of way of succeeding as an actress
As a young girl, fourth-year theater student Danielle Rosario suffered from a common adolescent knee condition but she refused to let it keep her from dancing. Read more...
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Fourth-year theater student Danielle Rosario played Diana Morales in the UCLA film school’s production of “A Chorus Line” this quarter.
Arts, Theater & Fine Arts
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June 9, 10:41 pm
UCLA theater students run Extremely Decent, produce comedy sketches for college audiences
The members of the video production company Extremely Decent adorn their walls with an antler-bearing can of Keystone Light, dual guitars, a large starfish and the plush head of a snow leopard mounted above a mistletoe. Read more...
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Ian McQuown (center) and his roommates David Crane (left) and Nick Smith (right), all fourth-year theater students, are a part of short-film production company Extremely Decent.
Arts, Arts Columns
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June 9, 10:39 pm
Fourth-year Garrett Johnson will graduate with an independent degree in game design and development
The dichotomy between the arts and the sciences goes back further than their designation as North and South Campus majors, but for Garrett Johnson, that division isn't as extreme. Read more...
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Garrett Johnson works on independent game creation in the Broad Art Center’s Game Lab . His thesis project is developing the game “Ascension,” which resembles role-playing games like Final Fantasy Tactics. Johnson plans to work in the game industry after graduating from UCLA.
Arts, Lifestyle
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June 9, 10:32 pm
Fourth-year student Matthew Masterson walks the runway as professional male model
It is not to say that Masterson is an amateur on the fashion circuit. Since his freshman year, Masterson has steadily maintained a career as a male model, from walking in shows for New York Fashion Week to shooting editorials for fashion publications such as Vogue Turkey and Women's Wear Daily. Read more...
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Graduating student Matthew Masterson has been working as a professional male model, walking in shows for New York Fashion Week and appearing in fashion editorials.
Arts, Lifestyle
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June 9, 10:30 pm
Alumna Stephanie Woropay puts together fireworks displays as a pyrotechnic operator
The temperature hovered just above 50 degrees, and the sky was clear for a San Francisco evening. The Golden Gate Bridge, usually glowing with tiny headlights passing from one end to the other, was completely dark. Read more...
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UCLA alumna Stephanie Woropay is a pyrotechnics operator ““ a “pyro” for short. (Courtesy of Stephanie Woropay)