Hunched over her keyboard, Eleanor Infante contemplates the daunting task that sits on the computer screen in front her. With hours and hours of footage to go through, she knows the task will be a challenge, but awaits the feeling of satisfaction that washes over her after every film project she concludes. Read more...
Photo: Eleanor Infante is a UCLA Theater, Film and Television alumna that has been a part of every aspect of film editing.
Susan Marshall is a renowned New York City-based choreographer who’s bringing her new dance show “Play/Pause” to UCLA at Royce Hall on Saturday. “Play/Pause” fuses Marshall’s trademark choreographic style with visual language taken from pop culture and popular dance. Read more...
Photo: Susan Marshall is a choreographer based in New York City, who will bring her dance show “Play/Pause” to the west coast to UCLA’s Royce Hall this Saturday. “Play/Pause” is a dance show that combines Marshall’s signature choreography with visual language and features live indie rock music by the band “Dither.”
With play adaptations, it’s often difficult to pinpoint the transitional liberties taken by the film’s screenwriter. In regard to either his own scripted dialogue or character placements, there serves a question as to what may have been taken directly from the staged version, transported effortlessly onto film. Read more...
Kevin Williamson takes the stage, dancing solo to Janet Jackson’s “Control.” The song pauses as a troupe of three men joins him dancing in silence. Their rigid moves and jagged slices come to an abrupt rest, as electronic sound suddenly begins to fill the quiet space. Read more...
Photo: From Friday to Sunday, UCLA graduate dance student Kevin Williamson’s “The Lost Boys,” a dance theater concert, will be performed at Highways Performance Space in Santa Monica.
After years of performing, the UCLA Philharmonia released its debut album, “Eric Zeisl.” Less than a year ago, the UCLA Philharmonia was performing and recording Eric Zeisl’s “Concerto Grosso for Cello and Orchestra” onstage at Royce Hall. Read more...
Photo: Eric Zeisl, a late Austrian composer who worked on music around the world, including in Hollywood, wrote the compositions recorded by the UCLA Philharmonia for its debut album, “Eric Zeisl.”
UCLA alumna L.A. Ross entered James Franco’s film class with plans to produce a short film. Little did she know that a clip of her film would be screened at “Jimmy Kimmel Live” on Oct. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumna L.A. Ross’ short film, “Miss Famous,” a clip of which appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” was produced in a class taught by James Franco.
For an artist with as much commercial acceptance as M.I.A., it’s startling how consistently idiosyncratic and complex her music is. Much like Kanye West – a kindred spirit, sharing an outrageous self-styled celebrity persona – she seems to give off the air of a pop superstar while making serious, committed art. Read more...
