Festival celebrates another year of student creativityEmily Pawlowski | Echo When looking at the greats, it can be hard to choose the best. But that is exactly what judges did Friday, March 8, as the Envision Film Festival presented awards to Taylor filmmakers. The biggest surprise of the night came […]
Students showcase their filmsJustin Chapman | The Echo The Envision Film Festival brings students opportunities to watch fellow classmate’s works and to network with professionals in the film field. The film festival began yesterday and culminates on Saturday. “The Envision Film Festival honors aspiring filmmakers whose visual storytelling explores the […]
A review of “Bad Times at the El Royale”By Landon Hilst | Echo From director Drew Goddard comes this exhilarating new mystery revolving around a colorful cast and an impressive setting:The El Royale hotel. On one side rests the beautiful sunshine state of Nevada, and to the other California, brimming with […]
A review of the franchise’s new releaseBy Landon Hilst | Echo “Mission Impossible” is one of the biggest franchises to blast its way into theaters throughout its 22-year run. As the franchise releases the sixth film in the series, this is where franchises begin to show signs of fatigue. Far from the […]
Film students’ hard work pays offBy Elizabeth Hartmann | Echo Two student films won the Crystal Pillar student production award from the regional Emmy organization—the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS), Lower Great Lakes Chapter (LGL). Seniors Hannah Goebel and Camden Johnson attended the award ceremony in Indianapolis on […]
The 10-day film festival ends SundayBy Andrew Hoff | Echo “Movies for every part of you.” That is the theme of this year’s Indy Film Fest, now in its 15th year, presented by Indiana State University. The Indy Film Fest is one of the Midwest’s largest and fastest-growing film festivals, this year […]
One student’s take on art consumptionDrew Shriner | Echo During chapel on March 2, Josh Larsen accurately claimed that Christians have the ability to watch “secular” films through a Christian lens–as prayers. Some would take it a step further: Christians not only have the ability to watch film, but a responsibility […]
Kathy Bruner and John Bruner receive their master’s in filmmaking By Abigail Roberts | Echo It is not often that a husband and wife have the opportunity to teach together in the same institution, let alone the same department. It is even rarer for both husband and wife to pursue […]
Where cultural understanding meets filmmakingBy Rylie Harrison | Echo From small-town Massachusetts to Ghana and Zimbabwe, James Ault gives a glimpse into Christian life and culture around the world through his films. Documentaries such as “African Christianity Rising” and “Born Again” shine light on the lives of groups which the majority […]
Indianapolis’ Heartland Film Festival runs from Oct. 12 – 22By Andrew Hoff | Echo “My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die,” quoted Rob Reiner to a huddled group of smiling journalists, who let out a collective “aha” and then scribbled in their reporters’ notebooks. It was […]
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