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DIVA Center holds monthly amateur video forums
The Center's videomaker forum and video slam is a free place for artists to showcase their skills
by Jaime Swindle | Pulse Reporter
Everything appears in black and white and a melancholy piano score sets in.
The film noir-esque atmosphere sets in as the male protagonist lights a cigarette in angst as he realizes his sore need for deviance from his monotonous life.
With a square suitcase and an unlit cigarette in hand, he heads out into the streetlamp-illuminated darkness of Eugene in the middle of the night.
His quest for adventure leads him from the Eugene train station where he narrowly misses the late-night train to the outside of a bar where he finds his salvation in an adversary's Vespa that he steals and rides off into the distance.
Inspired by the French film "Breathless," Eric Dion's short film "Old Hell and the Midnight Train" features original music composed and played by Steven O'Brien.
The film brings a sense of 1920's nostalgia and romantic mystery to downtown Eugene with beautifully chosen city shots that match the mood of the film.
Dion's movie was one of the three short films shown at last Sunday's Videomaker's Forum and Video Slam.
On the second Sunday of every month, the Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts Center, located at 110 W. Broadway Street, hosts this event beginning at 4 p.m.
The monthly event has two purposes: to get Eugene residents interested in film and to get them to see things they've never seen before.
The film noir-esque atmosphere sets in as the male protagonist lights a cigarette in angst as he realizes his sore need for deviance from his monotonous life.
With a square suitcase and an unlit cigarette in hand, he heads out into the streetlamp-illuminated darkness of Eugene in the middle of the night.
His quest for adventure leads him from the Eugene train station where he narrowly misses the late-night train to the outside of a bar where he finds his salvation in an adversary's Vespa that he steals and rides off into the distance.
Videomaker's Forum and Video Slam
| WHAT: | A forum for filmmakers to showcase their work and receive critiques |
| WHERE: | The DIVA Center, 110 W. Broadway Street |
| WHEN: | The Center holds monthly forums. The next event will take place at 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 11 |
| CONTACT: | Call 344-3482 or visit diva.proscenia.net |
Inspired by the French film "Breathless," Eric Dion's short film "Old Hell and the Midnight Train" features original music composed and played by Steven O'Brien.
The film brings a sense of 1920's nostalgia and romantic mystery to downtown Eugene with beautifully chosen city shots that match the mood of the film.
Dion's movie was one of the three short films shown at last Sunday's Videomaker's Forum and Video Slam.
On the second Sunday of every month, the Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts Center, located at 110 W. Broadway Street, hosts this event beginning at 4 p.m.
The monthly event has two purposes: to get Eugene residents interested in film and to get them to see things they've never seen before.
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