{"id":381,"date":"2018-04-21T23:24:53","date_gmt":"2018-04-21T23:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/2018\/04\/21\/2018421quinnies-showcase-best-of-quinnipiacs-film-program\/"},"modified":"2020-09-05T19:44:45","modified_gmt":"2020-09-05T19:44:45","slug":"2018421quinnies-showcase-best-of-quinnipiacs-film-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/2018\/04\/21\/2018421quinnies-showcase-best-of-quinnipiacs-film-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Quinnies showcase best of Quinnipiac\u2019s film program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div\n        class=\"\n          image-block-outer-wrapper\n          layout-caption-below\n          design-layout-inline\n          \n          \n          \n        \"\n        data-test=\"image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\"\n    ><\/p>\n<figure\n            class=\"\n              sqs-block-image-figure\n              intrinsic\n            \"\n            style=\"max-width:2500.0px;\"\n        ><\/p>\n<div\n              \n                style=\"padding-bottom:56.23999786376953%;\"\n              \n              class=\"\n                image-block-wrapper\n                \n          \n        \n                has-aspect-ratio\n              \"\n              data-animation-role=\"image\"\n              \n  data-animation-override\n\n          ><br \/>\n            <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Image-uploaded-from-iOS-%286%29.jpg\" alt=\"Image uploaded from iOS (6).jpg\" \/><\/noscript><img class=\"thumb-image\" data-src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Image-uploaded-from-iOS-%286%29.jpg\" data-image=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Image-uploaded-from-iOS-%286%29.jpg\" data-image-dimensions=\"2500x1406\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"Image uploaded from iOS (6).jpg\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"5adbc67e1ae6cfdcd74072c1\" data-type=\"image\" \/>\n          <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p><strong>By Sam Prevot<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Movie posters, hollywood themed decorations and a makeshift red carpet adorned Quinnipiac\u2019s Echlin theater as students and faculty came together to celebrate the 2018 Quinnies,&nbsp;an annual film festival and award show run by the Quinnipiac Film Society. Students submit any film they\u2019ve created, though within the 10 minute maximum limit, and the short is then screened at the event and entered for a prize.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s Quinnies featured 24 films across all genres. Comedies, dramas and documentaries were all represented in the submissions. Two submissions were from this year\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hqpress.org\/blog-2\/2018\/4\/16\/professor-gives-students-a-chance-to-produce-a-documentary-in-south-africa\">South Africa trip <\/a>run by professor Liam O\u2019Brien. Another two were from Q30 Television\u2019s comedy show \u201cQuinnipiac Tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The event also featured catering by Moe\u2019s Southwest Mexican Grill and raffles for Beats headphones, a TV, various gift cards and a year subscription to the Adobe Creative Cloud.<\/p>\n<p>QFS President Connor Carey said the Quinnies is the club\u2019s biggest event of the year and that it takes months to plan. Carey, a senior along with rest of the QFS Executive Board, was pleased with the turnout at the event and sees a bright future for the club.<\/p>\n<div\n        class=\"\n          image-block-outer-wrapper\n          layout-caption-below\n          design-layout-inline\n          \n          \n          \n        \"\n        data-test=\"image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\"\n    ><\/p>\n<figure\n            class=\"\n              sqs-block-image-figure\n              intrinsic\n            \"\n            style=\"max-width:800.0px;\"\n        ><\/p>\n<div\n              \n                style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\"\n              \n              class=\"\n                image-block-wrapper\n                \n          \n        \n                has-aspect-ratio\n              \"\n              data-animation-role=\"image\"\n              \n  data-animation-override\n\n          ><br \/>\n            <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Image-uploaded-from-iOS-%285%29.jpg\" alt=\"Image uploaded from iOS (5).jpg\" \/><\/noscript><img class=\"thumb-image\" data-src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Image-uploaded-from-iOS-%285%29.jpg\" data-image=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Image-uploaded-from-iOS-%285%29.jpg\" data-image-dimensions=\"800x450\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"Image uploaded from iOS (5).jpg\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"5adbc6b50e2e72348edb87b4\" data-type=\"image\" \/>\n          <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt shows a good emphasis on our film program and a lot of interest in the film society,\u201d Carey said. \u201cWe had some underclassmen win and seniors win Quinnies, so as long as freshmen keep staying involved like they are I think we\u2019ll definitely be good for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Professors Becky Abbott, Philip Cunningham and Fritz Staudmyer were the official judges for the event and decided who won awards such as: Best Editing, Best Screenplay, Best Director and Best Picture.<\/p>\n<p>The Best Picture of the day went to Matt Kravitsky for his film \u201cThe Better Man.\u201d This is the third year in a row that Kravitsky has won the award. He filmed \u201cThe Better Man\u201d while in Los Angeles for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hqpress.org\/blog-2\/2018\/4\/18\/quinnipiac-in-los-angeles-program-is-a-professional-gold-rush-for-students\">QU in LA program<\/a>. He said he faced many obstacles while filming his short.<\/p>\n<div\n        class=\"\n          image-block-outer-wrapper\n          layout-caption-below\n          design-layout-inline\n          \n          \n          \n        \"\n        data-test=\"image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\"\n    ><\/p>\n<figure\n            class=\"\n              sqs-block-image-figure\n              intrinsic\n            \"\n            style=\"max-width:2500.0px;\"\n        ><\/p>\n<div\n              \n                style=\"padding-bottom:75.0%;\"\n              \n              class=\"\n                image-block-wrapper\n                \n          \n        \n                has-aspect-ratio\n              \"\n              data-animation-role=\"image\"\n              \n  data-animation-override\n\n          ><br \/>\n            <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Image-uploaded-from-iOS-%283%29.jpg\" alt=\"Image uploaded from iOS (3).jpg\" \/><\/noscript><img class=\"thumb-image\" data-src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Image-uploaded-from-iOS-%283%29.jpg\" data-image=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Image-uploaded-from-iOS-%283%29.jpg\" data-image-dimensions=\"2500x1875\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"Image uploaded from iOS (3).jpg\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"5adbc74970a6ad1da8627915\" data-type=\"image\" \/>\n          <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe only had one day to shoot it,\u201d Kravitsky said. \u201cWe were shooting at Joshua Tree National Park, which is illegal \u2026 and we didn\u2019t get a permit \u2026 We got in trouble by a park ranger who said if we didn\u2019t get out in 15 minutes he\u2019d see us in court. But I\u2019m really happy with how it came out, and it was definitely worth it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The two films that stole the show nearly tied for the Fan Favorite award at the end of the afternoon. \u201cOn Time,\u201d submitted by Bret Schneider, is a comedy about a man running late for an appointment set to well-known songs. While \u201cTenacity,\u201d submitted by Zack Carlascio, is a dramatic film about a man who lost his wife in a car accident and has trouble coping with the loss. Tenacity won Fan Favorite by a single vote.<\/p>\n<p>Kravitsky, who has spent four years in QFS, got emotional talking about his experience with the club.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to talk about it I\u2019m going to cry,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve met all of my best friends and connections at QFS. Now that I\u2019m graduating I\u2019ll probably go to LA and try to make stuff with the people I met in QFS that now live there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>QFS meets on Wednesdays at 9:15 p.m. in Echlin 101.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quinnipiac students got the chance to showcase their short films in front of their peers at the 2018 Quinnies, an annual film festival and award show run by the Quinnipiac Film Society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":382,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[142,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage","category-quinnipiac"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2750,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381\/revisions\/2750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}