Sunday, March 29, 2009

FINAL CLASS PREPARATIONS BEGIN FOR FLASHPOINT ACADEMY PIA MUSIC VIDEO AND GAME WITH CHICAGO BAND



FLASHPOINT ACADEMY STUDENTS, STAFF AND FACULTY MAKE A BIG SPLASH AT GAME DEVELOPERS CONFERENCE IN SAN FRANCISCO





Flashpoint Academy Crew Films Ribbon of Highway Tour Performance at Dominican University
































Two Flashpoint Academy Students Selected among Winners in Illinois Technology Foundation's 50 for the Future Competition


50 For The Future 2009 Winners


Graduate Students

Sunni Barbera, DePaul University

Carrie Brubaker, Northwestern University

Christopher Bun, Loyola University Chicago

Michael Cieri, University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Blanche Hannah Faur, Loyola University Chicago

Davide Fossati, University of Illinois at Chicago

Franciso Iacobelli, Northwestern University

Anastasia Johnson, Loyola University Chicago

Benny Joseph, University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Abhishek Mohite, University of Illinois at Chicago

Nathan Nichols, Northwestern University



UnderGraduate Students

Jeff Aigner, Illinois Institute of Technology

Kenneth Armstrong, DeVry University

Bryan Beurskens, Robert Morris College Illinois

Jeff Bzdawka. DePaul University

Andy Camp, University of Illinois - Urbana/Champaign

Steve DiDuca, University of Illinois at Chicago

Michael Dooley, Knox College

Rocky Eljubeh, DeVry University

Rickita Ellis, DeVry University

Lisa Furby, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Airon Giron, Harry S. Truman College

Samuel Izquierdo, Harry S. Truman College

Max Kleiboeker, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

James Lee, University of Illinois at Chicago

Kourtni Marshall, Loyola University Chicago

Robert O’Brien, Robert Morris College Illinois

Marianela Perales, Chicago State University

Cathryn L. Pierson, Loyola University Chicago

Daniel A. Rosenberger, DePaul University

Alyxandria Schubert, Loyola University Chicago

Allessandro Segre, Illinois Institute of Technology

Suni Smith, Illinois Institute of Technology

Charles Sticha, Illinois Institute of Technology

Christopher Scott Williams, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Laurel Yohe, Loyola University Chicago

Aleem Zafar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign



Technical Students

Tiffany M. Baggett, i.c.stars|*

Joseph Harvey, i.c.stars|*

Heath Marks, Flashpoint Academy

Justin C. Moore, Flashpoint Academy




High School - Chicago Public Schools

Nayaka English, Lincoln Park High School

Yetta Hussein, Von Steuben Metropolitan Science Center

Lukasz Krzesaj, DeVry University-Advantage Academy

Oriana Kwok, Jones College Prep

Klaudia Leja, Northside College Preparatory High School

Thu Hien Thi Pham, Lincoln Park High School

Ciara Proctor, Northside College Preparatory High School

Allen A. Silva, Von Steuben Metropolitan Science Center

Kent Toy, Lincoln Park High School

FLASHPOINT ACADEMY 1ST YEAR STUDENTS FILM IN INDIANA



Student filmmakers, actors film in assistant director's backyard, dream big with 'Storymaker'

BY ROB EARNSHAW

Times Correspondent | Sunday, March 29, 2009

Valparaiso is well-represented in a movie produced by students from a new film school in Chicago. "Storymaker" is a short film written by Susan Sinkiewicz, assistant-directed by Phil Cagen, produced by Sam Carmichael and starring Maddie Blaney. All of whom live in Valparaiso.

The film also was shot at Cagen's Manchester Meadows house and the surrounding woods.

"It was an interesting experience, because a lot of the time you're on a movie set in a closed location," Cagen said. "But with this one, I had my whole family as well as nine other crew members living in my house a couple days."

Cagen, Carmichael and Sinkiewicz are all first-year students at Chicago's Flashpoint Academy of Media Arts and Sciences. They received their assignment a month ago -- here's your crew and your screenplay -- you have three weeks to figure something out."

"It takes place in a house in the woods, so I said 'OK, that's my house,' " Cagen said.

Maddie, an 11-year-old Emmanuel Lutheran School student, auditioned for the film and won the leading role of Emma, a girl who doesn't get much attention from her father.

"Her cousin Charlie and she go into the woods, because she wants to hide from her dad so she can get more attention," Maddie said.

Then things get scary when a "monster" attacks.

"It's not really clear if it's Emma's imagination or if it's real," Maddie said.

Maddie, who's a big fan of the Harry Potter movies and actor Will Ferrell, said starring in her first film was fun, even if she spent part of it covered with fake scratch marks and blood.

"It was really scary, and I looked scary," she said. "It was really fun and I'd love to do it again. It was a good experience for me."

Maddie said it was sad when filming ended, but she can't wait to get back on the stage or screen. The character of Emma grows up to be an author because of her "big imagination." Maddie may grow up to be an actress.

"I'm not shy at all," she said. "My favorite thing I guess is you get to be a different character. I'd like to try something different every time."

When Cagen was a little older than Maddie is now, he got the directing bug by shooting videos of skateboarding. The Wheeler High School graduate hopes to become a full-fledged director someday.

"Everybody loves watching movies," he said. "This is what I want to do."
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