Volcano Girl, a film about a super hero who gets fired, screened at the Wells Fargo IMAX Theatre at Marbles in downtown Raleigh, N.C., last Sunday afternoon. It is a short film directed by the talented and funny Ashley Maria. She's a grad student at the University of Southern California studying Film & Television at the School of Cinematic Arts.
Watching a film in the IMAX theatre with the filmmaker and screenwriter is an incredible feeling. In fact, just watching an independent film in such a fabulous theater is amazing. I'm so glad the folks at IMAX at Marbles were willing to work with a "local" filmmaker (she's still in school in LA but is from the area). Part of making a film is sharing it with people, and doing so in that location is just drool-worthy.
After her two films played, Ashley Maria did a Q&A session. She talked about what happened behind the scenes while making Friday Night Fright and Volcano Girl. The latter is her thesis film since she's graduating this December.
Ashley Maria has a blog titled Life as a Film Student. She's quite talented, and I'm really looking forward to seeing what she does next. Check out the Volcano Girl website for more info on the film.
Here are some photos I took at the event. Enjoy!
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| Ashley Maria, director of Volcano Girl, with Jan Delory |
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| Josh Eiserike, Volcano Girl screenwriter, and Ashley Maria talk about their film. |
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| Lea-Ann Berst (proud mom, talented marketer) and Ashley Maria wait for the film to start. |
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| The poster on display in the lobby of the IMAX Theatre at Marbles in downtown Raleigh, N.C. |
1 comment:
This is a great summary of how wonderful the screening was. Folks stayed for an hour after the showings, just to hear about filmmaking.
Yep, proud Mom :-).
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