Missouri State Student Films Being Screened At The Moxie

Sporky short film

Sporky - Written directed and animated by Ross Story

From the Facebook event page for the evening: Moxie Cinema is excited to present a collection of short films from students in the Media, Journalism and Film Department at MSU. A portion of the night’s proceeds will help underwrite their scholarship in digital filmmaking.

The films to be shown are:

1. Overcome – 90 seconds – directed by Ben Bumgarner, animation by Matt Raithel & Nathanial Fuller, sound design by Doug Storm. A girl and robot face off for a game of one-on-one in this spec… commercial for the WNBA.

2. The Greasy Wrench – James Rutherford, animator, sound design and original music by: Anthony Ciston, Geoff Green, & Ryan Walther. A robot runs into a problem in a greasy spoon restaurant.

3. Tide of Dreams – 2:24 – Patrick Dunegan, Joe Protenic, Kevin Gates and Robert Rosener. An experimental film about a young man who’s followed throughout the city by his imagination.

4. Have You Ever Been There – 4:00 – county pop music video.

5. Pretend – 35:00 – written and directed by Doug Johnston, produced by Lydia Mann, sound design and original music by Daniel Kirkpatrick. A talented writer learns there’s more to life when he encounters his young nephew and the spirit that looks over the young boy.

6. The Creation Story – 1 ½ min — Daniel Quintanilla, Rodney Eddings, Phil Swope and Ben Pfeiffer. An experimental short about an artist and the process of visualizing an idea.

7. Mannequin – 5 min – written, directed and animated by Art Weisen, original music by Reed Roye. A David and Goliath inspired animation about a confrontation between two art-school mannequins.

8. Marble Rye – 12 min – directed by Max Rosen. The story of a woman who faces her fear of the world.

9. Cloud City Music video – 5 min – featuring the local band by the same name.

10. Sporky – 8 min – written, directed and animated by Ross Story, sound design by Mike Fieldson, original music by Baron Roberts. Animated film about a Spork who takes on a gang of bad guys led by Xacto.

11. Apollo – 40 min. — directed by Bryan Manning, original music and sound design by Jeffrey Brown, visual effects by Blaine Morehead. Visually stunning sci-fi story about a man searching for love on a dying planet.