July 8, 2024 • 27 mins
In this episode, cohosts Abby Crawley and Faith Ortega discuss RCBC’s Film Club. The Film Club is open to all RCBC students looking to get involved in moviemaking or even starring on the silver screen. From script writing to acting to editing, Film Club is full of tasks to suit anyone’s unique talents. Join the Club Advisor Brooke Mailhiot and the Club Vice President Peter Wall to learn why Film Club might be a good fit for you.
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Abby Crawley (00:00):
Hi and welcome back to the students choice
podcast, where we look into themany paths you can take here as
a student at rcbc, join us as weinvestigate different clubs,
programs and activities throughthe lens of fellow students.
It's always your choice, your
Faith Ortega (00:13):
voice our rcbc. Hi, I'm Faith Ortega, and I've
been a student at rcbc Since2022 I will graduate in 2024
with an associate degree inCommunication Arts,
Abby Crawley (00:24):
and I'm Abby Crawley. I'm a transfer student
here at rcbc, and I willgraduate in 2024 with my
associate's degree inCommunication Arts
Faith Ortega (00:31):
this season on the student's choice podcast will
focus on many rcbc clubs. RowanCollege at Burlington County has
a collection of over 40interactive clubs open to all
students, from music club tocomputer science club to
biochemistry club. Rcbc trulyhas it all to dive in. We'll
talk with a different Club'sadvisor and student leader for
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each episode. Today
Abby Crawley (00:54):
we'll be discussing rcbc Film Club. Film
Club is open to all rcbcstudents looking to get involved
with film production, or even beon film from script writing to
acting to editing. Film Club isfull of tasks to suit anyone's
unique abilities.
Faith Ortega (01:07):
Here with us today is the club's vice president,
Peter Wall and the club'sadvisor, Brooke Mailhiot,
welcome and thank you both forbeing here.
Unknown (01:15):
Hi. Thank you guys so much. Would
Faith Ortega (01:17):
you like to introduce yourselves real quick?
I
Unknown (01:19):
am Peter wall, I am the Vice President of the film club.
As previously stated. I havebeen a student at rcbc Since
2021 in the fall, and I graduatethis May, with an associate's
degree in Communication Arts.
Dr. Brooke Mailhiot (01:35):
Hi everyone. My name is Dr Brooke
Mailhiot. Thank you so much forhaving me today, I'm very
excited. I am an assistantprofessor the director of the
chair of the entertainmenttechnologies department, and
that encompasses two degreeprograms here at rcbc, we have a
sound recording and engineeringmajor, and we also have a video
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and digital media major. I wasan adjunct here first, then I
went full time. I'm tenured now,and I've been here. Wow, let me
see. This will be my 14th yearhere at rcbc. So very excited.
Love the school, love thestudents, love the community,
and very excited to be on thereverse side of this podcast. So
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exciting. Thank you.
Faith Ortega (02:25):
So I know you guys just mentioned how long you've
been here at rcbc. Would youboth like to go into what led
you to rcbc?
Unknown (02:33):
This is gonna be a very short, simple, but I'll make it
as sweet as I can. Once I gotout of high school, I literally
live, like, five minutes fromthis campus. So I figured, you
know, if I'm I might as wellspend my first two, three years
of college, you know, goinglocal, you know, not spending
too much money, but also gettinga decent education in what I
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want to do. So here I went,here, and the rest is history,
fair enough,
Dr. Brooke Mailhiot (03:01):
that's excellent. I actually was living
in Old City, Philadelphia, and Imet my husband. He was from New
Jersey, and I had beenadjuncting at a lot of
Philadelphia private schools,and I moved over to New Jersey,
and job opportunity came up atrcbc, which was formerly BCC,
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and I applied, and I got anadjunct position, and then just
kind of grew into the positionthat I'm in now as growing our
program, obtaining grant fundingand pushing forward for new
curriculum coursework, and I'mand I'm here, and I and I had
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been working really in the realworld as a freelance editor. I
was a shooter, cinematographer.I had done work for Sony
Electronics, and was touringaround the world utilizing
prototype cameras and equipment.And I kind of moved. When I
moved to Jersey, I still didthat, and I knew my passion was
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being in the classroom, and itjust kind of led me. Here. I
went and got my master's. I gotmy doctorate, and now I've been
here, and I absolutely love it.I love the students, I love the
community, and I love my programand seeing the creativity that
my students produce, and see thelight in their eyes every day
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when when we talk aboutdifferent projects and moving
forward, and I love the filmclub and all the wonderful
things that they're doing. Soit's just wonderful that you
guys are shining a light on sucha fabulous program here at rcbc.
So
Abby Crawley (04:41):
I love that you both are smiling so wide when
you talk about rcbc, and youboth just look so happy. What
has your experience been like sofar here, from
Unknown (04:49):
what I can say, it's been nothing short of a blast,
because, like, what I do a lotof the time when I'm not working
on class or Film Club stuff. Offis usually I can just walk right
into the SSC. And like over theyears, I've gotten to know so
many great, wonderful peoplelike my co president, included.
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And you know, they're alwayswelcoming me with smiling faces.
Ask me, Hey, you want to playfoosball, you want to go out
grab something to eat, or youwant to sit here and talk a bit,
and it's just, you know, it'salways a place where I can go,
where, like, if, hey, if I'mbored, I'm gonna go the SSC and
chill a bit. And as theexperience with classes gone,
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you know, some of my professorsthat I've had have had just,
like, a very lasting impact onme. And, like, I've been in some
really great classes, part ofsome really great programs, and
it's just been one of thegreatest experiences of my life.
I'm
Dr. Brooke Mailhiot (05:48):
so happy to hear that you've had such a
positive experience. That'sawesome. I i It resonates with
me kind of what you say, becauseexactly, very similar feelings
that it's that community aspect,you know, not that I don't go
into the SSC, of course I do.But it's, it's even just walking
around the community, going,being at the local supermarket
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or the local stores, and seeingyour students working there.
Then, you know, being ingrainedinto the the fabric of the
community, not just rcbc, butaround the Mount Laurel and
surrounding towns. It's justwonderful. And then having
students come into my lab andcollaborating together, and I
know that that's one of the big,you know, positive things about
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the film club as well, is thehuge collaboration, the
creativity of the students thatare here and, you know, bringing
people in, you know, justsaying, Hey, do you want to come
and, you know, write, or do youwant to direct, or do you want
to, you know, film and be a partof it. And I think that is all
part of that connectivity, andyou know, that happiness and the
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smiles and just being togetherand being able to to coordinate
and collaborate together, andthat that's a big thing of rcbc.
Faith Ortega (07:02):
Speaking of the communities we have at rcbc, a
big part of our communities areclubs. So would you both like to
give your thoughts on the clubselection we have here at rcbc,
magnificent,
Unknown (07:16):
aside from the film club, obviously, as great as we
are other clubs that I've seenaround here just have these
great communities, dedicatedmembers and just an overall,
just a fun and comfortablespace. They provide. Like, you
know, examples like the musicclub, big one, chess club, the
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creative Writers Guild, a wholebunch of other ones that, like,
I can't even name off the top ofmy head, and I've been to, like,
I've been to a few meetings,some more than others. I've been
to a bunch of differentmeetings, and they've all been
great experiences. I
Dr. Brooke Mailhiot (07:54):
kind of hear a lot about the clubs
through the curriculum that weprovide in our ETV classes. So
one of the first things that wedo in our 101, TV production
classes, these students go outand do these mobile journalism
stories. And I asked them, ifyou were working at rcbc in the
marketing department and you hadto shine a light on something
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that's going on around rcbc,what would your news story be
about? So it could be a humaninterest story. Could be, you
know, something more newsworthy.And a lot of them pick all the
clubs that they're involved in.So in different areas that I've
been a part of on campus, I hearabout them. So one that you had
mentioned was the music club. Iknow they were doing an event
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here during Valentine's Day tosell like Valentine's bears with
really cute lollipops that I gotone for my daughter. You know, I
know that there's an eSportsclub that a student did a mojo
story on, which was reallygreat. I'm also the co chair of
the Women's Advocacy Group, andwe've worked with the there's a
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book club on campus that weworked with. So I think the
offerings are so unique, sodiverse. I think there's
something for everyone. Andthat's really a big, you know,
testament to our CBC of thevariety and listening to what
the students want and thenproviding that to them. So I
think that's really a wonderfulthing that they have here on
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campus. Wow.
Abby Crawley (09:23):
So Peter, you seem extremely outgoing. I assume
you're involved in other clubs.
Unknown (09:27):
Oh, yes, very much. So
Abby Crawley (09:29):
how important and Brooke, you are very involved in
your department. How importantdo you think extracurricular
participation is for studentsuccess?
Unknown (09:37):
Very because getting involved in things like clubs,
charity, events, organizations.Not only does it like, is it
fun, it can teach you a bunch ofdifferent skills that or like,
if you say, you know, if youhave a talent and you want to
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express it with other people.Yeah, clubs are perfect for
that. If you want to learn a newskill, clubs are perfect for
that, even if it's not somethingthat is part of your major, or
you're not in any sort of classfor that, they're perfect for
anyone. If you want to branchout, do something fun, learn
something new, and I couldn'trecommend it more to anybody.
Dr. Brooke Mailhiot (10:20):
Yeah, I certainly agree. I think what is
really great about the clubs andextracurricular activities is
it, it's the students way toshine and find their niche
outside of the classroom.Sometimes, you know, we are all
different learners, okay, andsometimes we're not outspoken,
maybe in class. Sometimes we aresometimes there's something we
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kind of want to go and learnabout, but we're not really
sure. So hey, you do you want tomaybe try out the chess club?
You could try out the chessclub. You might want to learn
about filmmaking. Maybe you'd goand you check out the film club,
but that might not be yourmajor, but maybe you're a
cybersecurity major, and you goand you start hanging out with
the film club, and you're like,wow, I really love, you know,
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being behind the camera, and Ireally love seeing it through a
different lens. Maybe that'schanging your career, or that's
adding a skill to your career,right? So I think it's, I think
extracurriculars clubs and beinga part of something different
than maybe the what is the norm,or maybe something that's just
adding to your academic successis just really building on your
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college career and the careerpost being here at rcbc or at
any college. So I think it's areally, you know, positive thing
to be involved in.
Abby Crawley (11:37):
I love that. Also, we should emphasize that film
club is open to all. Not just
Dr. Brooke Mailhiot (11:42):
right? Yes, yes.
Unknown (11:44):
I want to make that message as clear as possible,
literally, if you are a person,that's all you need. I feel like
that's not, yeah, just you know,bring yourself. You don't have
to bring anything. You don'thave to have any prior
experience. You say, I want tojoin the film club. Come right
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to our next meeting. If you seeme or any of the our other
associates with Film Club, andyou want to come up to me, be
like, hey, I want to join thefilm club. Please do that. I
highly, highly request that.
Dr. Brooke Mailhiot (12:20):
That's a great PSA, right there. I think,
I think we need to make that thePSA,
Unknown (12:25):
you're welcome.
Faith Ortega (12:27):
Speaking of joining Film Club. Could you
each explain when you first gotinvolved with the film club and
why?
Unknown (12:34):
So the my of this happened about like two
semesters ago, where it wasoriginally me, my co president,
Kyle, and former student herewho doesn't go here anymore. We
were like, you know, we saw abunch of other different clubs,
like the chess club and themusic club, which was, I
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believe, still coming to be atthat point. And we were like,
Hey, we all, we all like films,you know, Kyle Tavon, you're
both like, you know, like makingfilms. Peter, you like acting.
Let's do this. And then we wentto Adrian, and we had a meeting,
and we're like, hey, let's getthis done. And the rest is
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history.
Dr. Brooke Mailhiot (13:22):
Yeah, I want to say on rcbc campus, it's
there. They're very welcomingwith new ideas and creating
clubs and creating organizationsthat support students. I got
involved in the film club. Itkind of was a film appreciation
club. Then it kind of changedand kind of got defunct a
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little, and then it came back tobe a film club that was about
relating to production and moretechnical and things like that.
And I loved seeing my studentswere saying, you know, I wrote a
little mini script, and they'relooking to maybe produce it for
me, or, you know, we're shootingover the next three days, and
then we're going to edit. Andit's really exciting to see
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students outside of theclassroom. And again, like Peter
said, students that aren'tinvolved in any of my courses,
seeing other students with thiscreativity, in this, in this,
you know, these beautiful ideas,trying to make it happen and
come to life. And I think that'sreally nice, and then kind of
helping them maybe go the nextstep, and maybe putting a film
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course or a communicationscourse into maybe as an
elective, or they're changingtheir perspective of what they
want to do, maybe with theircareer. So it's really nice to
see Peter,
Abby Crawley (14:41):
what has it been like being the vice president of
Film Club? Seems like has a lotof responsibilities. Can you
elaborate more
Unknown (14:46):
on that? Yes, I can. So a lot of responsibilities were
taken on by me, occasionallyshared by you know, my president
and our secretary. You know alot of what I did as the. Vice
President is a I request put inthe meetings on Campus Labs,
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which you have no idea how itwould bite me in the butt
whenever I forgot. But I wouldalso, you know, be like the main
voice of the meetings, like, youknow, I would always be like,
All right, not a meeting. Let'sstart. I used like this booming
voice that everyone says I have,and it's be like, Hello,
everybody, welcome. And that's alot of what I do. And then I
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want try to come up with a plansof what we want to do, what
events we eventually want tohost, you know, who wants to do
what? I also try to take it uponme, to just, you know, try to
get everyone engaged, you know,and try to see that, you know,
everyone gets what they want outof this club.
Faith Ortega (15:49):
And Brooke, would you mind going into your role as
the advisor for the film club?Sure.
Dr. Brooke Mailhiot (15:53):
So I think what's really great about the
clubs and organizations hereare, there is not so much hand
holding over the what, what myjob is over an advisor. I
oversee what's happening. Butreally, the students take
charge. If they want to go anddo they want to go do a field
trip and they want to organizeit, I'm there. I'm going to
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support it. I'm going to shareit out with my students, which
were, you know, wherever I can,if they say, you know, we want
to, we're interested in buyingsome equipment. We're going to
try and get some funding. Whatdo you think about XYZ? I give
my input, which I have, but whatI think is really great is the
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the clubs are in the studentshands, and you can really create
what you want to do with it. Sothe board that is in place now,
if they're really Pro I want todo a production from September
to December, and then I want tostart, you know, editing, and
this is what I want to do, or Iwant to kind of move it into
doing, you know, a differentproject, or a different, you
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know, themed event, they can dothat. And I think that's really
great. So I'm just there to kindof oversee if they have
questions to answer. But I thinkone of the best things about the
rcbc clubs and organizations isit's really in the students
hands, and they can really makeit what they want to do. And
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that's, I think, great.
Faith Ortega (17:23):
And for any students listening, if you want
to join the film club, it reallyis what you want to get out of
it. So if you're interested injoining, I definitely encourage
it. Peter, could you explain thebasics of what the film club
does on a weekly basis and itsgeneral goals for its members?
Unknown (17:40):
So on a weekly basis, we try because we haven't had a
meeting in a while. But whatwe're trying to do is we're
trying to get a crew togetherbecause we have a short film
that we want to have in mind.We're trying to get the script
finished as soon as we can, andonce we get that done. We can
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try and, you know, gather somepeople who want to shoot it, who
want to get casted, to act init, you know, who want to, you
know, edit it. And so some otherthings we do is sometimes me,
Kyle will go around, just likefilm, some man on the street,
things, and we'll, we did onevideo where it's like, Hi,
what's your favorite movie? Andpeople got to go into detail
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about that, and that's reallyfun, just to kind of like, you
know, get people involved. Getsomething out there. Could
Faith Ortega (18:31):
you elaborate on the different roles you can have
while you're in Film Club, beinga part of making those short
films? Absolutely
Unknown (18:39):
so obviously, there is an act, acting. You're on the
camera, you're memorizing ascript or going off of
improvisation, which, of course,we wholeheartedly encourage. It
can be a hilarious experienceand sometimes even amazing. And
there's also writing. You know,if you want to write a
screenplay or a story for it.There's editing, you know, post
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production, once everything'sshot, you can, you know, rework
it and finish it off. There'screw where you could be behind
the camera, filming everything,you know, getting these amazing
shots. There's even, you know,directing, where you can, like,
tell the camera where to be,tell the actors what to do, and
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when you know, and really makethis, make a short film come to
life. Essentially, it's
Faith Ortega (19:30):
another thing. If you're worried about joining and
you don't know what role maybeyou fit into, there's a lot of
different possibilities, and youhave the time to figure out
maybe what's best suited foryou. And honestly,
Unknown (19:42):
if you just want to watch everything unfold, go
ahead. If you want to just, youknow, be there in case we need
help setting up, breaking down,feel free. I encourage it. Go
ahead.
Dr. Brooke Mailhiot (19:55):
There's always room for a PA on any set,
I say. So that's how you know.And so in. You're interested. I
mean, you know that's just thething, right? So maybe you're
not sure if film clubs for you,but come and just experience it.
You know what I mean, justoversee it, check it out, what's
going on, if is it for you. Andthat's what's really nice and
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flexible about the clubs. Youknow what I mean, it's just
whatever you want to put intoit, you'll get out of it and and
you can experience all thedifferent clubs just by
attending any of the meetingsand Campus Labs. Makes it really
easy to see when there's, youknow, meetings, if there's a
meetup, you know, free pizza,right? We always love that. But
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you know, off of what Petersaid, you know, I had a student
in one of my classes said, youknow, he's like, Oh, I just
published a book with a friendof mine on Amazon. I want to,
I'm making it into a screenplay.And the film club was interested
in possibly, you know, you know,filming it. And I was like,
That's awesome. So see, and thisstudent wasn't even any TV
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student. The student was like acomputer science major or
something like that. So it'sanybody that's interested in
film. You could have been youdon't have to have any
knowledge. And I think that'swhat's great, because it's a
community there, just like it ison campus. It is in these clubs
that they'll bring you in,they'll help you. They'll
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support you. And you know, it'sa great way to meet friends and
be active on campus. So
Abby Crawley (21:27):
I love so much that both of you mentioned
community and how welcoming youboth are. So Peter, you have
such a in depth role in thisclub. What's your favorite
memory?
Unknown (21:36):
Favorite memory of this club? Um, that's a good
question. I have so manycandidates for it. Obviously,
the improv night, very big, youknow, top three easily. Because,
you know, everyone was justhaving fun. You know, I was just
giving people random roles, andthey were playing it in a very
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funny but also genuinely goodway. There's also a meeting
where, you know, we had a bunchof people turn out last
semester. We have to play someimprov games. We got to suggest
ideas for some like, threeminute short films. Oh, all
right. I know. All right. I justremembered my answer. We were
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filming a like, one minute shortskit that someone wrote called a
conversation between twogoblins, where it was me and
Kyle. We had green makeup, raggyclothing, and we put on these
funny voices like and we arejust, you know, being stupid
goblins. And it was, it wasgreat. I loved that. I feel
Abby Crawley (22:40):
like this is the perfect time to mention what you
want to do with your future. Oh,he
Dr. Brooke Mailhiot (22:45):
wants to dress up in like a goblin dude.
He's really awesome. Oh, yes,videos, that's my
Unknown (22:51):
dream. Great. But for my future, I definitely want to
go into acting, voice acting,maybe even theatrical acting,
because, you know, that's simplywhat I love doing whenever I'm,
you know, in front of a screen,or simply acting out a scene,
like I play a lot of DND, andwhenever I'm playing that, I'm
always portraying the role, likeover the top. So, yeah,
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definitely acting is what I wantto go into with my future.
Faith Ortega (23:17):
And do you guys have any future goals for the
film club.
Unknown (23:20):
We definitely want to one of our biggest goals has
been to film and create enoughcontent so that one day we could
have this big film festival inthe auditorium where we put on
the big screen everything we'veachieved that we've completed,
and just have a big, giant watchparty. That's been the big goal
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ever since we started,
Dr. Brooke Mailhiot (23:44):
I think one of the things that I've been
working with, you know Kyle andPeter, is to possibly do some
trips to some facilities thatwe've been offered, to actually
go to studios and things likethat. But, you know, we'll,
we'll get there. It's, it's,it's, it's funding, it's a lot
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of, you know, scheduling, makingsure students can go, you know,
all different times a day, withschedules and things like that.
But that's definitely somethingto do, to collaborate with my
department and then all theother students for the film
club. So I think that's a futuregoal. Not saying that I don't
love building content in a filmfestival. I think that is an
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amazing goal. And I think, youknow, building enough content to
have like a channel, or maybe dosomething in collaboration on
social media for rcbc would be areally good goal for the film
club to create content thatcould just be a continuing
basis. So, yeah, I mean, I thinkthere's a lot of great things
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and creative ideas that can comeout of the film club, and that's
what they they need. So members,people that are listening, you
have an idea, you're interestedin coming. Out and supporting
the film club. It would be agreat way to do that.
Abby Crawley (25:03):
I'm so excited for you. I love that both you have
future goals with the real lifeexperience as well as just
festivals in general. Sounds sowelcoming and encouraging to new
students. So what would you tella new student who's on the fence
about joining the film club?There's
Unknown (25:16):
a spot for you. That's the only way I can put it, like
if you're on the fence saying,Oh, I wouldn't be able to do
anything, oh, I don't know. I'mnot good at acting, I'm not good
at writing, I'm not good atediting, well, either one of us
will be happy to teach you, orif you simply want to watch and
figure, hey, I want to learnthis skill, go right ahead. I'm
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not gonna sit there and be likeyou're not doing anything. No, I
would never do that. I encourageanyone who is interested, even
if you want to come by just tosee what it's about, please do.
I will be more than happy to youknow, show you what we're all
about, because nine times out of10, I'm gonna be there, so I
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will be happy to have thatconversation with you. Please.
If you're any sort ofinterested, don't be shy. I'm
not gonna bite you. Just come bysee what we're about.
Dr. Brooke Mailhiot (26:15):
I think the overall motto, not just for all
the clubs and organizations, butfor rcbc as a whole, is all
they're welcome. So you want tocome and try out the film club,
all are welcome. You want to gotry out the book club, all are
welcome. You want to go doeSports. All are welcome. So all
are welcome. And again, youdon't have to have any
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background knowledge. You don'thave to have any kind of savvy,
tech savvy, writing savvy thatcan all be fostered in a group
of great students and greatpeople that are here on campus,
that are here to help you. We'reall here to help you. All are
welcome. All
Faith Ortega (26:52):
right, you heard them. There is a role for
everyone. There's a place foreveryone. So if you're thinking
about joining the film club,definitely check it out. I want
to say thank you to our guestsfor being here today and our
listeners for adventuring on thejourney with us today as we
explored the film club. Moreinformation on the film club can
be found on your barren oneaccount, student clubs and
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activities tile.
Abby Crawley (27:15):
You can check out the students choice podcast at
rcbc.edu/students-choice,
Faith Ortega (27:20):
or wherever you get your podcast, don't forget
to tune in for future episodes.If you have any topics relating
to student choices at rcbc, we'dlike to hear from you. I'm Abby
Crawley and I'm Faith Ortega.And remember your choice, your
voice, our rcbc, you.
Hi and welcome back to the students choice
podcast, where we look into themany paths you can take here as
a student at rcbc, join us as weinvestigate different clubs,
programs and activities throughthe lens of fellow students.
It's always your choice, your
Faith Ortega (00:13):
voice our rcbc. Hi, I'm Faith Ortega, and I've
been a student at rcbc Since2022 I will graduate in 2024
with an associate degree inCommunication Arts,
Abby Crawley (00:24):
and I'm Abby Crawley. I'm a transfer student
here at rcbc, and I willgraduate in 2024 with my
associate's degree inCommunication Arts
Faith Ortega (00:31):
this season on the student's choice podcast will
focus on many rcbc clubs. RowanCollege at Burlington County has
a collection of over 40interactive clubs open to all
students, from music club tocomputer science club to
biochemistry club. Rcbc trulyhas it all to dive in. We'll
talk with a different Club'sadvisor and student leader for
(00:53):
each episode. Today
Abby Crawley (00:54):
we'll be discussing rcbc Film Club. Film
Club is open to all rcbcstudents looking to get involved
with film production, or even beon film from script writing to
acting to editing. Film Club isfull of tasks to suit anyone's
unique abilities.
Faith Ortega (01:07):
Here with us today is the club's vice president,
Peter Wall and the club'sadvisor, Brooke Mailhiot,
welcome and thank you both forbeing here.
Unknown (01:15):
Hi. Thank you guys so much. Would
Faith Ortega (01:17):
you like to introduce yourselves real quick?
I
Unknown (01:19):
am Peter wall, I am the Vice President of the film club.
As previously stated. I havebeen a student at rcbc Since
2021 in the fall, and I graduatethis May, with an associate's
degree in Communication Arts.
Dr. Brooke Mailhiot (01:35):
Hi everyone. My name is Dr Brooke
Mailhiot. Thank you so much forhaving me today, I'm very
excited. I am an assistantprofessor the director of the
chair of the entertainmenttechnologies department, and
that encompasses two degreeprograms here at rcbc, we have a
sound recording and engineeringmajor, and we also have a video
(02:00):
and digital media major. I wasan adjunct here first, then I
went full time. I'm tenured now,and I've been here. Wow, let me
see. This will be my 14th yearhere at rcbc. So very excited.
Love the school, love thestudents, love the community,
and very excited to be on thereverse side of this podcast. So
(02:22):
exciting. Thank you.
Faith Ortega (02:25):
So I know you guys just mentioned how long you've
been here at rcbc. Would youboth like to go into what led
you to rcbc?
Unknown (02:33):
This is gonna be a very short, simple, but I'll make it
as sweet as I can. Once I gotout of high school, I literally
live, like, five minutes fromthis campus. So I figured, you
know, if I'm I might as wellspend my first two, three years
of college, you know, goinglocal, you know, not spending
too much money, but also gettinga decent education in what I
(02:54):
want to do. So here I went,here, and the rest is history,
fair enough,
Dr. Brooke Mailhiot (03:01):
that's excellent. I actually was living
in Old City, Philadelphia, and Imet my husband. He was from New
Jersey, and I had beenadjuncting at a lot of
Philadelphia private schools,and I moved over to New Jersey,
and job opportunity came up atrcbc, which was formerly BCC,
(03:22):
and I applied, and I got anadjunct position, and then just
kind of grew into the positionthat I'm in now as growing our
program, obtaining grant fundingand pushing forward for new
curriculum coursework, and I'mand I'm here, and I and I had
(03:43):
been working really in the realworld as a freelance editor. I
was a shooter, cinematographer.I had done work for Sony
Electronics, and was touringaround the world utilizing
prototype cameras and equipment.And I kind of moved. When I
moved to Jersey, I still didthat, and I knew my passion was
(04:05):
being in the classroom, and itjust kind of led me. Here. I
went and got my master's. I gotmy doctorate, and now I've been
here, and I absolutely love it.I love the students, I love the
community, and I love my programand seeing the creativity that
my students produce, and see thelight in their eyes every day
(04:25):
when when we talk aboutdifferent projects and moving
forward, and I love the filmclub and all the wonderful
things that they're doing. Soit's just wonderful that you
guys are shining a light on sucha fabulous program here at rcbc.
So
Abby Crawley (04:41):
I love that you both are smiling so wide when
you talk about rcbc, and youboth just look so happy. What
has your experience been like sofar here, from
Unknown (04:49):
what I can say, it's been nothing short of a blast,
because, like, what I do a lotof the time when I'm not working
on class or Film Club stuff. Offis usually I can just walk right
into the SSC. And like over theyears, I've gotten to know so
many great, wonderful peoplelike my co president, included.
(05:12):
And you know, they're alwayswelcoming me with smiling faces.
Ask me, Hey, you want to playfoosball, you want to go out
grab something to eat, or youwant to sit here and talk a bit,
and it's just, you know, it'salways a place where I can go,
where, like, if, hey, if I'mbored, I'm gonna go the SSC and
chill a bit. And as theexperience with classes gone,
(05:33):
you know, some of my professorsthat I've had have had just,
like, a very lasting impact onme. And, like, I've been in some
really great classes, part ofsome really great programs, and
it's just been one of thegreatest experiences of my life.
I'm
Dr. Brooke Mailhiot (05:48):
so happy to hear that you've had such a
positive experience. That'sawesome. I i It resonates with
me kind of what you say, becauseexactly, very similar feelings
that it's that community aspect,you know, not that I don't go
into the SSC, of course I do.But it's, it's even just walking
around the community, going,being at the local supermarket
(06:09):
or the local stores, and seeingyour students working there.
Then, you know, being ingrainedinto the the fabric of the
community, not just rcbc, butaround the Mount Laurel and
surrounding towns. It's justwonderful. And then having
students come into my lab andcollaborating together, and I
know that that's one of the big,you know, positive things about
(06:30):
the film club as well, is thehuge collaboration, the
creativity of the students thatare here and, you know, bringing
people in, you know, justsaying, Hey, do you want to come
and, you know, write, or do youwant to direct, or do you want
to, you know, film and be a partof it. And I think that is all
part of that connectivity, andyou know, that happiness and the
(06:53):
smiles and just being togetherand being able to to coordinate
and collaborate together, andthat that's a big thing of rcbc.
Faith Ortega (07:02):
Speaking of the communities we have at rcbc, a
big part of our communities areclubs. So would you both like to
give your thoughts on the clubselection we have here at rcbc,
magnificent,
Unknown (07:16):
aside from the film club, obviously, as great as we
are other clubs that I've seenaround here just have these
great communities, dedicatedmembers and just an overall,
just a fun and comfortablespace. They provide. Like, you
know, examples like the musicclub, big one, chess club, the
(07:38):
creative Writers Guild, a wholebunch of other ones that, like,
I can't even name off the top ofmy head, and I've been to, like,
I've been to a few meetings,some more than others. I've been
to a bunch of differentmeetings, and they've all been
great experiences. I
Dr. Brooke Mailhiot (07:54):
kind of hear a lot about the clubs
through the curriculum that weprovide in our ETV classes. So
one of the first things that wedo in our 101, TV production
classes, these students go outand do these mobile journalism
stories. And I asked them, ifyou were working at rcbc in the
marketing department and you hadto shine a light on something
(08:15):
that's going on around rcbc,what would your news story be
about? So it could be a humaninterest story. Could be, you
know, something more newsworthy.And a lot of them pick all the
clubs that they're involved in.So in different areas that I've
been a part of on campus, I hearabout them. So one that you had
mentioned was the music club. Iknow they were doing an event
(08:37):
here during Valentine's Day tosell like Valentine's bears with
really cute lollipops that I gotone for my daughter. You know, I
know that there's an eSportsclub that a student did a mojo
story on, which was reallygreat. I'm also the co chair of
the Women's Advocacy Group, andwe've worked with the there's a
(09:00):
book club on campus that weworked with. So I think the
offerings are so unique, sodiverse. I think there's
something for everyone. Andthat's really a big, you know,
testament to our CBC of thevariety and listening to what
the students want and thenproviding that to them. So I
think that's really a wonderfulthing that they have here on
(09:22):
campus. Wow.
Abby Crawley (09:23):
So Peter, you seem extremely outgoing. I assume
you're involved in other clubs.
Unknown (09:27):
Oh, yes, very much. So
Abby Crawley (09:29):
how important and Brooke, you are very involved in
your department. How importantdo you think extracurricular
participation is for studentsuccess?
Unknown (09:37):
Very because getting involved in things like clubs,
charity, events, organizations.Not only does it like, is it
fun, it can teach you a bunch ofdifferent skills that or like,
if you say, you know, if youhave a talent and you want to
(09:58):
express it with other people.Yeah, clubs are perfect for
that. If you want to learn a newskill, clubs are perfect for
that, even if it's not somethingthat is part of your major, or
you're not in any sort of classfor that, they're perfect for
anyone. If you want to branchout, do something fun, learn
something new, and I couldn'trecommend it more to anybody.
Dr. Brooke Mailhiot (10:20):
Yeah, I certainly agree. I think what is
really great about the clubs andextracurricular activities is
it, it's the students way toshine and find their niche
outside of the classroom.Sometimes, you know, we are all
different learners, okay, andsometimes we're not outspoken,
maybe in class. Sometimes we aresometimes there's something we
(10:42):
kind of want to go and learnabout, but we're not really
sure. So hey, you do you want tomaybe try out the chess club?
You could try out the chessclub. You might want to learn
about filmmaking. Maybe you'd goand you check out the film club,
but that might not be yourmajor, but maybe you're a
cybersecurity major, and you goand you start hanging out with
the film club, and you're like,wow, I really love, you know,
(11:04):
being behind the camera, and Ireally love seeing it through a
different lens. Maybe that'schanging your career, or that's
adding a skill to your career,right? So I think it's, I think
extracurriculars clubs and beinga part of something different
than maybe the what is the norm,or maybe something that's just
adding to your academic successis just really building on your
(11:28):
college career and the careerpost being here at rcbc or at
any college. So I think it's areally, you know, positive thing
to be involved in.
Abby Crawley (11:37):
I love that. Also, we should emphasize that film
club is open to all. Not just
Dr. Brooke Mailhiot (11:42):
right? Yes, yes.
Unknown (11:44):
I want to make that message as clear as possible,
literally, if you are a person,that's all you need. I feel like
that's not, yeah, just you know,bring yourself. You don't have
to bring anything. You don'thave to have any prior
experience. You say, I want tojoin the film club. Come right
(12:05):
to our next meeting. If you seeme or any of the our other
associates with Film Club, andyou want to come up to me, be
like, hey, I want to join thefilm club. Please do that. I
highly, highly request that.
Dr. Brooke Mailhiot (12:20):
That's a great PSA, right there. I think,
I think we need to make that thePSA,
Unknown (12:25):
you're welcome.
Faith Ortega (12:27):
Speaking of joining Film Club. Could you
each explain when you first gotinvolved with the film club and
why?
Unknown (12:34):
So the my of this happened about like two
semesters ago, where it wasoriginally me, my co president,
Kyle, and former student herewho doesn't go here anymore. We
were like, you know, we saw abunch of other different clubs,
like the chess club and themusic club, which was, I
(12:58):
believe, still coming to be atthat point. And we were like,
Hey, we all, we all like films,you know, Kyle Tavon, you're
both like, you know, like makingfilms. Peter, you like acting.
Let's do this. And then we wentto Adrian, and we had a meeting,
and we're like, hey, let's getthis done. And the rest is
(13:21):
history.
Dr. Brooke Mailhiot (13:22):
Yeah, I want to say on rcbc campus, it's
there. They're very welcomingwith new ideas and creating
clubs and creating organizationsthat support students. I got
involved in the film club. Itkind of was a film appreciation
club. Then it kind of changedand kind of got defunct a
(13:42):
little, and then it came back tobe a film club that was about
relating to production and moretechnical and things like that.
And I loved seeing my studentswere saying, you know, I wrote a
little mini script, and they'relooking to maybe produce it for
me, or, you know, we're shootingover the next three days, and
then we're going to edit. Andit's really exciting to see
(14:04):
students outside of theclassroom. And again, like Peter
said, students that aren'tinvolved in any of my courses,
seeing other students with thiscreativity, in this, in this,
you know, these beautiful ideas,trying to make it happen and
come to life. And I think that'sreally nice, and then kind of
helping them maybe go the nextstep, and maybe putting a film
(14:29):
course or a communicationscourse into maybe as an
elective, or they're changingtheir perspective of what they
want to do, maybe with theircareer. So it's really nice to
see Peter,
Abby Crawley (14:41):
what has it been like being the vice president of
Film Club? Seems like has a lotof responsibilities. Can you
elaborate more
Unknown (14:46):
on that? Yes, I can. So a lot of responsibilities were
taken on by me, occasionallyshared by you know, my president
and our secretary. You know alot of what I did as the. Vice
President is a I request put inthe meetings on Campus Labs,
(15:07):
which you have no idea how itwould bite me in the butt
whenever I forgot. But I wouldalso, you know, be like the main
voice of the meetings, like, youknow, I would always be like,
All right, not a meeting. Let'sstart. I used like this booming
voice that everyone says I have,and it's be like, Hello,
everybody, welcome. And that's alot of what I do. And then I
(15:30):
want try to come up with a plansof what we want to do, what
events we eventually want tohost, you know, who wants to do
what? I also try to take it uponme, to just, you know, try to
get everyone engaged, you know,and try to see that, you know,
everyone gets what they want outof this club.
Faith Ortega (15:49):
And Brooke, would you mind going into your role as
the advisor for the film club?Sure.
Dr. Brooke Mailhiot (15:53):
So I think what's really great about the
clubs and organizations hereare, there is not so much hand
holding over the what, what myjob is over an advisor. I
oversee what's happening. Butreally, the students take
charge. If they want to go anddo they want to go do a field
trip and they want to organizeit, I'm there. I'm going to
(16:17):
support it. I'm going to shareit out with my students, which
were, you know, wherever I can,if they say, you know, we want
to, we're interested in buyingsome equipment. We're going to
try and get some funding. Whatdo you think about XYZ? I give
my input, which I have, but whatI think is really great is the
(16:38):
the clubs are in the studentshands, and you can really create
what you want to do with it. Sothe board that is in place now,
if they're really Pro I want todo a production from September
to December, and then I want tostart, you know, editing, and
this is what I want to do, or Iwant to kind of move it into
doing, you know, a differentproject, or a different, you
(17:01):
know, themed event, they can dothat. And I think that's really
great. So I'm just there to kindof oversee if they have
questions to answer. But I thinkone of the best things about the
rcbc clubs and organizations isit's really in the students
hands, and they can really makeit what they want to do. And
(17:21):
that's, I think, great.
Faith Ortega (17:23):
And for any students listening, if you want
to join the film club, it reallyis what you want to get out of
it. So if you're interested injoining, I definitely encourage
it. Peter, could you explain thebasics of what the film club
does on a weekly basis and itsgeneral goals for its members?
Unknown (17:40):
So on a weekly basis, we try because we haven't had a
meeting in a while. But whatwe're trying to do is we're
trying to get a crew togetherbecause we have a short film
that we want to have in mind.We're trying to get the script
finished as soon as we can, andonce we get that done. We can
(18:01):
try and, you know, gather somepeople who want to shoot it, who
want to get casted, to act init, you know, who want to, you
know, edit it. And so some otherthings we do is sometimes me,
Kyle will go around, just likefilm, some man on the street,
things, and we'll, we did onevideo where it's like, Hi,
what's your favorite movie? Andpeople got to go into detail
(18:25):
about that, and that's reallyfun, just to kind of like, you
know, get people involved. Getsomething out there. Could
Faith Ortega (18:31):
you elaborate on the different roles you can have
while you're in Film Club, beinga part of making those short
films? Absolutely
Unknown (18:39):
so obviously, there is an act, acting. You're on the
camera, you're memorizing ascript or going off of
improvisation, which, of course,we wholeheartedly encourage. It
can be a hilarious experienceand sometimes even amazing. And
there's also writing. You know,if you want to write a
screenplay or a story for it.There's editing, you know, post
(19:04):
production, once everything'sshot, you can, you know, rework
it and finish it off. There'screw where you could be behind
the camera, filming everything,you know, getting these amazing
shots. There's even, you know,directing, where you can, like,
tell the camera where to be,tell the actors what to do, and
(19:25):
when you know, and really makethis, make a short film come to
life. Essentially, it's
Faith Ortega (19:30):
another thing. If you're worried about joining and
you don't know what role maybeyou fit into, there's a lot of
different possibilities, and youhave the time to figure out
maybe what's best suited foryou. And honestly,
Unknown (19:42):
if you just want to watch everything unfold, go
ahead. If you want to just, youknow, be there in case we need
help setting up, breaking down,feel free. I encourage it. Go
ahead.
Dr. Brooke Mailhiot (19:55):
There's always room for a PA on any set,
I say. So that's how you know.And so in. You're interested. I
mean, you know that's just thething, right? So maybe you're
not sure if film clubs for you,but come and just experience it.
You know what I mean, justoversee it, check it out, what's
going on, if is it for you. Andthat's what's really nice and
(20:15):
flexible about the clubs. Youknow what I mean, it's just
whatever you want to put intoit, you'll get out of it and and
you can experience all thedifferent clubs just by
attending any of the meetingsand Campus Labs. Makes it really
easy to see when there's, youknow, meetings, if there's a
meetup, you know, free pizza,right? We always love that. But
(20:39):
you know, off of what Petersaid, you know, I had a student
in one of my classes said, youknow, he's like, Oh, I just
published a book with a friendof mine on Amazon. I want to,
I'm making it into a screenplay.And the film club was interested
in possibly, you know, you know,filming it. And I was like,
That's awesome. So see, and thisstudent wasn't even any TV
(21:01):
student. The student was like acomputer science major or
something like that. So it'sanybody that's interested in
film. You could have been youdon't have to have any
knowledge. And I think that'swhat's great, because it's a
community there, just like it ison campus. It is in these clubs
that they'll bring you in,they'll help you. They'll
(21:21):
support you. And you know, it'sa great way to meet friends and
be active on campus. So
Abby Crawley (21:27):
I love so much that both of you mentioned
community and how welcoming youboth are. So Peter, you have
such a in depth role in thisclub. What's your favorite
memory?
Unknown (21:36):
Favorite memory of this club? Um, that's a good
question. I have so manycandidates for it. Obviously,
the improv night, very big, youknow, top three easily. Because,
you know, everyone was justhaving fun. You know, I was just
giving people random roles, andthey were playing it in a very
(21:56):
funny but also genuinely goodway. There's also a meeting
where, you know, we had a bunchof people turn out last
semester. We have to play someimprov games. We got to suggest
ideas for some like, threeminute short films. Oh, all
right. I know. All right. I justremembered my answer. We were
(22:17):
filming a like, one minute shortskit that someone wrote called a
conversation between twogoblins, where it was me and
Kyle. We had green makeup, raggyclothing, and we put on these
funny voices like and we arejust, you know, being stupid
goblins. And it was, it wasgreat. I loved that. I feel
Abby Crawley (22:40):
like this is the perfect time to mention what you
want to do with your future. Oh,he
Dr. Brooke Mailhiot (22:45):
wants to dress up in like a goblin dude.
He's really awesome. Oh, yes,videos, that's my
Unknown (22:51):
dream. Great. But for my future, I definitely want to
go into acting, voice acting,maybe even theatrical acting,
because, you know, that's simplywhat I love doing whenever I'm,
you know, in front of a screen,or simply acting out a scene,
like I play a lot of DND, andwhenever I'm playing that, I'm
always portraying the role, likeover the top. So, yeah,
(23:14):
definitely acting is what I wantto go into with my future.
Faith Ortega (23:17):
And do you guys have any future goals for the
film club.
Unknown (23:20):
We definitely want to one of our biggest goals has
been to film and create enoughcontent so that one day we could
have this big film festival inthe auditorium where we put on
the big screen everything we'veachieved that we've completed,
and just have a big, giant watchparty. That's been the big goal
(23:41):
ever since we started,
Dr. Brooke Mailhiot (23:44):
I think one of the things that I've been
working with, you know Kyle andPeter, is to possibly do some
trips to some facilities thatwe've been offered, to actually
go to studios and things likethat. But, you know, we'll,
we'll get there. It's, it's,it's, it's funding, it's a lot
(24:07):
of, you know, scheduling, makingsure students can go, you know,
all different times a day, withschedules and things like that.
But that's definitely somethingto do, to collaborate with my
department and then all theother students for the film
club. So I think that's a futuregoal. Not saying that I don't
love building content in a filmfestival. I think that is an
(24:28):
amazing goal. And I think, youknow, building enough content to
have like a channel, or maybe dosomething in collaboration on
social media for rcbc would be areally good goal for the film
club to create content thatcould just be a continuing
basis. So, yeah, I mean, I thinkthere's a lot of great things
(24:48):
and creative ideas that can comeout of the film club, and that's
what they they need. So members,people that are listening, you
have an idea, you're interestedin coming. Out and supporting
the film club. It would be agreat way to do that.
Abby Crawley (25:03):
I'm so excited for you. I love that both you have
future goals with the real lifeexperience as well as just
festivals in general. Sounds sowelcoming and encouraging to new
students. So what would you tella new student who's on the fence
about joining the film club?There's
Unknown (25:16):
a spot for you. That's the only way I can put it, like
if you're on the fence saying,Oh, I wouldn't be able to do
anything, oh, I don't know. I'mnot good at acting, I'm not good
at writing, I'm not good atediting, well, either one of us
will be happy to teach you, orif you simply want to watch and
figure, hey, I want to learnthis skill, go right ahead. I'm
(25:40):
not gonna sit there and be likeyou're not doing anything. No, I
would never do that. I encourageanyone who is interested, even
if you want to come by just tosee what it's about, please do.
I will be more than happy to youknow, show you what we're all
about, because nine times out of10, I'm gonna be there, so I
(26:04):
will be happy to have thatconversation with you. Please.
If you're any sort ofinterested, don't be shy. I'm
not gonna bite you. Just come bysee what we're about.
Dr. Brooke Mailhiot (26:15):
I think the overall motto, not just for all
the clubs and organizations, butfor rcbc as a whole, is all
they're welcome. So you want tocome and try out the film club,
all are welcome. You want to gotry out the book club, all are
welcome. You want to go doeSports. All are welcome. So all
are welcome. And again, youdon't have to have any
(26:36):
background knowledge. You don'thave to have any kind of savvy,
tech savvy, writing savvy thatcan all be fostered in a group
of great students and greatpeople that are here on campus,
that are here to help you. We'reall here to help you. All are
welcome. All
Faith Ortega (26:52):
right, you heard them. There is a role for
everyone. There's a place foreveryone. So if you're thinking
about joining the film club,definitely check it out. I want
to say thank you to our guestsfor being here today and our
listeners for adventuring on thejourney with us today as we
explored the film club. Moreinformation on the film club can
be found on your barren oneaccount, student clubs and
(27:14):
activities tile.
Abby Crawley (27:15):
You can check out the students choice podcast at
rcbc.edu/students-choice,
Faith Ortega (27:20):
or wherever you get your podcast, don't forget
to tune in for future episodes.If you have any topics relating
to student choices at rcbc, we'dlike to hear from you. I'm Abby
Crawley and I'm Faith Ortega.And remember your choice, your
voice, our rcbc, you.
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