June 30, 2025 • 25 mins
In this episode of Wild Rivers Film Radio, host Bev Juday sits down with five returning students from the 2024 Wild Rivers Film Workshop — Theron, Jude, Eden, Nellie, and Danika — to reflect on their journey through the program. They share how their expectations evolved over the course of the workshop, the roles and […]
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Good afternoon. I'm Bev Juday from the Wild
Rivers Film Festival,
and we're talking to five of our students
from last year's film workshop. That was 2024.
We're getting ready for the 2025
workshop. And so this is a great opportunity
to ask these former students
how things went, what they like the best,
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any suggestions they may have for us, and
also what they took away from the workshop.
What are they continuing to use?
So I'm gonna start off this morning or
this afternoon
by talking to,
I didn't do the introduction.
So I'm gonna talk this afternoon with Farron,
with Jude,
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with,
Eden,
with Nelly, and with Danica.
So how are you guys all doing this
afternoon?
Pretty good. Pretty good. Yeah. Good. Good. Great.
Good.
Well, I appreciate you being here.
So when you think back to last year,
I'm gonna ask what was the most favorite
part of the workshop to each one of
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you? And because we're sitting all in a
row, I'm gonna start with you, Theron.
My favorite part was,
kind of having your hands on to things
that you may not have or be able
to pay for, like expect expensive,
camera equipment. Like,
it was cool to have the experience to
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film with using
camera equipment you wouldn't usually have
access to, which is why. Sure.
That was great.
And how about you, Jude? Was there anything
that stood out for you?
I just really like doing skits and stuff.
And as I recall, you were really good
at those skits too.
Thank you.
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You're welcome. And how about you, Eden?
The Zoom calls.
Oh, the Zoom calls. Tell me a little
more about that. How was that the best
part?
They were just fun and interesting to hear
about. Yeah. And those were some really great
professionals
that joined us. Yeah. So we were fortunate
to have them. Since they couldn't be in
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person with us, it was great that they
were on the Zoom. Yeah. And how about
you, Neli? Anything special?
Being able to actually film things.
Great. So the experience of picking up the
equipment and actually filming. Yeah.
Perfect.
And Danica, what was your favorite thing?
I liked learning about the different,
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jobs in the industry
and how
one day we got to
set dress and, like, create our own little
scenes.
Well, yeah, that was my favorite time. Great.
Sounds like that was pretty creative for everybody.
I recall that day. You guys were all
running around.
You were grabbing globes and jackets with fur.
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It was very cool to watch you create.
So other than that being your very favorite
part of
the
the workshop,
do you think it was the right amount
of time? Because this year, we're looking at
expanding it by at least three days into
breaking it into two separate weeks.
Okay.
So what do you think about that?
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Eden? That would be pretty cool. I mean,
have more time talking people, making new friends,
learning new things. Mhmm. I think that bonding
with each other was really important too. And
I saw that happen right about your
actually, for some of you, it happened in
the the very second day that you bonded
and you started having fun together. And then
for others, it looked like it took about
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the third day
to really start talking to each other and
working together.
And there was a lot of team activity
there.
So, Nellie, how about you? You guys were
at the back table back there.
Yeah. Just a tribe at the back table.
Yeah. Chive at the back table.
That was the favorite spot. I tried to
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mix you guys up. That was hard.
So,
was it the right amount of time? Would
you suggest You could add more time. Yeah.
Add a little more. Danica, what did you
think?
I thought it was a pretty good week.
Like,
it was each day was kinda learning about
a different thing that led up to the
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end days of filming,
the
documentary kinda
Mhmm. Thing. So So that kind of progression
where each skill set added onto the other.
Yeah.
And what did you think about that, Jude?
Was that perfect for you?
I think more time would have been good,
because,
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we didn't get very much time on each
skill, so it was hard to get very
good at them. And you didn't get to
try out,
everything. You got to try out quite a
bit, though. It was pretty fun. Great. And
Theron, any thoughts on the timing?
I think it was,
a pretty good week.
I liked how it build it, like, builds
up to our final days where we actually
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filmed stuff. And I liked how we,
we all,
had our own, like, groups and stuff. So
it was kinda like a whole adventure, really.
It was fun.
That's cool.
So what kind of things have you done
since then? Did you take any of the
skills from that
particular week?
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And we had you as volunteers for the
the film festival.
Did you apply any of your skills when
you first got into the film festival last
year?
I I mean, the
I really learned,
a lot more
from the
mics and mic ing up and stuff and
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sound,
and use that, a lot of the skills
from that to my,
my videography business. So Okay. So you started
a business.
Kind of. Yeah. Kind of. That sounds pretty
cool. Are you still doing it today? Yeah.
I'm kinda just finding,
clients that have
maybe
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a, series or videos that they want me
to film and I'll
use I use a lot of the skills
from the camp from last year,
to do that, which
really helped me out a lot because I
was doing, my own videos before the film
festival. That's what inspired me to come over
to the film festival.
And after that, I just used a lot
of the skills from the film festival and
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it was really great. That's fantastic.
Are you actually making some money at it
at this point?
Well, at this point, I'm starting a portfolio.
So I'm doing most of my work for
free so I can Mhmm. Kinda, you know,
show business is what I worth and what
I can do. And, yeah, that's that's where
I'm at right now. That's fantastic.
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Sounds like a really good goal,
and you're well on your way.
Thank you. You're welcome. So how about, anybody
else? Did you carry any of the skills
over?
Danica, did you carry some skills over?
I guess.
I guess, yeah. But,
during the film festival,
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I worked with you
filming,
filming and doing the sound on the interviews
with all the directors and stuff.
So I really liked that. That was fun.
Was it hard after the film workshop to
step into actually doing?
No. I was probably it was pretty easy.
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Like, I just got showed what buttons to
press, and I just, like, did it. So
That's great. So our our film workshop, our
school actually prepared
you guys to apply things, and you weren't
afraid. That was something I was really impressed
with, with all of the students there.
Nellie, were you able to carry anything over
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and use the skill sets?
Not really. Not yet. Do you plan on
that this coming year?
Yeah. Yeah? That's great.
And how about you, Eden? I haven't either,
but I'm hoping to learn some more stuff
and use them.
Great.
So what do you hope to take away
this year?
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Is there anything special that each one of
you would just be really thrilled to learn
more about or to a brand new skill
you'd like to learn?
I really
when I was done with last year's camp,
I was like, man, I should have learned
a little bit more about lighting because like,
that's a, like, there's a lot of different
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ways to do it, but there's like a
lot of skill that you, you would need
to like,
kind of set your scene, like, to make
it look good. And lighting's a good part
of that because
if you just have, like, this dry room,
you're gonna need, like, lighting to bring it
to life. And that's kinda like the start
of a film. So
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Absolutely true. One of our directors last year,
was kinda called out for his skill set
in doing lighting.
And,
I I'm trying to recall his name. I
can picture him in my mind perfectly.
He did,
the fish in a barrel.
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But, anyway, I I'm not sure if he'll
be back this year. We'll try to connect
you. And even if we can connect you
with a phone call to talk to him,
because he was
called out quite a bit for his specialty
in lighting.
And in addition to filmmaking, he lighting was
his thing.
So anybody else wanna volunteer and answer about
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something for this year? What do you hope
to walk away having learned?
I hope to work more on sound and
recording audio,
because I wanna start,
recording music.
And, I think that learning more about sound
for movies would help for that.
Absolutely.
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And you're quite an artist in your own
right Thank you. On the violin there.
I would like to learn a little more
about the geography and
the angles to get and all that type
of stuff. That would be pretty cool.
Now, you're going into high school this coming
year. Right? Mhmm.
I think in one of the leadership classes,
you get an opportunity or there's a media
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class where you get an opportunity to do
some filming too.
Hopefully, you'll get to take that class. Mhmm.
I'm in the leadership.
Oh, fantastic. Then you will get some Mhmm.
Experience doing that.
How about you, Danica? Anything you wanna hope
for this year?
I guess just doing more of, like, the
sound,
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stuff
or,
I don't know. Last year, I kinda I
didn't do as much as, like, all them
did, but I, like, followed Rob around with
the camera and stuff sometimes. So I guess
that was fun, and I just, like,
I not necessarily like filming and stuff,
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but, like, I like just being behind the
scenes and, like, helping people, like, oh, you
need this. Here you go.
Sure. But, like, yeah. That.
And I think that's something really important to
point out to all of you was that
at the very front of the class, we
talked about all of the various careers
that are in the film industry.
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So it wasn't just being not just a
director. That's a pretty big job. But there
were so many other career opportunities and ways
to make a really good living in making
film. And I'm glad to hear from all
of you how you've taken the things that
you learned then,
and you can relate it to your potential
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futures.
And you can relate it to,
the things that you do every day, even
what you do now as students in school.
And, Nelway, I know you have some intern
opportunities this year.
Maybe during one of those, you'll have an
opportunity to film something
or,
you know, explore what someone else might need
in the school.
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Yeah.
So,
let's see. What else would you guys like
to tell me about the school?
Does anybody have anything in particular they'd like
to say?
I'm starting digital media classes next year, which
I'm pretty excited for because
I'm doing them because my friend's in digital
media, and I really wanted to join him.
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So I'm excited for that. That sounds fantastic.
So anything else?
No.
How about our class size? Was that a
good thing for you guys? Did you get
enough personalized attention?
Yeah. I feel like it wasn't too small
or too big, just the right amount. That's
great.
And did those of you who were participating
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in the film festival,
did you appreciate or like that opportunity to
talk with the different directors and the film
producers who were there? Mhmm. That was pretty
exciting.
Yeah.
Does anybody have an experience with that that
they wanna share?
No. Maybe not. Do you have an experience,
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Danica? No.
I saw you guys I'll share this. I
saw many of you popping up, you know,
for photographs with the backgrounds, and I just
couldn't have been more proud
the way you guys fit in so comfortably.
And I heard some of you
critiquing films that you watched at the film
festival,
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and it was really deep, a deep experience.
You were
interpreting the lighting, interpreting sounds that you heard,
and you were talking about different filmmakers.
When you did that, do you think you
approach it now from a different perspective than
you did or when you go to a
movie just because you wanna go?
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Janneke, you're saying yes? Yeah. So tell me
about that.
No.
I don't know.
Well, I think that this is what I
can interpret. Sorry.
But I think that sometimes,
you know, when you're watching a movie strictly
for entertainment
value,
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you don't necessarily notice all the lighting. You
experience it emotionally.
And when you watched it
after having gone to the film school, I
think you guys appreciated some of the lighting
that you saw.
There was a a movie on
an Airbnb
where the couple
starts off and the lighting is dark, and
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the lighting gets lighter and darker
with whether there's danger or not.
There was the lighting techniques,
in several of the films
that kind of,
suggests that something's gonna happen. Yeah. That that
was pretty cool, being able to go to
the workshop and then watch more movies and
appreciate those jobs a little more because you
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know how difficult and challenging they are. Exactly.
I remember,
like, right before the film
school, I was,
like,
I didn't really think much about movies. And
after that, it was just, like,
every time I would see a different scene,
I'm like, man, it took a lot of
effort to do this. And I'm I just
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can't forget about, like, the
the the scenery they had to set up
for every little scene
and every tweaking they had to make to
make it just right. And, like, all
the takes it must have taken for the
actors to get that scene right, and just
the amount of time it took for them
to do that, which is just really great.
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I'm glad you guys noticed those kind of
details now.
I'm thinking
of one of the films
where it was a
a murder mystery,
and
how long it took them to set up
and before the audience
recognized
that it was more complex
than just a simple murder mystery.
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Do you guys
recall looking at any of the films from
those kind of perspectives about how long it
took to do something. I remember watching one.
I don't really remember the name, but it
was, like,
pretty,
pretty crazy.
Mhmm. Seemed pretty challenging too.
All the different areas and all the different
scenes. Right.
Do you guys remember when we went up
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to Stout Grove?
Mhmm. It was hot, it was dusty, and
it was dirty. And every one of you
stood out there that whole day for hours,
and you held things up. You did the
grip. You you held up the lighting shields.
It was amazing how dedicated you all were,
and you didn't need instruction to do that.
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Do you guys recall that out there?
And were you as proud of yourself as
we were of you?
You might not have been Eden. -Yeah. -I'm
not sure I remember. -Was that your -You
were the second
day.
-Yeah.
So,
can you guys remember when we were out
there at Stout Grove? -Yeah. -Um, Jude, what
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were you doing? Were you filming? -Uh, I
did mostly sound.
-Um -Okay. You did sound. -Yeah.
A lot of it, l was just doing
sound. But it was pretty fun and work
I didn't hold up the boom mic very
much. L wasn't really tall enough to hold
up the boom mic well.
But, l worked the sound box.
Oh, that's cool. So Yeah. And you knew
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what you were doing at that point. Yeah.
Pretty comfortable at it. That amazed me, how
good you guys
just looked. You looked like professionals out there.
Do you recall that, Farren? Was there anything
you did in particular?
I I remember,
kinda stopping traffic because there were a ton
of cars going by and we're, like, trying
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to keep it, you know, like an interview
and less of cars in the background and
making sounds. So I was, like, on the
other side trying to be, like,
explain what we're doing over there. And it
was just,
yeah. It was crazy.
I think people were amazed that you kids
were out there.
And Danica, do you remember us walking down
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and stopping traffic? I do remember that. Yeah.
What do you remember about it? I looked
We stopped the cars.
No. It was something really funny.
We were whispering,
and we must have been
a block away. Because remember how far away
we had to stop cars?
It was that far we were whispering.
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And back
up where you were close to the interview,
somebody said,
stop talking.
Yeah. I remember,
going up to people and I'd be like
like, whispering and trying to explain what's going
on. And they'd be like, oh, okay. And
I'm like,
like,
yeah. That was pretty amazing.
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So there was one other time I'm thinking
of that was pretty funny. It wasn't the
Stout Grove,
but it was another opportunity where you guys
were all filming.
Can you think of another time we were
filming?
Like, during the workshop or when we were
filming the documentaries?
Well, the documentary.
So when we were back up at
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I think it's this particular location because the
canoes were here. Mhmm. Do you guys remember
doing some of that filming?
I remember filming kind of parts and, like,
a different angle of them explaining how they
cut the tree and stuff.
Yes.
That was pretty amazing. Like, how you had
to keep the canoes wet and, like, had
to put water on them, like, every 10.
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Right. That was pretty cool.
Yep.
Anything else you guys can think of about
coming here and
looking at all that detail and how they
made it?
I was pretty impressed that the inside the
canoe where it had a seat,
was all connected. It wasn't a piece that
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was separately added in.
It was carved out of it.
Must have taken so long. Yes. It's so
great. Yes. And, Nellie, you probably know lots
about this. Not that much. No? Well, I
was amazed too that at the front of
the canoe in a long time olden days,
they actually built a fire.
And they would line it with a lot
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of,
sand and pebbles and things, and
they would build a fire right on their
canoes.
It's
pretty amazing.
Yeah. I,
I remember when we were, like, kinda you
had to take this special tool and, like,
rake up the wood. And I just remember,
how they were like, okay, stay away from
this part. This is a block we cut
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out for the seat. And I was just
like, the seat
it's connected. Like, so I was like thinking
in the moment, like, how are they gonna
turn that into a seat? Like
hand carve it? Or, like, that's, like, probably,
like, a lot of effort to do that.
Keep it nice. Yeah. It really was.
But they did it, and that finished canoe
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was so beautiful.
It was spectacular. I mean, it looked like
a piece of art,
not a canoe, that someone was gonna drop
in the water.
Mhmm.
The redwood was a gorgeous color.
Looks like it needed to be in the
museum. It did. So beautiful.
It really was. L thought that was amazing.
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Well, we're coming up to our last few
minutes of talking.
What would you say to somebody who's watching
this and they're thinking,
I'm not sure if I wanna go to
the film festival school or not, or the
film workshop.
What would you say to them? I say
go to
it. I would I would say, at first,
I was like,
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I was like, I'm not really sure what
I'm gonna do there, but I'll just go
see what it is. And, like, right as
I got in there, I'm like, oh, there's
a ton of friends of mine. We started
by, like, storyboarding and figuring out how our
story would go and, like, that was just,
like I was like, oh, that's a lot
different than I pictured it. And it was,
like, so much more fun than I thought
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it would be. But
Yeah. You guys really dove in
right away. There was no hesitancy. There was
no prodding.
You guys were just prepared
and ready to go. So how about you,
Jude?
What would you say to somebody who's on
the fence? I would say that people should
probably Like, it's really fun and,
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yeah. Like, that they should join because,
it was the first time, I'm pretty sure,
we did it last year. And I think
it's gonna be even better this year, which
is pretty exciting.
I think so too. How about you?
You get so many experiences with it. You
get to meet new people,
film things,
act,
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learn things, play a few games.
It it's so fun.
That's great. It didn't feel like we sent
you to school sometime.
No. Not one bit.
And what do you think, Neli? I'd say
go.
Yeah. You had a good time.
Yep.
And Danica. Oh, I'm gonna second what Theron
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said because at first, I was a little
bit skeptical. I was like, oh, I don't
think I wanna like this.
I don't know. And then I was like,
okay. Like, after some time, it was, like,
really fun. And even if you don't wanna
get into, like,
in the film industry and stuff, it's still
good to consider, like, all the different jobs
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and stuff in it in case you did
want to. But I think it's overall a
good experience to get to have.
Mhmm. So And I think, you know, maybe
from a little per different perspective than you
guys right now because you're younger,
was the valuable connections you made. You learned
some incredible skills. You got to practice them.
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You got to do it on your own.
And in addition to that, the people that
you met,
I saw a lot of encouragement going your
way.
And just I think those are deep relationships.
I know some of the folks who are
coming and gonna be part of the group
this year are looking forward to seeing you
guys again.
And I think that you're probably looking forward
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to seeing some of them. Mhmm.
So great. Well, I'd like to thank you
all for being here today. Is there anything
I missed asking about?
Not a thing.
Are each one of you gonna come back
this year? I am. You have really Yeah.
Okay. Well, pretty good. And the only reason
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Nellie's not coming back is because she got
a great internship.
So we'll miss you.
We'll we'll let you if you get any
time off, we'll bring you on out to
deal with us. Sounds good. We would love
it.
Alright. Well, thank you for joining us today,
at the Wild Rivers Film Festival
and our workshop crew who was here today.
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We hope that we can see some of
you
this coming summer.
It's actually in a week or two. We'll
see you then. Thank you very much.
Good afternoon. I'm Bev Juday from the Wild
Rivers Film Festival,
and we're talking to five of our students
from last year's film workshop. That was 2024.
We're getting ready for the 2025
workshop. And so this is a great opportunity
to ask these former students
how things went, what they like the best,
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any suggestions they may have for us, and
also what they took away from the workshop.
What are they continuing to use?
So I'm gonna start off this morning or
this afternoon
by talking to,
I didn't do the introduction.
So I'm gonna talk this afternoon with Farron,
with Jude,
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with,
Eden,
with Nelly, and with Danica.
So how are you guys all doing this
afternoon?
Pretty good. Pretty good. Yeah. Good. Good. Great.
Good.
Well, I appreciate you being here.
So when you think back to last year,
I'm gonna ask what was the most favorite
part of the workshop to each one of
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you? And because we're sitting all in a
row, I'm gonna start with you, Theron.
My favorite part was,
kind of having your hands on to things
that you may not have or be able
to pay for, like expect expensive,
camera equipment. Like,
it was cool to have the experience to
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film with using
camera equipment you wouldn't usually have
access to, which is why. Sure.
That was great.
And how about you, Jude? Was there anything
that stood out for you?
I just really like doing skits and stuff.
And as I recall, you were really good
at those skits too.
Thank you.
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You're welcome. And how about you, Eden?
The Zoom calls.
Oh, the Zoom calls. Tell me a little
more about that. How was that the best
part?
They were just fun and interesting to hear
about. Yeah. And those were some really great
professionals
that joined us. Yeah. So we were fortunate
to have them. Since they couldn't be in
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person with us, it was great that they
were on the Zoom. Yeah. And how about
you, Neli? Anything special?
Being able to actually film things.
Great. So the experience of picking up the
equipment and actually filming. Yeah.
Perfect.
And Danica, what was your favorite thing?
I liked learning about the different,
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jobs in the industry
and how
one day we got to
set dress and, like, create our own little
scenes.
Well, yeah, that was my favorite time. Great.
Sounds like that was pretty creative for everybody.
I recall that day. You guys were all
running around.
You were grabbing globes and jackets with fur.
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It was very cool to watch you create.
So other than that being your very favorite
part of
the
the workshop,
do you think it was the right amount
of time? Because this year, we're looking at
expanding it by at least three days into
breaking it into two separate weeks.
Okay.
So what do you think about that?
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Eden? That would be pretty cool. I mean,
have more time talking people, making new friends,
learning new things. Mhmm. I think that bonding
with each other was really important too. And
I saw that happen right about your
actually, for some of you, it happened in
the the very second day that you bonded
and you started having fun together. And then
for others, it looked like it took about
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the third day
to really start talking to each other and
working together.
And there was a lot of team activity
there.
So, Nellie, how about you? You guys were
at the back table back there.
Yeah. Just a tribe at the back table.
Yeah. Chive at the back table.
That was the favorite spot. I tried to
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mix you guys up. That was hard.
So,
was it the right amount of time? Would
you suggest You could add more time. Yeah.
Add a little more. Danica, what did you
think?
I thought it was a pretty good week.
Like,
it was each day was kinda learning about
a different thing that led up to the
(04:20):
end days of filming,
the
documentary kinda
Mhmm. Thing. So So that kind of progression
where each skill set added onto the other.
Yeah.
And what did you think about that, Jude?
Was that perfect for you?
I think more time would have been good,
because,
(04:41):
we didn't get very much time on each
skill, so it was hard to get very
good at them. And you didn't get to
try out,
everything. You got to try out quite a
bit, though. It was pretty fun. Great. And
Theron, any thoughts on the timing?
I think it was,
a pretty good week.
I liked how it build it, like, builds
up to our final days where we actually
(05:04):
filmed stuff. And I liked how we,
we all,
had our own, like, groups and stuff. So
it was kinda like a whole adventure, really.
It was fun.
That's cool.
So what kind of things have you done
since then? Did you take any of the
skills from that
particular week?
(05:24):
And we had you as volunteers for the
the film festival.
Did you apply any of your skills when
you first got into the film festival last
year?
I I mean, the
I really learned,
a lot more
from the
mics and mic ing up and stuff and
(05:46):
sound,
and use that, a lot of the skills
from that to my,
my videography business. So Okay. So you started
a business.
Kind of. Yeah. Kind of. That sounds pretty
cool. Are you still doing it today? Yeah.
I'm kinda just finding,
clients that have
maybe
(06:07):
a, series or videos that they want me
to film and I'll
use I use a lot of the skills
from the camp from last year,
to do that, which
really helped me out a lot because I
was doing, my own videos before the film
festival. That's what inspired me to come over
to the film festival.
And after that, I just used a lot
of the skills from the film festival and
(06:28):
it was really great. That's fantastic.
Are you actually making some money at it
at this point?
Well, at this point, I'm starting a portfolio.
So I'm doing most of my work for
free so I can Mhmm. Kinda, you know,
show business is what I worth and what
I can do. And, yeah, that's that's where
I'm at right now. That's fantastic.
(06:49):
Sounds like a really good goal,
and you're well on your way.
Thank you. You're welcome. So how about, anybody
else? Did you carry any of the skills
over?
Danica, did you carry some skills over?
I guess.
I guess, yeah. But,
during the film festival,
(07:11):
I worked with you
filming,
filming and doing the sound on the interviews
with all the directors and stuff.
So I really liked that. That was fun.
Was it hard after the film workshop to
step into actually doing?
No. I was probably it was pretty easy.
(07:31):
Like, I just got showed what buttons to
press, and I just, like, did it. So
That's great. So our our film workshop, our
school actually prepared
you guys to apply things, and you weren't
afraid. That was something I was really impressed
with, with all of the students there.
Nellie, were you able to carry anything over
(07:52):
and use the skill sets?
Not really. Not yet. Do you plan on
that this coming year?
Yeah. Yeah? That's great.
And how about you, Eden? I haven't either,
but I'm hoping to learn some more stuff
and use them.
Great.
So what do you hope to take away
this year?
(08:13):
Is there anything special that each one of
you would just be really thrilled to learn
more about or to a brand new skill
you'd like to learn?
I really
when I was done with last year's camp,
I was like, man, I should have learned
a little bit more about lighting because like,
that's a, like, there's a lot of different
(08:34):
ways to do it, but there's like a
lot of skill that you, you would need
to like,
kind of set your scene, like, to make
it look good. And lighting's a good part
of that because
if you just have, like, this dry room,
you're gonna need, like, lighting to bring it
to life. And that's kinda like the start
of a film. So
(08:56):
Absolutely true. One of our directors last year,
was kinda called out for his skill set
in doing lighting.
And,
I I'm trying to recall his name. I
can picture him in my mind perfectly.
He did,
the fish in a barrel.
(09:17):
But, anyway, I I'm not sure if he'll
be back this year. We'll try to connect
you. And even if we can connect you
with a phone call to talk to him,
because he was
called out quite a bit for his specialty
in lighting.
And in addition to filmmaking, he lighting was
his thing.
So anybody else wanna volunteer and answer about
(09:37):
something for this year? What do you hope
to walk away having learned?
I hope to work more on sound and
recording audio,
because I wanna start,
recording music.
And, I think that learning more about sound
for movies would help for that.
Absolutely.
(09:57):
And you're quite an artist in your own
right Thank you. On the violin there.
I would like to learn a little more
about the geography and
the angles to get and all that type
of stuff. That would be pretty cool.
Now, you're going into high school this coming
year. Right? Mhmm.
I think in one of the leadership classes,
you get an opportunity or there's a media
(10:19):
class where you get an opportunity to do
some filming too.
Hopefully, you'll get to take that class. Mhmm.
I'm in the leadership.
Oh, fantastic. Then you will get some Mhmm.
Experience doing that.
How about you, Danica? Anything you wanna hope
for this year?
I guess just doing more of, like, the
sound,
(10:40):
stuff
or,
I don't know. Last year, I kinda I
didn't do as much as, like, all them
did, but I, like, followed Rob around with
the camera and stuff sometimes. So I guess
that was fun, and I just, like,
I not necessarily like filming and stuff,
(11:01):
but, like, I like just being behind the
scenes and, like, helping people, like, oh, you
need this. Here you go.
Sure. But, like, yeah. That.
And I think that's something really important to
point out to all of you was that
at the very front of the class, we
talked about all of the various careers
that are in the film industry.
(11:21):
So it wasn't just being not just a
director. That's a pretty big job. But there
were so many other career opportunities and ways
to make a really good living in making
film. And I'm glad to hear from all
of you how you've taken the things that
you learned then,
and you can relate it to your potential
(11:41):
futures.
And you can relate it to,
the things that you do every day, even
what you do now as students in school.
And, Nelway, I know you have some intern
opportunities this year.
Maybe during one of those, you'll have an
opportunity to film something
or,
you know, explore what someone else might need
in the school.
(12:03):
Yeah.
So,
let's see. What else would you guys like
to tell me about the school?
Does anybody have anything in particular they'd like
to say?
I'm starting digital media classes next year, which
I'm pretty excited for because
I'm doing them because my friend's in digital
media, and I really wanted to join him.
(12:24):
So I'm excited for that. That sounds fantastic.
So anything else?
No.
How about our class size? Was that a
good thing for you guys? Did you get
enough personalized attention?
Yeah. I feel like it wasn't too small
or too big, just the right amount. That's
great.
And did those of you who were participating
(12:46):
in the film festival,
did you appreciate or like that opportunity to
talk with the different directors and the film
producers who were there? Mhmm. That was pretty
exciting.
Yeah.
Does anybody have an experience with that that
they wanna share?
No. Maybe not. Do you have an experience,
(13:06):
Danica? No.
I saw you guys I'll share this. I
saw many of you popping up, you know,
for photographs with the backgrounds, and I just
couldn't have been more proud
the way you guys fit in so comfortably.
And I heard some of you
critiquing films that you watched at the film
festival,
(13:27):
and it was really deep, a deep experience.
You were
interpreting the lighting, interpreting sounds that you heard,
and you were talking about different filmmakers.
When you did that, do you think you
approach it now from a different perspective than
you did or when you go to a
movie just because you wanna go?
(13:48):
Janneke, you're saying yes? Yeah. So tell me
about that.
No.
I don't know.
Well, I think that this is what I
can interpret. Sorry.
But I think that sometimes,
you know, when you're watching a movie strictly
for entertainment
value,
(14:08):
you don't necessarily notice all the lighting. You
experience it emotionally.
And when you watched it
after having gone to the film school, I
think you guys appreciated some of the lighting
that you saw.
There was a a movie on
an Airbnb
where the couple
starts off and the lighting is dark, and
(14:30):
the lighting gets lighter and darker
with whether there's danger or not.
There was the lighting techniques,
in several of the films
that kind of,
suggests that something's gonna happen. Yeah. That that
was pretty cool, being able to go to
the workshop and then watch more movies and
appreciate those jobs a little more because you
(14:51):
know how difficult and challenging they are. Exactly.
I remember,
like, right before the film
school, I was,
like,
I didn't really think much about movies. And
after that, it was just, like,
every time I would see a different scene,
I'm like, man, it took a lot of
effort to do this. And I'm I just
(15:12):
can't forget about, like, the
the the scenery they had to set up
for every little scene
and every tweaking they had to make to
make it just right. And, like, all
the takes it must have taken for the
actors to get that scene right, and just
the amount of time it took for them
to do that, which is just really great.
(15:33):
I'm glad you guys noticed those kind of
details now.
I'm thinking
of one of the films
where it was a
a murder mystery,
and
how long it took them to set up
and before the audience
recognized
that it was more complex
than just a simple murder mystery.
(15:54):
Do you guys
recall looking at any of the films from
those kind of perspectives about how long it
took to do something. I remember watching one.
I don't really remember the name, but it
was, like,
pretty,
pretty crazy.
Mhmm. Seemed pretty challenging too.
All the different areas and all the different
scenes. Right.
Do you guys remember when we went up
(16:16):
to Stout Grove?
Mhmm. It was hot, it was dusty, and
it was dirty. And every one of you
stood out there that whole day for hours,
and you held things up. You did the
grip. You you held up the lighting shields.
It was amazing how dedicated you all were,
and you didn't need instruction to do that.
(16:37):
Do you guys recall that out there?
And were you as proud of yourself as
we were of you?
You might not have been Eden. -Yeah. -I'm
not sure I remember. -Was that your -You
were the second
day.
-Yeah.
So,
can you guys remember when we were out
there at Stout Grove? -Yeah. -Um, Jude, what
(16:58):
were you doing? Were you filming? -Uh, I
did mostly sound.
-Um -Okay. You did sound. -Yeah.
A lot of it, l was just doing
sound. But it was pretty fun and work
I didn't hold up the boom mic very
much. L wasn't really tall enough to hold
up the boom mic well.
But, l worked the sound box.
Oh, that's cool. So Yeah. And you knew
(17:21):
what you were doing at that point. Yeah.
Pretty comfortable at it. That amazed me, how
good you guys
just looked. You looked like professionals out there.
Do you recall that, Farren? Was there anything
you did in particular?
I I remember,
kinda stopping traffic because there were a ton
of cars going by and we're, like, trying
(17:42):
to keep it, you know, like an interview
and less of cars in the background and
making sounds. So I was, like, on the
other side trying to be, like,
explain what we're doing over there. And it
was just,
yeah. It was crazy.
I think people were amazed that you kids
were out there.
And Danica, do you remember us walking down
(18:03):
and stopping traffic? I do remember that. Yeah.
What do you remember about it? I looked
We stopped the cars.
No. It was something really funny.
We were whispering,
and we must have been
a block away. Because remember how far away
we had to stop cars?
It was that far we were whispering.
(18:24):
And back
up where you were close to the interview,
somebody said,
stop talking.
Yeah. I remember,
going up to people and I'd be like
like, whispering and trying to explain what's going
on. And they'd be like, oh, okay. And
I'm like,
like,
yeah. That was pretty amazing.
(18:45):
So there was one other time I'm thinking
of that was pretty funny. It wasn't the
Stout Grove,
but it was another opportunity where you guys
were all filming.
Can you think of another time we were
filming?
Like, during the workshop or when we were
filming the documentaries?
Well, the documentary.
So when we were back up at
(19:07):
I think it's this particular location because the
canoes were here. Mhmm. Do you guys remember
doing some of that filming?
I remember filming kind of parts and, like,
a different angle of them explaining how they
cut the tree and stuff.
Yes.
That was pretty amazing. Like, how you had
to keep the canoes wet and, like, had
to put water on them, like, every 10.
(19:29):
Right. That was pretty cool.
Yep.
Anything else you guys can think of about
coming here and
looking at all that detail and how they
made it?
I was pretty impressed that the inside the
canoe where it had a seat,
was all connected. It wasn't a piece that
(19:49):
was separately added in.
It was carved out of it.
Must have taken so long. Yes. It's so
great. Yes. And, Nellie, you probably know lots
about this. Not that much. No? Well, I
was amazed too that at the front of
the canoe in a long time olden days,
they actually built a fire.
And they would line it with a lot
(20:10):
of,
sand and pebbles and things, and
they would build a fire right on their
canoes.
It's
pretty amazing.
Yeah. I,
I remember when we were, like, kinda you
had to take this special tool and, like,
rake up the wood. And I just remember,
how they were like, okay, stay away from
this part. This is a block we cut
(20:31):
out for the seat. And I was just
like, the seat
it's connected. Like, so I was like thinking
in the moment, like, how are they gonna
turn that into a seat? Like
hand carve it? Or, like, that's, like, probably,
like, a lot of effort to do that.
Keep it nice. Yeah. It really was.
But they did it, and that finished canoe
(20:51):
was so beautiful.
It was spectacular. I mean, it looked like
a piece of art,
not a canoe, that someone was gonna drop
in the water.
Mhmm.
The redwood was a gorgeous color.
Looks like it needed to be in the
museum. It did. So beautiful.
It really was. L thought that was amazing.
(21:12):
Well, we're coming up to our last few
minutes of talking.
What would you say to somebody who's watching
this and they're thinking,
I'm not sure if I wanna go to
the film festival school or not, or the
film workshop.
What would you say to them? I say
go to
it. I would I would say, at first,
I was like,
(21:32):
I was like, I'm not really sure what
I'm gonna do there, but I'll just go
see what it is. And, like, right as
I got in there, I'm like, oh, there's
a ton of friends of mine. We started
by, like, storyboarding and figuring out how our
story would go and, like, that was just,
like I was like, oh, that's a lot
different than I pictured it. And it was,
like, so much more fun than I thought
(21:53):
it would be. But
Yeah. You guys really dove in
right away. There was no hesitancy. There was
no prodding.
You guys were just prepared
and ready to go. So how about you,
Jude?
What would you say to somebody who's on
the fence? I would say that people should
probably Like, it's really fun and,
(22:14):
yeah. Like, that they should join because,
it was the first time, I'm pretty sure,
we did it last year. And I think
it's gonna be even better this year, which
is pretty exciting.
I think so too. How about you?
You get so many experiences with it. You
get to meet new people,
film things,
act,
(22:34):
learn things, play a few games.
It it's so fun.
That's great. It didn't feel like we sent
you to school sometime.
No. Not one bit.
And what do you think, Neli? I'd say
go.
Yeah. You had a good time.
Yep.
And Danica. Oh, I'm gonna second what Theron
(22:55):
said because at first, I was a little
bit skeptical. I was like, oh, I don't
think I wanna like this.
I don't know. And then I was like,
okay. Like, after some time, it was, like,
really fun. And even if you don't wanna
get into, like,
in the film industry and stuff, it's still
good to consider, like, all the different jobs
(23:16):
and stuff in it in case you did
want to. But I think it's overall a
good experience to get to have.
Mhmm. So And I think, you know, maybe
from a little per different perspective than you
guys right now because you're younger,
was the valuable connections you made. You learned
some incredible skills. You got to practice them.
(23:37):
You got to do it on your own.
And in addition to that, the people that
you met,
I saw a lot of encouragement going your
way.
And just I think those are deep relationships.
I know some of the folks who are
coming and gonna be part of the group
this year are looking forward to seeing you
guys again.
And I think that you're probably looking forward
(23:58):
to seeing some of them. Mhmm.
So great. Well, I'd like to thank you
all for being here today. Is there anything
I missed asking about?
Not a thing.
Are each one of you gonna come back
this year? I am. You have really Yeah.
Okay. Well, pretty good. And the only reason
(24:19):
Nellie's not coming back is because she got
a great internship.
So we'll miss you.
We'll we'll let you if you get any
time off, we'll bring you on out to
deal with us. Sounds good. We would love
it.
Alright. Well, thank you for joining us today,
at the Wild Rivers Film Festival
and our workshop crew who was here today.
(24:42):
We hope that we can see some of
you
this coming summer.
It's actually in a week or two. We'll
see you then. Thank you very much.
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