This year was the first time I have
ever gone to the Cucalorus Film Festival. After my experience, I hate myself
for not going each year while enrolled at UNCW. I always talked myself out of
it because I couldn’t afford this passes. Thank to the amazing Visions team, I
got to enjoy a free Pegasorus. Unfortunately I had to work most of the weekend,
but I still used the Pegasorus as much as I could. I attended the Devil’s
Tongue shorts block, Devil’s Candy, Bedevil, The Anthropologist, PRINCESS,
and 10X10 screenings as well as the Opening Night Party, Midnight Brunch, and
the late night gatherings at Jengo’s.
The Cucalorus branding is
phenomenal because the ‘monster’ characters they designed are easily
recognizable and also have a cute element to them. A huge flaw I had noticed on
the film blocks scheduling pamphlet was that the color choice for the Narrative
and Documentary Feature screenings were impossible to differentiate. The
animation displaying the Cucalorus sponsors was absolutely fantastic. It had
this fun ‘show-tune’ soundtrack in the back with the different Cucalorus
monsters interacting and playing on the screen. I think this would be a nice
addition to for Visions6 so Cosmo can play an even larger role in the event.
One of the best moments I experienced
during the film festival was meeting and conversing with the director of The Anthropologist, Jeremy Newberger! My
dream career is to do exactly what he does and it was inspiring to meet someone
who has had a successful career in this field. Jeremy also directed The Linguists, which addresses the death
of languages and how the studies of linguists help preserve endangered
languages. I even viewed this film for my linguistics course a few semesters
ago. At first, I was terrified to start a conversation, but he ended up being
very welcoming and offered me terrific advice in pursuing anthropological
documentaries, such as how to scout for a topic and how to prepare for travel. We
exchanged contact information and I hope I will be able to contact him to
kick-start my career!
Perfect!
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