NORTHWEST TALLAHASSEE, FL (WTXL) \u2014 Florida State University film students are getting hands-on experience producing a feature-length movie, with a select group earning the chance to lead the project from pitch to screen.<\/p>\n
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FSU film students turn K-pop pitch into feature film<\/p>\n
At FSU’s College of Motion Picture Arts a group of students won the film school’s pitch competition last year and are now turning their idea into a full production.<\/p>\n
“It’s huge. This is just like one of like it’s a great opportunity to be able to take something from the pitching process, like going through this like whole studio system to get a movie made with friends,” Micah Jalen Pinckney, Producer, said.<\/p>\n
The film, called Stars X, follows a group of college students who form a K-pop group hoping to compete in a regional competition.<\/p>\n
As that production takes shape, a new group of second-year students is preparing to pitch their own ideas this fall, competing for the same opportunity.<\/p>\n
“I think there is like no other place, no other master program in U.S. that offers such an opportunity of creating a future. That was one of the reasons I enrolled, and I’m super happy and super eager to pitch this fall, and kind of scared, but at the same time, it’s such a big opportunity that we’re given,” Stanislav Kovalev, Unit Production Manager, said.<\/p>\n
Students also receive guidance from industry professionals. <\/p>\n
Drake Cadeddu said the program’s standard final project is a 15-minute short film, a far smaller scale than the feature they are competing to lead.<\/p>\n
“It’s like something that’s in theaters. It’s an hour and a half. You sit down and you watch it with popcorn, you know, in the recliner seats, and so, I mean, it’s just the scale, the change, and like, and to be honest, the market, the industry is it’s feature film driven,” Cadeddu said.<\/p>\n
For the group whose pitch is selected, the reward goes beyond the production itself. <\/p>\n
Those students earn the opportunity to return for a third year with their tuition fully paid to bring their pitch to life as a feature film.<\/p>\n
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