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CHICAGO, IL (November 9, 2006)\u00a0 \u2013 The winners of the short film contest at CHIC 2006 say that visiting the set of\u00a0 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer<\/em> inspired them to continue their pursuit of careers in the film industry and use their gifts to impact others.
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\n\u201cNow more than ever I have experienced God calling me to go into this sin-driven industry to make a difference for his kingdom,\u201d says Jeremy Olson, a cinema and broadcast arts major at Azusa Pacific University. Olson, who is a member of Modesto Covenant Church, produced and was the lead character in Imaginary Day<\/em>, a comedy that repeatedly drew laughs from the crowd in the main auditorium during CHIC this past June in Knoxville, Tennessee.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Olson and fellow Covenanter and collaborator Cale Erickson were to spend the day on the set with the big-budget movie\u2019s producer, Ralph Winter, as their prize for winning the contest. Winter was called away suddenly to London the day before the students arrived, but the two still said the day was life-changing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is only so much you can learn in a classroom, and this experience showed us the abc\u2019s of the applied film making process,\u201d says Erickson, who also is a classmate with Olson.<\/p>\n

Jerome and Erickson traveled October 16-18 and spent one of the days with the crew as it filmed in the mountains of a Canadian national park near Vancouver. They were introduced to crew members, including director Tim Story and associate producer Allison Callieri, who spent the day serving as tour guides.<\/p>\n

Olson says he was surprised at how eager everyone was to teach the students. \u201cWe met nearly everyone working on the movie, and they all had something to show us and advice to give. It was awesome to see that everyone on the crew was like a tight-knit family. It made the experience a whole lot better.\u201d<\/p>\n

Story took time to give the students advice. \u201cHe encouraged us to pick up the camera and do something,\u201d Olson says. \u201cHe said even if we don\u2019t have an original idea, we should find the script from an actual movie and shoot that. It\u2019s all about the practice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Erickson says the experience may alter the role he wants to play in making movies. \u201cI thought I might want to take part in the post-production aspect of the filmmaking. After being on the set, I have kind of changed my direction into possibly producing or directing.\u201d<\/p>\n

The pair says the trip opened their eyes to different parts of the business. \u201cThe role of the assistant directors was one of the things that surprised me most,\u201d Erickson says. \u201cThey were in charge of keeping the day going. I always thought that the director ran everything and was the one screaming the directions and working with the actors. The director\u2019s role in this big-budget film was to select the take that was suitable to his vision.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s amazing to see how much preparation goes into one shot,\u201d Olson says. The entire crew would be working hard for an hour moving cranes and setting up camera tracks and lighting, only to finally shoot and get maybe ten seconds of the movie finished.\u201d<\/p>\n

The students also met with all of the main actors, except Jessica Alba. \u201cThe most exciting part of the trip for me was when Michael Chiklis (The Thing) walked up to us in full costume and makeup and immediately began to tease us about being film students,\u201d Olson says. \u201cHe was a hilarious and nice guy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Olson and Erickson are not able to discuss particulars of the movie because they had to sign a confidentiality agreement.<\/p><\/div>\n

The two were accompanied by Doug Scott, the co-creative and video director for CHIC 2006, and Craig Vincent, the live event video producer for the triennial event. Two other students and assistants on the film, Tyler Kelly and Nidal Bukhari, also made the trip.<\/div>\n
Editor\u2019s note: Pictured above (from left) are Chris Evans (Johnny Storm, the “Human Torch”), Jeremy Olson, Nidal Bukhari, Tyler Kelly, Cale Erickson, and Ioan Gruffudd (Reed Richard, “Mr. Fantastic”).<\/em><\/div>\n
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