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For Registration Inform Contact the Office of Parent: Department of Student (803) 777-5780 Sponsors include: The Student Alumni Association, As: Students, Carolina Program Union, Departmei Department of Resident Student Development, McKissick Mus Student Government, USC Athletic Department, USC C Students he From staff reports Eight USC students helped produce The Goldet Age of the Gangster this summer, a film that wil air nationally this fall. Working with actor Patrick O'Neal and pro ducer Lou Reda, students moved props, set lights directed traffic ? even made sure O'Neal was ai the proper shooting site. "They were part of everything we had to do tc shoot the show," Reda said. He also produced Tht Blue and Gray miniseries. The gangster film will focus on the years wher notorious eanastprs curh as Rahv Fapp M<?lcr*n anr A1 Capone captured the imagination of th< American public. About one-fourth of the movir footage is from USC's Movietonews collection. Students working on the project included media arts majors Scott Allen, Carey Ballentine, Sylvia Barnett, Lucia Davis, Lisa Dyar, Don McAllistei and Lisa Bennet Meuller and journalism majoi Rita Cosby. "When students get a chance to make a film, you can hardly hold them back," Reg Brasington, media arts department chairman, said. Davis, a graduate student from Spartanburg, worked every day the crew filmed in Columbia, When an editor had to return to New York, Davis helped supervise the script? identifying which takes were good, which camera angles were used and other bits of information that will be used when the film is edited. The filmmakers were so impressed with her work that they asked her to come to New York for three weeks as an assistant editor. "I've never worked this closely on a big production before," Davis says. "I've worked on some smaller, private projects, but I've never been able to get close to the top and see how it works." The students learned that movie production is not glamorous. Besides having to contend with the heat, they encountered various other problems. One morning Davis was responsible for getting O'Neal on location and was told to take Exit 30 off Interstate 77. The two became so engrossed in conversation, though, they ended up at Exit 34. After turning around, they found there was no Exit 30. O'Neal was good-humored about the incident. In fact, all the students agree that the entire crew was friendly and helpful, particularly in sharing advice about the filmmaking trade. Lak Security fuO/ ^ ^ ^~v 1 IS, l^SS olina ( / L ''arty \on Brunch _ tudent Talent I It V I lation, * A 5 Programs v Life 45 CO U fj sociation of Afro-American it of Student Life, ;eum, Residence Hall Association, ^haplian, and USC Greeks. Richard lp produce g JL. n ! xVlt* * 1 IV I >"f-0^ * ,f fllBflli H 4 ; J99HHMW^H& _^2| gj "These fellows have been in the business for a long time," Reda said, "and so working with them for one day, two days, five days is like going to school for a long time." It was Reda's idea to use USC students. "I didn't want to feel like I was coming here just to pull something from the school without giving them something back," he said. 1%ZT\ IS EAi I rni nwT ai^R/ii i & 1 ItUUUIUALl I1LU1I ? 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