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By JACK DUNN
Staff Writer
Still in the Halloween spirit?
Well, here's something worth
checking out
An independent feature horror
film produced by USC graduates
William Cooke and Paul Talbot
has been picked up for distribution
by KB Releasing nationwide and is
available at all five Pick-a-Flick
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Campfire Tales is an anthology
of four stories told around a campfire
to three young boys. Gunnar
Hansen ("Leatherface" in The
Texas Chainsaw Massacre) stars
as the storyteller whose yarns
prove to scare the young boys and
provide lessons.
The stories revolve around an
escaped mental patient with a
metal implement/prosthetic for a
hand, an alien marijuana plant, a
large demonic elf who punishes
the evil on Christmas Eve and a
band of pirate zombies who seek
revenge against a greedy and mutineering
shipmate.
Cooke and Talbot met as juniors
doing a film project for a media
arts class. "The Hook" was their
first creation together and became
the first sequence of Campfire
Tales. Both graduated as media
arts students in 1987, and by then
they were well on their way to
making their first full length
feature.
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y^umyj u e iiues is in an aninoiogy
format because we shot each
segment as we raised money for it
Overall it has taken us four years
to complete," Talbot said.
'The cast and crew consisted of
media arts students and people
we've seen working in theaters around
Columbia. All of them were
willing to work for free, but they
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By JENNIFER JABLONSKI
Staff Writer
The debut of a new ensemble
and the performance of an awardwinning
contemporary symphony
will be featured in a joint concert
of two USC bands tonight at Koger
Center.
The new ensemble, fall Concert
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were all professionals and knew
what they were doing," he said.
Cooke and Talbot talked about
the problems and frustrations of
film making on a low budget
"Everything had to be meticulously
scheduled and rehearsed before
shooting so that we didn't
waste film," Talbot said.
"We made a storyboard for each
segment and there wasn't much
room for improvisation. Even with
all this planning we still ran into
difficulty," Cooke said.
"We shot the last segment at
Hunting Island State Park, where
we ran into some major problems,"
Cooke said. "We originally shot
the scenes in the summer, but
when we got our film processed,
half of it was useless because of a
light leak in the camera.
"So we had to go back and
shoot again in December," Cooke
said. "We had to go out and buy
wet-suits for the Zombies who
were supposed to come out of the
water."
What directors lack in funds
when producing horror films, they
have to make up for in inventiveness
where special effects are con
cerned. Cooke and Talbot don't
cop out by indirectly alluding to
acts of violence. It's there right in
front of you in all its gruesome
low-budget glory.
"Our stuff is really hard core
with no restraint. The violence is
upfront and direct. We want to
give people their money's worth,"
Talbot said.
"I really feel that people want
this kind of visceral violence.
Some people might find the scenes
humorous, but I would hope that
people see it as black comedy
rather than merely camp humor,"
Cooke said.
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fatut iti> &
of talented musicians to perform in
a concert group," said Andrew
Gowan, associate director of bands
and conductor of the new band.
The Concert Band will open the
performance with music "selected
to expose students to a wide variety
of musical styles," Gowan said.
Prior to the organization of the
Concert Band, the 80-member
Wind Ensemble was the only concert
band group offered to students
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A lot of people see horror movies
and their makers as not deserving
of respect or exhibiting artistic
merit. Cooke and Talbot
would disagree.
"There's definitely a prejudice
against the horror genre," Cooke
said. "Some famous film makers
have started out with it as a stepping
stone to more 'respectable'
projects. They do it only for a fast
buck, but I would be happy to do
horror films for the rest of my
life," he said.
"We're genuinely interested in
horror films and remaining with }
this genre of film," Talbot said.
The frustration encountered in
making a film, even a low budget
one, is that a lot goes into the final
product that is never seen, or 1
hardlv even noticed Pennle take
for granted interesting camera angles,
color contrast, sound and
music and even special effects that
may seem ordinary, but take weeks
of design and planning.
Cooke and Talbot create some
interesting moments especially in ?
the last two stories. "The
stories are placed in the
film in chronological order as we c
shot them. You can see how over r
the years we have gotten better,
learned from our mistakes and ex- v
periments," Cooke said. (
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David Avin, Courtney Ballard, La- ^
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Jeff Jordan, Paul Kaufman, Lora a
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and set designer Belinda L. e
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about 125 musicians, indicating
expansion within the band
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"We've just simply got a greater
supply of talented musicians," said
James K. Copenhaver, director of
bands and conductor of the Wind
Ensemble.
"The Concert Band's just a
younger Wind Ensemble ? the
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