Students shine behind the camera at Tribeca Film Festival
2009
For the last six years, The Art Institute of New York City has been actively involved in this world-class festival.
Under the leadership of Project Manager/student Tesia DeCouto, with the invaluable support of Video Production instructor Roz Sohnen, ten of our students filmed virtually all events taking place during the festival week.
The crew sported (large) press credentials, and thus had access to all red carpet events. They were dressed in black collared shirts and hats with Ai logos. They filmed premiers, seminars, etc., and then edited the footage, providing it to Tribeca officials as quickly as possible. This sometimes entailed editing late into the night.
Footage was used on the Festival website. In addition, this footage was sometimes used by TV stations, especially WNBC, “proud sponsor of the TriBeCa Film Festival.”
Students gained valuable experience, not in just the real world, but in the world of international entertainment; the footage will be invaluable for their reels. Most students cite the opportunity to work with the festival as a highlight of their program.
Art Institute of New York City students on the Tribeca Film Festival 2009 crew: Tesia DeCouto, Daniel Altuz, Kristina Siska, Jared Frost, Alex Ghassan, Ralph Francoeur, Gabriel Garcia, Adam Kuhn, Marcus Vasquez, Andre Rebuquiao, Ed Reed, Christian San Martin and Kyle Johnson.
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