The Watkins Film School offered a Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) in Film with specializations in producing, directing, screenwriting, cinematography and editing. Besides film coursework, students are required to complete an art foundation along with a liberal arts core, all designed to create a program for a well-rounded filmmaker and visual artist.
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CONVERSATION
Chayton Whaley
A man has a conversation with himself to convince him that his actions are justified, but as the events unfold the question of morals and sanity come into play even as death looks on.
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Dissociated
Rachel Williams
A young woman, Lyla, asks her uncle Elliot, a psychologist, to analyze her strange dreams.
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Pas de Deux
John Wynters
Everyone acts like they’re in a five-star restaurant, but they’re actually in the middle of an abandoned warehouse. Two men on a blind date talk about their feelings.
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Drift: A Response to Sleeping Beauty
Shelby Adams, Jason Luckett, Abbigail Johnson, and Ben Voorhees
Sleeping Beauty project: Student Art Exhibition at TPAC in conjunction with the Nashville Ballet
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An Echo Murmured Back
Hailey Alexander
An abstracted version of the idea in The Raven that Lenore’s “spirit” has been carried forward into its new life as a raven. The way that this sounds initially is a tune of beauty and gleeful transformation, however the raven that Poe seems to be encountering is more of a nagging at his every move type of sensation.
I am very interested in using specific materials to evoke a visceral feel to a piece that feels human in nature yet is broken in some way. I intend to have a human element and use feathery black brush strokes or found materials coming out of the central figure. I want to use encaustic-like techniques as well in order to have thicker, flesh-like texture that makes the viewer both want to touch the piece yet also retract from it.
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“The Dance of Sleeping Beauty”
Karina Castelina
Sleeping Beauty project:
The ballet performance of Sleeping Beauty is very elegant and traditional; this project took the more chaotic elements of that story. Using a pai of pointe ballet shoes, it was decorated and collaged with photos and text from the ballet and the story itself.
The miniature details bring the viewer to get closer to inspect the small scale images presented. The images used were inspired by the traditional fairy tales, illustrations, performances and floral designs that come to mind when thinking of “Sleeping Beauty.” All areas of the slipper have been arranged to be viewed; the outsides, the top and inside sole, all carry out elements throughout. This phsical mixed media allowed tangible aspects and compelled myself to focus on the assembly for the limited provided space.
Presented as the finished product, this pair of shoes both incorporates a basic need of a dancer, the shoes, and a visual art of the narrative. This pair of shoes will be displayed on top of a pedestal, to be seen from all sides, in the lobby of TPAC.
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First Love
Jiayao Chen
Jack, a new college student, tries to find his first love, but he does not know what is waiting for him, true love or bitter memories.
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“THE HIT”
Isaiah Jones
A short about a boy who wants to kill his mom, but after calling a hit on her, he changes his mind. Can he back out now?
