Six student-written/directed/produced/cinematographed films, under the supervision of Film/ANN instructor Eric Luse, made their World Premiere at the 2018 Film Festival held on Monday, May 14, before a sold out crowd at the Harkins Shea 14 Theaters:
• ABC (Film Crew: Jacob Staudenmaier, Dash McDonald, Lindsay Formica – Lead actors: Keegan Godfrey & Zac Denious) • Cardboard Wings (Film Crew: Lindsay Formica, Heather DeGroote) • Masked (Film Crew: Lainey Durchslag, Narsah Tate Khamis, Avery Moric, Michael Marting, Kyle Arnold, Helena Carey, Drew Nosky) • Shots (Film Crew: Reece O’Connor, Casie Chavez, Max Swiergol, Jack Hunt, Caleb Massimi, Ava Lind, Tommy Monaghan) • Tether (Film Crew: Costi Haig, Nick Forney, Zoe Campbell, Christopher Smith, Shane Babasick, Anthony Mayo, Dash McDonald) • Trauma (Film Crew: Racheal Schulman, Jake Smith, Brendan Weinerth, Steven Sharp, Alex Voigt, Lauren Dib, Alexa Teneyck) The Film voted “Fan Favorite” was ABC. The Seniors in the awarding-winning Arcadia Film & ANN programs were honored at the Film Festival: Alex Voigt, Anthony Mayo, Costi Haig, Dallas Greene, Heather DeGroote, Jacob Staudenmaier, Lauren Dib, Nick Forney, Riley Johnson, Narsah Tate Khamis, Zoe Campbell, Jackson Burdette, Kelly Richmond, & Luis Cerna. Students competing at the National Student Television & Film Competition in Nashville over Spring Break were presented with Special Certificates of Recognition for the National Award earned for their documentary on the prompt “Sounds Good to Me”: Jacob Staudenmaier, Nick Forney, Dallas Greene, Narsah (Tate) Khamis, Christopher Smith, Rachael Schulman, Lindsay Formica, Max Swiergol, Dash McDonald, & Alex Teneyck. Other 2018 Film/ANN awards: • Arcadia Studio Plaque Recognition 2018-2019 – Kelly Richmond & Jacob Staudenmaier • Katie Stern Memorial Award – Natasha Suder THANK YOU TO 2018 FILM FESTIVAL SPONSORS/RAFFLE DONORS: ABOVE & BEYOND - $1,000 • Arcadia Dad’s Club PREFERRED SPONSOR - $400 • Dr. Nabil Dib & Cheryl Dib • SNEAKY BIG Studios – www.sneakybig.com GOLD - $200 • A to Z Equipment – www.a-zequipment.com • The Constantinou Family • The Moric Family • The Haig Family • Leela Market Scottsdale – 7126 E. 5th Ave. Suite B SILVER - $100 • The Staudenmaier Family • Arcadia Pediatric Dental – www.arcadiakidsdental.com • The Marting Family • The Johnson Family • The Schulman Family • Cohen Dowd Quigley – www.cdqlaw.com • The Smith Family • Tempe Camera – www.tempecamera.com • The Clayton-Formica Family • The Forney Family BUSINESS - $50 • Good Vibe Media – www.thegoodvibemedia.com RAFFLE DONORS: Johnjay & Rich, Arcadia Ice Arena, SNEAKY BIG Studios, A to Z Equipment Rental, Jewelya, Lucky Air Plant, Reformed Pilates, The Stand, Senita Athletics, Crane and Carbon, Paige Poppe, Puff & Fluff Dog Grooming, Pure Life Jewelry, Radi8 Yoga, Keep it Wild, Leela Market, Muse Apparel, Joshua By Oak, West Elm, Aure, Greene Family, McDonald Family, Nosky Family, Staudenmaier Family. SPECIAL THANKS TO THE FILM FESTIVAL COMMITTEE & MEDIA COMM BOOSTER OFFICERS: Rhonda Suder, Katie Formica, Marci McDonald, Marina Moric, Alex Smith, Kerri Schulman, Stefanie Swiergol, Cheryl Dib, Tracy Durchslag, Sue Tessmer, Kara Forney, Kevin DeGroote & Heidi McNeil Staudenmaier. Thank you to Harkins Theatres for their generosity and support, as well as Crown Press Printing. Thank you to everyone who supported the Arcadia Media Comm Program students this year!
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Numerous Arcadia High School students participated in another Promposal video this year, which was featured on the local television stations. Senior Jacob Staudenmaier, working with multiple other Arcadia film students and friends, successfully created a movie trailer based on Wes Anderson’s “The Grand Budapest Hotel” movie in asking Senior Elle Overs to the Arcadia Prom. Junior Dash McDonald was in charge of the cinematography and also helped with editing and sound work. Other Arcadia students involved in the production included: Christopher Smith, Argon Stern, Max Swiergol, Dallas Greene, Riley Johnson, Carson Charleton, Max McCauley, Mitch Arndt, Avery Greey, Sarah Schneider, Nikki Keller, Avery Moric, Luke Belalu, Luis Ayala, Gaby Schorr, and Mikko. Jacob, Elle and Dash were interviewed last Friday on “Good Morning Arizona” about the 2018 promposal video, which was a follow up to the viral Emma Stone/LaLaLand promposal in 2017. LIGHTS CAMERA ACTION! The Arcadia Film Festival is this Monday, May 14, 6:15 PM at the Harkins Shea 14 Theaters (Scottsdale Road/Shea). GET TO THE THEATER EARLY - THIS EVENT ALWAYS SELLS OUT! Tickets will be available at the door (first come, first serve until theater sells out) - $8 for students, $10 for adults. The students will be selling raffle tickets at the Film Festival for the chance to win many great items: Johnjay & Rich Backstage Pass, Diamondbacks Tickets, SNEAKY BIG Studios Behind The Scenes Tour, LaLaLand album from Emma Stone, Arcadia Ice Arena party, equipment services/rental, Pilates & Yoga classes, jewelry, clothing, dog grooming, gift cards of all types, and much more. Raffle tickets will cost $5 each or $20 for 5 tickets.
Six student-written/directed/produced/cinematographed films will have their World Premiere at the Film Festival: ABC, Cardboard Wings, Masked, Shots, Tether, and Trauma. The Film Festival is the biggest fundraiser of the year for the award-winning Arcadia Media Comm Program. Funds are being raised to purchase critically needed new film and television equipment which will benefit all Arcadia students, faculty and administration. THANK YOU TO 2018 FILM FESTIVAL SPONSORS/RAFFLE DONORS: ABOVE & BEYOND - $1,000
PREFERRED SPONSOR - $400
GOLD - $200
SILVER - $100
BUSINESS - $50
RAFFLE DONORS: Johnjay & Rich, Arcadia Ice Arena, SNEAKY BIG Studios, A to Z Equipment Rental, Jewelya, Lucky Air Plant, Reformed Pilates, The Stand, Senita Athletics, Crane and Carbon, Paige Poppe, Puff & Fluff Dog Grooming, Pure Life Jewelry, Radi8 Yoga, Keep it Wild, Leela Market, Muse Apparel, Joshua By Oak, West Elm, Aure…and much more! FOR MORE INFORMATION: Contact Heidi McNeil Staudenmaier at hstaudenmaier@swlaw.com or Rhonda Suder at rksuder@gmail.com. Thank you for supporting the Arcadia Media Comm Program students. Less than 2 weeks away! The ever popular (and always sold out) Arcadia Film Festival is Monday, May 14, 6:15 PM at the Harkins Shea 14 Theaters (Scottsdale Road/Shea). Reserved Seats ($20 each) are available for purchase at the Arcadia Book Store only until THIS FRIDAY. Tickets will be available at the door (first come, first serve until theater sells out) - $8 for students, $10 for adults. The students will be selling raffle tickets at the Film Festival for the chance to win many great items: Johnjay & Rich Backstage Pass, Diamondbacks Tickets, SNEAKY BIG Studios Behind The Scenes Tour, LaLaLand album from Emma Stone, Arcadia Ice Arena party, equipment services/rental, Pilates & Yoga classes, jewelry, clothing, dog grooming, gift cards of all types, and much more. Raffle tickets will cost $5 each or $20 for 5 tickets.
The Film Festival is the biggest fundraiser of the year for the award-winning Arcadia Media Comm Program. Funds are being raised to purchase critically needed new film and television equipment which will benefit all Arcadia students, faculty and administration. THANK YOU TO SPONSORS/RAFFLE DONORS (AS OF 4/30): ABOVE & BEYOND - $1,000
PREFERRED SPONSOR - $400
GOLD - $200
SILVER - $100
BUSINESS - $50
RAFFLE DONORS: Johnjay & Rich, Arcadia Ice Arena, SNEAKY BIG Studios, A to Z Equipment Rental, Jewelya, Lucky Air Plant, Reformed Pilates, The Stand, Senita Athletics, Crane and Carbon, Paige Poppe, Puff & Fluff Dog Grooming, Pure Life Jewelry, Radi8 Yoga, Keep it Wild, Leela Market, Muse Apparel, Joshua By Oak, West Elm, Aure…and much more! FOR MORE INFORMATION: Contact Heidi McNeil Staudenmaier at hstaudenmaier@swlaw.com or Rhonda Suder at rksuder@gmail.com. Thank you for supporting the Arcadia Media Comm Program students. LIGHTS CAMERA ACTION! The ever popular (and always sold out) Arcadia Film Festival is Monday, May 14, 6:15 PM at the Harkins Shea 14 Theaters (Scottsdale Road/Shea).The students will be selling raffle tickets at the Film Festival for the chance to win many great items: Johnjay & Rich Backstage Pass, Diamondbacks Tickets, SNEAKY BIG Studios Behind The Scenes Tour, LaLaLand album from Emma Stone, Arcadia Ice Arena party, equipment services/rental, Pilates classes, jewelry, clothing, gift cards of all types, and much more. Please consider helping the Arcadia Media Comm students by donating a raffle item or being a sponsor.
Reserved Seats ($20 each) are available for purchase at the Arcadia Book Store only until Friday May 4. Tickets will be available at the door (first come, first serve until theater sells out)- $8 for students, $10 for adults. Raffle tickets will cost $5 each or $20 for 5 tickets. Payment by cash, check or credit card. The Film Festival is the biggest fundraiser of the year for the award-winning Arcadia Media Comm Program. Funds are being raised to purchase critically needed new film and television equipment which will benefit all Arcadia students, faculty and administration. THANK YOU TO SPONSORS/RAFFLE DONORS (AS OF 4/23): ABOVE & BEYOND - $1,000
PREFERRED SPONSOR - $400
GOLD - $200
SILVER - $100
BUSINESS - $50
RAFFLE DONORS: Johnjay & Rich, Arcadia Ice Arena, SNEAKY BIG Studios, A to Z Equipment Rental, Jewelya, Lucky Air Plant, Reformed Pilates, The Stand, Senita Athletics, Crane and Carbon, Paige Poppe, Pure Life Jewelry, Keep it Wild, Leela Market, Muse Apparel, Joshua By Oak, West Elm, Aure…and much more! FOR MORE INFORMATION: Contact Heidi McNeil Staudenmaier at hstaudenmaier@swlaw.com or Rhonda Suder at rksuder@gmail.com. Thank you for supporting the Arcadia Media Comm Program students ![]() Jacob Staudenmaier, Arcadia High School Senior, won the Best Overall Film Award at the 2018 Arizona Student Film Festival Competition on April 14. Jacob’s film “Oasis” won First Place in the High School Category and then was selected as the top film out of all finalists. The 15 finalists were screened at the Harkins Scottsdale 101 Theaters as part of the 2018 Phoenix Film Festival. This year’s competition had the most submissions ever, with films entered by hundreds of students from all over the state of Arizona. The film “Oasis” was an independent project undertaken by Jacob Staudenmaier, with production assistance from Chris Smith. “Oasis” was prepared pursuant to the following prompt: “Without the use of dialogue or voice over, make a film that is less than two minutes long about a character making a difficult and dramatic decision. Show that the character is pulled in two different directions at an emotional level, visualize their process of consideration, and show that they make a decision.” The film “Mute”, which was undertaken as an Arcadia advanced film-making class project, was also selected as a finalist in this year’s competition. Under the direction of Film Instructor Eric Luse, the film students were not permitted to use any music whatsoever in creating the film. The film focused on a situation of teenage bullying. Students involved in “Mute” were Jacob Staudenmaier, Dash McDonald, Lindsay Formica, Shane Babasick, Heather DeGroote and Costi Haig. Started in 2007, the Arizona Student Film Festival is a yearly film competition that celebrates the next generation of Arizona Filmmakers. Students from all over the state of Arizona are invited to submit their best short films under 8 minutes. The films are reviewed by professional judges and only a select few are chosen as Finalists to be screened during the Phoenix Film Festival.
![]() The ever popular (and always sold out) Arcadia Film Festival is just around the corner - Monday, May 14 at 6:15 PM at the Harkins Shea 14 Theaters (Scottsdale Road/Shea). Avoid the long lines and purchase Reserved Seats ($20 each) - available for purchase at the Arcadia Book Store only until Friday May 4. Tickets will be available at the door (first come, first serve until theater sells out)- $8 for students, $10 for adults. Payment by cash, check or credit card. The Film Festival is the biggest fundraiser of the year for the award-winning Arcadia Media Comm Program. Funds are being raised to purchase critically needed new film and television equipment which will benefit all Arcadia students, faculty and administration. The students will be selling raffle tickets at the Film Festival for the chance to win many great items such as Diamondbacks tickets, Arcadia Ice Arena party, equipment services/rental, Pilates classes, jewelry, gift cards of all types, and much more. Please consider helping the Arcadia Media Comm students by donating a raffle item or being a sponsor. THANK YOU TO SPONSORS/RAFFLE DONORS COMMITTED AS OF 4/16: ABOVE & BEYOND - $1,000
PREFERRED SPONSOR - $400
GOLD - $200
SILVER - $100
RAFFLE DONORS: Arcadia Ice Arena, Diamondbacks tickets, A to Z Equipment Rental, Jewelya, Lucky Air Plant, Reformed Pilates, The Stand, Senita Athletics, Crane and Carbon, Paige Poppe, Keep it Wild, Muse Apparel, Joshua By Oak, West Elm, Aure…and much more! FOR MORE INFORMATION: Contact Heidi McNeil Staudenmaier at hstaudenmaier@swlaw.com or Rhonda Suder at rksuder@gmail.com. Thank you for supporting the Arcadia Media Comm Program students. Film fans – Get ready for the ever popular (and always sold out) Arcadia Film Festival on Monday, May 14 at 6:15 PM at the Harkins Shea 14 Theaters. Avoid the long lines and reserve seats in advance – Reserved seats are $20 each and will be available for purchase at the Arcadia Book Store until Friday May 4. Until the theater is sold out, tickets will be available at the door (first come, first serve)- $8 for students, $10 for adults. Payment by cash, check or credit card.
The students will be selling raffle tickets at the Film Festival for the chance to win many great items such as Diamondbacks tickets, Arcadia Ice Arena party, equipment services/rental, Pilates classes, gorgeous jewelry, gift cards of all types, and much more. The Film Festival is the biggest fundraiser of the year for the national-award winning Arcadia Media Comm Program. Funds are being raised to purchase critically needed new film and television equipment which will benefit all Arcadia students, faculty and administration. Please consider donating a raffle item or being a sponsor. THANK YOU TO SPONSORS/RAFFLE DONORS ALREADY COMMITTED: ABOVE & BEYOND - $1,000
SAMPLING OF RAFFLE DONORS: Arcadia Ice Arena, Jewelya, Lucky Air Plant, Reformed Pilates…and much more! FOR MORE INFORMATION: Contact Heidi McNeil Staudenmaier at hstaudenmaier@swlaw.com or Rhonda Suder at rksuder@gmail.com. Thank you for supporting the Arcadia Media Comm Program students. The Arcadia Student Film Festival is set for Monday night May 14, 6:15 PM at the Harkins Shea 14 Theaters. The Award winning Arcadia ANN/Film students will showcase their talents at this annual event, under the direction of Instructor Eric Luse. This is the Arcadia Media Communications Program’s biggest fundraiser of the year. The program very much needs new camera equipment – which is quite expensive. The Media Comm Students are seeking Sponsorships and Raffle items for the Film Festival.
Sponsorship levels include: Preferred Sponsor $400 – Full Page Ad in Film Festival Program Gold Sponsor $200 – Half Page Ad Silver Sponsor $100 – Quarter Page Ad Business Sponsor $50 – Business Card Ad Raffle donations can include gift cards from local businesses, movie tickets, sporting event tickets, concert tickets, museum tickets, Botanical Garden tickets, camera or film equipment or services, Behind the Scenes Tours of Local TV or Radio Stations, gift baskets of food, wine or other items, stay at weekend homes – anything and everything is welcome. For further information on Film Festival sponsorships or the raffle, please contact Heidi McNeil Staudenmaier at hstaudenmaier@swlaw.com or Rhonda Suder at rksuder@gmail.com. Thank you for supporting the Arcadia Media Comm Program students. ![]() Arcadia High School students earned one of the top awards at the Student Television & Film National Competition (“STN”) held in Nashville, Tennessee last week. The Arcadia students had to create, write, film, produce and edit a short documentary in 8 hours or less for the “Crazy 8s” Documentary Film Competition. The prompt for the documentary was “Sounds Good To Me”. For their efforts, the Titans were awarded one of the highest recognitions among hundreds of schools competing from all over the United States. Nearly 4,000 students from schools throughout the country, including Hawaii and Alaska, competed in multiple contests during the four-day event. In addition to the documentary competition, the Arcadia students were required to showcase their skills and talents in TV news & broadcasting, film writing, cinematography, editing and production based upon certain themes/prompts, specific time constraints and stringent rules. The competition was held March 15-18 at the Gaylord Hotel & Conference Center. Based on auditions, 10 juniors and seniors were selected to represent Arcadia at the National Competition: Jacob Staudenmaier (senior) Nick Forney (senior) Dallas Greene (senior) Narsah (Tate) Kharnis (senior) Christopher Smith (junior) Rachael Schulman (junior) Lindsay Formica (junior) Max Swiergol (junior) Dash McDonald (junior) Alex Teneyck (junior) Eric Luse, Arcadia High School ANN & Film Instructor, and another SUSD teacher served as chaperones for the competition. Thank you to everyone who supported these students with donations and other assistance, making it possible for them to compete against other Film & TV students at the National level. CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE STUDENTS FOR THEIR AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENTS! The 2018 Arizona Student Film Festival has announced the selection of its 15 finalists – which includes two films submitted by students in the Arcadia High School film program, under the direction of Instructor Eric Luse. This year’s competition had the most submissions ever, with films entered by hundreds of students all over the state of Arizona. The Arcadia films selected were “Mute” and “Oasis” (links are below). “Mute” was undertaken as an Arcadia class project where the students were not permitted to use any music whatsoever in creating the film. The film focused on a situation of teenage bullying. Students involved in “Mute” were Jacob Staudenmaier, Dash McDonald, Lindsay Formica, Shane Babasick, Heather DeGroote and Costi Haig. The film “Oasis” was an independent project undertaken by Jacob Staudenmaier, with production assistance from Chris Smith. The film “Oasis” was prepared pursuant to the following prompt: “Without the use of dialogue or voice over, make a film that is less than two minutes long about a character making a difficult and dramatic decision. Show that the character is pulled in two different directions at an emotional level, visualize their process of consideration, and show that they make a decision.” The winning film will be announced during The Phoenix Film Festival Harkins 101 Scottsdale Theaters on April 14, 2018 For more information about the Arizona Student Film Festival: http://www.azstudentfilmfestival.org/welcome-marquee/#home Congratulations to these talented Arcadia film makers! ARCADIA STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL MAY 14 – SPONSORS & DONATIONS NEEDED
The ever popular (and always sold out) Arcadia Student Film Festival is slated for Monday evening May 14 at the Harkins Shea 14 Theaters. The Arcadia ANN/Film students will showcase their talents at this annual event, under the direction of Instructor Eric Luse. This is the Arcadia Media Communications Program’s biggest fundraiser of the year. There are multiple ways that individuals and local businesses can participate - ranging from sponsorships to donating goods/services to the Film Festival raffle. Sponsorship levels include: Preferred Sponsor $400 – Full Page Ad in Film Festival Program Gold Sponsor $200 – Half Page Ad Silver Sponsor $100 – Quarter Page Ad Business Sponsor $50 – Business Card Ad Ideas for raffle donations include gift cards from local businesses, movie tickets, sporting event tickets, concert tickets, museum tickets, Botanical Garden tickets, camera or film equipment or services, Behind the Scenes Tours of Local TV or Radio Stations, gift baskets of food, wine or other items, stay at weekend homes – anything and everything is welcome. For further information on Film Festival sponsorships or the raffle, please contact Heidi McNeil Staudenmaier at hstaudenmaier@swlaw.com or Rhonda Suder at rksuder@gmail.com. Thank you for supporting the Arcadia Media Comm Program students. The Arcadia Media Comm students, under the direction of ANN/Film Instructor Eric Luse, are running a Snap-Raise campaign through the first week of February to raise funds for students travelling to and competing in the Student National TV/Film Competition in Nashville in March, and the purchase of much needed new equipment for the ANN and Film Programs. The campaign is going strong, with the students’ goal of raising $5,000. Right now, the campaign is over halfway completed and needs YOUR HELP to reach the students’ goal. If you receive an email from a Media Comm student, please consider making a donation in any amount. And even if you don’t receive an email from a Media Comm student, please consider making a donation to the program in any amount. This project will allow the students to raise money without selling product, saving more time for study & classroom instruction. For more information, contact Media Comm Boosters President Heidi McNeil Staudenmaier – hstaudenmaier@swlaw.com. The Arcadia student film “Orientation” was selected as the only High School entry at the Fifth Annual Jerome Film Festival, September 7-10, 2017. The other films selected for the Student Films Competition were all made by college film-makers. Current Arcadia students involved in the film were Jacob Staudenmaier (Director/Editor), Lindsay Formica (Screenplay Writer/Sound), and Heather DeGroote (Photography). The students are enrolled in Advanced Film-Making taught by ANN & Film Instructor Eric Luse. The film concerns an awkward man who attempts to have a successful job interview, but it ends up going south very quickly. The Jerome Film Festival was recently selected by MovieMaker Magazine as among the “Top 25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World”. More information about the Jerome Film Festival can be found at www.jeromefilmfestival.com.
Three Arcadia students - Allison Gooch, Jacob Staudenmaier and Dallas Greene - had their film "Seven Crossings" selected from among 60 entries in the A3F 2015 International Fright Fest Film Festival. Their film was chosen, along with 6 other films for the "Arizona Shorts", and was shown at the AMC Centerpoint Theaters in Tempe in October. The film also was voted one of the Audience Favorites. The three students are in Mr. Luse's independent film-making class. "Seven Crossings" was the only high school student submission selected for the Film Festival.
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