Student-made documentary to premiere
Scott Waldyn
Issue date: 4/1/09 Section: The Edge
Cara Hyman, a senior art major, will premiere her documentary film, "The Last One Clapping," in the Capitol Room of the Western Illinois University Union on Thursday, April 2 at 9 p.m. The documentary recollects and embodies her
experiences within the last year.
"It started off as a video journal to document my experience while interning in California at a production company for my interdisciplinary study," Hyman said. "Because we didn't know what would happen there, it turned into an analytic reflection of the trials and tribulations of being out there."
While interning for Morning Star Entertainment, Hyman spent much of her summer researching and writing ideas for television shows. One of her assignments was for a seven episode series called "Secret Worlds," which is due to debut on the Travel Channel.
One of the aspects of her summer that her documentary covers, aside from her internship, is the idea of adapting to life in a different area and all the little complexities that come with it.
"It exemplifies a struggle people may experience moving to a new place and reestablishing identity with little money or experience," she said. "It's scary to leave your home and go to a new place. When you put yourself in that situation you have no other option but to push yourself and succeed. Even though this film shows a small chapter of my life, editing allowed me to objectively analyze my life. In doing so, I learned a lot about myself and the human condition."
This idea of self-analysis was something Hyman considered very valuable about her experiences over her internship. It was an aspect she felt could be communicated and shown to others as an aid and a
teaching tool.
"By showing people this, maybe people will learn to analyze their own lives - step outside of themselves and
really look," she said.
Gaining much from her cinematic journey and having spent the past semester editing together her adventure, Hyman plans to continue to make movies, fulfilling her desires and aspirations of filmmaking.
experiences within the last year.
"It started off as a video journal to document my experience while interning in California at a production company for my interdisciplinary study," Hyman said. "Because we didn't know what would happen there, it turned into an analytic reflection of the trials and tribulations of being out there."
While interning for Morning Star Entertainment, Hyman spent much of her summer researching and writing ideas for television shows. One of her assignments was for a seven episode series called "Secret Worlds," which is due to debut on the Travel Channel.
One of the aspects of her summer that her documentary covers, aside from her internship, is the idea of adapting to life in a different area and all the little complexities that come with it.
"It exemplifies a struggle people may experience moving to a new place and reestablishing identity with little money or experience," she said. "It's scary to leave your home and go to a new place. When you put yourself in that situation you have no other option but to push yourself and succeed. Even though this film shows a small chapter of my life, editing allowed me to objectively analyze my life. In doing so, I learned a lot about myself and the human condition."
This idea of self-analysis was something Hyman considered very valuable about her experiences over her internship. It was an aspect she felt could be communicated and shown to others as an aid and a
teaching tool.
"By showing people this, maybe people will learn to analyze their own lives - step outside of themselves and
really look," she said.
Gaining much from her cinematic journey and having spent the past semester editing together her adventure, Hyman plans to continue to make movies, fulfilling her desires and aspirations of filmmaking.
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