Recently, Lansing Community College, Michigan State University and the Capital Area Michigan Works! teamed up to create an 80 hour hands-on intensive Film Production Training Program where students learned everything from storyboarding, set construction, makeup, camera operation and lighting.
This past Monday, all 60 students in the program received certificates and receive a DVD of the short film they produced entitled Fired – which was written and directed by Jacob Motz, a noted film director from Los Angeles and graduate of Michigan State University [learn more].
Fired, which tells the tale of an employee who is laid off form a necktie factory, stars noted Detroit actor Peter Cary.
