Chicago – Full Spectrum Features is one of new production outlets in town, but they are quickly making a mark. Their goal is to get the quality filmmaking that takes place in Chicago to a wider audience, and they are about to launch “Chicagoland Shorts Vol. 2,” continuing from their Vol. 1 success. Vol. 2 will premiere on Saturday, May 14th, 2016, at the Facets Cinémathéque on the city’s north side, and have a run there through May 19th. Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com will moderate a Q&A after the premiere screening.
One of the producers of the shorts program – with Eugene Sun Park – is Dane Haiken of Full Spectrum Features. He had an education background before moving to Chicago in 2012, and sought to merge his former background working with underprivileged kids and social justice with his love of film. He joined Full Spectrum in 2015, around the time they secured their non-profit status,...
One of the producers of the shorts program – with Eugene Sun Park – is Dane Haiken of Full Spectrum Features. He had an education background before moving to Chicago in 2012, and sought to merge his former background working with underprivileged kids and social justice with his love of film. He joined Full Spectrum in 2015, around the time they secured their non-profit status,...
- 5/12/2016
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
“Get open, get honest. That’s fusion.”
Most shows with fantasy conceits similar to fusion use it as part of an ongoing game of power creep, ratcheting up the stakes by combining existing characters into newer, shoutier, more powerful versions of themselves. Leave it to Steven Universe to make it an expression of connection and love, a sort-of-but-not-quite metaphor for both sex and emotional intimacy. Getting into what fusion means to the Gems while exploring the formation and growing pains of Greg and Rose’s romance is a great synthesis of theme and story.
The tone in ‘We Need To Talk’ is close and breathless, evoking the confusion of early connection and infatuation. When Connie and Steven fuse during an impromptu moment of fun outside Greg’s van, memories of Greg’s own experiences with fusion come rushing back. The flashback opens, much as ‘Story for Steven’ did, with a song.
Most shows with fantasy conceits similar to fusion use it as part of an ongoing game of power creep, ratcheting up the stakes by combining existing characters into newer, shoutier, more powerful versions of themselves. Leave it to Steven Universe to make it an expression of connection and love, a sort-of-but-not-quite metaphor for both sex and emotional intimacy. Getting into what fusion means to the Gems while exploring the formation and growing pains of Greg and Rose’s romance is a great synthesis of theme and story.
The tone in ‘We Need To Talk’ is close and breathless, evoking the confusion of early connection and infatuation. When Connie and Steven fuse during an impromptu moment of fun outside Greg’s van, memories of Greg’s own experiences with fusion come rushing back. The flashback opens, much as ‘Story for Steven’ did, with a song.
- 6/19/2015
- by Gretchen Felker-Martin
- Nerdly
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