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The Fourth Wall
FABULOUS FLORES
The Mont Alto Film Project
(MAFP) has entered into their
second phase of their yearlong
project. The MAFP is working
to create an independent film
better than its predecessor
“Two Days Back.” Last semes-
ter the students worked with
each other to come up with an
idea for their film. The Fall
semester ended with not only a:
story idea in place, but each
student was assigned a section
of the movie to write in order
to have a tangible script for the
beginning of the Spring semes-
ter.
Now that there is a set story
and script what is next for the
students in their endeavors to-
wards cinematic accomplish-
-ment? Preproduction must be
done, this includes casting,
finding and securing locations
for shooting, putting the crew
together, and finding props.
Every small detail of a film
that magically comes together
the
fime it
reaches theatres is actually a
long arduous process of nit
picking that is someone’s job
to handle; in this case it falls on
the shoulders
soon casting will begin and
those auditioning need to know
what they are auditioning for.
The title of» the: film is
“Ghosting”, those involved
a first generation college stu-
dent from a blue collar back-
ground who begins to suspect
he might be going crazy when
he starts seeing things.” With a
story idea and script set, it is
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Up until film.
this point the film concept has From last semester
been somewhat hush-hush, but
play-off words. Boon describes
it as “a supernatural thriller of
until now new students have
joined the class. Joe Fenice, a
psychology major said he
joined because “I’ve always
been interested in film, been
wanting to make my own film.
I have my own YouTube page-
-- something I’ve been interest-
ed in since I was a child.” Stu-
dents of the class come from
all different majors, joined for
different reasons, and different
experience levels. Jonathan
Matthew, English major,
joined “because in all hones-
ty...it’s turning into a 400 level
class which I need to pursue
my major. But I am also inter-
ested in it, I saw the film from
last year and was impressed.”
Despite having diverse majors
and reasons for being there,
every student shares the same
drive and responsibility for
completing the film.
ROSS HOLLAND
There has been a lot of me-
dia coverage about President
Obama’s new gun control
measures. The plan takes a two
-pronged approach. There are
those laws which have been
signed through executive order
by the president, and those that
will be passed through con-
gress. Most of the new
measures involve expanding of
awareness and communication.
There are relatively few pieces
of legislation that are entirely
new. The ban on assault weap-
ons that was instituted from
1994 until 2004 is being rein-
stated and strengthened, poten-
tially to include all assault
weapons. There has also been
a measure proposed to limit
magazine capacities to ten
rounds. A ban on armor pierc-
ing rounds
except for
military and police use is also
on the table.
Most of the proposed actions
are about increasing visibility
and communication between
agencies as well as allowing
those agencies to track infor-
mation on a more advanced
level. There will be funding
for data tracking that will al-
low for many things, including
tracking violent deaths
throughout the United States.
There will also be programs
that will allow background
checks to be done more exten-
sively and universally on all
gun purchases. This will allow
for a crackdown on “straw pur-
chases”, a ‘straw purchase”
being when someone buys a
gun for someone who cannot.
It was seen as a point of em-
phasis to enlarge the penalty
for these types of purchases as
well as limiting the private sale
of fire-arms by private sellers,
which have been exempt from
background checks in the past.
There has also been talk
about allowing the Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms,
and (ATF) to ban the import of
guns that are more than fifty
years old, unless they have
been determined to be legiti-
mate collectibles. There has
also been mention that the De-
partment of Justice will annu-
ally publish a record of all re-.
ports of lost and stolen guns to
ensure that all agencies can
make use of the information.
There will be measures in
place to track all guns from
manufacture to owner regard-
less of where they end up. Cur-
rently there are many weapons
that are left untracked after
private purchase or police sei-
ZUres.
Potentially the most im-
portant pieces of legislation
will be a direct action to pro-
tect schools. Schools will be
given incentives to employ
“resource officers”, as well as
institute programs that will
help them prepare for an on-
site shooter. There will also be
expanded counseling services
and programs to help. The
president has proposed the cre-
ation of a nationwide safety
and responsible gun ownership
program. The White House
also plans to create a board and
committee to review national
mental health. These measure
are all designed to prevent
tragedies like the massacre that
occurred at Sandy Hook ele-
mentary.
In all, there will be many
small changes, but they will
only affect a very limited num-
ber of fire-arms. Most of the
communication between agen-
cies which will allow them to
do their jobs more effectively.
The few proposed measures
that will actually affect guns
only reinstates old laws. The
sole exception to that is the
limit of magazines beyond ten
shots. None of them have been
voted on, and none have been
enacted. At this point, nothing
has been made final, and there
are many Congressmen from
both parties who are not sure
about these proposed changes.