{"id":1701,"date":"2018-12-26T09:00:42","date_gmt":"2018-12-26T15:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/academics.winona.edu\/povwinona\/?p=1701"},"modified":"2018-12-25T17:19:47","modified_gmt":"2018-12-25T23:19:47","slug":"betrayal-violence-and-thrills-an-action-short-film-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/academics.winona.edu\/povwinona\/betrayal-violence-and-thrills-an-action-short-film-set\/","title":{"rendered":"Betrayal, Violence, and Thrills: An Action Short Film Set"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Film Studies students at Winona State had the chance to study the action genre this past fall, understanding the conventions and tropes that make the genre one of the most heart-pumping thrills audiences seek.\u00a0 A few students put their understanding of script writing, action cinematography, and editing tricks\u00a0 to craft their very own action short films as culminating projects.\u00a0 Here are three short films that exhibit those action virtues:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bO_wcJUVDOw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Directed by Matthew Grover, &#8220;The Package&#8221; has a quick setup that leads into a dangerous chase.\u00a0 Hand-held cinematography highlights the action.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fp69kGe0b4k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Directed by Amy Stoulil, &#8220;Bystander&#8221; crosses a woman who sees the wrong crime at the wrong time and dashes to escape for her survival.\u00a0 The film&#8217;s clever editing techniques highlight the tension within the story.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lESdsrZfsMk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Directed by Harrison McCormick, &#8220;Overdrive&#8221; escalates pressure to finish a project into a heated chase and confrontation.\u00a0 The film&#8217;s careful staging and cinematography involves the viewer in a visceral fashion.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned later this week for the final issue of POVwinona for 2018, a wrap-up for film curation focusing on festivals, theaters, and famous film archives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winona State Film Studies students demonstrate their action genre knowledge and created their own action short films.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":1707,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,81,19],"tags":[73,52],"class_list":["post-1701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-issues","category-right","category-short-films","tag-action","tag-short-films"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/academics.winona.edu\/povwinona\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/12\/48413495_2134885360087932_1469390092433883136_n-e1545685577844.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/academics.winona.edu\/povwinona\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/academics.winona.edu\/povwinona\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/academics.winona.edu\/povwinona\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/academics.winona.edu\/povwinona\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/academics.winona.edu\/povwinona\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1701"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/academics.winona.edu\/povwinona\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1719,"href":"https:\/\/academics.winona.edu\/povwinona\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1701\/revisions\/1719"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/academics.winona.edu\/povwinona\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/academics.winona.edu\/povwinona\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/academics.winona.edu\/povwinona\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/academics.winona.edu\/povwinona\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}