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...feature film, which will be screened on May 2 in the Student Organization Center at Hilles Cinema, is the debut of Harvard freshman Isidore M. T. Bethel ’11. Despite the fact that Bethel and his collaborator—University of Chicago sophomore Jack L. Mayer—are still very young filmmakers, “Terminus” reveals a decisive and mature artistic consciousness. Inspired by the city of Atlanta, the film’s series of intertwined and unrelated vignettes create a personal feel, supported by deliberate cinematic choices made by Mayer as writer...
...project, which the two co-produced, started in November 2006 when Mayer approached his former high school classmate Bethel about putting together a film about Atlanta. Both felt strongly about their home city, one positively and one negatively, and wanted to embark upon an artistic adventure devoted...
...structured the film to resemble the city itself. Bethel notes that just as Atlanta is an eclectic town with little sense of community, so too the vignettes within the film are essentially unrelated, despite being set against the same geographical backdrop. The dynamism of the city also determined the way in which they filmed “Terminus.” Mayer advised Bethel, who also acted as camera operator, not to use shot lists, but instead to have a more improvisational approach...
...both wanted there to be a sense of fluidity and that there’s too much going on for the camera to capture,” says Bethel. “Because that’s how we see the city. You can’t be everywhere...If I had well-composed shots, there’d be no way you’d be able to convey that...
...don’t like “Grey’s Anatomy?”YP: No, I’m not into that much. I mean, I’d go watch it for Katherine Heigl, but besides that...Isidore M. T. Bethel ’11RR: So you’ve heard about this Writers Guild strike, right?IB: Yup.RR: How do you feel about it?IB: I support them. I think it’s a case of people who usually don’t get a lot of press finally standing up for themselves.RR...