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...Brooks Newkirk ’03 recalls the almost exclusively pro-documentary stance of the department, which prompted him to switch from VES to physics...
...Newkirk then began work gathering footage of Cabot House seniors for the documentary. Over Spring Break, Lawler and a five-person crew went down to Cape Cod to film his screenplay of Angel Walk. They had a cast that included Harvard students and some members of the Screen Actors’ Guild (SAG). The Screen Actors’ Guild has what they call a “Student Contract,” which allows student films to pay less than scale for actors. In the case of Angel Walk, this meant paying them nothing, since Lawler was personally responsible...
...been around for about two months, hardly a great stretch of time. There were worries that another investment might disappear similarly. “Of course, we didn’t doubt that we could handle it. But they did. Which makes sense,” says Newkirk. Agreements have been made, however, so that as soon as the insurance money is forthcoming Cabot House will indeed invest in another camera...
This summer, Lawler and Catherine Sheehan, one of the other producers in the club, are going to be shooting their screenplay of The Great Givendi, probably at the end of August. Newkirk will also be in Cambridge this summer, and hopes to shoot a short screenplay...
...future of the club, Newkirk and Lawler envision something more communitarian in nature, whereby projects would all be submitted to a central board and then voted on. As it is now, the club is still in a transitional process, as evidenced by the last item on its constitution, which makes the proviso that “Given that this club is new, and similar clubs have failed for organizational problems, the anatomy of the club may be completely reworked to improve efficiency.” Newkirk amplifies the concerns. “That’s where we think...