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Purple Valley Films
Website: http://www.PurpleValleyFilms.com
To see screening schedules, upcoming projects, meeting time and place, visit our website.
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Who we are
Endorsed and funded by Williams College, Purple Valley Films (PVF) is a student‐run organization that promotes student independent filmmaking. It was founded with the goal that students should be exposed to an eclectic range of motion pictures from various backgrounds, and that eventually they are able to express their ideas through filmmaking.
In a nutshell, PVF organizes three types of activities:
Watch movies
Screenings are held every Friday evening. Titles range from the classic (e.g. My Fair Lady), the cult (e.g. The Rocky Horror Picture Show), to Chinese (e.g. Chungking Express) – movies you don’t find in local cinemas. In addition, screenings are scheduled based on themes. For instance, January 2007 was our French Month, with screenings of musicals, dramas and comedies made in France.
Workshops
We conduct workshops to reveal the magic behind the scenes. Earlier in January, Amelie was screened. It was a movie notable for its cinematography, particularly its smooth fluid camera movement. Thus we shared with our members how to stabilize the camera, by constructing on the spot an amateur SteadiCam out of a normal tripod.
Make movies
Project Berkshire Currently, we are collaborating with Williams Rural Literacy Project (now renamed as the Global Education Project) on a documentary about education and illiteracy among immigrants in Berkshire. We interviewed immigrants in Williamstown, North Adams and Pittsfield and had them share with us their stories in front of camera.
See reports in the North Adams Transcript: http://williams.edu/home/focus/literacy_film/
Project New Orleans From March 23-29, we organized an eight-student team to New Orleans to make a documentary - in the hope of inspiring more college student to volunteer there. Both projects are at present in the post-production stage. See reports in the Williams Record (April 9, 2008): http://record.williams.edu/record/archives-articles/2008/04/09/seek/216/
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Above PVF members involved in Project New Orleans, March 2008
Below Talking with kids at Broadmoor, New Orleans
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To view our current and past projects, refer to our website at: http://www.PurpleValleyFilms.com/productions
Awards
Our joint production with the Computer Science Dept, Yang Fan is Born, was screened in NPAR 2008 as a part of the Annecy Film Festival in France.
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For more information, visit our website at http://www.purplevalleyfilms.com/pvf/theatre/.
Join us
To get weekly updates on our activities and film projects, join our
or just email us. You can find our contact information below.
Contact Information
For general enquiries, please email info [at] purplevalleyfilms [dot] com
Danny Y. Huang
Co-president, treasurer
yh1 [at] williams [dot] edu
Ariel Kavoussi
Co-president
ak1 [at] williams [dot] edu
Helen Cha
Vice-president
hjc1 [at] williams [dot] edu
Mailing Address
1716 Paresky Center
39 Chapin Hall Drive
Williams College
Williamstown
MA 01267
USA
