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Bob Pondillo

Work on my latest short film continues, and is just about finished. I wrote and directed a narrative short in 2010 titled THE MIRACLES ON HONEY BEE HILL -- the most ambitious little movie we've ever tried to pull off here at MTSU. It's loaded with computer animation, which is what's taking so long. It should be ready for release to the general public (and film festivals) by the new year (or before.) It features an all-child cast in a story that's told like a fairy tale, but deals with several controversial issues of our time. Last year (2010) the screenplay itself won "Special Achievement in Short Form Screenwriting Award" from the SOCAL Film Festival in Huntington Beach, CA.

Dr. Bob Wood, from the RI Department, is working on the musical score, several RI MFA students are helping with sound effects and sound/mixing design. The film itself was produced by the MTSU FILM GUILD, a student organization that provided more than 30 undergrads and grad students in pro-production, set construction and filming. Recent grad Diana Rice produced the film, and despite having graduated, still helms the project! Many thanks to undergrads David Kamp and Scott Johnson who worked tireless hours on computer animation and rendering...of a concept and design by Prof. Kevin McNulty of the MTSU Computer Animation sequence (part of the EMC Department). So this is clearly a major effort!