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Issue 1 • Sept. 10, 2010 • www.deltacollegian.com
Cota: serving position until as late as next June
Collegian Interview
KCRA’s Mike Carrol talks movie making By Victor Rhodes Opinion Editor On Thursday, Sept. 2, filmmaker, journalist, and arthur of “Naked Filmmaking,” Mike Carrol was invited to speak at Delta College’s radio and television classes. He spoke about making low budget independent films and entering it into film festivals. The interview was conducted via E-mail.
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on KCRA News. I’m a veteran with the reporter tag line, ‘In Sacramento, I’m Mike Carroll for KCRA 3 Reports.’” What inspired you to get into filming?
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What is your role at KCRA?
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At KCRA TV, I am a staff TV news cameraman. I got the job because at the time the news department was going through a reinvention of itself and wated to upgrade the look of its news and photography. I’m to the point now where I am turning out one to two stories of my own that run on the evenings
The affordability of digital editing on computers and digital cameras finally opened up the doors to being able to makes films, and with the full of support of my wife Bonnie, we jumped in. We made our first film a documentary in New York, where one of her daughters lives, about professional dog walkers — ‘Dog Soldiers.’” Will you continue making films after retirement?
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How long will I continue making films? To be honest, I dont know. I am ‘only’ 55 now. Who
PHOTO BY: VICTOR RHODES
CARROL: Indie filmmaker Mike
Carrol speaks to the radio and TV classes Thursday, Sept 2.
knows when or if I’ll ever be able to retire. I only hope that if and when I do it will be my choice and on my terms and not be forced upon me.” To contact this reporter, E-mail at: victor877@gmail.com
She also served as a statewide administrator of Disabled Students Programs and Services for California Community Colleges, according to a release from the president’s office. “When she came to interview with the board of trustees, she clearly was our choice,” said board trustee C. Jennet Stebbins. Trustee Steve Castellanos said that Cota comes with a solid background. “She seems to be the right mix of experience to help us through this transition,” he said. The board approved Cota’s appointment Aug. 3. A welcoming reception was held in Cota’s honor Aug. 24. Student Waymond Hall III attended and said his first impressions of Cota were positive. “She appears to be a pleasant president,” said Hall.
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MEETING: Dr. Susan Cota (left)
meets ASBG president Patrice Burke (right) during Cota’s welcoming reception Aug. 24. Cota’s appointment is expected to last seven to 12 months. “There should be a new president in March or April, or the latest would be June,” she said. To contact this reporter, E-mail at: djsean2009@gmail.com