IMPACT
VOL. 6 ISSUE 2 MARCH 2015
A P U B L I CAT IO N O F R EGE N T UN I V E R SI T Y
Production on Regent’s first feature-film project is well under way
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egent University’s School of Communication & the Arts (SCA) recently “wrapped” principal photography on its first feature film. Impact initially reported on the university’s co-production with veteran Hollywood actor and producer Corbin Bernsen’s Home Theatre Films back in June. After months of pre-production, shooting on Jesse & Naomi (the film’s working title) began January 20 and continued into mid-February. According to scriptwriter and assistant professor Sean Gaffney, Regent University’s first Hollywood-backed feature film is “a contemporary comedy inspired by the biblical story of Ruth.” The story centers on Jesse, an atheistic, New York City-bred divorcee, who follows her mother-in-law Naomi back to her rural hometown. Jesse ends up horrifying the local congregation by falling for their pastor. C H R I S T I A N
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“The project began with a conversation with a friend about what a modern take on the story of Ruth would look like,” Gaffney explains. “I was intrigued by the promise Ruth makes to Naomi and wondered how God would play out the redemption of such a promise in the realm of the romantic comedy.” “The Ruth and Naomi story is one of the Bible’s greatest love stories,” says SCA dean Dr. Mitch Land. “Through the eyes of a woman who is naïve and unfamiliar with Christianity, this film explores the question
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