LIGHTS, CAMERA…CAPSTONE

HU launches new film production capstone with a feature film

Film production students at Huntington University now have the opportunity to round out their college education with a unique, immersive film-making capstone. By leveraging faculty’s personal and professional relationships and experiences, HU has built something into the film program that no other college like it is doing: feature-length movies.

Huntington University and Kinema Pictures, LLC, a local production company started by HU’s own Dr. Lance Clark and Professor Matt Webb, partnered in 2021 to film promotional footage for an upcoming feature film entitled Glenn Frank. The first feature film project coming out of HU’s digital media arts program, Glenn Frank will launch the new film production capstone, which will culminate in a large film project every year.

Although both Clark and Webb have experience in corporate media, music videos, and independent feature films, this movie will be the first feature film they have directed and produced together. The project involves other film professionals as well, including some familiar faces.

“We are excited to bring to Huntington a handful of film professionals from around the country, many of them HU alums, to mentor our students on this large-scale film project,” said Clark, who also serves as dean of the School of the Arts.

Glenn Frank, with its themes of community and redemption, is an ideal first project for the capstone.

“As filmmakers, our students work in community every day, and this capstone program provides an amazing opportunity to collaborate — co-labor — and grow alongside professionals in the industry,” said Webb. “What better way to understand the power of this story of a community coming together than to BE a community coming together to not only entertain but make us and others better.”

Students will see out the entire production process of the film, from table reads, casting, preproduction, and filming to postproduction and distribution. Their names will also appear in the credits, cementing their connections to industry professionals.

To learn more about Huntington University’s film program, visit huntington.edu/Film. You can also explore HU’s new Film Certificate at huntington.edu/Create.