{"id":658,"date":"2013-04-09T01:47:49","date_gmt":"2013-04-09T01:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wsantosblog.com\/?p=658"},"modified":"2013-04-09T01:50:22","modified_gmt":"2013-04-09T01:50:22","slug":"nyu-student-films-1994","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wilsonsantos.blog\/?p=658","title":{"rendered":"NYU Student Films (1994)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This collection of student films was originally shot on 16mm B&amp;W stock\u00a0in 1994, during a 6 week intensive film course at New York University, <a href=\"http:\/\/filmtv.tisch.nyu.edu\/page\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\">Tisch School of the Arts<\/a> where Wilson Santos studied. After years of lugging a green rucksack full of these old film reels from apartment to apartment, Santos finally rescued them from oblivion, projected them on a screen and re-shot them using a Canon T2i. Although Santos hasn&#8217;t produced another film since then, choosing instead to write, produce music, design, study and educate, looking at these shorts and now working as a professor at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fullsail.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Full Sail University<\/a> has inspired Santos to grab a camera and start shooting again. Let&#8217;s see what 2013 brings.<\/p>\n<p><em>*All films were written, directed, produced, and edited by Santos at NYU, 1994.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#3366ff;\"><strong>The Conga Man &#8211; 1994<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RjjdHtXjcA0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<p>The Conga Man is Wilson Santos. The Wife is Tina. The Daughter is Tina Lanne.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<br \/>\n<span style=\"color:#3366ff;\"><strong>The Chase &#8211; 1994<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-8xHqhKlT18?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<p>The Thief is Danny Gomez. The little girl is Tina Lanne.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<br \/>\n<span style=\"color:#3366ff;\"><strong>Mary The Widow &#8211; 1994<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XF0cQJx33Vc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<p>The Murderer is Danny Gomez. The Widow is Mary.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<br \/>\n<span style=\"color:#3366ff;\"><strong>Rain Drops &#8211; 1994<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5k6xm43O2Mk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<p>Montage of images in Greenwich Village near NYU on a rainy day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This collection of student films was originally shot on 16mm B&amp;W stock\u00a0in 1994, during a 6 week intensive film course at New York University, Tisch School of the Arts where Wilson Santos studied. 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