The Monterey County Film Commission is pleased to announce that Joseph "Joey" Blackburn, a student at CSUMB, was named the 2012 winner of the $2,000 scholarship in the MCFC's Film Student Scholarship & Awards Program. Blackburn, originally from Paso Robles, is a Marina resident and graduating senior at CSUMB's Teledramatic Arts and Technology Department.
Blackburn will use the award to help cover production costs for his Capstone, a senior film project required as his final thesis film by CSUMB. His film, a black and white horror film entitled A Fly in the Room, was shot on 16mm film, a more expensive option. "I wanted to shoot on film for the aesthetic feel that I wanted for my movie, and filming on 16mm was an experience I wanted to have at least one time, knowing that most work opportunities will be in video," Blackburn said. "It feels very good to know that all of my efforts studying filmmaking at CSUMB have been rewarded with this scholarship, and tells me that if I continue to work hard good things will happen."
Blackburnâs film will be screened with other Capstone films on May 18 at 1pm and 6pm at CSUMB's World Theater.
