Cinemuse members pose after the first Movie Date Auction fundraiser in Spring 2007

2006 - 2007

In Cinemuse's second full year, the club expanded in several ways. The club included Cinemuse T-shirts in membership dues and launched a fully-operational website in August. In addition to regular Monday screenings, Cinemuse made several Sunday trips to Staunton's Visulite Cinemas.

Cinemuse Productions
Cinemuse introduced Thursday Productions meetings to produce short films and other video projects. The club wrote and produced three shorts in a triptych, along with four shorter pieces made for a spring exercise.

Guest Speaker Ryan Gray
JMU alumn Ryan Gray spoke to Cinemuse homecoming week. The graduate discussed what it is like working for New Line in L.A. and his role in the filmmaking process. He answered questions for an audience of both members and staff.

Virginia Film Festival
In late October Cinemuse traveled to Virginia’s 19th Annual Film Festival, “Revelations: Finding God at the Movies,” in Charlottesville. As a club we attended screenings often followed by guest speakers (including Morgan Freedman, Robert Duvall and Liev Schrieber).

Convocation Clean up Fundraiser
The Spring '07 fundraiser was a success, as Cinemuse members cleaned the Convocation Center after a high school basketball game. Cinemuse thanks everyone who came out to support the club (and celebrate with IHOP afterwards).

"Dreamfest" Film Festival
While the 2007 film festival was Cinemuse's second annual festival, it was the first to occur in one weekend. With the theme of dreams, the festival was held at the Grafton Stovall Theatre and all five screenings were completely free to the public. On Saturday, February 3, and Sunday, February 4, we brought five classic, foreign and contemporary films back to the big screen, including: Brazil, Spellbound, The Science of Sleep, Dreams and Spirited Away.

IVS Film Series
The Institute of Visual Studies (IVS) co-sponsored a film series with SMAD and Cinemuse throughout the spring semester. The program included six films screened every other Thursday evening in Harrison or Duke Halls. The series focused specifically on the visual elements of cinema, ehanced with occassional guest speakers. The lineup included Me You & Everyone We Know, The Last Picture Show with graduate photographer Paul Estabrook, The Player with SMAD professor Kevin Reynolds, Koyaanisqatsi and Spring Summer Fall Winter Spring with professor of Buddhism Sally King.

Student Film Festival
UPB's Student Film Festival was Sunday, March 25th, at Grafton Stovall Theatre. Cinemuse was represented as three shorts were selected for exhibition including: Cinemuse Productions' Cinema Interuptus, Jen Bishop's Onna No Onaka and Ben Nicholson's 23, which won festival awards for best direction and cinematography.

Movie Date Auction Fundraiser
In addition to the convocation clean up fundraiser, Cinemuse raised money with a "Man Auction" on Monday, April 2nd. The house was full as 11 club members volunteered themselves on the auction block. The event brought its audience entertainment with bachelor introductions, questions and finally, the auction. All members were sold with the promise of accompanying their dates to a Grafton movie of the buyer's choice (with Cinemuse paying for the tickets).

End of the Year "Bon Voyage" Party
On Friday, April 27th, the Wills hosted a end of the year party at member Will Fawley's house. All Cinemuse members were invited to the nautical-themed costume party, as we celebrated the year and wished off graduating members Morgan DeHaven, Mac Johnson and Ben Nicholson.