The Cities in Cinema advertising campaign included a giant mural of the festival's design, painted by club members.

2007 - 2008

In the 2007-2008 school year, Cinemuse held more screenings, co-sponsored more events and took more trips. The club opened three new officer positions. As Cinemuse’s first Production Director, Garrett Johnson organized every Thursday meeting and club project. Publicity Chair Anne Love Feild orchestrated some of the club's largest advertising campaigns and Historian Shawn Bush collected and preserved all offical records of Cinemuse.

Superbad Drive-In Trip
On Friday, September 14th, Cinemuse took its first trip to a drive-in theatre in Lexington to see a double feature of Rush Hour 3 and Superbad. The folks at Lexington were kind enough to give us a tour of their booth and facilities, and following the trip, we held our first small club party for the year at the Wills' (a "Supermad" party).

Infernal Affairs with ASU
On Monday, Nov. 5th, Cinemuse co-hosted a free screening of Wai-keung Lau and Siu Fai Mak's Infernal Affairs (which was later remade into The Departed). The event was part of ASU's Asian Culture week and was free and open to the public. Club Historian Shawn Bush led a discussion after the film.

Guest Speaker Ryan Gray
Cinemuse once again welcomed JMU alumn Ryan Gray, who visited on homecoming weekend. He shared his experiences working for New Line Cinema in L.A., including an insider's look at the industry before the writers' strike. The casual discussion and Q&A was Friday, Oct. 26th at 1:30pm in the screening room of the Media Resources Center.

Virginia Film Festival Nov. 1-4th
The club took its second annual trip to the Virginia Film Festival in Early November. For their 20th festival, the theme was "Kin Flicks" and focused on a variety of films dealing with family relationships. We took four separate trips to Charlottesville and enjoyed several guest speakers who talked about their work (including Jon Turturro and Stewart Stern, writer of Rebel Without a Cause).

WLM Fundraiser
In assisting a promotion for Microsoft's Windows Live Messenger, Cinemuse helped download 122 copies of the program (in a week) and received $201. Also, for every download, an additional dollar was given to a charity of the downloader's choice.

Guest Speaker Ty Strickler
Cinemuse invited graduating senior Ty Strickler to speak at a Cinemuse Productions meeting in December. As a SMAD major, Ty worked on Evan Almighty when it was shooting in Virginia. He quickly befriended the right people and found himself in Los Angeles. Ty shared his experiences with the club, showing production photos and behind-the-scenes movie clips, as well as screening his own short film. Ty graduated that December.

Cities in Cinema Film Festival
For Cinemuse's third annual film festival, the club expanded the event into a more cohesive program. Starting with a midnight screening, the festival ran from Friday through Monday showing seven classic, foreign and independent films dealing with cities across the world. The line-up included Dark City, Manhattan, The Lives of Others, Lost in Translation, City of God, Paris, je t'aime and The New World, which featured a discussion following the film with Dr. Charles Turner of the Film Studies program. The festival also included a City Photo Contest and Lego City-Building Contest, as well as a Movie-Trivia Game show. All events were free and open to the public.

UPB Hosts JMU's Annual Film Festival
Cinemuse and Cinemuse members had films selected to show at UPB's film festival, including: "Trading Bristles," "Hide and Seek," "Dead on Departure," and "Fear/Desire." Out of these entries, "Hide and Seek" took away the award for best score/sound design (Ben Nicholson).