FSU College of Motion Picture Arts 2014-2015 Publication 2014-2015 | Page 2

What’s Inside Renovations Reshape College  4 Cover Story: The Maze Runner  Wes Ball and T.S. Nowlin share the story of their transition from film school to Hollywood Meet our New Faculty  16 Kelsey Scott on 12 Years a Slave 10 BFA in Animation and Digital Arts  12 Learn what makes this undergraduate program competitive in the industry. Recent Alumni Success Stories  6 Alumni Check-in  On the cover: two main characters run into a daunting maze on poster art for The Maze Runner (provided by Fox Studios). Associate Dean Five FSU films win top prizes at the College Television Awards. 2 - FSU College of Motion Picture Arts 22 Message from the Dean  3 Dean Frank Patterson Sweeping the Student Emmys  8 20 Reb Braddock Assistant Deans Andrew Syder Fred Salancy Editor Nick McKaig Contributors Brenda Mills Paul Razza MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN I t’s been an exciting and busy year for the College of Motion Picture Arts. We’ve implemented new curricula, installed additional production facilities and classrooms in our studio, and recruited more industry members to join our faculty, all with the goal of providing the best and most current educational experience for our students. This summer we completed the largest facility renovation in the twenty-five-year history of our College, with new and remodeled spaces on every floor. This type of investment into our studio helps ensure that students receive the most relevant, modern, and real-time introduction to the motion picture industry for years to come. Our new spaces are designed specifically to support our unique curriculum, a project-centered approach to learning and storytelling that makes Florida State stand out from other film schools. We’ve also hired several members of the industry to join our faculty, professionals from all over the country who are eager to mentor students through the process of bringing their stories to life. And, this year we are preparing to graduate our first class of Animation and Digital Arts students, whose contemporary and specialized skillsets are in high demand. We recognize that our commitment to students entering the motion picture industry is a commitment to change. However, in the midst of all of these changes we remain focused on providing more of what makes us unique: high quality, hands-on instruction in an intimate conservatory setting. The structure of our curriculum allows our graduates to enter the industry with festival-quality films and the preparation required to create, produce, and contribute to the highest quality professional productions. As a result, our students have won over 2,000 awards, honors, prizes and featured screenings at national and international festivals and competitions, and our alumni can be found working at every level of the industry, all around the world. I invite you to meet our faculty, read more about the success of our students and alumni, and explore the many and diverse projects that the FSU College of Motion Picture Arts has produced in the past year. We are very proud of our students and their successes, and we sincerely hope that one day you will become a part of our College of Motion Picture Arts story! Best Regards, Frank Patterson, Dean College of Motion Picture Arts film.fsu.edu - CMPA News - 3