The Triangle

Issue date: 7/25/08 Section: Arts & Entertainment

Media Credit: Tom Quigley Students work together on the set of "Alfred Leebop," which was written and directed by Tom Quigley. Keep an eye out for similar projects being shown on DUTV in weeks to come.

Move over Hollywood-Philadelphia could be the next big place for rising talent in the film and television community.

With the recent success of "University 101," film and video students in the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts and Design are working on independent projects as well as creating new television series for DUTV.

Sophomore Tom Quigley recently wrote, directed and acted in his film, "Alfred Leebop," and although he received school credit for the project, it was still not a part of the curriculum. When he got the idea, Quigley first got started on the project at the end of winter term. Things started to pick up during spring, and the project is currently being filmed.

"The work for school is an unfortunate side effect of being able to use the University's equipment," Quigley said.

Quigley is not the only student working on the project. He estimates between 20 to 30 students in the final credits.

"I've got plenty of film students involved, but just as many digital media, engineering, criminal justice, you name it. It really is amazing to see all these different people coming together to help out on this thing," Quigley said.

Films are not the only projects that students are working on, though. Sophomore Ronnie Naples, along with a crew of seven other students, are in pre-production for a new TV show for DUTV titled "Big Eats with John Christon."

The group of students got the idea from a documentary made by Max Cooke. The documentary focused on the subject, John, eating a three-pound burger.

"The documentary was so interesting we thought it would be fun to make a TV show based on the fact that John is willing to eat anything," Naples said.

Naples also said she felt there was a need for new programs on DUTV.

"From time to time I'll peruse DUTV, and I noticed that most of the programming is bizarre, paid television or student projects from other schools, and I thought that we really needed to have a program that was made by the students at Drexel and that was entertaining for students and the Drexel community."

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