Strong message doesn't get lost in translation in new student film
By: Steven Lester
Issue date: 3/21/07 Section: News
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Staff Writer
Student director Jacob Via, senior broadcast media, is at it again working with 10 other North Greenville men to film his short movie, The Translation. The shooting location for the project was in Chesnee, S.C.
The Translation is the third installment of a trilogy that Via wrote and directed. The Case is the second part of the trilogy. This production placed in the top 50 in a national competition of thousands.
"The purpose for the movie was, for me, to show how much I've grown throughout my four years at North Greenville," said Via.
The Translation is a Transporter meets end times movie. It takes place in a time when the United States has become a communist country. An underground group of thugs translated the last copy of the Bible into its original Greek/Hebrew texts. Paul assumes the task of transporting the Bible across state lines dragging his best friend Andrew along for back up. Paul is completely unaware government agents who wish to destroy the Bible are following him. Paul and Andrew are determined to ensure the safety of the Bible across state lines no matter what the circumstances may be.
The Translation stars Paul Lollis, junior broadcast media, as Paul. Ryan O'Connell, freshman psychology, and Seth Lucas, junior broadcast media, play the two main government agents. Other NGU students who occupied supporting roles for the film were Ben Cabiness, junior elementary education, T.J. Cabiness, junior interdisciplinary studies, and Kirk Morris, freshman Christian studies.
"I really want to enter The Translation into many national film contests and see were it leads us," Via said.
The Translation has been in progress since the beginning of this semester, and has endured many conflicts.
"The biggest struggle for us film this past weekend is scheduling conflicts. We want certain people to play different roles and school or work schedules couldn't be worked out," said Lollis.
According to Vis, the biggest struggle as the director was organization.
Facing a fast approaching deadline with scheduling problems could have easily spelled disaster for many short films, but the cast and crew easily over came these issue and had a successful weekend of filming. On Friday, March 16, the crew and cast traveled to Cabiness's house so they could safely explode a propane tank, shoot live rounds and choreograph a car crash. Lollis said he enjoyed the non-stop action of choreographing and firing live rounds. The cast and crew of The Translation actually got to film and act in a small two-passenger airplane.
"The best thing about filming The Translation was the fact that we had the resources to make the film look like a high budget movie without having any budget at all," said Via. "It was so helpful that T.J. Cabiness's family accepted and housed 10 of us."
Lollis said the main purpose of the film was to be a fun action movie for all with Christian morals. The movie is projected to premiere the April 5.
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