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r , n friday, aprli 6, 1979 lincoln, nebraska vol. 102 no. 106 u o P i i o v ii ; t U.U V ' ll v Bug lights, bucks, bad breaks fMr&ffi Filmmaker says cC9est la vie5 to life's little 3isasteo By Mike Sweeney The scene looks like countless others. The girl and boy, out on a date, sip drinks and talk in a darkened corner of a downtown Lincoln bar. She wears an ex pensive dress and a corsage; he, a brown suit and tie. But you don't have to look too close to see what sets this scene apart from others the 100 watt bug light overhead and -the camera rolling a few feet away are a dead giveaway. The scene is one of many in a film writ ten, directed and produced by University of Nebraska-Lincoln student David Graup ner for an independent study class. Graupner and five other. students are creating films for a 16-millimeter film class, offered this semester for the first time. According to Graupner, the class is loosely structured. The students aren't given any lectures or tests, and have one textbook. Instructor Edward Azlant said the class is not totally independent study; He said the students work together and critique each other's work. All the students had taken a class in super-8 film making. Graupner said Azlant helps them solve problems and improvise on their films. The purpose of the class is to have stu dents blend sound and pictures into a short ten-minute film, Azlant said. The films are made , silently, and sound - is edited in. v The bar scene is the perfect, end of $ S tamest XaAe2,f The film, Graupner said.' is about one of those days when everything that can go wrong aoes go wrong. In one day, the main character played by Paul Schmieding, manages ttfspili coke and coffee on his -term paper, get a speeding ticket as he rushes to get tqr campus and is late to class, Graupnersaid That night, at the bar, the main" char acter is tremendously excited about his date while she is bored, Graupner said. The crowning moment comes when he takes his date home, and hoping for a goodnight kiss has the door shut in his face. " "The film says if we have all these prob lems, just say Vest la vie, Graupner said. "If you dwell on the problems it does nothingfor you at all." Films by the other students include a documentary on Nebraska artist Robert Weaver, a docu-drama about an eight-year-old girl and what she thinks about the world, and a comment on the nature of ro mance. Graupner said he got the idea for his film from experience. uIts a little bit fotrospective, he said. "The last four months of my life have been the pits." - . , Like the character in the film, Graupner. said he has had many things go wrong since he begin filming. -1 Graupner said more than 300 feet of his film, was destroyed during processing. Re- snooting the film posed several challenges, t For example, he said he allowed clothes and garbage to collect in his bedroom for one scene shot there. After : he filmed that scene, he cleaned up. However, part of the scene was destroyed and part was not. When he went to re-shoot the part of the scene that was destroyed, he had to carefully re-dirty his bedroom so it would look exactly like the original scene. . "We ran into problems we didn't realize existed until we started shooting," Graup ner observed. But he said dealing with the problems was good experience, because people have film ruined in the real world. Another unexpected problem arose when Graupner attempted to film Schmieding walking through the Union, he said. In a daze, the character was supposed to walk into the girls' jest room by mistake. . With the cameras rolling, Schmieding entered the rest room, and a woman who didn't know a movie was in the making un knowingly followed him a few seconds later.'-; - "I wish we had sound, because , she let out a shriek," Graupner said: "It was a natural scene." Mark Goldfien, another student in the class, said he also had problems with his film. "My film has been one constant disaster from start to finish," Goldfien said. "But I've been told some of the best movies ever made went through pure hell to get out. That's encouraging." . ' J ' - : One ofGoldfien's cast members sudden ly died last month, so he had to begin shooting again, he said. Then, a few weeks later, his sister, who is part of . the; cast, passed out in the middle of a scene and had to be taken to the hospital.' T , The six student films ranee in cost from about. $450 for Goldfienrs film about romantic fantasy to more than $1,800 for Steve Porter's film, the documentary about the artist. Graupner said his film will cost about $1,200. Continued on Page 2' . WW rzr (oj If X - mJ 4 yiV''t I." i', S r f ; On location at Barrymore's tlmmg "t'est La Vie?" from left to right are Mark Pratt, Dave Graupner, Alyce Nelson, Steve f Porter, and Paul Schmieding as the hard luck hero. . Camclidates debate senate irelatioiilliiijp 2f2 5: . Consumer . columnist explores ' electronic , calcuh-;; tors .pse 9" Sultans of Swint: MSour Mashn per , forms In Omaha. , . .... .pass 1 2 Yfp-ti-ty-o: 300 entries are expected at the University of Nebraska Ro r deo Association's rodeo this 1 weekend . .. . , . . .page 14 By Shelley Smith Although the two ASUN presidential candidates differ in opinions and philoso phies, both said they believed good voter turn-out in the run-off election is vital to the credibility of the senate. Bud Cuca with the Students of the Uni versity of Nebraska (SUN) party and Joe Nigra with the Students Organized for Active x Representation (SOAR) party will x compete April 11. t Both said tliey want to win the election, but added it more important that the winner be elected by a large number of voters. . " ' The NU Board of Regents won't take the ASUN president seriously as a student regent unless it is assured .he has the support of the students, both candidate's . said.' C ' - . " -'. . . Nigro, a 22-year-old history and political science major said it may be hard to spark interest In the election because it Is a nine ft election. . .-"a " e ICstssrkedbaSots i;- ' : The extra election is being held because ". of a newly adopted regent rule that requir-; -ed ASUN executive officers to be elected', by a majority vote. . A biIIotir4 system designed to attain a msjoriry vote failed because some voters misnaiked bsllots. Nigro and Cuca were the top two rerr.iirJr.3 candidates. , - : - ; , Nigro said most of the election attent ion was geared to the fust election day, and when a. president was not chosen, "we were really drained." Cuca, a junior business administration major, agreed and said that he hopes peo ple wUl become interested again and "look objectively at the two candidates." Nigro said his experience as an ASUN senator and Abel Residence Hall president, better qualify him for the position. However, Cuca who works with the Ne braska Human Resources Research Foun dation,, argued that sometimes experience "can" become so. obsessive that the person becomes engulfed. Marknau chooses ; . "Joe has ASUN experience fine, but I have experience with; people, he said. Current ASUN President Ken Marienau has decided, to support Nigro, claiming Nigro experience with ASUN is vital to being an effective president, i . "Both candidates have excellent poten- tial,Vhe said, "It would be difficult for t person who hasn't ever Worked with ASUN to come in and assume a leadership role as "the president. . . . - . Nigro said he believes that because two thirds of the senate and both vice presi dents are from the SOAR party, he is better equfpped to provids a smooth trans Itis'n foto the presidency. There Is no question that 111 be able to . work with these people," Nigro said. "There is the possibility that Bud (Cuca) won't be able to work with them because he has different perspectives, he added. . I: - . - Continued on pes 2 Candidates to ietee Monday A presidential debate sponsored, by 1 the UPC Talks and Topics Committee is: scheduled Monday -between the" tv, o ASUN presidential, candidates .: b C.3 : run-off election.? -x:-; : Bud Cuca with the Students for ths University of Nebraska (SUN) party trj Joe Nigro with the Students Oririz; i for Active Representation V (SOAR). party'jwiH field questions about cmpus issues and their qualifications for prtti-dent.t.- - j. . . . - - - : : Both' candidates' wi3 mjwer c;.: tins from Bob Gleason, a former SOAR party senator, Willie Yatters,crrpif n manar for the SUJT party, and T:cU;y Smith, t Dtily Nebrakm itporttr. The debate will ben at 1 :30 pn. b the Nebraska Union r.iLn lour - ? . 4.. v 3 f - -i . J 1 " t "3