University Film Organization

31/10/2024

Happy Halloween, everyone. This next week, we will go over how to write scripts both for movies and tv. Until then, enjoy your Halloween. See you Monday.

25/10/2024

Good evening everyone, hope your midterms are going alright. This coming week is very important for new memebers as it will be the guide lines for what we will look for during pitches. For our older members, there will be a mock pitch done by Max Miller, Hope to see you there!!!

03/10/2024

03/10/2024

Werk 2 of UFO is at LLC South Performance Hall this Monday, October 7th, at 6 pm, All Majors Are Welcome! Meet UFO members and CINE faculty, learn about CINE courses, and win some film-related prizes! Free pizza and giveaways! Hope you see you there!

26/09/2024

Welcome everyone to the new year at UFO. Join us at our week one meeting where we will go over introductions and what this year might bring. Hope to everyone there!!!

31/05/2024

Congrats to everyone who had their film shown in the festival and everyone who won for their amazing work! Thank you to everyone who participated, submitted, and attended the 2024 UFO Film Festival! We couldn’t have done it without you and our amazing board!

A special thanks to arthouse for hosting us and our amazing jury!

Also, a special thanks and a goodbye to this school year’s president- Cailey Rembert! Thank you for your continued amazing work and congratulations on your graduation! We can’t wait to see the amazing work you will accomplish in your future!

Keep an eye out for our next productions coming soon: Slay (directed by Stella Todd) and Paper-maker (directed by Keegan Tippetts)

Also, don’t miss our next meeting on monday where we introduce your newest board members for the 2024/25 year!

24/05/2024

The 2024 UFO Film Festival is here!!! There is limited space and availability so RSVP quick in the link in our bio!

Mark your calendars for Friday, May 31st from 2-4pm (doors open at 1:30 and close at 2). There are 80 seats available and the first 60 ppl will get a free popcorn or a free drink! You won’t want to miss the work of these talented filmmakers!

See you there :)

16/05/2024

In Week 8, learn about the importance of poster design and advertisement! There will be a fun activity at the end of the meeting! This week’s meeting will be on Monday, May 20th at 6pm in Mckenzie 101. See you there :))

09/05/2024

GUEST SPEAKER EVENT! Join us for a q&a with director, producer, and writer: Benjamin Howard! Don’t forget to go RSVP for the screening of his debut feature tomorrow( Friday, may 10th). The q&a will be Monday, May 13th at 6:00pm in Mckenzie 101. See you there!!

08/05/2024

Join us for a special screening of Riley by Benjamin Howard. Later, we will have a q&a with the director of Riley as our guest speaker event! You won’t want to miss this! This screening will be on an RSVP basis. RSVP through the link in our bio!

Logline: The life of a disciplined high school athlete begins to unravel when his q***r identity competes against the idea of who he was supposed to be.

Benjamin Howard is an Emmy-recognized writer, director and producer. Benjamin’s narrative projects often explore personal themes related to sexual identity, particularly through a ‘coming-of-age’ lens. His undergraduate thesis project “Deviant” was recognized with a Student Emmy Award in 2019. Benjamin is earning his M.F.A. in a Film Production/ Directing at UCLA. (filmindependent.org)

01/05/2024

Join us in week 6 to learn about film marketing and promotion! How can advertisement make or break a film?? Monday, may 5th @ 6pm in Mckenzie 101. See you there!

05/03/2023

Introducing, our second UFO Production for Spring Term, Purple Love directed by Asher Young and Max Greene! Two friends stumble upon an incredibly rare piece of explicit lost media, but everything around them begins to spiral deeper into haze and madness, as the star of the film haunts them.

Looking to be a part of this production? Auditions for both cast and crew positions will take place next week! Crew auditions will be on Wednesday March 8 beginning at 5 PM in the Knight Library room 221. Cast auditions will take place on Friday March 10 from 4:30-7 PM in the Knight Library room 123. All audition resources and applications can be found in our Instagram bio!

We hope to see you at one of our production auditions next week

04/03/2023

Introducing, the first UFO Production for Spring Term, Where You Lead directed by Cait Smith! A mysterious nomad runs into a fashionable group of le****ns at a bookshop and they talk about love, q***rness, and personal issues in the 1970s. Based on the true le***an history of Eugene, Oregon. 

Looking to be a part of this production? Auditions for both cast and crew positions will take place next week! Crew auditions will be on Thursday March 9 from 6-8 PM and Friday March 10 from 5-7 PM in the Knight Library room 342. Cast auditions will take place on Saturday March 11 from 3-6 PM and Sunday March 12 from 11 AM-1 PM in the Knight Library room 342. All audition resources and applications can be found in our Instagram bio!

Stay tuned to hear about our second UFO spring production!

24/02/2023

UFO is excited to announce our guest speaker for this term! Introducing Rachel Elkins, a current Post-Production Supervisor from 20th Television! Rachel will be joining us via zoom Week 9 on March 6 at 6 PM! 🎞️

This event requires you to RSVP! Please refer to the link in the bio to reserve your spot. if you are planning on attending this event, please make sure to have some questions prepared for our guest speaker! This event will also be in place of our usual weekly meetings. Message us with any questions! 🎥

24/02/2023

UFO is excited to announce our guest speaker for this term! Introducing Rachel Elkins, a current Post-Production Supervisor from 20th Television! Rachel will be joining us via zoom Week 9 on March 6 at 6 PM! 🎞️

This event requires you to RSVP! Please refer to the link in the bio to reserve your spot. if you are planning on attending this event, please make sure to have some questions prepared for our guest speaker! This event will also be in place of our usual weekly meetings. Message us with any questions! 🎥

16/02/2023

It’s that time again! We are now accepting pitches for spring term productions. Please pay careful attention to the requirements listed in the application and on the next slide of this post. Everyone that submits a pitch must attend the Week 8 meeting on February 27 to be considered. The link to submit a pitch can be found in our Instagram bio. Happy pitching and we are looking forward to seeing what you all come up with!

16/02/2023

Hello everyone!

In week 7 meeting, we will be continuing our focus on production! In next week’s meeting, we will cover Mise En Scene! We will be focusing our attention on analyzing the composition of shots through props, lighting, costumes, and set design. We encourage you to bring, props that would fit a school setting or a mystery crime scene 🎬

See you all next week!

09/02/2023

It’s almost Week 6! We were so excited to see all the smiling faces at our sound meeting, and we are looking forward to next week! Continuing our focus on production, next weeks meeting will cover cinematography! We are gonna talk through different shot types, look at some examples, and even get some hands on experience! If you have a camera, we encourage you to bring it, otherwise phones are totally welcome. See you all next week!

02/02/2023

We have almost made it to the halfway point of the term! This week kicks off our meetings on production! We will be covering all things sound including getting some hands on experience with a boom mic and audio recorder. This is going to be an action packed meeting that will build to larger topics in future meetings. See you at 6 PM in Straub!

26/01/2023

We have an action packed meeting planned! With the release of Oscar nominations this past week, it’s time to unpack the nominees and who you think will take home the awards. We will also be talking about distribution, the many avenues of distribution a film can take, and which avenues some of the Oscar nominees took. To wrap up our meeting, we will be showing the Oscar nominated animated short, Ice Merchants! This is going to be a meeting you won’t want to miss! See you at 6 PM on January 30!

19/01/2023

Happy Week 3! We have an exciting meeting planned for everyone! This week the meeting will be at 6:30 PM instead of our usual time. We are going to begin talking about production and the specific roles that are on a crew. We will also be continuing our conversation on internships and potential majors/minors that compliment your major. See you all next week!!!

13/01/2023

NOTE: Week 2’s meeting will be happening Wednesday of Week 2 at 6 PM in McKenzie 125 (same room as our previous guest speaker from fall.)

We hope your first week of classes has gone well!
Our Week Two meeting is centered around portfolio website creation, and internships as it is internship season! It’s never a bad idea to start thinking about internships. For those planning to apply for internship opportunities, a personal website is a smart resource to have to collectively show your past work and introduce yourself as an artist. UFO leadership will provide examples of their own personal websites and highlight what to include. We hope to see you there!

05/01/2023

Welcome back from winter break!
Come to UFO’s week one meeting covering Winter Productions Auditions Info and preparation! We will be available to clarify and walk you through the auditions process which looks a little different from other productions past. Our casting director, as well as our directors of this terms’ short films will also be present at the meeting to answer any other questions you might have about auditions and their short films. Stay after information for a club social networking session!
See you then! 🎬

26/12/2022

The UFO hopes you had a memorable winter holiday celebration! ❄️

It’s time for some exciting news regarding our winter productions this upcoming term! Cast and crew auditions will soon go live tomorrow, December 27th, with the deadline to apply being Sunday January 8th at midnight. We give a warm welcome to our Casting Director for this term’s productions, Elizabeth Thompson! She will be available throughout the process for questions - her contact info can be found on the third slide.

Auditions for acting and crew positions will begin with an online application that will be sourced in our Linktree tomorrow December 27th. Entry video submissions only apply to those interested in fulfilling acting roles and should be sent to casting. Upon review of video submissions, actors being considered for a role will be invited to an in-person audition session (dates TBA). For crew positions, simply fill out the application form and attach resumes and portfolio examples.

For anyone, cast or crew who would like to find a way to get involved with both films, you are more than welcome to fulfill roles in both. Please note this audition process (for acting roles) requires two script readings total with a preferred character for each respective film.
Crew and actors: You will need to fill out an availability form! Please plan ahead and note your most realistic availabilities for this upcoming winter term. Remember that there will also be opportunities for spring term should winter not be the best option for you.

Please message casting for any additional questions and clarification throughout your audition process, and be on the lookout for a story post when applications go live tomorrow! Good luck!