For many recent film grads, most of their time at KSC was spent working on Enter to Learn, Go Forth to Serve: the First Hundred Years of Keene State College. The film, which airs on New Hampshire Public TV at 8 and 9 p.m. on Sept. 26 and several other times this fall (see the schedule), was a grand and serious project, and 80 or so students spent many long hours creating this excellent documentary. As film studies adjunct faculty member and the film’s co-creator Lance Levesque noted, “We set the standard so high that nothing but perfection was acceptable. That doesn’t just happen; you don’t just go out and take a picture. Some of our shoots were eight hours long, to get one shot with the perfect lighting with no shadows, and the prefect movement with no jittering.”
All those stories of what went on behind the scenes are not lost: Levesque sent two camera crews out during filming—one to shoot the film, and the other to document the work behind the film. “It shows what a serious film student we graduate here—they’re very dedicated, they work very hard, and, from the behind-the-scenes footage, you can see that so many things can go wrong,” Levesque explained. “You can watch the students work through the problems and correct mistakes to get the best footage possible.” See the behind-the-scenes story here.
Enter to Learn, Go Forth to Serve: the First Hundred Years of Keene State College premiered at the Colonial Theatre in downtown Keene over Homecoming Weekend last October (2010). Ryan LaLiberty ’11 offered an insightful review that appeared in Newsline shortly after the event.
My wife and I both graduated from KSC and reside in Norwalk, CT. Is there a way for us to see the movie? Will it be broadcast in CT or is it for sale?
Jon Neschis, 1990.
The Behind the Scenes video is excellent. I cannot wait to see the film. As an Alumni with three sons who also attended KSC, I would like to say congratulations on your excellent work and dedication. Very professional…I wish you all success in your future in film. Thank you so much for all your hard work!
The behind-the-scenes video makes me appreciate complex shots that I took for granted before, and makes me proud of our film students. I am anxious to see the Centennial film.
Is anyone there? Someone asked whether the film would be for sale? Is it going to be for sale… I live in Florida so it would not probably be on our PBS Station here.
I saw the first half a couple of years ago and was impressed. Then I was interviewed for the the second half and not sure whether I am in it or not…
Thanks…love KSC!
Ken Morris, ’64
Hi Ken: Since I didn’t know if Jon would see the info if I posted here on “comments,” I answered his question via email. But I should have posted it her too, in case someone like you had the same question. Yes, you can get a copy of the DVD: Enter to Learn, Go Forth to Serve will be for sale in the campus bookstore (http://bookstore.keene.edu/) after the film airs on the 26th, so please contact them if you’d like to place an order. We’re also going to sell it on Amazon, but I understand that will take 27 days after they receive the DVD until it is available for purchase. But if you don’t mind waiting, that’s another outlet.