This is our first film production class of the John Felice Rome Center. We have ten students in our class from all walks of life; James Kilton and Alex Platt from the USF school of film - James and Alexandra are doing pieces for the USF TV station with standup bits from around Rome, and James recently got a gig working for Fox as an editor, while Alex will be working as an intern at Sony BMG in Santa Monica. Charlie Noell, a Rome center alum, who has returned this summer, and is helping Alex and James create their documentary about Gypsies who live in a camp in Monte Mario - Charlie's excellent translating skills made him key in helping put the show together. We have Al Neva, Jerry Bell and Kyle Colonna (who've been nicknamed NBC) who are working on a documentary about the irrepresive Italian maestro Dr. Sergio Corsi - a documentary about his life and passion for teaching. Mike Fricchione is making a documentary about departing chaplain Father John Chandler, who is leaving the Rome center after five years to return to Hawaii. Maria is making a documentary about a priest she knows from Baltimore who lives in Rome, is friends with the Pope, and who blesses local bars when they're started. Darkus is making a documentary about sculptor Peter Rockwell, son of painter Norman Rockwell, who taught at the Rome Center some 30 years previously, and who is still working and living in Rome. Finally, Brian is making a comedy about the day in the life of a pizza, or "La Pizza Vita." So far, so good! We'll be having a screening the last week of school, and we're all looking forward to it! Here's a pic of the class.
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