EUROPEAN SELECTION
`Seduction' Leads
To Film Enterprise
RUTH LITTMANN STAFF WRITER
hey were young and inex- ple for a half-hour and include
perienced. Their executive some plot twists."
Since winning the student
producer broke her leg in a
car crash. To further com- Emmy, many of the crew mem-
plicate matters, the crew had to bers involved with Seduction Sto-
shoot the film in seven days so ry have graduated and dispersed
they could return camera equip- across the state and country. But
ment they had been renting at Mr. Gaba and Mr. Bonner have
joined forces to create their own
cut rates.
Michigan State University stu- company: Otherfilms. Their first
dents involved with Seduction mission is to produce Trap," a
Story learned a
valuable lesson
while creating
their award-win-
ning movie:
Sometimes, dis-
advantages can
put you on top.
"We had to
shoot half of the
movie in the last
two days," said
associate pro-
ducer Charles
Gaba, who hails
from Bloomfield
Hills.
"It was a very
insane week- Jim Bonner and Charles Gaba incorporate Otherfilms.
end," he said.
"We shot from Friday afternoon Michigan-based thriller by Mr.
through 4 a.m. on Monday with Bonner.
"There are a lot of people who
only one short break for sleep. By
the end, we were all pretty much know about this and are excited
about it. They're ready to go. The
zombies."
The sleepless stint paid off for only thing we need now is the
Mr. Gaba and nearly 100 com- money," Mr. Gaba said. 'We're
patriots — MSU student actors, now in a position to seek in-
writers, producers, directors, vestors."
The young men have formed
grips and gaffers. In March 1993,
Mr. Gaba flew to Los Angeles to several contacts through work-
represent the people behind Se- ing at full-time industry jobs. Mr.
duction Story at the Student
Emmy Awards ceremony.
The honor is bestowed yearly
by the Academy of Television
Arts and Sciences, "the same
folks who do the nationally broad-
— Charles Gaba
cast ones," Mr. Gaba said.
Partly filmed on the East
Lansing campus, Seduction Sto-
ry was co-written by recent grad- Gaba, 23, manages a local the-
uates Brian Hamrick and Jim ater, and Mr. Bonner, 24, works
Bonner. The plot revolves around at a film-equipment company.
Since winning the student
a young creative writing teacher
who is seduced by a female stu- Emmy, they enlisted the help of
a lawyer to form Otherfilms. The
dent's steamy prose.
The movie started as a $17,000 goal is to raise $500,000 in seed
senior project. After winning the money for Trap.
As with Seduction Story, Mr.
Midwest region award in Los An-
geles, it hit a venue closer to Gaba and Mr. Bonner hope to
home, the Maple Theatres 3 cin- turn potential pitfalls into strong
points. Take their age, for in-
ema in Bloomfield Township.
Family, friends and producers stance.
"On the one hand, being young
from metro companies attended
the local showing where they ex- is harder because people might
perienced strains of lazy jazz and not take us as seriously, but we
eerie, neon-lit visuals punctuat- also have a lot of confidence and
enthusiasm," Mr. Gaba said.
ing the "seduction."
"It's darker than an Animal "This is something we are very
House-type college story," said committed to. We intend to suc-
Mr. Bonner. "We wanted to tell a ceed. We believe we will." ❑
story that would entertain peo-
"It was a very
insane weekend."
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