Savini unleashes beast of a program
Horror effects master Tom Savini will launch his Digital Film Production Program in February at the creative career school Douglas Education Center.
The school located just 30 minutes south of Pittsburgh is already home to Tom Savini’s Special Make-Up Effects Program and offers others in graphic design, illustration and cosmetology.
“Our film students are going to have the opportunity to collaborate with all of these other programs on their productions,” Savini said. “They will be surrounded by talented individuals, just like in a professional studio, from the very first day they step on campus.”
Planned projects include music videos, trailers to present to the American Film Market, feature films, and even pilots for reality television shows.
First on the slate is a short film directed by Savini that will be included on a direct-to-DVD anthology “Beyond the Pale” being distributed by Cemetery Dance Publications.
The first volume will include other shorts directed by Mark Steensland and written by award-winning authors, including one scripted by best-selling author Rick Hautala, which he based on a Stephen King idea.
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