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<\/a>\u201cPursuit\u201d was shot exclusively at The University of Toledo.<\/p>\n\u201cThe cool part about this film is that it was shot on The University of Toledo campus, but it doesn\u2019t look like it at all,\u201d said film student James Aponte, director.<\/p>\n
\u201cPursuit\u201d is a sci-fi thriller set in the future in a crumbling warehouse district. It follows a character named Valerie, played by Victoria Zajac, who spends the course of the film running and hiding from a bounty hunter named Briggs, played by Jeffrey Burden II.<\/p>\n
Burden described his character as someone who is selfish and angry and ready to do whatever it takes to get the job done.<\/p>\n
He said playing someone else in a film is one of the greatest feelings in the world. \u201cIt breaks down a barrier I have around me,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Burden also has acted in \u201cBackfired,\u201d a web series produced by Aponte.<\/p>\n
Zajac describes Valerie as a really tough but tired girl who is just trying to survive.<\/p>\n
Burden and Zajac are both theater students at The University of Toledo.<\/p>\n
Aponte was inspired to make this film after he heard about someone at his mom\u2019s workplace playing with a drone inside a warehouse. <\/p>\n
He said the film is different because it has quiet and subtle human moments. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe climax of the film is more of an emotional climax,\u201d Aponte said. \u201cIt\u2019s based more on human emotion and interaction, whereas other films of this genre are kind of more bombastic and actiony.\u201d<\/p>\n
Aponte said he wants people to see the film because it is unlike anything that has come out of UT, and it showcases talent at the University.<\/p>\n
Zajac added, \u201cIt\u2019s an awesome opportunity to see what fellow students are doing in the film department. Everyone involved in the production of the film put a lot of work into it, and this is their chance to show everyone what they have been working for.\u201d<\/p>\n
Zajac also has acted in UT\u2019s productions of \u201cThe Adding Machine\u201d and \u201cTwelfth Night,\u201d as well as the Glacity Theatre Collective\u2019s musical \u201cHouse of Vinyl\u201d and Halloween show in October.<\/p>\n
Andrew Collings, the assistant director of \u201cPursuit,\u201d was asked by Aponte if he\u2019d be interested in being a part of the film.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was excited about this from the beginning,\u201d Collings said. \u201cHaving read the script, I really thought this looked really strong.\u201d<\/p>\n
Not only did Aponte and Collings work with students, but they collaborated with filmmakers and professionals in the area, and they used the highest quality equipment they could find.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven though this is technically a student film, we\u2019ve tried really hard to treat it like a professional film,\u201d Collings said. \u201cWe wanted to do everything we possibly could to really blow this out of the water.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
UT students will premiere their short action film, \u201cPursuit,\u201d Saturday, Nov. 14, at 8 p.m. in Center for Performing Arts Room 1039. Admission is free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":811,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7,51],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36970"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/811"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36970"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36970\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36975,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36970\/revisions\/36975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}