Oregon Students Get Taste of Filmmaking

Publication: The Observer
Date: June 30, 2010

Summary: A week-long filmmaking camp co-sponsored by the Oregon Writing Project at Eastern Oregon University gave students a chance to explore their creative sides in new ways.

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Desyray McManus of Bend speaks like she will never forget about what she learned about the art of scriptwriting.

"Nothing is written, it is rewritten," she said.

She was repeating a phrase introduced to her by Marshall. The EOU [Eastern Oregon University] student credits the phrase "Nothing is written, it is rewritten," to the famed British comedy entertainer Sid Field.

EOU English professor Cori Brewster, the camp's director, was impressed by how willing the students in the camp were to take chances and express the creativity they felt.

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