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Lycoming College’s film and video arts department will host two screenings of the graduating senior short narrative film, “Tapes,” in the Trogner Presentation Room in Krapf Gateway Center. Both events are free and open to the public. Seating is limited and RSVPs are required at the links below.
April 9, 7-8:30 p.m. Film screening, Q&A, reception to follow
Evite Link: https://evite.me/ScCftx35f8
April 11, 11-12 p.m. Director’s Presentation and Screening
Evite Link: https://evite.me/H5VUC6NmE4
“Tapes” tells the story of Jonah, a single father down on his luck, who breaks into his best friend's house and finds a mysterious tape recorder. With the help of his daughter, Jonah discovers the tape recorder has supernatural properties and a dark secret.
Directed by: Alex Setliff ’26
Written by: Nathaniel Saldutti ’26
Cinematography by: Anna Kauffman ’27
1st Assistant Director: Melody Khalaf ’26
Producers: Toby Lader ’26 and Aaron Deffenbaugh ’27
Edited by: Toby Lader ’26 and Melody Khalaf ’26
“This year’s capstone film, ‘Tapes,’ was a true department effort. Seniors collaborated on the film from script to screen and worked with just about all film majors on the production. They wisely utilized both color and black and white throughout the film to distinguish the different realities that Jonah is transported from and to when discovering his antagonist’s dark secret,” said Leah Bedrosian Peterson, professor of film and video arts and chair of the department at Lycoming College. “It was wonderful to witness the support that the students gave one another, the new skills they learned, and the enthusiastic commitment to filming together over eight weeks. The film is dark, smart, and gripping from start to finish.”
Producer Toby Lader said, “This film was an honor to work on and the experience of doing so will be more than influential on my future career.”
Visit the film’s Instagram for a peak at behind-the-scenes stills: https://www.instagram.com/tapes_lyco?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==
The film and video arts program at Lycoming College balances digital film production and postproduction with film theory as students study and create films that represent humanity, culture, and society.