Tuesday, May 5

Video Production Crew draws fresh talent with training focus

To make it big in the multibillion-dollar film industry, sometimes it’s best to start small. UCLA’s Video Production Crew is a student-led organization that produces short films. Read more...

Photo: From left: First-year psychobiology student Elaine Lin, first-year undeclared student Alexander DeKoning and fourth-year linguistics student Julio Vega work on a shoot for UCLA’s Video Production Crew. Their project for winter quarter will be the group’s first thriller, filmed at Lucia’s Cafe in Westwood. In the film, a man brings a suitcase into a diner and tells a waitress there is a bomb inside.







Aalhad Patankar: Bond tribute at Oscars to honor an icon

He’s ski-jumped off entire mountains, been to the moon and swum into the depths of a frozen lake in a three-piece suit. He’s broken as many hearts as he has bones, all in the name of his country. No he’s not the Dos Equis guy, he’s Bond. James Bond. Read more...

Photo: Daniel Craig is the most recent James Bond. The James Bond film series will be honored at this year’s Academy Awards.