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“udents in an environment where they really learn hard data on not nlv what it takes to get a mo\ ' ie made, but also the all nuances that re involved in the industry, " said Jane Kagon of the UCLA ntertainment Studies and Performing Arts, who is the planner behind le California side of the program. Lindsey also commented on the program ' s potential to help ring new talent to the entertainment industrv. " It [the program] gives anyone that wants to be involved in film chance to learn from people who know about it. An actor who is pro- ssionally trained can get his foot in the door a lot better than some- ne who hasn ' t had anv training at all, " he said. " There are so many people with great talent, with great skill, \et lev lack the network to get them before the right production compa- ies or the right producers, so their talent goes unidentified, " Krogmorton said. — Evan Belanger EETIN ' G OF MINDS. President Robert Potts listens intently to Lindsev. Tliis year ' s best of show for a professional film vvent to Lightning Bug, the writing /directorial debut of Robert Hall, a former Cullman resident, shown above with his wife. The film, which was shot in Cullman, depicts " Green Graves, " who must deal with the realit} ' of growing up poor in the South. ^lisunderstood and with an abusi\e stepfather, he nevertheless pursues his dream of becoming a special- effect make-up artist. " Basically it follows close to mv own life. I know what if feels like to be the main character, someone whose aspira- tions seem greater than they can achieve, but it is by no means a documentary, " said Hall, who is todav a successful special-effects make-up artist in HoUj^wood. The film featured such notable names as Laura Prepon of TJwt ' 70s Shozr, Kevin Gage of the movie Blow, Ashleif Laurence of Hellraiser, Hal Sparks of Queer as Folk, and Don Gibb of the X-files. \V.\RM WELCOME. Ernest Borgnine is greeted when he arrives at the airport. ”