The Daniel T. Stetich independent film collection (2003-2005) consists of short films made by Stetich while a student at East High School and at the Utah Film and Video Center. This collection is part of the Utah Independent Film Archive (UIFA).
The materials are arranged by educational institution.
Audio-visual materials can be fragile and require specialized equipment to play back. For this reason, access to audio-visual materials is provided through digital copies, and it might take longer to provide access to items that are not yet digitized. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law, condition of the material, or by donor.
Processed by Sara Montgomery in 2005.
Donated by Daniel T. Stetich in 2005.
Forms part of the Utah Independent Film Archives (UIFA).
This series of promotional pieces produced for East High School television (Eastv) announces school events and services:
Homecoming Dance - A student is on a quest for a homecoming date and finds love over a pineapple in the local grocery store produce section.
Key Bank - A student has a feeling today will be his lucky day and finds $20 on the side walk. Rather than spending the money on "drugs and alcohol" as the student states, he opens a CD at Key Bank.
Honors Society Tutoring - A student struggles over a calculus problem but is rescued by a tutor in the library.
Swim Meet - Advertisement based around a
Eastv Promo - Promo explaining how to pronounce Eastv based on a cooking show.
The Great Hope -
Take 5 Auditions - Advertisement for Take 5 to promote auditions. Several students audition in various ways.
Clown with Accordion - Live performance of a clown walking across a stage while carrying an accordion.
Basketball Game - Advertisement for basketball game inspired by the movie
Pirates - Pirates take over the school and kick out the school administration. A group of heroes emerge in the form of
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Assignment #7 - "Open Midterm": A young man sits in a restaurant booth looking down at his food. Black and white flashback/forward in French between two lovers as they sit at the booth. Return to color and young man runs to the restroom where he discovers someone is on a cell phone while using the restroom. The young man panics and washes his face with water from the tap when he suddenly changes into the French-speaking man for a night on the town.
Assignment #8 - "One Shot Self-Portrait": Shot of a half moon. "Our princess is another castle" subscript and another shot of a half moon. A screen in an eternity mirror set up is on camera when a man in a red jacket walks past the camera and the images of dressed and headless mannequins are placed on screen. Camera tilts up the front of a shirt where the buttons fasten the opening in an extreme close-up, then pans left to the half moon. Shot of the screens in eternity mirror set up once more and a man passes in front of them and between.
Assignment #9 - "Sampling", "Pocket Powder": Sampling of different ads targeted at women for beauty and health products as well as TV clips from show objectifying and trivializing the role of women in society.
Assignment #10 - "Animation": Stop-motion animation of four photo booth pictures of a young man whirled about in different formations to the sound of a man being eaten by a dog and a baby cooing.
Assignment #10b - "Hand Colored Animation": Stop-motion animation of four photo booth pictures of a young man which have been hand colored in various neon colors are whirled about in different formations to the sound of a man being eaten by a dog and a baby cooing.
"It is When People Refuse to Talk That Real Trouble Sets In": Montage of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints stock photos and sound clips telling a story about a man and his wife and children, a young man who decides to go on a mission for the church but hopes that a certain young woman will wait for him, and the importance of tithing.