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Lights, Camera, Action: Templeton’s All-New Film Immersion Program

By Lilia deBoer Introducing: Templeton's very own Film Immersion program! This semester-long experience, open to students in grades 11 and 12, will take up participants' entire afternoon and grant them credit for Career Life Connections 12, Media Arts 11/12, and Film and Television 11/12 (otherwise known as Afterschool Film). They will produce up to eight media projects throughout the course of the semester, work with professional film mentors, and attend a variety of workshops and festivals. Participants will also gain Motion Picture Safety Training and Industry Orientation. This brand-new immersion will be yet another addition to Templeton's renowned film program, professionally known as Dream Big Productions. Throughout the year, students in Afterschool Film work tirelessly to create student-directed/produced/written films that have a reputation for performing well in festivals and contests. This year in particular, Templeton did very well in...

Top Movies of 2023

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By Lia Low In June 2023, the long-anticipated Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse came out in theaters. Within less than two weeks, it made more at the box office than the first film, Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse . It quickly became Sony Pictures Animation's highest-grossing film. Watchers are already prepared for the next film, Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse , even though it will take another few years to come out. It was a two hour and twenty minute masterpiece of animation and I would recommend this movie to anyone who appreciates super-heros (Spider-Man), art, or animated films. The Little Mermaid live action movie was released in May 2023. The movie is two hours and fifteen minutes long. The original animation was released in 1989. Impressively, this movie’s plot closely follows the original’s. Actress Halle Bailey became the new face of Princess Ariel, inspiring many young Brown and Black girls. Children’s reactions to the trailer flooded soci...

Iconic Movies Filmed at Templeton

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By Phoenix Nguyen Have you ever caught a glimpse of Templeton in the background while immersed in a movie marathon, questioning your sanity amid all the studying? Well, you might not be going crazy! Those scenes might actually be shot at our beloved school! Below is a list of films that feature the school. The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina If you've ever been captivated by the story of the teenage witch dwelling in the haunted Spellman Sisters Mortuary residence, striving to balance the complexities of her dual identity—half mortal, half witch—while combating the evil forces endangering her town, then you might find familiarity in Baxter High gym’s images.  Totally Killer Coming up next is a recent time-travel teen slasher comedy for the spooky season that follows Jamie (Kiernan Shipka from "The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina") as her mother falls victim to a series of murders connected to a dark chapter from thirty years ago. Beyond the time-travel element, "Totall...