Category 'Articles'

19
Jan

Jen Danielson of SNL’s Above Average to Judge New Web-Series Category

With the deadline for Fusion submissions fast approaching (January 30th to be exact) the team has some exciting news to share about our newest category: Jen Danielson, Head of Content for SNL’s web-series platform Above Average, will be judging the web-series category. Starting out as a young up-and-coming associate producer for SNL’s Broadway Video and […]

19
Jan

Final Draft 9 Announced as Prize for Fusion’s Screenwriting Competition Categories

Thanks to the amazing generosity of Final Draft, Fusion is proud to announce that Final Draft 9 will be included in the prize packages for the Undergraduate and Graduate short and feature categories. Final Draft 9 is the number-one selling screenwriting software in the world and a favorite of James Cameron, JJ Abrams, and Aaron […]

3
Jan

Former Fusion Winner Melanie Delloye Discusses Her Success and Fusion Experience

Back in March 2013, former NYU student Melanie Delloye won the Graduate Film Award at the Fusion Film Festival for her thesis, Anna and Jerome. Shot in Normandy and starring award-winning French actress Elodie Bouchez, the film tells the story of a struggling mother who dreams of starting a new life with her young son. […]

3
Jan

YouTube 101 With Fusion

On December 6th, Fusion members visited the YouTube Space in Chelsea to take a tour of the studio and partake in a discussion of YouTube’s current practices and resources. Led by the knowledgeable and entertaining Christopher Chan Roberson, a professor at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, attendees were exposed to many different features of […]

25
Nov

Black Nativity and Fusion’s Launch

As the theater lights of Cantor dimmed and the Christmas music played, the entire crowd, including NYU affiliates and film industry professionals, fell into a trance only to be jolted out of it soon after. The street setting in the opening sequence of the film isn’t the standard for a ‘holiday movie,’ but it is […]