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academic services such as class and
room scheduling,” she said. “I’m
excited about this new challenge
and so grateful for the wonderful
preparation BSC gave me.”
’13
Since receiving his MFA from the
New York Film Academy,
William
Justice
is a piano instructor at both
Mason Music and the Homewood
(Ala.) School of Music. He’s also
received two prime acting roles in
Atlanta.
Christian Pereyda
is attending the
University of Alabama School of
Law and is set to graduate this May.
He is interning for bankruptcy Judge
Jennifer Henderson of the Northern
District of Alabama, Western
Division, while taking classes.
’14
Amanda McFall
is development
coordinator with Nashville-based
Siloam Health, a faith-based
nonprofit health care clinic serving
patients who lack insurance or who
have difficulty accessing health
services.
’15
Laura Carbajal
is a graduate student
at Southern Methodist University in
Dallas and a Dallas-Fort Worth Teach
for America corps member currently
teaching third grade bilingual literacy.
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WEDDINGS
Allen Sumner ’76
to Mary Stamp,
May 2, 2015.
Alum profile ’13
After getting her degree in media and film studies,
Elizabeth Hagale
threw herself into the
realm of video and film production, establishing herself as a screenwriter, director, editor, and
transmedia architect.
The year following her BSC graduation, Hagale co-directed the music video “Magenta” for
Los Angeles-based pop singer Deqn Sue that was featured at Birmingham’s Sidewalk Film
Festival that August. The video later garnered Best of Festival and First Place awards in the
Independent Short Music Video category of the River City Film Festival in Decatur, Ala.
“I made the first bold move to contact Sue, and her producer was kind enough to hire me for
the Magenta video,” said Hagale, who helped bring the singer’s off-kilter concept and vision to
life. “It was a month-long project filmed in Alabama and Tennessee that involved collaboration
with cinematographers Jay Burleson and Ryan Sims.”
Hagale, who lives in Huntsville, also worked on a transmedia project last year in which
she wove real-time social media—YouTube, Twitter, Tumblr, and Instagram—into her science
fiction story “Son of Somerset Files.” She collaborated with Burleson on that project as well;
Meghan Ford ’13
composed the theme song.
She studied another transmedia project, “The Lizzie Bennet Diaries,” a 2012 adaptation of
the 19th century Jane Austen novel
Pride and Prejudice
and the first YouTube series to win a
Primetime Emmy, for her senior seminar project at BSC. She presented her paper about the
project at the Cinema and Media Studies Undergraduate Conference in Oklahoma.
Hagale is excited as she anticipates the future and said she feels a debt of gratitude to her
alma mater.
“My liberal arts education really focused on writing, which is an extremely beneficial skill
to have after graduation,” said Hagale, who was a Harrison Honors Scholar and active in
the BSC Film Club. “It’s also a well-rounded education, allowing for and even demanding
interdisciplinary experiences.”
Hagale, who said her father inspired and encouraged her work in film, has been finding
herself in the social media landscape more lately. Currently, Hagale works as a social media
manager at Mindvolt, an advertising agency.
“I see myself delving more and more into the world of social media, while still finding some
outlets for my media and film productions,” Hagale said.
Photo by Andrew V. Gonzales