The Zeitgeist Media Arts School (ZMAS) is one of three parts of the Zeitgeist Film Program and an accessible hub for the Northland’s diverse creative community including filmmakers, graphic designers, multimedia artists, and theatrical artists to learn, work, create, and connect as an integral component of the regional film ecosystem with the mission to empower, support and educate community members.
The Zeitgeist Media Lab is located in Duluth, MN, and is equipped with iMac computers loaded with Adobe Suite, film, video, audio and lighting equipment, and more – bringing educational opportunities across the Northland by partnering with regional high schools, local non-profits, and businesses as far North as the Iron Range.
Our goal is to inspire students of all backgrounds at any level to rethink the way we view film, art and local storytelling by providing access and a platform to work, learn, create, and experience filmmaking and media production in our community.
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Zeitgeist Media Arts School ON SET!
ON SET Internships are provided by the Zeitgeist Film Program in partnership with local productions to bring on interns to their sets. Students get on the job training and experience working alongside industry professionals on a vetted film project.
Internship Description:
ABOUT THE FILM
THE GICHIGAMI GAZETTE is a short, paranormal comedy written and directed by Duluth’s very own Tashia Hart. The film is about a struggling journalist who teams up with a ghost. Together they dive into the paranormal occurrences that surround Lake Superior, a lake that local tribal members call Gichigami. The short will be shot in Duluth and surrounding areas, mainly Lincoln Park, Downtown Duluth, and the shore of Lake Superior.
SHOOT DATES: OCT 6th–8th
FILMING DAYS: We are planning for THREE, 10 hour-long filming days to take place between Monday, October 6th and Thursday, October 8th.
PREP DAY: Prior to the filming we hope for one Prep Day, October 5th, to set dress and decorate the space, load in equipment, pre-light, etc.
ABOUT THE CREW
Tashia Hart, Director
is a writer, artist, and filmmaker from the Red Lake Nation of Anishinaabe in northern Minnesota whose work spans literature, film, illustration, photography, and visual art. Her books include Native Love Jams, The Good Berry Cookbook: Harvesting and Cooking Wild Rice and Other Wild Foods, Gidjie and the Wolves, and Girl Unreserved.
She recently co-wrote, co-produced, and acted in Jonathan Thunder’s Ish Meets a Mermaid. With her directorial debut, The Gichigami Gazette, Hart brings her distinct narrative voice to the screen, building on a body of work grounded in cultural and regional storytelling.
Jonathan Thunder, Producer
is an award-winning visual storyteller and artist based in Duluth. Often exhibiting both paintings and short films, he has been included in numerous exhibitions at All My Relations Gallery, the Duluth Art Institute, the Highpoint Center for Printmaking, the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the Muskegon Museum of Art, Rochester Art Center, Detroit Institute of Arts, and the Tweed Museum of Art.
Thunder’s recent awards include the Jim Denomie Memorial Scholarship, the McKnight Foundation Fellowship, the Minnesota State Arts Board Grant, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, and has been nominated three times for the United States Artist Fellowship. Learn more at jonthunder.com
Justin Deegan, Cinematographer
is an award-winning filmmaker and citizen of the Three Affiliated Tribes, from the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation. Home of the Mandan, Hidatsa & Arikara Nation. Justin has been making short form digital internet films and music videos since 2013. Since then, his credits and experience has grown to include short films, feature films, documentaries, and episodic content. He has worked with clients such as Vision Maker Media, Onyx, and the History Channel.
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