cameras and equipment that would
have been very difficult to get our
hands on otherwise.”
Kennedy was in an all-girl crew,
which in itself was noteworthy. “The
entertainment industry in general
is male-dominated. It’s definitely
getting better, but this year Chloé
Zhao became the second woman to
ever win an Oscar for Best Director.”
The class had two main projects.
“I was director for the first short
film,” said Kennedy. For the final
project, her crew rotated positions.
“This was our last chance to try
something we hadn’t yet done, which
for me was cinematographer. The
cinematographer basically works the
camera and decides with the director
the staging and camera movements
for each scene in the script.” The film
was entered into the Middle Georgia
Film Festival and won Best Overall
for colleges and Best Screenplay.
In addition, Kennedy won Best
Cinematographer, which was an
incredible accomplishment.
By the time Kennedy graduated,
she had received credit for her work
in film on her own IMDB (Internet
Movie Database) page. Her many
accomplishments to date also include
work on several documentaries
(listed below) and as a colorist on
an upcoming documentary series on
Netflix (title not yet released):
Get Comfortable Athens, GA
(Documentary short) (Assistant
Editor)2018
Ruby Dog (Short) (Assistant Editor) /
(Colorist)2019
Protect Our Water (Documentary
short) (Assistant Editor) /
(Colorist)2019
Family Powers (Documentary short)
(Colorist) / (Assistant Editor)2019
Moments of Joy (Documentary)
(Assistant Colorist) / (Assistant
Editor)2019
One of Kennedy’s many areas
of expertise is as a “Colorist.” “They
don’t usually set up lighting in a
typical documentary style shoot,”
said Kennedy. “The sunlight is the
light, like with the professional rock
climber and his rock-climbing family
in the documentary short ‘Family
Powers.’ Sometimes you’re dealing with
fluorescent lights like in ‘Moments of
Joy,’ which is about children receiving
treatment for cancer.”
Correcting things like skin tones
and eyes is only part of the work of a
Colorist. “Documentaries are much
more difficult to fix, she explained.
“Many films will have a color tint.
For example, the movie Twilight has
a green and blue look. All of that is
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