The Art and Journalism lecture room was dimly-lit and full of Ball State students, aspiring writers and poets, all patiently awaiting guest speakers Author Cathy Day and screenwriter and poet Matt Mullins.
Both writers, who also teach at Ball State, read from their own
personal collections.
Mullins presented one of his poems, Highway Coda, as a short film. He then said the film was actually put together in reverse order. It was filmed after he received the music from Mike Pounds, who works for the Music Technology Program at Ball State.
The original idea was for Matt to read his poem to music but after he and Pounds created a soundtrack, they decided to create a film to go along with it.
"Mike Pounds actually started putting together the music and I added some guitar and bass and we listened to some experimental noise," he said. "We made the overall composition and that's when we decided to make a film to the sounds, which is in reverse order of how a film is made."
Mullins and Pounds have plans for presenting the film.
"We are going to take the film to some conferences and things like that," Mullins said.
The film, which is filled with images of crows and rural backstreets, can be viewed online in an interactive form at www.lit digital.com.
This is Mullin's fourth semester at Ball State University where he teaches screenwriting and other similar courses. He also has a book of short stories that is soon to be being published by Atticus Books.
"It will actually be the first book of 2012 published by Atticus," Mullins said.
Fellow writer Cathy Day already has two books out.
Her first book, The Circus in Winter, which is a fictional story based in Lima, Ind., is actually being adapted for stage and will be performed on campus in the Fall 2011 semester.
Her second book, Comeback Season: How I Learned to Play the Game of Love, is part about being a single woman and about when the Indianapolis Colts won the NFL championship in the Super Bowl back in 2006.
Then Day presented a chapter from her newest project, Mrs. Cole Porter, a book based upon a woman from Peru, Ind., to close out the reading.
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