Taken from The Wausau Daily Herald
Source: http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008809040408
A Wausau filmmaker will unveil his new 15-minute coming-of-age “dramedy” Friday at the University of Wisconsin Marathon County.
Writer/director Erik Cieslewicz, 27, will show his recently completed short, “Microcosm,” at 8:30 p.m. in the college’s theater, 518 S. Seventh Ave., Wausau.
Cieslewicz, who has made several films, just left his position as a photojournalist at WSAW-TV 7. He will move later this month to the Baltimore area, where he’ll work as a freelance videographer.
“Microcosm” follows the story of four high school graduates the day before they leave for college, Cieslewicz said. Mikel (played by Luke Cieslewicz) wants to make their final high school party a success as a way to impress long-time crush Ireland (Arwen Fonzen), so he enlists the help of his friends Zaki (Joel Heimerman) and Ronnie (Liz Leighton).
It’s a teen comedy on the surface, Cieslewicz said, but he also is striving for deeper meaning. The movie’s name “is derived from high school as a microcosm for life,” he said, “with freshman year as an allegory for birth, senior year as death. The four main characters represent four philosophies and how they deal with their twilight hours.”
The movie is chock full of Wausau scenes, and the soundtrack features all Wisconsin-based groups such as Awesome Car Funmaker, Jim Carlson and Vinny Bex Dae.
In addition to the premiere, the event will feature a trailer for a new movie from Wausau filmmaker Jarrod Crooks, a blooper reel and a chance to fill out comment cards responding to “Microcosm.”
