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	<title>Elixir: a Compass Film Academy Publication</title>
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		<title>Compass Rolls Cameras for Hospice of Michigan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 21:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evan Koons</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Compass Cleans-up in Aisle 11. Literally. More than twenty Compass alumni and current students gathered at a local West Michigan Meijer recently. . They were all working as crew on a Hospice of Michigan (HOM) public service announcement and music video to celebrate HOM’s 30 years of service.Sponsored by Meijer, Blue Care Network, and Compass [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Compass Welcomes New Members to Board of Directors</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 20:47:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tom.lowe</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Compass Film Academy is delighted to announce that two new members joined the Board of Directors: G￼eary Maiuri and Arthur Brown.  Maiuri, works as Associate Vice President, ￼Student and Community Services with Macomb Community College.  He and his wife, Sandra, live in Rochester, Michigan.
Brown, a West Point graduate, retired with the rank of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Compass Alums Nab $10,000 Johnsonville Brats Prize</title>
		<link>http://blog.compassfilmacademy.com/2010/12/johnsonville/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 20:46:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tom.lowe</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Caleb Slain had a plan.  So did his director of photography, Derek Street.  Both filmmakers, former Compass students, wanted to pick up $10,000 in a “Share your Ville” contest sponsored by Johnsonville Sausage.   The company was looking for a new TV campaign, and they wanted to see if new filmmakers could [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ruminations on Fog with Screenwriter David Weiss</title>
		<link>http://blog.compassfilmacademy.com/2010/07/fog-and-david-weiss/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:46:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tom.lowe</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Smurfs]]></category>

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David Weiss remembers chasing the fog. Although it was an illusive chase, Weiss made more than one attempt. The lesson learned would eventually lead him to co-writing the script for one of the most anticipated 3D films in years, The Smurfs.
As a boy, from his home in Ventura, California, he would watch the fog roll [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Knowing When to Run it by Legal:  The Role of Attorneys in the Filmmaking Process</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:39:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joseph.voss</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[clark hill]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[legal]]></category>

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Most aspiring filmmakers know that at some point, if they are going to get serious about producing a film that has the potential to succeed commercially, they will need to work with attorneys to make sure that the legal affairs of their project are properly handled.  So the question of when to engage an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Close Up: Jeremy Waterbury</title>
		<link>http://blog.compassfilmacademy.com/2010/07/close-up-jeremy-waterbury/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:24:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evan Koons</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Thousands of years from now, it’s quite possible that Jeremy Waterbury’s name will still be on lips of Christian artists throughout the world. The 2009 Compass graduate from Muncie, Indiana, is a testament of blind faith, complete trust in God, and his calling to be a filmmaker.
Shortly before the 2008-2009 classes began, Waterbury and his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tom Greenberg: The Art of Editting</title>
		<link>http://blog.compassfilmacademy.com/2010/07/tom-greenberg-the-art-editting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:40:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tom.lowe</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Tom Greenberg has a message for film directors, and it’s the same message he has for directors of photography. The only person his message might not be for in the creative chain is the screenwriter.
“The screenwriter is first in the production process. The editor is last,” says Greenberg, from his edit suite at Compass Film [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“Lights, Camera, Animals” - Compass Film Academy Roll with Themes</title>
		<link>http://blog.compassfilmacademy.com/2010/07/%e2%80%9clights-camera-animals%e2%80%9d-compass-film-academy-roll-with-themes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:06:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>phil.worfel</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[On Location]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Asylum Farms]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Eagle]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[MI]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Public Enemies]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Steampunk]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Thesis Films]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.compassfilmacademy.com/?p=1151</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What could a pig farm have in common with Victorian England or a cutting edge barber shop? All three subjects are part of the stories in thesis films currently being produced by Compass Film Academy’s class of 2010. The projects this year are some of the most ambitious and complicated productions in the school’s history. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tail Slate # 3</title>
		<link>http://blog.compassfilmacademy.com/2010/07/tail-slate-3/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.compassfilmacademy.com/2010/07/tail-slate-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Lowe</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Comics by Jason Lowe]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tail Slate]]></category>

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		<title>CFA Board of Advisors Adds Four More Experts</title>
		<link>http://blog.compassfilmacademy.com/2010/06/cfa-board-of-advisors-adds-four-more-experts/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.compassfilmacademy.com/2010/06/cfa-board-of-advisors-adds-four-more-experts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evan Koons</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Come On Over]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Dove]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Pursuit of Happyness]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Rolfe]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tanis]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Worfel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Compass Film Academy continues to strengthen its position as the region’s premiere film school with the addition of Mark Clayman, Dick Rolfe, Joel Schoon Tanis, and Dr. Paul Worfel to its Board of Advisors.
Clayman, a Los Angeles-based producer,  initiated development and served as Executive Producer on Sony’s box office hit, “The Pursuit of Happyness.” The [...]]]></description>
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