Flashpoint Academy welcomed the cast and crew of 2009’s Production in Action October Surpise for an intimate premiere screening. To create this short film, Flashpoint Students worked hand-in-hand with the professionals, from supervising the script to directing to editing for the final cut.

Directed by Harper Philbin
Executive Producers Howard A. Tullman & Paula M. Froehle
Produced by Peter Hawley & Laurie Scheer
Screenplay by Harper Philbin / Story by Harper Philbin & Peter Hawley
Director of Photography Alan Thatcher
Production Designer Abbie Jacobson
Sound Designer Tom Blakemore
Music Composer Miguel Kertsman
Editors Paul Matian & Adam Salasek

Cast: Illysa Fradin, Joe Dempsey, Tim Gamble, Dana DeLorenzo, Keith Kupferer, Joe Minoso, Denise Lee, Daniel Patrick Sullivan

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Summer 2009 welcomed Flashpoint Academy’s first ever High School Institute, featuring one-week programs in film/broadcast, recording arts, animation/vfx, and game development.

Students of the High School Institute got a small sampling of what a college education at Flashpoint Academy is like, working on great projects like producing, recording, and mixing a studio album and designing video games.

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“Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men’s blood…Make big plans, aim high in hope and work.”
- D.H. Burnham

On Thursday, July 2, Flashpoint Academy paid homage to the memory and legacy of famed architect and urban planner Daniel Hudson Burnham with a special preview screening of Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City, an Archimedia Workshop production.

Guests to this private screening, including descendants of Burnham himself who were instrumental in providing many of the documentary’s archival materials, gathered at Flashpoint’s downtown campus at 28 N. Clark Street in the building known today as Burnham Center. After a brief social hour, attendees were taken on a short tour of campus before being escorted to Flashpoint’s screening room for the feature presentation.

On Tuesday, June 30th, 2009, Flashpoint Academy was proud to host the first ever IGDA Chicago Demo Night, an evening dedicated to what’s new and upcoming in the world of game development.

Headlined by Robomodo’s Tony Hawk: The Ride and Vogster’s Robocalypse: Beaver Defense, IGDA Demo Night also gave teams from Flashpoint Academy, DePaul University, Columbia College, Chewysoft, Entertaining Games, and others the opportunity to present works-in-progress and recently completed projects to an audience of their peers. Other presenters included Joseph Hocking, Charlie Hoyt, Zooptek, and Flashpoint’s own Simeon Peebler.

Turn out was great, and we’re so happy that everyone arrived early enough to enjoy some snacks and socialize a bit in Flashpoint’s Digital Garage before the presentations began. It was very cool to have so many talented minds together in one place and we’re very excited to participate again next year.