{"id":8996,"date":"2016-10-07T16:15:05","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T16:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idsunmedia.com\/?p=8996"},"modified":"2016-10-07T16:15:05","modified_gmt":"2016-10-07T16:15:05","slug":"travis-wilkinson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/2016\/10\/07\/travis-wilkinson\/","title":{"rendered":"Travis Wilkinson"},"content":{"rendered":"

Student Tells Stories Through Film<\/i><\/span><\/h2>\n

BY JONATHAN KANE<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\"Travis
Travis Wilkinson, a senior at The Sage School. Photo courtesy of Travis Wilkinson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Travis Wilkinson, a senior at The Sage School carrying a 3.7 grade point average, loves to tell stories, with film being his chosen medium. A member of the Sun Valley Suns hockey team and former ski racer, Wilkinson will be taking his talents to Africa in the spring when he interns on a documentary television series.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy interest in film was stoked when I got a GoPro camera when I was 14 years old,\u201d he said. \u201cWhat I love the most is that you can tell a story with an art form that everyone understands. Everyone watches movies and that allows them to appreciate what you are doing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wilkinson hopes someday to make movies that are meaningful, and cites the new Oliver Stone movie, \u201cSnowden,\u201d as an example.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s great to show that sometimes things aren\u2019t what they seem to be or what you think it is,\u201d Wilkinson said.<\/p>\n

His current favorite is \u201cAmerican Beauty,\u201d which he has watched three times in the past week.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt captures the essence of true beauty in life and that there are no boundaries holding you back. I also love \u2018Forrest Gump\u2019 because it is such an original story and movie, and \u2018Dead Man Walking,\u2019 which has so much dense emotion and denial and confession as well as such deep, great acting.\u201d<\/p>\n

After receiving his first GoPro, Wilkinson filmed a winter hike, then edited it on iMovie and posted it on YouTube.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt seemed like a fun thing to do as a pastime,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He then started to use it more extensively when skiing or mountain biking and with friends.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese were more scripted, but were still rooted in improv, and [I] posted them online.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wilkinson\u2019s first recognition came a few years back when a film of his was chosen to be shown as part of the Future Filmmakers Forum and the Sun Valley Film Festival. Called \u201cWorld of My Mind,\u201d it ran three-and-a-half minutes and was filmed on a Canon TBI.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a little script that had animation elements in it,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was about a kid on a summer day that goes for a walk and hits their head and ends up in a cartoon world. Every school submitted films for the festival and The Sage School participated.<\/span><\/p>\n

It was a really awesome experience, especially seeing your film up there on the big screen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last year Wilkinson was a student judge for the competition. \u201cIt was a really cool experience as I got to see what the other kids could do,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

This spring he is off to Mozambique to intern on a TV series about restoring a national park by working with the villagers and rescuing animals.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m so excited. I\u2019ve never had such an amazing film opportunity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Editor\u2019s Note: Anyone who would like to recommend a Blaine County School District student for The Weekly Sun\u2019s \u201cStudent Spotlight\u201d feature should contact Jonathan Kane at jkjonkane@gmail.com.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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