LSU will make an appearance in movie theaters across the country next year with the release of “Pitch Perfect,” a feature film currently in production on campus.
“We felt that LSU provided the best scope and were the most amenable and flexible and supportive of the film, and we thought it’d be a great place to shoot,” said producer Max Handelman. “There are certain locations that are unique to this school, and it would have been difficult to setting.”
Director Jason Moore said he chose this film as his first directorial effort because of the script’s quick-witted sense of humor.
“[Screenwriter Kay Cannon] is a writer on ‘30 Rock,’ so it’s full of quick wit, and it’s an underdog story about this group of girls who end up winning this championship, and it has music,” Moore said. “I’ve always loved singing as a way for people to express somewhere.”
Three of the University’s fine arts graduate students made the cut, Jain said.
“It says a lot of the program when three of three MFAs who auditioned got roles,” Jain said. “It has to do with the quality of the education that we’re getting is so high. We’re really being pressed to be as professional and awesome as we can