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“There is
something about film that speaks to me. I’ve felt that I was always going to be an artist and that there would be something that spoke to me.”
C L A S S
TED MORISSETTE DIRECTOR AT HEART
The camera angle switches from a group of teenagers working together to lift a wall of a building into place, to another angle where a student is drilling two boards together. Tey are laughing, smiling, and genuinely seem to be having a good time. Tis isn’t a movie, but instead it’s the latest scene that Ted
Morissette has finished in his documentary about building a tiny house.
“Te film is about telling a story,” said Ted. “It’s a great and
interesting way to inform and send a personal message to an audience. We are building this tiny house to help one homeless person, but if we can use this project to inform people and show them what we are capable of, they will feel inclined to do their part too.” Ted’s interest in making movies began at an early age when he would take his mom’s computer with its webcam, and put it on a rolling chair to move it around the house. “Tat’s when I started becoming interested in film,” he said.
“Tere is something about film that speaks to me. I’ve felt that I was always going to be an artist and that there would be something that spoke to me. I wasn’t sure what it was going to be but film did that.” His latest project about the tiny house allowed him to take
his directing skills from behind a camera to behind a hammer. Tis school year he helped lead a group of OES students and volunteers in the construction of a tiny house that
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was donated to Dignity Village in Portland in May. Since the idea was his, Ted was at the front of assisting with the project, asking for donations, organizing volunteers, and documenting the build with his camera. “I wanted to make sure that the whole OES community could
feel involved with this project,” he said. “I wanted everyone to be a part of this. If you can get other people to believe in the cause that you believe in, then everything will work out.” While working on the tiny house, Ted noticed a lot of similarities between organizing a movie and a building project. “A lot of directing is making sure people are in the right places, at the right times,” he said. “Everyone comes together to make a film and everyone needed to work together to make this project possible.” With the success of this tiny house, he would love the opportunity to build another one in the future. “After finishing this project I’d like to take more of a leadership
role in the building next time. I had a lot of guidance during this project but next time I’m ready to be more a part of the complete process. I want to be the director next time,” he said with a smile.
In the fall Ted will attend Chapman University where he will study film production. His videos can be viewed on his YouTube channel at
youtube.com/OESTed.
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