Maybe the students of Notre Dame should adopt Brittney Spears “Oops I did it Again” as their mantra…because – well, they did it again.
After setting the internet of things on fire 2 years ago with a video rendition that was a masterpiece lip dub of Mariah Carey’s 1994 hit All I Want For Christmas Is You was posted on the school’s website, the whole world took notice. The student, Mikey Murphy who fueled the viral sensation has over 1.2 million subscribers to his Youtube channel and the video has been viewed over 320,000 times!
This year’s class of students, led by Nick Pratico was not to be outdone and completely knocked it out of the park again with a major league production of a La La Land skit that rivals most major Hollywood studios work.
The videography, choreography and Theatric Style are so good….The students and teachers should get a Tony and an Academy Award! If that can be arranged, I guess a simple Kudos will have to do! Nice work again – keep the hits coming and best of luck to all the students in your future endeavors.
Background info on the clip from the school’s YouTube Channel:
One day film teacher Bonnie Milecki used some clips from the (then) newly released movie “La La Land” to teach her film production classes some important lessons about pre-production and art direction. Later that day, student Nick Pratico was so excited about the opening scene from the film that he exclaimed, “Man, I really wish we could have shot that scene! It looks like SOOOOO much fun to be a part of that. We could totally do that in our parking lot!” After a little thought Mrs. Milecki responded, “Well, let’s give it a try!” Three months later this little tribute was finished! Thanks so much to “La La Land” writer/director, Damien Chazelle for inspiring so many students to take risks, try something hard, and for bringing a little sun to Notre Dame High School!
Production:
Student Producer – Nick Pratico
Student Director of Photography – Drew Ferraro
Second Student Director of Photography – Griffin Cannie
Student Choreographer – Marissa Chiarello
Student Editor – Shannon McFadden
Student Art Director – Lucia Timberlake
Student Wardrobe – Caitlin Hughes
Student Playback Operator – Brett Machin
Student Production Managers – MacKenzie Johnson, Julianna Held, Abbey Kirlin
Student Location Manager – Zac Scavo
Faculty Director – Bonnie Milecki
Faculty Audio and Technical Consultant – Dave Chebra
Faculty Second Unit Director – Diane Wargo
Faculty Wardrobe – Mary Joan Maruca
Film Production Students: Mark Barry, Blake Becker, Danny Brauer, Griffin Cannie, Marissa Chiarello, Jess Corace, Alex Covello, Hunter Dargay, Mike Distefano, Cody Donnelly, Garrett Cronin, Kylen Fairman, Drew Ferraro, Michaela Fitzpatrick, Sydney Foster, Alex Gergel, Ryan Haney, Julianna Held, Trinity Holmes, Caity Hughes, Lauren Hunte, Lauren Johnson, MacKenzie Johnson, Abbey Kirlin, Kristie Kubala, George Lambert, Will Lee, Brett Machin, Antonio Mascino, Shannon McFadden, Austin Moxham, Brian Nasto, Flannery O’Donnell, Luciano Parrotta, Ron Pierson, Nick Pratico, Chris Quinn, Olivia Raccosta, Kyle Rossetti, Colan Ryan, Brian Ruhl, Zac Scavo, Alli Scharko, Haley Skove, Lucia Timberlake, Nick Walsh
Featured Performers: Micayla Reynolds, Jonathan Nwigwe, Flannery O’Donnell, MacKenzie Johnson, Hannah White, Marissa Chiarello, Jordan Burnett, Jahmai Person, Azzeiza Beadle, Alex Covello, Lucia Timberlake, Jaya Armstead, Amanda Gill, Jack Carroll, Ryan Haney, Nick Pratico, Cat Ingram, Kristyn Butler, Nick Peroni, Luciano Parrotta, Marianna Carella, Brighid Douglas, Lauren Johnson, Mike Distefano, Bebe Howell, Ella Simon, Parker Hader, Rachel Birkbeck, Sydney Foster, Lauren Hunte, Caroline Manyoky, Zach Schaber, Rachel Gaylord, Natalie Klek, Chris Quinn, Danny Brauer, Jess Corace, Shannon Foy, Meghan McDonagh, Sam Brodowski, Alli Scharko
THANKS TO ALL OUR PARTICIPATING NOTRE DAME STUDENTS!
Special Thanks to: Mary Liz Ivins, Barry Breen, Joanna Barlow, Joan Pilkington, the entire Notre Dame Administration, and all the faculty and staff that supported the project!
