(˚LiNDSAY L.X. JU‧★₊˚⅏)
(CREATIVE DIR.) (ART DIR.) (MOTION)
(WHOSE TEAM CHEER IS, QUITE CONVENIENTLY, “GO NADS!”)
DATING BACK TO 1961, THE NADS ARE THE OLDEST ACTIVE ATHLETIC ORGANIZATION ON CAMPUS. TODAY, THE TEAM’S EVER-CHANGING ROSTER BRINGS TOGETHER A RAGTAG MIX OF FACULTY AND STAFF, AGING ALUMNI, LOCAL BEER-LEAGUE PLAYERS, FRIENDS OF FRIENDS, AND A SPARSE HANDFUL OF STUDENTS—ALL UNITED BY A LOVE OF A CRUDE GAME AND A DEEP COMMITMENT TO KEEPING THEIR INFAMOUS MASCOT, SCROTIE, ALIVE.
GO NADS! DOCUMENTS A PERIOD OF CHANGE FOR THE TEAM AND ITS BROADER COMMUNITY. AS RISD, ITS STUDENTS, AND THE DESIGN WORLD HERALDED A NEW DECADE, THE NADS FOUND THEMSELVES UP AGAINST SHIFTING BOUNDARIES AND AN EVER-GROWING TANGLE OF BUREAUCRATIC RED TAPE. WHAT WAS ONCE WILLINGLY OVERLOOKED WAS NO LONGER SO EASILY TOLERATED. EVENTUALLY, THAT MEANT SCROTIE, TOO.
PART SCRAPBOOK, PART FEVER DREAM, AND A TRUE LABOUR OF LOVE, GO NADS! IS NOW ENTERING ITS SEVENTH (7TH!) YEAR OF PRODUCTION. THE FILM HAS BECOME ITS OWN KIND OF WORKAROUND: A PLAYGROUND FOR TESTING THE BOUNDARIES OF DOCUMENTARY AND FINDING WAYS TO KEEP A COMMUNITY ALIVE WHEN THE THINGS THAT MADE IT ARE NO LONGER ALLOWED TO EXIST. ARCHIVAL MATERIAL, ANIMATION, GRAPHICS, HAND-DRAWN ELEMENTS, AND 3D RENDERS HAVE ALL FOUND THEIR WAY INTO THE FILM, WITH MORE SURE TO FOLLOW.
CO-DIRECTING WITH MY DAY ONE ZOE LEE <3
MERCH & POSTER DESIGN BY RYAN LETTIERI :^)