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Avery Mann
Staff Writer
Senior Eliana Adise
(IA) has spent several
of the last months on
set filming the upcoming major motion
picture release “Joy,”
also starring Jennifer
Lawrence, Bradley
Cooper, and Robert
DeNiro. Directed by
Oscar-winner David
O. Russell, the film
features Adise as
Lawerence’s daughter.
“Joy” tracks a family across four generations and the rise
of one woman (Lawrence) as “the founder and matriarch of a
powerful family business dynasty,” according to Adise.
Adise competed
against thousands of
talented young actresses for the role. “It
was an amazing ex-
Arts
Katniss is my Mom
perience getting to
work in a professional
setting,” said Adise.
Though starring in the
full-length feature,
Adise was not exempt from swooning
over the other celebrities. The senior admitted, “I did get star
struck, but I kept it on
the inside. Outside I
was calm, cool, and
collected.”
Director of Integrated Arts Heather
Stafford said, “It’s
bloody awesome,”
that Adise is in the
film, “and it couldn’t
have happened to a
more deserving girl.”
Adise trasnsferred
into IA after one year
in Creative Writing.
She had also done
other extra work fro
major motion productions in the past,
but this is her first featured role.
Illustration by: Esther Park
SUMMER 2015
Photo of: Eliana Adise
Photo Courtesy of: Eliana Adise
During her hours
away from OCSA,
Eliana had a tutor onset but tried to keep
up to the expectations of her teachers
by contacting them
for missed work and
consistently checking
Sharepoint to make
up all posted assignments and learn the
material through her
independent studying.
It’s fairly common
for performing art
conservatories to
encourage students
to attend auditions
out of school, which
is what Adise did for
the role. Contrary to
popular belief, OCSA
has a policy enabling
students to audition
for projects without
receiving an unex-
cused absence if the
audition is professional and paid, verified
Stafford and Director
of Musical Theatre,
Jeff Paul.
Above all else,
Adise said she “wants
the audience that
goes to see the movie to remember all of
the work that went
into the making of
the film.”
Going to school
in an art environment can be hectic
for some, but here
at OCSA, it helps to
have the encouragement of other artists
to continue to pursue your passion. Be
sure to support fellow
OCSA student Adise
by going to the movies to catch the flick
this Christmas.