{"id":1764,"date":"2016-12-01T20:22:51","date_gmt":"2016-12-01T20:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/?p=1764"},"modified":"2018-08-30T20:22:35","modified_gmt":"2018-08-30T20:22:35","slug":"theatre-in-film-camp-2003","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/theatre-in-film-camp-2003\/","title":{"rendered":"Theatre in Film: Camp (2003)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-header-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><h3>Theatre in Film: <em>Camp<\/em> (2003)<\/h3>\n<font size=\"2\" color=\"grey\"><span style=\"border:1px solid ;-webkit-border-radius:50%;-moz-border-radius:50%;border-radius:50%;-moz-box-shadow: 0 0 3px rgba(0,0,0,.3);-webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 3px rgba(0,0,0,.3);box-shadow: 0 0 3px rgba(0,0,0,.3);margin-right:25px;float:left;\" class=\"fusion-imageframe imageframe-glow imageframe-1 hover-type-none author-image\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"http:\/\/performerstuff.com\" target=\"_self\"> <img src=\"http:\/\/mgs.performerstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/authorimage.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-responsive\" style=\"-webkit-border-radius:50%;-moz-border-radius:50%;border-radius:50%;\"\/><\/a><\/span><p>Written by Ashleigh Gardner<\/p>\n<p>December 1, 2016<\/p>\n<\/font><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-body-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Welcome back to Theatre in Film, our weekly featurette on a\u00a0film that showcases\u00a0a life in the theatre. In Part VI of Theatre in Film, we focus on\u00a0films from 2003 to 2008 that feature characters overcoming internal and very personal struggles to find their happiness in a life of theatre. This week, we feature the indie film that continuously captures the hearts of all theatre kids with its original musical numbers and messages of friendship and determination:\u00a0<em>Camp\u00a0<\/em>(2003)<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Camp\u00a0<\/em>(2003)<\/h4>\n<br><div align=\"center\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"max-width:600px;max-height:350px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XAvAlsX57sg?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><br><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Director: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Todd Graff<br \/>\n<\/span><b>Starring:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Daniel Letterle, Joanna Chilcoat, Robin de Jes\u00fas, Anna Kendrick, Alana Allen, and Don Dixon <\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">What happens:<\/h4>\n<br><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Camp <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">revolves around the experiences of a number of teenagers attending Camp Ovation, a theatre summer camp that annually puts on productions by students. In this camp, many of the children find that they can be themselves without fear of rejection. Michael (Robin de Jes\u00fas), a boy who likes to wear women\u2019s clothes, feels at home at camp after getting beat up at his high school prom for wearing a dress. Ellen (Joanna Chilcoat), a plain-faced girl with a passion for belting, finds her beauty in her talent. New kid Vlad (Daniel Letterle) is a straight kid with a passion for acting who finds his vocal talent in folk rock musical numbers. Meanwhile, Fritzi (Anna Kendrick) dotes upon leading lady Jill (Alana Allen) until Jill rejects and humiliates her. Fritzi, in a vengeful crusade, pours bleach in Jill\u2019s water before a show, and Fritzi makes her way onstage as Jill\u2019s understudy in \u201cThe Ladies Who Lunch\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When Bert Hanley (Don Dixon), an acclaimed musical composer, comes to the camp to direct the musical shows, he displays a bitter disposition, cussing at the children and telling them that they have delusions of grandeur if they think they\u2019ll make it big. When Vlad finds sheet music of Hanley\u2019s newest compositions, he gets the other kids together to perform the songs for a benefit concert that Stephen Sondheim attends. (Yes, the real Stephen Sondheim.)<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">Why it matters:<\/h4>\n<br><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every theatre kid knows how insanely difficult it is to navigate middle school and high school without being bullied for something. Part of the reason we enter into a life in theatre is to explore who we are as people and to find other like-minded artists who appreciate our differences. In <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Camp<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Michael, Ellen, Vlad, and the rest of the teens attend in the hopes that they\u2019ll find a family of peers who accepts them for who they are. After Michael\u2019s parents stop speaking to him following his prom, Michael needs a surrogate family who fulfills his needs for love and affection. He finds that in his friends at Camp Ovation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to children finding inspiration and hope at the camp, Bert Hanley, the bitter director, finds hope in his own material when the kids perform his work. Often, when theatre artists don\u2019t get the role they want or an opportunity passes them by, they begin to feel so dejected that they pass off their bitterness on other people, especially on younger generations. It\u2019s important to remember that though our own experiences may have tainted us, we must not lay our fears of rejection and bitterness on others, especially when they are working hard to achieve their own dreams. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Below is a scene from <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Camp<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in which Anna Kendrick\u2019s character Fritzi takes the stage after she\u2019s poisoned Jill\u2019s water. (*Adult language.)<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"max-width:600px;max-height:350px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W8y9pNqjtb0?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><br><br><p style=\"text-align: left;\">This film is the first\u00a0featured in Part VI of \u201cTheatre in Film\u201d. See below for the others in Part VI.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><em>Stage Beauty\u00a0<\/em>(2004)\u00a0<em>(Coming soon.)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Being Julia<\/em> (2004) <em>(Coming soon.)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Mrs. Henderson Presents<\/em> (2005) <em>(Coming soon.)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Me and Orson Welles\u00a0<\/em>(2008)\u00a0<em>(Coming soon.)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Want to start with\u00a0<strong>Part I<\/strong>? Begin with\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/mgs.performerstuff.com\/?p=133\">42nd Street\u00a0<\/a><\/em>(1933)<\/strong><\/span>.<br \/>\nMiss\u00a0<strong>Part II<\/strong>?\u00a0Check out\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/theatre-in-film-series-the-band-wagon-1953\/\"><strong><em>The Band Wagon<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<strong>(1953)<\/strong><\/a><\/span>.<br \/>\nNeed a refresh for\u00a0<strong>Part III<\/strong>? Start with\u00a0our feature on\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/theatre-in-film-series-all-that-jazz-1979\/\">All That Jazz\u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/strong><strong>(1979)<\/strong><\/span>.<br \/>\nHow about a recap from\u00a0<strong>Part IV<\/strong>? Jump into\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/theatre-in-film-a-chorus-of-disapproval-1989\/\"><strong><em>A Chorus of Disapproval\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong>(1989)<\/strong><\/span>.<br \/>\nCheck out\u00a0<strong>Part V<\/strong><em>,\u00a0<\/em>and start with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/theatre-in-film-an-awfully-big-adventure-1995\/\"><em><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">An Awfully Big Adventure\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>(1995)<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><hr \/>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Ashleigh Gardner<\/strong>\u00a0received her AA in Theatre\/Drama\/Dramatic Arts\u00a0from Valencia College and\u00a0her Bachelors Degree in English Literature and\u00a0Masters Degree in Literary, Cultural, and Textual Studies from\u00a0the University of Central Florida. She is a playwright, an actor, and PerformerStuff.com\u2019s Editor.\u00a0<\/em><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\">Thumbnail image from\u00a0<em>Camp.<\/em> Copyright IFC Films, 2003.<\/h5>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [...]","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1765,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[259,265,453],"tags":[6,106,100,25,8,308,304,21,14,105,114],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1764"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}