{"id":124892,"date":"2021-12-13T09:00:11","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T14:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=124892"},"modified":"2021-12-13T11:20:59","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T16:20:59","slug":"graduating-ucf-film-student-to-premiere-documentary-at-local-theatre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/graduating-ucf-film-student-to-premiere-documentary-at-local-theatre\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduating UCF Film Student Completes Environmental Documentary"},"content":{"rendered":"

Making people care through the power of filmmaking is Vince Marcucci\u2019s mission.<\/p>\n

The day after he graduates from UCF with a bachelor\u2019s in film<\/a>, he\u2019ll show his first documentary series \u2014 an 80-minute, four-part feature following a day in the life of four Florida naturalists \u2014 during a private showing to cast, crew and local contributors at the Enzian Theater in Maitland, Florida. Marcucci and his crew are also currently submitting the project to several national film festivals and seeking distribution through TV and education-focused outlets. The showing at the Enzian represents not just a project that consumed more than 18 months of his life, but a realization of the dream that brought him to college in the first place.<\/p>\n

The film, Tales of Sunshine: Florida EcoStories<\/em>, put Marcucci in the director\u2019s chair for the first time, while answering his need to draw attention to social issues.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese two realms blend together well,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Marcucci recognized early in life that movies and documentaries had a unique power to illustrate the need for social change. He considered pursuing filmmaking directly after high school, and scholarship opportunities \u2014 including an SG Sustainability Initiatives Scholarship and a UCF Part-time Summer Grant \u2014 helped support his interest. Besides the typical pursuits of college life, he began developing industry connections and networking with the biologists, anthropologists and sociologists who shared his interests. Getting his hands dirty as a part-time student worker at the UCF Arboretum<\/a> deepened his zeal for environmental studies.<\/p>\n