By Roberto Miranda –

“Hey wait! That’s not Wolverine!” That’s what most students have been saying since fall 2012, when they first saw Cameron Taddeo, the new NJCU Gothic Cinema Productions president. Taddeo, 23, is a Media Arts Major from Sussex County, New Jersey.

Now in his third semester, Taddeo has been the president of Gothic Cinema Productions since the end of last fall. Drawing heavy influences from directors such as Quentin Tarantino, Terry Gilliam, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, Taddeo wants to make the club more consistent, especially since it has been largely inactive for the past two years.

“I really want to make music videos left and right.  I’m like, ready to do that.  If anyone wants to make a music video, I’m totally down. I made a green screen at my house … I really need access to that equipment, and maybe even one of the studio rooms in the Media Arts Department; I want to be able to use it.”

Taddeo’s goal as president is to restore the sense of unity people would expect from a student group undergoing a revival.  “I want it to be an exciting, productive club, because we’re supposed to make videos, not just watch them.”

After gaining attention in spring 2013 with the release of the “NJCU Harlem Shake,” a 30- second video of random spastic dances that rose to national popularity, Taddeo is hoping to create more productions. He also hopes to reach out to more people at future events (such as campus seminars) while getting every production member involved to the best of their potential.

“I want to write a short script,” he says.  “We’re going to do it.  I’m going to bring that [production], just to show that we did something.  So that when people see the whole process: we brought in a story, put it together, shot it, and released it within two weeks … And then more people want to do it; that’s the theory.  I want other people to do it.  I don’t want to do everything.”

During his weekly Wednesday meetings in the Fries Hall conference room, Taddeo encourages and welcomes newcomers to club and is looking forward to networking with students and faculty.

In regards to how he feels about production quality, Taddeo says: “Film will always look better than digital, but it doesn’t mean digital looks bad, and it doesn’t mean you shouldn’t use it.  It’s always better to have better equipment and all that, but you don’t have to go crazy.  You can still make a decent video with just your phone; use what you have, don’t wait.  Ultimately, all people are going to see is what’s in the video.  If one video is higher quality than the other, or if one was shot on this versus that, those are things that other people notice, but the fact of the matter is, a video’s a video.”

For more information, please email:  Gothiccinemaproductionsnjcu @gmail.com