Eyecandy is an annual student-run film journal produced at the Film & Digital Media department at University of California, Santa Cruz. Founded in the fall of 1999, students have sought to analyze and critique this multifaceted medium. We examine film and digital media in relation to contexts such as art form, social and cultural theory, and politics.
Above all, Eyecandy is a forum for writers from all kinds of backgrounds to discuss and raise issues about media as a popular phenomenon and an area of critical study. Our template for academic discourse is both a web journal and the annual print issue with an accompanying DVD of student films/works.
Eyecandy Members
Editorial
Roberto A. Santos, Co-editor-in-chief | Email
Roberto Alexander Santos, co-editor-in-chief, is a senior undergraduate in the department of Film & Digital Media. This is his second year with Eyecandy Film Journal; he previously served as the Advertising Manager for Volume 17. His interests focus on new spectatorship practices of GenY as well as the opportunities for improved Latina/o representation, via evolving modes of production, distribution, and viewership.
William J. Hoschele, Co-editor-in-chief | Email
Co-editor-in-chief William Hoschele is a senior undergraduate Film & Digital Media Student pursuing an emphasis in critical studies. This is his second year with Eyecandy Film Journal having written for both the 2007 web edition and the Vol. 17 print edition the previous year. Currently, he is working on a thesis, which seeks to analyze the emergence of comic book films as a representation of contemporary culture, and the ways in which it deals with its own socio-political problems.
Layout & Design Department
Megg Siccote-Kelly, Senior Layout Editor | Email
Megg Sicotte-Kelly, a graduating Film & Digital Media major, has worked as a production assistant for MPH Entertainment and Cesar Millan, Inc. An LA local, she hopes to one day find a cure for rush hour traffic.
Denise M. González, Design Consultant | Email
Originally from Santa Ana, CA. She graduated Winter 2008 from UC Santa Cruz with a degree in Film and Digital Media. Her future after college is left open to multiple possibilities including journalism and film production. This is her first year on the Eye Candy staff. She partook in the layout of the print edition of Eye Candy. Her interests include archaeology, history, and accordions. She is always seeking new adventures and aspires to travel around the world.
Jessica A. Stokes, Business Liason | Email
Jessica is a senior Film and Digital Media major attending UC Santa Cruz who is looking forward to graduation. While her primary interest is in film, Jessica has also gained experience as a songwriter and free-lance graphic designer, who recently completed artwork for a CD of a new recording artist. After graduation she plans to pursue a film career in the greater Los Angeles area. Her initial goal is to become a film editor. In addition, she hopes to start a graphic design company and aspires to incorporate her talent in music with her career in film. Her long-term goal is to write an award-winning screenplay.
Daniel J. Scott, Layout Editor | Email
Daniel J. Scott is a second year film major affiliated with Porter College. He is originally from Los Angeles, and hopes to be practicing analytical film writing and screenwriting in the future.
Web Department
Justin Rimando, Lead Web Designer | Email
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Aaron Joseph, Lead Web Designer | Email
Aaron is a senior in the Film & Digital Media major with an emphasis on Critical Studies. His thesis project is teaching a Student Directed Seminar called Modern Cult Television in the Spring of 2008. Most recently he interned at New Line Cinema in the post-production department. When he graduates, he will look towards a career in producing for TV or film.
Sydney MacLean, Web Liason | Email
Screenwriter of "A Relationship in Ten Minutes," a Moxie production. He is a graduating senior in the Film & Digital Media department.
Alejandro Quan-Madrid, Web Contributor | Email
In his free time, Alejandro enjoys competitive crocheting and studying the binary language of moisture vaporators. He has also written freelance feature articles for 1up.com.
DVD Department
Adrian Syben, DVD Producer | Email
Adrian Syben is a fourth year film and digital media major with an emphasis in production at University of California Santa Cruz. He has recently worked with Surftech as a video production intern, as well as currently working on a documentary on the Mammoth Mountain Unbound Terrain Park Crew. Will soon be directing a short film. And is looking forward to moving down to LA upon graduating.
Ryan McDuffie, Formatting Supervisor | Email
Ryan McDuffie is currently enjoying his last year at UC Santa Cruz. He is majoring in Film and Digital Media with a focus in production. This is his first and last year working with Eyecandy. Ryan is just living the dream.
Mark Sanfilippo, Titling | Email
Mark Sanfilippo is a bay area local and is currently enjoying his final year at UC Santa Cruz. He is a student in the Film and Digital Media Department with a concentration in production which has allowed him to learn the arts of screenwriting, cinematography, and working as a grip. Aside from being a full-time film student, he also loves mountain and road biking whenever he is not working in bike shops in Santa Cruz and San Jose.
Matthew J. Longoria, Production Asst. | Email
Matthew Longoria is a fourth year Film and Digital Media student at UCSC. His work consists of an assortment of productions including Found Footage, Documentary, and Narrative short films.
Adam Tenney, Facility Coordinator | Email
Adam Tenney is a senior in the Film & Digital Media Department, and his interests include screenwriting, editing, and set design.
Nick Alioto, Facility Asst. | Email
Nick Alioto is a senior in the Film & Digital Media Department and is interested in writing for film and television.
Business Department
Roberto A. Santos, Business Manager | Email
William J. Hoschele, Co-editor-in-chief | Email
Alex Olson, Advertising Asst. | Email
Alex Olson is a fourth year literature student at UC Santa Cruz. This is his first time writing for the film journal and although he is not a film student, he is very interested in film and all media in general. He enjoyed this opportunity to write about an issue he is deeply interested in and hopes that he made a fair case for the preservation of physical media formats.
Marcus Zepeda, Advertising Asst. | Email
The native son of Los Angeles, California. He is a senior U.S. History Major at UC Santa Cruz. This is his first time working on the Eye Candy team. He hopes to pursue a career in the entertainment industry after graduating this Spring.
Faculty Advisor
Drew Todd | Email
Drew Todd, having received his Ph.D. in 2004 from Indiana University, is a lecturer in the Film and Digital Media Department at U.C. Santa Cruz. He has published on a variety of topics within film studies, including dandyism and cinema, crime films, history of film technology, and the poetics and politics of Satyajit Ray's cinema.
