2008 Woodie Awards
Lights, camera, action!
MovieFest will showcase best student movies Wed.
Jaime Joshi
Issue date: 3/5/07 Section: News
"This is the first time a Florida public school has participated in the festival," he said. "That's pretty big."
Remington also saw the ad in the Future and decided to pursue the opportunity.
"Will and I saw it in the paper, and we wanted to do it. Then I found out that Sam and Keegan saw it in the paper, wanted to do it too, and it all just came together," Remington said.
Touted as, "the world's largest student film festival," Campus MovieFest gives fledgling filmmakers an opportunity to pursue their passion and showcase their creativity.
Unlike most film festivals where contenders provide their own equipment, MovieFest applicants are loaned an Apple laptop, a digital camcorder and given a week to create a five-minute feature.
"The week deadline is tough, but I find it beneficial," Rhode said. "It forces you to really focus and organize. Without the deadline, we'd just sit around talking about what would look cool instead of actually doing it."
Creativity is employed not only in the film itself but also in the shooting of the project. This is evident by the grassroots, guerilla style of filmmaking utilized by the team. While shooting on campus, the filmmakers approached passing students and asked them to appear on camera.
"We're trying to shoot a film," Struckhoff told potential extras. "All you have to do is pretend to ignore me."
A good majority of passers-by did just that. Some offered apologies and said they were late for class. Others heckled the filmmakers, and some mercifully stopped and agreed to be filmed.
Working without permits or releases, the team had to use surreptitious means to film their project and often went by the credo of, "no release, no permits, no money, no locks, no problem."
"We snuck into a rehearsal hall in the VAB," Struckhoff said. "We were in suits, so no one noticed us."
As well as sneaking into unlocked and empty classrooms to film, the team employed a vast network of friends and roommates to play extras. While filming the last scene (a speech scene in the VAB auditorium), the filmmakers decided they would need at least twenty people and some creative editing for the effect to be plausible. So, out came the cell phones and within ten minutes, approximately 15 people had shown up, ready for their close-up.
Remington also saw the ad in the Future and decided to pursue the opportunity.
"Will and I saw it in the paper, and we wanted to do it. Then I found out that Sam and Keegan saw it in the paper, wanted to do it too, and it all just came together," Remington said.
Touted as, "the world's largest student film festival," Campus MovieFest gives fledgling filmmakers an opportunity to pursue their passion and showcase their creativity.
Unlike most film festivals where contenders provide their own equipment, MovieFest applicants are loaned an Apple laptop, a digital camcorder and given a week to create a five-minute feature.
"The week deadline is tough, but I find it beneficial," Rhode said. "It forces you to really focus and organize. Without the deadline, we'd just sit around talking about what would look cool instead of actually doing it."
Creativity is employed not only in the film itself but also in the shooting of the project. This is evident by the grassroots, guerilla style of filmmaking utilized by the team. While shooting on campus, the filmmakers approached passing students and asked them to appear on camera.
"We're trying to shoot a film," Struckhoff told potential extras. "All you have to do is pretend to ignore me."
A good majority of passers-by did just that. Some offered apologies and said they were late for class. Others heckled the filmmakers, and some mercifully stopped and agreed to be filmed.
Working without permits or releases, the team had to use surreptitious means to film their project and often went by the credo of, "no release, no permits, no money, no locks, no problem."
"We snuck into a rehearsal hall in the VAB," Struckhoff said. "We were in suits, so no one noticed us."
As well as sneaking into unlocked and empty classrooms to film, the team employed a vast network of friends and roommates to play extras. While filming the last scene (a speech scene in the VAB auditorium), the filmmakers decided they would need at least twenty people and some creative editing for the effect to be plausible. So, out came the cell phones and within ten minutes, approximately 15 people had shown up, ready for their close-up.