Campus MovieFest comes to Bama
Film festival comes to Alabama for first time
CJ McCormick
Senior Entertainment Reporter
Issue date: 8/27/07 Section: Entertainment
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The phrase "lights, camera, action" may be spoken a lot this week as a group of UA students put their creativity to the test as part of a six-day competition.
Campus MovieFest, the world's largest student film festival, is coming to the University for the first time Wednesday to give students the opportunity to create their own five-minute film and compete to win prizes and gain exposure.
CMF, which will be visiting the state for the first time as well, began six years ago when a group of Emory University students decided to give computers, video cameras and instruction to Emory residence halls so students could make movies and showcase them to their peers. Since 2001, CMF has visited 25 universities in the United States and the United Kingdom with 75,000 students working together to create over 3,000 films, according to the organization's Web site.
With its visit, Campus MovieFest will bring enough equipment to provide up to 75 teams of UA students' computers, digital video cameras and the licensed music necessary to create their films.
Filmmaking will begin this Wednesday and will conclude Tuesday when participating students must turn in all equipment and their films to the Ferguson Center game room.
The finished films will then go to a panel of UA faculty, staff and students where the films will be narrowed to 16 finalists.
The top films will be shown at the CMF finale on Sept. 7 in the Ferguson Center Theatre at 7 p.m. The screening is open to the public and no tickets are required.
Films will be competing in the categories of best picture, best comedy, best drama and best social justice documentary.
Winners may receive iPods, the opportunity to be spotlighted on AT&T handsets and the chance to be added to CMF's channel on Joost, a system for watching TV and video via the Internet.
To encourage students to come out to the finale, CMF will be giving out door prizes during the show.
The competition is open to all UA students and is free to register. Students can register online at www.campusmoviefest.com or in person at the Ferguson Center game room.
Campus MovieFest, the world's largest student film festival, is coming to the University for the first time Wednesday to give students the opportunity to create their own five-minute film and compete to win prizes and gain exposure.
CMF, which will be visiting the state for the first time as well, began six years ago when a group of Emory University students decided to give computers, video cameras and instruction to Emory residence halls so students could make movies and showcase them to their peers. Since 2001, CMF has visited 25 universities in the United States and the United Kingdom with 75,000 students working together to create over 3,000 films, according to the organization's Web site.
With its visit, Campus MovieFest will bring enough equipment to provide up to 75 teams of UA students' computers, digital video cameras and the licensed music necessary to create their films.
Filmmaking will begin this Wednesday and will conclude Tuesday when participating students must turn in all equipment and their films to the Ferguson Center game room.
The finished films will then go to a panel of UA faculty, staff and students where the films will be narrowed to 16 finalists.
The top films will be shown at the CMF finale on Sept. 7 in the Ferguson Center Theatre at 7 p.m. The screening is open to the public and no tickets are required.
Films will be competing in the categories of best picture, best comedy, best drama and best social justice documentary.
Winners may receive iPods, the opportunity to be spotlighted on AT&T handsets and the chance to be added to CMF's channel on Joost, a system for watching TV and video via the Internet.
To encourage students to come out to the finale, CMF will be giving out door prizes during the show.
The competition is open to all UA students and is free to register. Students can register online at www.campusmoviefest.com or in person at the Ferguson Center game room.
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