Campus MovieFest ready for its closeup at Loyola
Posted by esilva32 on September 29, 2011
Campus MovieFest will be at Loyola University Chicago’s Lake Shore Campus this week to give student teams the opportunity to create an original five-minute film while possibly attaining national recognition.
For the next week, Campus MovieFest will situate itself in Lake Shore Campus’ Centennial Forum Student Union. Support staff will be there to provide the necessary equipment as well as technical support and guidance to student filmmakers as they prepare their cinematic pieces.
Campus MovieFest is the world’s largest student movie festival providing students at over 90 universities in four countries the chance to create an original movie. Each week the organization visits several universities where then students can sign up and receive a MacBook with video editing software and a HD Panasonic camera to help students create their films.
“Our goal has always been to give students the opportunity to make a movie and share it with people,” said Jess Reynoso, Executive Assistant of the CEO. “We want to give student who never made a movie the chance to have fun and play with our stuff, and other students who want to do this for a career, to give them exposure opportunities.”
Students can submit movies is either Comedy, Drama or their Elfenworks Social Justice categories. Awards will be presented at the university level for Best Comedy, Best Drama, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Film. From their, teams can advance to the national level where they can participate in workshops and panels while networking with Hollywood Executives. Winners at the national level will be invited to the Cannes Film Festival, in Cannes, France, where their films will be presented.
Equipment is available on a first come-first serve basis. Campus MovieFest will be at the Lake Shore Campus on Monday, Oct. 3, to collect submissions and the student films will be presented on Friday Oct. 7 in Galvin Auditorium.
- Enrique Silva
