Campus Movie Fest turns Tar Heels into filmmakers
Carolina students had one week to produce five-minute films of various genres including comedy, drama and documentary.
Nearly 50 teams of Carolina students worked long hours last week to produce short films in a week’s time for Campus Movie Fest.
A collaboration between Information Technology Services, the Carolina Film Association and Arts Everywhere, the film festival provided students with all the equipment and training they needed to be filmmakers — regardless of their academic major or experience level.
Campus Movie Fest challenged the teams of students to then produce five-minute films of various genres including comedy, drama and documentary. The top 16 films premiered at an event on March 7.
Held at more than 30 colleges and universities across the country, Campus Movie Fest was brought to Carolina as part of the campus-wide Arts Everywhere initiative, which aims to make the arts a fundamental part of the University culture and daily campus life.
Sophomore Caleb Clarke was among the students who entered a film in the festival. Although he has produced short films by himself in the past, Clarke competed in the Campus Movie Fest with a group of friends to experience working with a crew.
His film, titled “Break,” ultimately finished in the top four of the festival and won the Silver Tripod Award for best cinematography. The film will now move on to compete in the Terminus Conference and Festival in Atlanta this summer.
For Clarke, whose film examined anxiety, filmmaking is a way to shine a spotlight on important issues.
“I think there’s a very influential power with visual communication as a whole to help you think about something in a different way, to shed light, to explain or to educate,” he said.
To learn more about Campus Movie Fest, view the video at the top of the page.
