Share your story on the silver screen! This is an open call from the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences to all aspiring student filmmakers: directors, editors, cinematographers, actors and actresses, screenplay writers—any undergraduate students interested in developing a short film to be screened and judged at Fifth Annual Undergraduate Film Festival, part of the 2011 Undergraduate Student Symposium on Friday, April 8.
Preparation
Whether you’re a seasoned filmmaker or you’ve never operated a camera, if you’ve always wanted to make a movie, you’re invited to participate in the festival. There will be a series of workshops leading up to the festival where you’ll learn all you need to know about making a film, from beginning to end (workshop details to be announced soon). Learn how to operate a digital video camera, how to write and direct, and how to edit a film, as well as valuable techniques for lighting and sound. During production, equipment such as cameras and editing software will be provided to teams on a one-week rental basis.
Guidelines
Interested students will form groups of four or five participants to create a short film (three to eight minutes) in one of the following genres: narrative, documentary, or avant-garde. Each film must incorporate an aspect of “Identity,” the 2010–2011 undergraduate academic theme. Each group’s writer/director must be a current undergraduate student at NSU.
For more information or to sign up, please contact both Weylin Sternglanz, Ph.D., and Chetachi Egwu, Ph.D., assistant professors in the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences, or visit www.fcas.nova.edu/currentstudents/FilmFestival.cfm.