Monday, September 12, 2005
Stop! Thief!
Suppose you're walking around, and see a headline in a college newspaper that reads Students Steal Show at Campus Film Festival. Do you think:
A) A bunch of students broke into an auditorium and stole an entire show,
B) A bunch of students made films that totally blew everyone away, and left the competition in the dust, or
C) A film festival of only students had victors who were students.
See, I thought B), but apparently the answer was C).
The movie festival, which received more than 120 entries of short five-minute films generated entirely by UC Berkeley students, culminated in a screening that showcased the top 15 films selected by a panel of judges.
Participants had no idea which 16 movies were going to be shown until their movies popped up on the big screen.
Reporters, for their part, had no idea how to count consistently.
Campus Moviefest began five years ago, when then Emory University resident advisor Dan Costa organized a movie festival for the residents in his hall with the new movie-making software he and three of his friends, and future co-founders of Campus Moviefest, discovered.
"Discovered," in this case, means "noticed some film-editing software put out by a major company."
The turnout at UC Berkeley has been the best yet, with more than 128 teams, averaging seven people per team, submitting entries, Costa said.
More than 128! That could be, like, 129. Or even 130. But not 131, because that prolly would've been reported as "more than 130."
In summary, an excellent writing/editing job by The Daily Cal. Applause.
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