Spring Break
Ready for a close-up
By: Fan Ji
Issue date: 7/2/08 Section: News
Lackey said his favorite projects have been the ones they did for Apple's Insomnia Film Festival, where five-people teams from schools across the U.S. had 24 hours to write, film, edit and submit a short film to Apple's website.
"Twenty-four hours of no sleep and frantic film making can be a bit grueling, but it's incredibly fun and rewarding," Lackey said.
Members of SWAMP have participated in three of these events since Insomnia started two years ago, and in two films for the competition in fall 2007. SWAMP has been in the Top 16 teams nationwide in the past, and members said they plan to participate in the fest again in the future.
An event the club puts on every year is SWAMPFest. At the festival SWAMP showcases student-produced films, some made by non-members.
"It's really cool and lets aspiring filmmakers and actors get their work shown on the huge screen in front of a live audience," Lackey said. "A lot of preparation goes into it and it's been a success both years we've had it, and we're looking forward to SWAMPFest 3."
SWAMP will be active over the summer. Schulz and her friends are working on the beginning stage of an introduction for a SWAMP video that they plan to play at the MSC Open House and the club's first meeting of the year. Creativity is endless and the group is more than ready for the upcoming semester.
"We have tons of ideas for fall," Schulz said, "Including music videos for local bands, short comedies and I have even heard rumors of some feature-length films."
"Twenty-four hours of no sleep and frantic film making can be a bit grueling, but it's incredibly fun and rewarding," Lackey said.
Members of SWAMP have participated in three of these events since Insomnia started two years ago, and in two films for the competition in fall 2007. SWAMP has been in the Top 16 teams nationwide in the past, and members said they plan to participate in the fest again in the future.
An event the club puts on every year is SWAMPFest. At the festival SWAMP showcases student-produced films, some made by non-members.
"It's really cool and lets aspiring filmmakers and actors get their work shown on the huge screen in front of a live audience," Lackey said. "A lot of preparation goes into it and it's been a success both years we've had it, and we're looking forward to SWAMPFest 3."
SWAMP will be active over the summer. Schulz and her friends are working on the beginning stage of an introduction for a SWAMP video that they plan to play at the MSC Open House and the club's first meeting of the year. Creativity is endless and the group is more than ready for the upcoming semester.
"We have tons of ideas for fall," Schulz said, "Including music videos for local bands, short comedies and I have even heard rumors of some feature-length films."
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