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Stetson University I DeLand, Fla.
Students' films to compete
in Hollywood competition
Katie Dezes
A&E Editor
The top three films from Stetson's
Campus MovieFest are moving on to
compete at the national level in June,
giving them a chance to win $20,000.
A judging panel of anonymous
Stetson students and staff chose "Remnants," "No Idea," and "You Don't
Know Me," as Stetson's Best Picture,
Best Comedy and Best Drama, respectively.
Campus MovieFest is a traveling student film festival that provides
students with all recording and editing
hardware needed to create a five-minute film in one week. There was a total
of 55 movies submitted by Stetson
students. The top 16 were shown at the
CMF finale last Friday.
The students who created the Best
Picture were awarded a 1 -year subscription to Adobe Creative Cloud and
were invited to attend the Cannes Film
Festival in France.
"Remnants," which won Best
Picture, explored the idea of traveling through dreams. It was created by
the TRIAD Productions team lead by
Ari Kravatsky. The remainder of the
crew included Jeremiah Riddle, Erin
McCollum and Joe Burns. Burns, the
star of the film, also received the Best
Actor Award.
"You Don't Know Me," Stetson's
Best Drama, was created by Wolfen-
den Productions under the instruction
of captain Heather Wolfenden.
"No Idea," Stetson's Best Comedy,
was lead by Two Point Oh captain
Chelsea Probus.
Other honorable mentions include
Lacey Heath, who was awarded Best
Actress for her role in "The Shed" and
the film "Living," created by Stephanie
Rasch-Chaves and her crew, which
won the Community Engagement
Award.
Erin McCollum, who worked on
the film "Remnants," said she was
extremely ecstatic to discover it won
Best Picture.
"I felt like I could achieve anything
that I put this much effort into, which
made me feel extremely determined
about my future," McCollum said.
"In pre-production, our group made a
pretty distinct decision that we wanted
to produce something with a surreal
edge—a daring cinematic experience
unlike anything else the other teams
might be attempting."
McCollum said her team entered
the competition with first prize in
mind. "If we were going to do this, we
were going for gold," she said. "So
the thought of Hollywood was always
present."
McCollum also explained that the
CMF experience solidified her goal
to pursue a career in the film industry.
She said she hopes to one day become
"a female Tim Burton" and win an
Academy Award.
Bums said his only previous acting experience included his part in the
productions of two elementary school
plays.
"I thought everything was super
exciting because it was so new to me,
but I'm sure I was pretty frustrating
because I required constant direction,"
Burns said. "The most fun part was
definitely hanging out with all of the
creative and talented people involved
with the project."
Despite his successful acting stint,
Burns said he probably won't try it
again any time soon. "Though it was
a ton of fun to end my ten year hiatus
from acting, I think I'll probably wait
another decade to begin another project," he said, jokingly.
Winners of Stetson's Best Picture Award for the film, Remnants. Pictured: Jeremiah Riddle, Ari Kravatsky, and Erin McCollum. Not Pictured:
Joseph Burns
CMFO
Photos courtesy: Hatter Productions
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