{"127541":{"#nid":"127541","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Student Films to be Showcased in Los Angeles and Cannes this Summer","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhile nearly 20,000 students prepared for final exams at the end of last fall, 100 of them were also channeling their creative side by writing, acting, filming and editing their entry for Campus MovieFest 2012. The result? A few students and their films will travel to Los Angeles and the Cannes Film Festival this summer.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech had 21 teams enter this year\u2019s national competition, earning nominations for various awards in the overall competition, as well as Best Drama, Best Comedy, and Best Picture among the national submissions. The three winners are announced at a red carpet showcase at each campus, and are flown to Los Angeles \u2013 with a potential Wild Card winner \u2013 to attend Campus MovieFest Hollywood in the summer, where the overall winners are shown and announced.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECody Turner, a second-year computational media major, always had an interest in film and was skilled in editing, but never had much experience acting. Cody held the lead male role in his team\u2019s film, \u201cTake Care,\u201d which won Best Drama for Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI was the only one [on our team] who had any real experience working on movies, and it meant nothing,\u201d Turner said. \u201cWe created something that we were proud of simply because we worked hard at it.\u201d Turner advised future groups to build a big team, be organized and care about the movie.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWinning was unbelievable. Walking down to the stage and realizing that now what we made was going to be screened in Hollywood in front of dozens of actors, directors and producers was overwhelming.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Wild Card winner is determined by online viewer votes. Each participating campus has the opportunity to nominate a film not in its top three based on the number of YouTube views it receives, and the most popular films nationwide compete in a judged Wild Card bracket for a spot in Los Angeles.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe world\u2019s largest student film and musical festival, Campus MovieFest was founded by four students at Emory University in 2001. Today, Campus MovieFest engages more than 500,000 college students around the globe, providing participants with laptops, camcorders, training and a week to create a five-minute film at no cost.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPast movies are available on \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.campusmoviefest.com\/\u0022\u003Ecampusmoviefest.com\u003C\/a\u003E, and are also shown on Virgin America flights, on mobile phones, and at the Short Film Corner at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival. Campus MovieFest Hollywood will be June 21-23, where Georgia Tech\u2019s top films will be up for awards.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech had 21 teams in the national film-making competition, 16 of which moved on to become \u201cCampus Finalists.\u201d Three of the 16 earned Best Picture, Best Comedy and Best Drama.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech had 21teams in the national film-making competition, 16 of which moved on to become \u201cCampus Finalists.\u201d Three of the 16 earned Best Picture, Best Comedy and Best Drama."}],"uid":"15436","created_gmt":"2012-04-30 15:20:14","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:12:09","author":"Automator","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-04-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-04-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"83641":{"id":"83641","type":"image","title":"Tech Tower","body":null,"created":"1449178095","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:15","changed":"1475894700","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:00"},"127531":{"id":"127531","type":"image","title":"Campus Moviefest","body":null,"created":"1449178622","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:37:02","changed":"1475894751","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:51","alt":"Campus Moviefest","file":{"fid":"194547","name":"cmflogo.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/cmflogo_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/cmflogo_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":12721,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/cmflogo_0.jpg?itok=woWKeWp4"}}},"media_ids":["83641","127531"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"3798","name":"arts"},{"id":"29791","name":"best picture"},{"id":"11541","name":"campus moviefest"},{"id":"2029","name":"Competition"},{"id":"2402","name":"film"},{"id":"29851","name":"how the hell do i get a date"},{"id":"32371","name":"paper airplaine"},{"id":"2811","name":"production"},{"id":"29811","name":"take care"},{"id":"24161","name":"The Therapist"},{"id":"3874","name":"theater"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:armina.khwaja@comm.gatech.edu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EArmina Khwaja\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECommunications and Marketing\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}