Are you a student who dabbles in filmmaking and wants to show your work to the public?
Fredonia Film Society will be hosting their second annual Student Short Film Festival this Saturday, April 27.
“Film Society is a club that enjoys hanging out and enjoying the various genres and components of movies,” said JT Jennings, an environmental science major and president of the club.
According to their Facebook page, the club hopes to “help give students on this campus a whole new way of looking at and appreciating films.”
Filmmaking is a unique art.
A film is not solely great because of the plot or the actors.
“There’s more to moves than just action-packed superheroes, cookie cut-out rom-coms and one up thrillers,” Jennings said.
It takes good sound recording, shooting and editing to make the film sensational and visually appealing.
The festival’s goal is to provide a space for student filmmakers, artists and actors to showcase the hard work they put into making their film.
It’s open to any student wanting to share home videos, capstones, music videos or any other type of original short productions.
This year, the club has decided to make a few changes to the festival.
“We’ve changed it this year by expanding the reach of submitters to more than just Fredonia students. We’re hoping this is a bit bigger than last year’s,” Jennings said.
Submissions for the festival were free and ended on April 20.
These submissions have been filtered through and selected by the club’s executive board members for screening.
The films chosen had to meet certain expectations given by the Fredonia Film Society.
First, all films must be short films that do not exceed 15 minutes in length.
The club also asks that movies do not include sexual, offensive or violent content if it does not serve an artistic purpose in the film.
The festival will award films with several specific titles.
These titles include Best Picture, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Writing and People’s Choice.
All of these titles will be decided by a panel of judges, except for People’s Choice which will be decided at the actual screening.
The festival will be held in Jewett Hall room 101 at 7 p.m. and is open to the general public.
For more information, visit the club on Facebook at Fredonia Film Society.