2008 Woodie Awards
Student film wins regional title, advances to nationals
MANDY RODGERS
Issue date: 4/28/08 Section: Variety
"He was pretty busy, so we shot scenes with just him, no one else there," Miller said. "Scenes with just his arm, that's actually somebody else's arm."
"'Til Death" was shot at Arch Bar, and Agora donated clothes while Transmetropolitan and Raising Cane's donated food to the cause.
Though the rules of Campus MovieFest allow the script and planning to be done much in advance and a small percentage of the film to be shot before the week of the contest, these students filmed it all in one week.
However, that didn't stop questions being raised by fellow contestants and the festival.
"Another team did a film noir. Theirs was really good but wasn't shown," Miller explained. "We totally understand their frustration, but rumors started that we had been working on our film before. Everyone assumes we shot ahead of time. It's been really rough."
Campus MovieFest investigated the group, asking everyone involved a series of questions and found nothing wrong.
"We had eight- to 14-hour days at the Arch Bar to get everything done," Payne said, denying the rumors.
After not winning the University portion of the event, the group didn't think the regional competition would go better, but theirs was chosen as one of the 16 entered.
"The bar was higher in Atlanta," Miller said. "We were very sure we weren't going to win."
The group admired many of the other films shown, including the short "Baby Talk," an action film with pyrotechnics.
"There were several great films. Fun, creative ideas," Payne said. "The Georgia Tech guys were amazing. There was so much talent from Atlanta schools. We were shocked. It was pretty phenomenal."
Now, "'Til Death" will travel to New York City for the national competition, but its filmmakers might not make it there due to lack of expenses.
Whatever happens in New York, Miller and Payne still are focused on video production in one way or another and have future projects in the works.
Payne and Miller's Eikon Productions recently shot a music video for A Hopeforagoldensummer and began filming "soundies," good sound quality, live videos of bands.
Miller and Payne also are starting work on an indie music documentary, beginning in Athens.
"It seems obvious, but I don't think it's really been done," Miller said.
"And Athens is a great place to start," Payne said.
"'Til Death" was shot at Arch Bar, and Agora donated clothes while Transmetropolitan and Raising Cane's donated food to the cause.
Though the rules of Campus MovieFest allow the script and planning to be done much in advance and a small percentage of the film to be shot before the week of the contest, these students filmed it all in one week.
However, that didn't stop questions being raised by fellow contestants and the festival.
"Another team did a film noir. Theirs was really good but wasn't shown," Miller explained. "We totally understand their frustration, but rumors started that we had been working on our film before. Everyone assumes we shot ahead of time. It's been really rough."
Campus MovieFest investigated the group, asking everyone involved a series of questions and found nothing wrong.
"We had eight- to 14-hour days at the Arch Bar to get everything done," Payne said, denying the rumors.
After not winning the University portion of the event, the group didn't think the regional competition would go better, but theirs was chosen as one of the 16 entered.
"The bar was higher in Atlanta," Miller said. "We were very sure we weren't going to win."
The group admired many of the other films shown, including the short "Baby Talk," an action film with pyrotechnics.
"There were several great films. Fun, creative ideas," Payne said. "The Georgia Tech guys were amazing. There was so much talent from Atlanta schools. We were shocked. It was pretty phenomenal."
Now, "'Til Death" will travel to New York City for the national competition, but its filmmakers might not make it there due to lack of expenses.
Whatever happens in New York, Miller and Payne still are focused on video production in one way or another and have future projects in the works.
Payne and Miller's Eikon Productions recently shot a music video for A Hopeforagoldensummer and began filming "soundies," good sound quality, live videos of bands.
Miller and Payne also are starting work on an indie music documentary, beginning in Athens.
"It seems obvious, but I don't think it's really been done," Miller said.
"And Athens is a great place to start," Payne said.
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Corey
posted 4/30/08 @ 11:42 AM EST
What a bunch of hoodrats.
Katie
posted 5/01/08 @ 9:34 AM EST
Due to lack of expenses?
Don't you mean due to expenses and lack of funding?
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