Movie Magic
Erik Keevan
Issue date: 3/5/10 Section: Arts & Entertainment
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The night opened with the funk/jazz/rock music of Soul Insanity. The local band warmed up the cold night for patrons as they waited to enter the premiere.
Students were treated like stars as they walked down a thick red carpet. There they were able to pick up movie reel stress balls and Mardi Gras masks. Paparazzi swarmed the carpet, snapping pictures of the students on their way to the premiere.
Inside the gym, students saw an ocean of chairs as well as a large movie screen. After a 40 minute wait, the students were rewarded with the movies that they had worked so hard to create.
The movies varied from the humorous to the dramatic. Documentaries were shown side-by-side with comedies about aliens and amnesia patients.
Sixteen movies were shown, some hits with the audience, while others lacked the punch the audience was looking for. After every four videos, host Spencer Lynn (Class of 2013), along with a CMF spokesperson, came onto the stage. In these moments, they would give away door prizes, forcing the attention of the crowd. There was also an instance where they pelted the audience with the movie reel stress balls.
At the end of the night, the three award winners were announced. The winner for Best Comedy was "Number 8" (producers pictured upper right), the story of one group's struggle to bring Rollins up from the eighth douchiest school, according to GQ Magazine in 2009, to number one.
Best Drama went to "Entre Nous," an artistic piece whose only dialogue was in French. Best Movie went to "The Search" (producers pictured lower right), a farce about a doctor and friend searching for a patient that had escaped from the hospital. All these movies and more can be viewed on the Campus Movie Fest Web site.
The after party, held in Dave's Down Under due to inclement weather, featured traditional Mardi Gras dishes. Movie makers and fans mixed and ate, while music pumped through the decorated room. Soon, Rollins Improv Players (RIP) took the stage, performing their short form show, Rip-Tag.
Then came the moment of the night; ACE revealing the upcoming bands for their spring concert: Black Violin and Shwayze.
The Rollins campus bonded over home-made movies and Mardi Gras themed fun. Check out www.campusmoviefest.com to view Rollins movies.
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