Virginia Patterson, Tyler Henderson, and Tony Lazzeroni film
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After winning first place in Virginia Tech's Four Minute Film Festival this past fall, Tech students Paul Hinson, Tyler Henderson, and Tony Lazzeroni along with Eric Steinat, Ryan Watson and Bert Green have submitted their film "Tuned Out" to Apple's Second Annual Insomnia Film Festival.
Hinson, Henderson, and Lazzeroni first came together to participate in the Four Minute Film Festival and won with the film "First Impressions," which premiered on Sept. 29.
The team decided to add more students to its crew to maximize its workforce as they embarked on a national film festival.
Lazzeroni said that the filming for the Insomnia Film Festival began at 9 a.m. on Oct. 13 and ended at precisely 9 a.m. the next day.
Everything for the film had to be completed during this time span, from conception to script writing, casting, filming, editing, scoring and uploading the film.
Lazzeroni said that in comparison to the Four Minute Film Festival, which was judged in person, Insomnia determines winners via online voting, which makes it hard for participants to know where they stand in relation to other competitors.
There are currently 1,787 films posted online, Lazzeroni said.
Apple sent an e-mail to participants after the deadline for submission of the films, indicating that they received over 1,900 films; they said that originally, there were over 3,000 scheduled participants.
It was no surprise that the strict and stressful 24-hour filming challenge would whittle down the original 3,000 to 1,787.
Another challenge filmmakers faced during filming was the inclusion of certain items required by Apple the day of the challenge.
Three of the following ten elements were mandatory in the film: a bird cage, park bench, tuxedo, makeup for elderly character, radio static as background sound, a character named Robin Darjeeling, a dream sequence, a Dutch-angle camera feature, a match cut editing technique or "don't tempt me" in the dialogue.
"Using the elements wasn't the difficult part; the difficult part was making sure they weren't just thrown in," Lazzeroni said.
"A lot of groups would just have the bird cage in the background ... we wanted to make our items more integral parts, where the film wouldn't be able to exist without those things."
Ryan Watson said the team decided to use the character named Robin Darjeeling, the radio static, and the match cut.
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To vote for our film, or any of the 6 Virginia Tech student entries, go to http://www.nmc.vt.edu/. There, you'll find direct links to all 6 films.
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Honestly, the film is boring, the script is too monotone.
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I watched several of the films entered, I thought their film was not only very creative, but a notch above the others.
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The photo should be credited to Bert Green. The Collegiate Times will say they "Regret this error."
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I agree with Simona.(What movie she meant actually ? ) This movie made by Toni is quite boring. How many times I have seen kinda plot such that ? many many many
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