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St. Olaf filmmakers enter national competition

By Kari VanDerVeen
November 16, 2007

Six St. Olaf College students recently participated in Apple, Inc.'s Insomnia Film Festival, creating a three-minute film entry in just 24 hours.

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Apple's Insomnia competition, open only to high school and college students, began at 8 a.m. Oct. 13. Teams had 24 hours to write, shoot, edit, score and upload their films, which had to incorporate at least three of the required elements posted on Apple's web site at the beginning of the competition.

The public had until Nov. 9 to rate the films, and industry professionals are screening the 25 with the highest ratings. Celebrity judges will announce the 25 finalists and the winners Nov. 20. The public's top choice and the judges' top choice will receive a prize package that includes computers and software for editing future films.
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The Ole filmmakers' dramatic short, titled Nothing Gold Can Stay (inspired by the Robert Frost poem of the same name), follows the dream of a young woman (played by Elise Sande-Kerback '09) as she reminisces about times spent with her boyfriend. After observing their love gradually fade away, she awakes to the realization that she has fallen out of love.

The Hilltop Studios team that produced the film included Mike VanDelinder '08, Ohmar Coughlin '08, Jeremy Gustafson '08 (of mockumentary "Harry Putter" notoriety), Ted Eschweiler '10 and Bryan Belcher '10, plus University of Minnesota student Shawn Horton. Colin Weaver '10 composed an original soundtrack. The film was produced in association with Walden Entertainment and Batty Productions, LLC.

Contact Kari VanDerVeen at 507-786-3970 or vanderve@stolaf.edu.