For the past seven years, aspiring filmmakers, actors and video editors have put their skills to the test in the Harding Five Minute Film Festival, a showcase of the best work from students of many different media related majors.<\/p>\n
The seventh annual festival \u2014 held on Thursday, April 27 \u2014 had 21 entries, consisting of 105 minutes of screen time, according to co-host Chad Kraft. Of the wide variety of genres served at the festival (including comedy, horror, drama and romance), Kraft said the best entries are the ones that bleed passion.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf a filmmaker has poured their blood, sweat and tears into a project, it\u2019s a good entry,\u201d Kraft said. \u201cYou can truly see what the filmmaker cares about by the way they present their work.\u201d<\/p>\n
In addition to a clear passion, filmmakers must show quick wit when telling their stories. According to Charles Bane, assistant professor of English, the titular time constraint forces directors to get creative in structuring their films.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou only have five minutes, so that\u2019s not a lot of time to develop characters either through backstory or subplot,\u201d Bane said. \u201cThe audience needs to be engaged immediately, so the more clever the story, the better.\u201d<\/p>\n
What separates the seventh annual festival from previous festivals is the new way winners are determined. According to Bane, the judges\u2019 panel has been completely revamped to include industry professionals not restricted to Harding.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is the first year that our winners have been chosen by a panel of judges made up of industry professionals in the central Arkansas area,\u201d Bane said. \u201cThat adds a level of objectivity to the awards rather than simply basing them on who brings in the biggest crowd.\u201d<\/p>\n
The festival is anticipated each year by aspiring filmmakers hoping to put their skills to the test, including junior Daniel Campbell. Campbell, who entered the short film \u201cShall We Exist?\u201d in the seventh annual festival, enjoys the chance to express himself through his work.<\/p>\n
\u201cI love creating stories more than anything and that is what the Five Minute Film Festival is all about: creating and sharing stories,\u201d Campbell said. \u201cWhether you want to make people laugh, cry, or something in-between, the festival provides a way for people to express these things.\u201d<\/p>\n
Campbell\u2019s short film tells the story of an average man who wakes up one day in an unknown world with a mysterious stranger who wants nothing more than to see the protagonist end his life. Sophomore Tyler Adams portrayed the stranger in the film and won Best Supporting Actor. Adams said he felt \u201cshocked and proud,\u201d as he was not expecting to win, and advised aspiring actors to have fun in their roles for the most rewarding results.<\/p>\n
\u201cEnjoy it as best you can, because if you enjoy it, you\u2019ll act more efficiently,\u201d Adams said. \u201cBeing in character is easier when you\u2019re having a good time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Best Film Best Director Best Screenplay Best Actor Best Actress Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Cinematography Best Editing Best Sound For the past seven years, aspiring filmmakers, actors and video editors have put their skills to the test in the Harding Five Minute Film Festival, a showcase of the best…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14709,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[136],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14709"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8550"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8551,"href":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8550\/revisions\/8551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nA Fistful of Oreos
\nAlexandria<\/strong>
\nRunaway Dorito<\/p>\n
\nEthan Lakey for A Fistful of Oreos
\nAdam Leasure for Alexandria
\nShamra Selm for Dejection<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nEthan Lakey for The Bank Job
\nAdam Leasure, Hannah Reimart, Jolaina Anderson & Jake Davis for Alexandria<\/strong>
\nKenyon Walker for Parallel<\/p>\n
\nChase Adair for Will You Be My Valentine?<\/strong>
\nAdam Leasure for Alexandria
\nDrew Sullivan for Diary<\/p>\n
\nSarah Arbuckle for Syn
\nRuth Waters for Dejection<\/strong>
\nAbby Watson for Parallel<\/p>\n
\nTyler Adams for Shall We Exist?<\/strong>
\nKeegan Skinner for A Fistful of Oreos
\nMiles Tucker for The Bank Job<\/p>\n
\nHannah Reimart for Alexandria, Blinddates.com, and Finding Color<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nEthan Lakey for A Fistful of Oreos
\nMatt Rice for Alexandria<\/strong>
\nMitchell Thomas for Parallel<\/p>\n
\nAmanda Hall for Runaway Dorito
\nEthan Lakey for A Fistful of Oreos
\nMatt Rice, Ethan Sneed & Jake Davis for Alexandria<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nJustin Baker for Diary
\nAmanda Hall for Runaway Dorito<\/strong>
\nMatt Pierce for Syn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"