News
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Districts’ High School Students Shine in Santa Barbara Film Festival’s 10-10-10 Student Competitions
Excerpt from a Santa Barbara Film Festival news release
10 Days – 10 Crews – 10 Films
The 10-10-10 Student Filmmaking Competition was developed by the Santa Barbara International Film Festival in 2004 to bring together student filmmakers and industry professionals in an effort to encourage and assist the next generation of filmmakers. Last year we expanded this program to include a 10-10-10 Student Screenwriting Competition emphasizing the first step to creating films: writing the screenplay. These two competitions will combine, producing 10 films to be judged on both filmmaking and screenwriting criteria.
Sotheby’s International Realty 10-10-10 Student Filmmaking Competition – These students took part in a “Pre Production with the Pro’s” Workshop where they had a chance to learn editing, production, directing and screenwriting first hand from industry professionals: Tom Ackerman, Andy Davis and Jeff Arch. The high school finalists are:
- Tony Johnson, Santa Barbara High School
- Michael Bagdasarian, Santa Barbara High School
- Freddy Meyer, Santa Barbara High School
- Daniel Maslan, Santa Barbara High School
- Andrew Burgher, San Marcos High School
10-10-10 Student Screenwriting Competition, Co-sponsored by Business First National Bank and Final Draft – Each of these students had the unique privilege of developing a screenplay under the mentorship of seasoned screenwriters: Glenn Leopold, Josh Conviser, Jeff Arch, Robert Lewis, Mashey Berstein, Rob Sternin, Prudence Fraser, Vicki Riskin, David Rintels and Roger Durling. The high school finalists are:
- Michael Bagdasarian, Santa Barbara High School
- Ari Cohen, Santa Barbara High School
- Cattie Yost, Dos Pueblos High School
- Cayla Clark, Dos Pueblos High School
- Valerie Mehlschau, San Marcos High School