School of Media Arts Freshmen Win Film Festival Award

School of Media Arts students Shon Gale and Ethan Moore have won the “Best Comedy” award at the recent Campus MovieFest and were also nominated for Best Picture.

“The festival was held in the Gallagher Theater and there was a lot of competition in the comedy department,” said Gale. “All of the award winners were from the School of Media Arts.”

Their short, "In Production," can be viewed in its entirety here:

http://www.campusmoviefest.com/events/universityofarizona.php

“In Production” illustrates the antics of an inept film director and his desire to get into film school. Although he takes his craft seriously, he actually does not know what he is doing.

Both Gale and Moore are from Scottsdale, however, they did not meet until they arrived on campus this semester. They entered the competition of the Campus MovieFest because they wanted to start making shorts right away. They made the whole movie in 2 1/2 days.

“We pulled an all-nighter the day before the deadline,” said Moore.

Gale and Moore won an iPod Shuffle and also a copy of Final Cut Pro. “We are still trying to figure out how to cut the iPod in half,” quipped Moore.

Both Gale and Moore have plans to apply to the BFA program in fall of 2010.

Congratulations to Gale and Moore on the screening of their award-winning short!