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February 2, 2002An enriching experienceEight local students' entries honored at children's film festivalBy ALISON VANENGENRecord-Eagle staff writer SUTTONS BAY - Seven Suttons Bay area students and one student from Traverse City were honored recently at the fifth annual East Lansing Children's Film Festival. For Ken Scott, a local artist and photographer, the festival is a family affair. His son Trevor Scott and classmate Matt Marek, eighth-graders at Suttons Bay Middle School, won second place in the middle school division for their three-minute claymation feature "Blondie Locks and the Three Stooges," a spoof on the old "Three Bears" fairy tale. Daughter Jane, a sixth-grader at Suttons Bay's Montessori Elementary School, won third place for her claymation film called "A Day Out." Honorable mentions include Maggie Long, Hans Dalton and Brendin O'Hara, sixth-graders at Suttons Bay Middle School, for their film "The Not So Perfect Storm"; Melissa Hill, a fifth-grader at Immaculate Conception Elementary in Traverse City for her film "Tony Pepperoni"; and Mack Jones, a fifth-grader at the Montessori Elementary School in Suttons Bay for his film "Soccer Game." Trevor Scott and Marek said they were pleased with the results after working very hard on the characters and filming. "We stayed up for 12 hours in a row putting it all together," Trevor said. "It came from a story I wrote for a class last year." Ken Scott said Trevor won first place last year in his first try at claymation, with a short film that had no storyline and was based on technique. Although Trevor won second-place this year, Ken Scott said the film was an improvement over last year's entry, which Ken submitted without Trevor's knowledge. "Trevor and Matt poured themselves into the story, the voices, and the characters as well as the technique," Ken Scott said. "They worked very hard and the result is impressive." Matt Marek said his favorite part about the creative process were the characters. "I liked making the characters, filming them, and then putting in the voices afterwards," Marek said. The festival is dedicated to showcasing films that enrich, inspire and entertain children without violent or exploitive content. During the three-day festival at Michigan State University, which runs from March 15-17, the award-winning films made by students from kindergarten through high school will be shown. Workshops for children in the areas of live-action film-making and animation will be offered. Award winners will be formally recognized and their films shown on March 17. Trevor Scott and Matt Marek will receive $50 for their second-place film. Jane Scott will receive $25 for her film. Submissions for the 2003 Youth Film Competition will begin Oct. 1. The deadline is Dec. 12. Call (517) 332-6076 for more information. Alison VanEngen can be reached at (231) 933-1479, or at avanengen@record-eagle.com |
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