Day Ninety Six

I've literally wasted my entire night because I can't find my phone. I have no idea why it's causing me so much anxiety - it's not like I'm waiting for an important call or text or anything. I seriously need to go to sleep.

But first! Aside from the interview I might do with the winning film team (if they ever get back to me) I want to share with you all part of my Lane Today article about the Adrenaline Film Project. It's the first full article I've written and I'm a little bit proud of it. I mean, it's not the most interesting topic without actual interviews, but still, I don't think I did too bad.

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Last Saturday, the Adrenaline Film Project Oregon held its fourth annual film showing and awards night at Prince Lucien Campbell Hall on the University of Oregon campus.

The Adrenaline Film Project is certainly a fitting name for this completion. Competing film teams have 72 hours to pitch, write, cast, direct, shoot and edit their own short film after receiving their randomly assigned genre. As an added challenge, the films must incorporate one prop and one line of dialogue into their films. This year’s prop was a chancla, drawing from this year’s focus on Mexican cinema, and the line of dialogue was, “Don’t fly my kite.” The phrase comes from Singlish, a combination of English and Singaporean, and means, “Please don’t go back on your word.” However, the film teams took the phrase and found creative ways to fit it into their films, sometimes changing the use of the phrase.

This year’s films are as followed:

Act Your Age!

Genre: Coming of age

Aaron Blanton, Haley Fluke, Collin Golden

La Viajera

Genre: Film Noir

Lindsey Greenwaldt, Eli Spencer, Jazlin Sobel

Wine Not?

Genre: Romantic Comedy

Cody Byrne, Derek Brown, Eric Straubhar

Worthless

Genre: Thriller

A.J. Baker, Jordan Ledbetter, Travis Hodgin

Out of Touch

Genre: Superhero

Alex Kramer, Will Paugh, Jon Paul

Dog in the 9

Genre: Gangster

Jesse Vinton Justin Crowe, Neil Kirkpatrick

Sandals

Genre: Bromance

Elijah Sprints, Noah Birch, Collin Zeal

Sole-less

Genre: Zombie

Jonathan Klimoski, Jake Valdez, Henry Huntington

 The Real Deal

Genre: Heist

Gregory Henkhaus, Matt Staib, Garrett Guinn

Who’s Watching Christ Benishek?

Genre: Horror

Carter Diamond, Julian Master, Taylor Clarke

Rinse

Genre: Revenge

Henry Brown, Lucas Cruzen, Jordan Blaisdell

Family Dinner

Genre: Comedy

Zach Shivers, Claire Berger, Will Cuddy

The films ranged in mood from intense and dramatic, like Who’s Watching Christopher Benishek? and Dog in the 9 to heartwarming and adorable, like Sandals and Act Your Age. The youngest team, comprised of all high school students, produced Worthless, one of the most thought-provoking films of the competition. Worthless was also the only film without a single line of spoken dialogue, though the team still managed to incorporate, “Don’t fly my kite,” into the script.