by Aaron Butts
Two weeks ago The Chimes reported on the CapTV 48-hour Film Royale, set to kick off the launch of the new channel for CapTV which shows all original material made by Capital students 24/7. Kayla Meehan, junior, and Carmella App, sophomore, who were part of the group in charge are pleased to say that it went incredibly well.
“It was really good. We had a good turn out,” Meehan said.
The unveiling of the student videos that were made during the film festival took place in the Bridge of Learning, which quickly filled with students eager to see what talent their peers had in filmmaking and acting.
“All of our pizza was gone,” Meehan said, indicating the number of people who attended.
“People seemed to enjoy themselves,” App said.
A total of nine out of 12 groups actually completed the task of creating a short film in under 48 hours.
“Three different teams won three different awards,” App said, mentioning that her group won second place Judge’s Choice.
Mike DeVenny team Royale with Cheese won first place Judge’s Choice for his short action film about a home invasion, and Xavier McAlister, junior, and his team Black Light Productions won Audience’s Choice for their film about a retired superhero.
Not all participants were as successful as the three award-winning teams. Four teams didn’t end up finishing their films in the 48-hour window they were given.
“We had a deadline that they had to get the video in by,” Meehan said, “and since those people came late, we didn’t take their entry. It happens a lot in this kind of festival; we were expecting at least two or three groups not to finish.”
Since the channel has been officially launched, if a Capital student turns on channel two while plugged into Capital’s cable, they will be watching nothing but videos made by their fellow classmates.
“A lot of people say that they’ve seen the videos,” App said, and she hopes that many more will.
App explained that the next step to be taken for the channel is to update some of their equipment.
“The picture is still a little fuzzy,” App said.
She hopes that within a few years they can start to offer HD programming and several more viewing options than what they currently offer. As students working on CapTV this semester are preparing for finals, they can look back on a successful semester.
Anybody can watch full episodes of CapTV programming online and on demand, just go to captelevision.com for many videos that CapTV has produced in the last semester.
abutts@capital.edu
