A short subject film made by CASL Journalism and Screen Studies senior Bryan Bykowicz has been selected to represent Region II in the "alternative" category at the 38th Annual Student Academy Awards. The Student Academy Awards are hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The film Unreal City is an experimental short film. It was shot entirely in the City of Detroit and was produced as a class project for Advanced Media Production taught by Dr. Jim Gilmore.
Unreal City is described as "a striking visual poem of Detroit that mixes images with words-on-screen." It is set to music composed by Mr. Bykowicz. The film uses elements of idea-associative montage to prompt the audience to look at Detroit in a new way.
The film was screened in late April in the Gene Siskel Film Center at the Art Institute of Chicago along with other regional winners. The national phase of judging is currently under way and award winners will be announced later this month. Past winners of Student Academy Awards read like a Who's Who of television and film production and direction and include filmmakers Spike Lee, Trey Parker, John Lasseter, and Robert Zemeckis.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYK28VxUWZI
Congratulations Bryan!
Content for this post was provided by Dr. Rashmi Luthra and Dr. Jim Gilmore.
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