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Iowa Filmmakers Two of Top 10 SemiFinalists in MTV Film Contest



Iowa-based filmmakers and University of Iowa juniors Scott Beck & Bryan Woods, both 21, have been selected as two of the 10 semi-finalists in MTVu's Best Film on Campus: Trailer Challenge competition, in which college filmmakers across the nation create a two-minute film trailer. Online voters can view the trailers online and select the finalist. Finalists will be chosen by another round of online voting, as well as MTV staff and/or celebrity judges. The trailers will also be screened on MTVu, a college channel that spans 730 campuses nationwide and reaches 6.5 million students.



Beck & Woods' trailers, "University Heights" and "Her Summer," will be available online for voting beginning Oct. 24 through Nov. 8 at

http://www.mtvu.com/contests/best_film_on_campus/2005/. Beck & Woods encourage people to log-on and help.



"We're lucky to come this far, and now we need all the support we can get," Beck says.



Last year, Beck & Woods, who work collectively, placed in the top 3 finalist position in the 2004 MTVu Best Film on Campus competition. This year, Beck & Woods entered two submissions and both made it into the top 10.



The winner receives a development deal with MTV Films and a home theater system.



Beck states, "The home theater system prize is nice, but what Bryan & I really care about is the development deal. We've done many feature films on our own, all of them for less than $300. It'd be nice to get a foot in the door, and have a major studio back our next project."



Woods also sees the contest as a great opportunity. "Last year, we started developing a feature screenplay in case we won the 2004 MTV contest. Even though we didn't win, we've been constantly working on the script, and finally, after a year, it's at the point where we're ready to produce it. It's really cool to get a second chance. We're just crossing our fingers and hoping for the best."



According to MTVu's website, voting for finalists will take place the week of November 14. The winner will be announced the week of December 12.



For more information regarding Scott Beck, Bryan Woods and their production company, visit http://www.blueboxlimited.com.



About the filmmakers:



Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, both 21, are filmmakers from Bettendorf, IA. The pair has been writing, directing and producing films together for the past seven years, and formed their production company, Bluebox Limited, in 2001. To date, they have produced 13 shorts and 4 feature length films.



Scott Beck & Bryan Woods are currently writing their next feature film, Coast.



A few of their latest films have received national attention, screening at festivals across the country and winning several awards, including four from the Iowa Motion Picture Association. Their latest feature, Her Summer, premiered in October 2004 at the IMAX Theater in Davenport, IA. University Heights, the third feature from Bluebox, has been screened at eight festivals in the United States, and received five nominations from the Wild Rose Independent Film Festival in Des Moines, IA, including Best Feature, Best Director, and Best Cinematography.



The River Cities Reader states, Bryan Woods and Scott Beck are too young to be this good.



In April of 2004, Beck and Woods placed in the Top 50 Director's competition in the Project Greenlight contest, representing 3% of the total contestants. Project Greenlight was created by Hollywood stars Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, and is sponsored by Miramax Studios and the Bravo Channel. The top 50 were chosen from over 1,700 candidates, all of which submitted a 3-minute scene to demonstrate directorial talent.



In October 2004, Scott & Bryan were chosen as the top 3 finalists in the MTVu Best Film on Campus competition. Their short film Shades aired nationwide to 730 universities on the MTVu channel, which reaches 6.5 million college students. The film was also judged by thousands of online voters, MTV staff, and Hollywood directors Joel Schumacher (Phone Booth, Batman & Robin), Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting, Elephant), Allison Anders (Gas Food Lodging, Grace of My Heart).






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