Apple Insomnia Film Festival

Cool: Apple is sponsoring a movie contest for students with the amusing subhead, “Write, cast, shoot, edit, score, sleep. In that order.”

On Friday, November 10 at 5 p.m. Eastern (2 p.m. Pacific), we will post a list of three elements that you will need to incorporate into your story. From that time, you will have 24 hours to finish and submit your completed short film.

After the entries are posted to our web gallery, we will make them available for the public to view and rate. The top 25 highest rated films through December 3 will then be judged by our panel of experts.

We will designate winners in two categories: the audience choice and the judges’ choice. Winning team members will each receive a copy of Final Cut Studio, a copy of Shake, and an 80GB video iPod for their portable portfolio.*

The panel of judges is impressive, and who wouldn’t want the prizes? (Hat tip to Mike.)

Published by Jeff Carlson

Author, photographer, and late-nighter Jeff Carlson writes for outlets such as Popular Photography, DPReview, Creative Pro, and others, and is a contributing editor for TidBITS. He is the author of Take Control of Your Digital Photos; The Photographer's Guide to Luminar AI, Take Control of Apple Watch, and Take Control of Your Digital Storage, among many other titles. View all posts by Jeff Carlson