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Sidewalk iScramble for Students!
 The SCRAMBLE is a weekend filmmaking competition, brought to you by the same folks that put on the Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival. From concept to completion, teams are challenged to write, shoot and edit a short film in just one weekend. At the Kick-Off event, teams are given Inspiration Items, or fun and exciting secret ingredients that must be included in their films to ensure the film was not written or shot before the weekend.
Prizes include Apple products such as Production Suite (retail value: $1,299 ), which includes Final Cut Pro HD, DVD Studio Pro 3, and Apple Motion, the “essential software suite for film and video production that delivers real-time editing, motion graphics, audio and authoring tools in one comprehensive and integrated package.”
Scramble weekend: April 8-10, 2005
Kick-Off: Friday, April 8 @ 6pm, UAB Bell Theatre
Turn-in: Sunday, April 10, 5-7pm, UAB Bell Theatre
Screening: Wednesday, April 13 @ 7pm, Alys Stephens Center
Registration opens Monday, March 21st and is open to 25 teams only! For registration documents & official rules, click here!
LEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD
All movies made during the iScramble must be edited on iMovie. There will be 15 iBooks available, on a first come, first-served basis that can be loaned (pending approval) for the weekend for those teams who do not have access to iMovie. Download iBook Loaner Form!
WHO CAN PARTICIPATE
Any college student can participate as long as a professor from their school is willing to be a contact person or "sponsor" from their school.
Every member on the team must be a college student, including all the principals and crewmembers. Actors are the only members of your team that are not required to be students. Each team can represent only one school.
No more than 7 teams may participate from one school.
For further information about the Sidewalk Scramble, contact Catherine Pfitzer at 205.324.0888 or drop her an email at catherine@sidewalkfest.com
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Tommy Davis was born in McAllen , Texas in 1978. Davis is currently at work on a documentary exploring a revolutionary 1953 scientific breakthrough told not only by the scientist involved but also by his ex-lovers, friends, bartenders and colleagues. His feature documentary debut, MOJADOS, won the Audience Choice Award at the 2004 South by Southwest Film Festival. Davis is also at work on a feature film based on Mojados entitled Asi Es Como Paso.
Robert Rugan's past works include the short films "SLIPPED", "OUT OF THE BOX", and most recently, the multiple award-winning short film, "ABRACADABRA." His debut feature, ALICE MISADVENTURE'S IN WONDERLAND won the Grand Jury Award for Best Feature at the 2004 Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival. 
In 2001, Chance Shirley co-founded Crewless Productions and co-directed a short movie, THE SEVEN YEAR SWITCH with Chuck Hartsell. SWITCH screened at a few local festivals, which encouraged and Shirley to make two more shorts -- RECIPROCITY and BIRTHDAY CALL. In the fall of 2003, history sort of repeated itself when Shirley co-directed their first feature, a comedy/horror movie called HIDE AND CREEP, which premiered in competition at the 2004 Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival. 