Recent graduates win 3rd place in TXU film contest

Image from Zephyr, barbed wire fence and a dark skyMay graduates Dylan Voisard ('11) and Patrick Perkins ('11)  won third place in the college category of the TXU Energy Light Up the Red Carpet Student Film Contest. The award included $2,500 for the students and a matching amount for UNT.

The radio/television/film majors were recognized for their film Zephyr, which as a finalist in the competition was shown at the 2011 Dallas International Film Festival. The students also were honored at the festival's Gala Awards Dinner.

In the four-minute film, a mysterious object appears in a glass tube. The film's protagonist, depicted as being wasteful with energy, discovers that the object is a message from the year 2150, begging those of the current generation to change their energy consumption patterns or face a dismal future.

"We were trying to startle people in a way by presenting disturbing images about rampant energy consumption," Voisard says.

You can view the film online.

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