Penn Mashup Awards 2008

The annual Mashup Contest at the University of Pennsylvania celebrates student creativity with video and multimedia. It is sponsored by Penn Libraries, the Cinema Studies Program, and College Houses and Academic Services. The 2008 Video Mashup Contest award ceremony was held on April 17, 2008, with a press release issued in early May. First place went to "The Society Serialist or How to Kill Five Bennett Birds with One Stone" by Emilie Froh, a film she describes as, "An homage to Pablo Ferro's trailer from 1964 for Dr. Strangelove using the A&E version of Pride and Prejudice". Second place went to "My Bike in C Minor" by Vince Levy, a film he describes as, "A remix of 'Bicycle Race' by the band Be Your Own Pet. I wanted their music video to be like a bike ride through cinema." Third place went to "Titanic Trailer Remix" by Andy M. Cao, a film he describes as, "A trailer using Titanic clips that portray Jack as a serial killer going after Kate." All the entries are viewable online. For more information, please email Anu Vedantham at vedantha@upenn.edu