Diego Andrés Rodríguez Delfino stood before a cheering audience Aug. 30 at the Blue Nile club in New Orleans as his film “Plaquemine” was selected as one of the top 15 films out of 48 submissions.
The music and marketing senior and his team competed in The 48-Hour Film Project, a series of city competitions happening across the United States and around the world, in New Orleans on Aug. 12-14.
According to 48hourfilm.com, the project is a “wild and sleepless weekend in which you and a team make a movie — write, shoot, edit and score it — in just 48 experience.”
McCain said her favorite part of the experience was the make-up she got to wear. She said after the make-up designer had spent an hour applying bruises to her face, someone sent a photo to McCain’s father.
“My dad thought I was being held hostage,” she said, “He freaked out and called 10