Capturing the Energy and Excitement of a Student Competition

I produced several videos for the Schulze School of Entrepreneurship at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, which hosts e-Fest — an annual competition that pits teams of student entrepreneurs all over the U.S against one another. Winners earn a share of $215,000 to fund the startup they’ve envisioned. Each April the student finalists convene at the UST campus for the last round of competition, an exciting three days when they both compete against one another and network and learn from one another.

My role was to work with footage that a videographer took at this very lively and noisy event and create something that captures its energy and excitement. It was challenging because of all the background noise, but through the editing and music I strived to minimize the distracting parts, and the client was happy with the results. Here is one of about a dozen videos I produced.