July 17, 2006 == MEDIA ADVISORY
A Calvin College sophomore is one of 10 winners of the first-ever "Create a
THX Trailer Contest," sponsored by THX, Ltd., the sound quality company
founded by Star Wars director George Lucas.
Mike Rohlfing, a St. Louis, Mo., native, learned about the contest while
writing a paper on Lucas for his "American Film" class.
"We had to do a paper about an American director, and he's probably the one I
knew the most about," he says.
While perusing the THX Ltd. Web site for material for his assignment,
Rohlfing found the contest posting and decided to enter on a lark.
"I didn't expect to win," says Rohlfing of "Whoa!," the 55-second trailer he
created.
"Whoa!" features a student, Calvin sophomore Danny Zondervan, entering his
dorm room to watch a movie. When he inserts a DVD into a player, the water in
his glass begins to tremble a la Jurassic Park, papers blow around the room,
the THX logo launches out of the television into his face - the Deep Note in
full crescendo - and then retreats, finally ripping off Zondervan's shirt.
"Whoa!" he concludes.
The trailer took an hour-and-a-half to film and several hours to edit.
Rohlfing worked with a crew of six friends on the filming, using fans and an
air compressor to produce the special effects of blowing papers and
Zondervan's facial contortions.
Rohlfing's prize is an exclusive THX director's chair and the inclusion of
his trailer on the THX Web site. Though he isn't sure if THX, Ltd. will use
his idea in a future trailer, he's happy to get some name recognition.
For the full story see
http://www.calvin.edu/news/releases/2005_06/thx_contest.htm
For the 10 winning trailers see
http://www.thx.com/trailerContest/winners.html
Contact Rohlfing at mnr2@calvin.edu
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