At the 4^th annual Doppleganger Film Festival composed of student-produced films, many students including Reese Vollebregt in “I Scream” and Daniel Aley in “Defining the Shadows,” were awarded for their unique works.

The nominees for Best Commercial were: “Snicker,” “Background Dancers,” “Hiking Boots,” and “Chocolate Milk.” “Background Dancers,” starring junior Will Zhu and seniors Becky Hsu, Julian Park, and Danny Mayugba, won for their creative idea on having background dancers following one around wherever he or she goes.

The next category presented was the nominees for Best Original Film. After three months of production and a total of 1,544 pictures, senior Daniel Aley worked diligently to put together his film “Defining the Shadows.” His superb work was recognized and acknowledged as Best Original Film as well as Best Editing in Film. The time Aley put into capturing every image slowly and carefully really proved worthy by the viewers’ positive reactions. The other nominees for this category included “Water Fight,” “Road to Glory,” and “Perfect Two.”

Out of three other nomnees for Best Music Video, “Tongue Tied,” starring Becky Hsu, Danny Mayuba, Julian Park, and Will Zhu took home the gold. Filming in spontaneous locations, “Tongue Tied” endlessly amused viewers with flashing lights and twisting images. “Bromance,” “Too Fake,” and “Never Ever Getting Back Together” were the other nominees for this category.

For Best Movie Trailer, there were three nominees: “The Last of Us,” “Uprising Anonymous,” and “Flaws,” which even starred English teacher, Kemp Wells. The sophisticated editing and intriguing plot of “Uprising Anonymous,” awarded Aaron Chan, Alexander Zhou, Chris Geere, and Radu Firat, Best Movie Trailer. The professional and carefully planned out “Uprising Anonymous” seemed like a genuine movie trailer that one would see in the movie theater.

Closing off the night, the nominees for Best Short Film included “The Chase,” “I Scream,” and “El Conflicto.” These action, horror, and drama-filled videos, respectively, were all captured very differently but still aroused cheers from the audience. In the end, however, Vollebregt’s “I Scream” was awarded Best Short Film in addition to Best Cinematography in a Film.

“I’ve been to a couple of the past film festivals and noticed that the audience loved the horror or thriller type of videos. Everyone always screams and gets hyped up. So, I just thought of a simple idea the audience would enjoy. I was at my house and realized how creepy it would be to get chased down my hallway or turn the lights on in my pitch-black garage and see a masked man standing in front of me. I just took these certain scenes that I thought would be scary and found a light story to link them together,” Vollebregt explained.

The two individual awards that were announced were Best Actor and Best Actress. The nominees for Best Actor were junior Shiv Jain from the commercial “Snickers,” senior Jeff Trujillo from short film “El Conflicto,” teacher and coach Kemp Wells from trailer “Flaws,” and senior Kase Vollebregt from short film “I Scream.” Tujillo won Best Actor in “El Conficto” and his associate, senior Bayan Mohammaddi, who also starred in “El Conficto,” received the Best Actress award. Mohammaddi played a female role in all of his videos, bringing the audience members laughter. Other nominees for Best Actress included senior Becky Hsu from the music video “Tongue Tied” and Mrs.Vollebregt from the short film “I Scream.

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