Patty Jones first began writing her narrative in a Starbucks in New York. In a matter of months, her five-page narrative would be transformed into an award-worthy screenplay. Read more...

Photo: (Center) Patty Jones completed the UCLA Professional Program in Screenwriting and was one of five winners of this year’s Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting, which awards its participants with $35,000 each. Jones’ winning submission, “Joe Banks,” is a wild comic odyssey.

The stage is set to a perfectly still living room: a bookshelf lines the back wall, a television encased in the shelf flashes static, and a cozy couch sits facing the television. Read more...

Photo: “Retrospect,” a two-minute film directed by third-year film and television student Searit Huluf, captured the 2013 Campus MovieFest awards for best drama and best editing. The stop-motion film centers around failed relationships and domestic abuse through the window of a static television.

Walking across the barren terrain of the San Bernardino Valley with nothing more than a cart of recyclables and a teddy bear is the lone profile of a young man.As the last shot of the film, letters spelling “Wander” file onto the screen. Read more...

Photo: Awarded best picture at this year’s Campus MovieFest, “Wander” tells the story of Hieronymus, a young homeless man with obsessive-compulsive tendencies.