The audience was suspended in stunned silence moments before bursting into applause at the culmination of the 23rd Annual Shorttakes Student Film Festival’s last film. The Audience Choice Award-winning film, “Ruby Locus,” directed by fourth-year political science student Alvaro Wong, tells the narrative of a young girl kidnapped while on a date with a man she met online who later takes part in sexually assaulting and murdering her. Read more...
Photo: (Habeba Mostafa/Daily Bruin)
Tigran Ayvazyan’s interest in cars began in elementary school – they were the only things he knew how to draw. This year, the third-year business economics student created the Bruin Auto Club – a community for car lovers like himself. Read more...
Photo: Third-year sociology student Jonathan Semerjian (left) and third-year business economics student Tigran Ayvazyan (right) are the vice president and founder, respectively, of the Bruin Auto Club, a group for UCLA car enthusiasts to celebrate car culture. (Manoreet Grewal/Daily Bruin)
Four UCLA students filmed the first episode for their web series at Powell Library on Sunday afternoon. It took Armando Berumen at least five tries to catch a crumpled piece of paper – the paper will be edited to include Berumen’s name on it for the opening credits of the series, “Predominantly White Institution.” Giggles erupted from the cast and crew amid Powell Library’s book stacks each time the first-year undeclared student missed the paper ball. Read more...
Photo: Students Feven Negussie, Armando Berumen, Giselle Horta and Andres Esparza (left to right) filmed the first episode for their web series “Predominantly White Institution” at Powell Library on Sunday. (Andrew Arifin/Daily Bruin)
Three-year-old Jen Hirsh used to love Luciano Pavarotti. But, Hirsh said, probably only because the opera singer had a beard that made him look like her father. Read more...
Photo: Jen Hirsh has been releasing electronic pop and rhythm and blues music under her musical project “Monogem” since 2014. She will perform songs from her album “100%” for her upcoming EP release show Wednesday. (Daniel Leibowitz/Daily Bruin)
Tia Liu remembers watching Meredith Foster’s YouTube channel in middle school. Now, she photographs Foster and other social media influencers for an audience of tens of thousands on her social media. Read more...
Photo: Second-year psychobiology student Tia Liu has amassed more than 40,000 followers on Instagram by photographing models and YouTube personalities for their social media. (Chelsea Zhang/Daily Bruin)
Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley launched “Concert for America” on the day of President Donald Trump’s inauguration. Rudetsky and Wesley co-founded the monthly concert series to celebrate American diversity and inclusivity. Read more...
Photo: Barry Manilow (left) performed at a previous iteration of “Concert for America” in April. The series was founded by Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley (center and right). (Courtesy of Jenny Anderson)
Daniela Arguello finished the sound design for her short film “2500KM” the morning of the film’s premiere in Guatemala City. That night, the film played to a sold-out show of more than 400 people – the theater was so crowded some attendees had to sit on the ground. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Extension graduate Daniela Arguello wrote and directed the short film “2500KM” with a $500 budget in Guatemala. The film tells the story of a Guatemalan woman who escapes an abusive relationship by traveling to America. (Alyssa Dorn/Daily Bruin staff)
