March 5, 2004

Ah, Shoot

By BROCK READ

Freshmen at Duke get to know each other by making digital videos about their first year in college

Stephen LaFata is 19 years old, but he has already acquired the conversational tics of a Hollywood director. When he gets excited, which happens often, he speaks in machine-gun spurts, veering from one subject to the next at a breakneck pace.

Mr. LaFata doesn't just talk like a director. Now he is one, thanks to a Duke University festival that encourages freshman film enthusiasts to

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