Ask a 12-year-old boy what s so exciting about toasters, and he ll tell you he doesn t really know.
But a silver-and-black GE toaster earned Quenton Stokes-Brown, a Northeast Richland resident and Dent Middle School student, an appearance on the big screen.
Quenton s one-minute film, We Found It, was named a best-in-show winner for ages 8-12 in the S.
C. Arts Commission s Toaster Film Festival.
His film will be one of three winners all featuring toasters shown today at the Nickelodeon Main Street Film Crawl.
It was brainstorming with his mother, Jackie Stokes-Brown, that helped Quenton bring the ordinary appliance to life.
They used stop-motion video an animation technique that makes still objects appear to move on a couple of Quenton s Stikfas action figures.
They also used a tray table, sand and aluminum to create the atmosphere, as the action figures canvass a desert looking for buried toaster treasure.
Quenton s father, Wadesworth Brown, found the perfect music.
How do you best describe yourself?
I m nice to people.
I m kind of smart, and I can be athletic.
Probably the refrigerator, because I think it s interesting how it can freeze items and also keep items cold. I think that s kind of interesting.
I don t know if I have a favorite movie, but I think the best one I ve seen is probably Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. ..
. I enjoyed the book version of it, so the movie made me enjoy it even more.
What s something that is unique about you?
I think it is kind of strange that I like to do this, but I like to go on-line and find out things about comic characters like comic characters that you usually don t hear about.
So, do you want to be a filmmaker when you get older?
I was thinking about becoming a professional musician.
I just do this on the side.
Top films from the S.C.
Arts Commission s Toaster Film Festival will be screened at 3 p.m. today at the Nickelodeon Theatre, 937 Main St.
, as part of the Nickelodeon s Main Street Film Crawl. Winners and films to be recognized:
Age 18-plus division: Grape Jelly, Maggie Taylor and Pierce Cook, Rock Hill
Age 13-17: The Calamity of the Toaster, Joe Green and Robert Beaty Jr., Sumter; I (heart) Toast, Taylor Elisabeth Weller, Hartsville
Age 8-12: We Found It, Quenton Stokes-Brown, Columbia
A program of the S.
C. Arts Commission, the festival celebrates creativity through the use of common objects as a starting point for creating a short film. Filmmakers in the Carolinas, Virginia, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida may apply.
Films must be no longer than three minutes.
To apply for the 2008 Toaster Film Festival, visit or contact Susan Leonard at (803) 734-8681 or .
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