AUBURN - Many college students dream of being in the movies or making a music video, and Wednesday afternoon, Cayuga Community College students had the opportunity to live out those dreams - at least a little bit.

Pool and pingpong tables in the college's recreation center were pushed aside and Movie Maker producer, director and technician Paul Anible had brought along all that any student would need to star in their own short movie.

Anible set up the lights, sound and green screen, and all interested students had to do was get up in front of the screen and put on their best performance in what ever scenario they chose, complete with costumes and props.

Anible said that the show travels all over the country, setting up at colleges and universities as well as corporate events.

Through a little bit of computer-based movie magic, interested participants can find themselves in most any scenario.

“We can do pretty much anything,” Anible said. “You can fly like Superman, you can water-ski, be in the old West, make a music video, pretty much anything you want.”

Performers stood in front of the green screen and through the computer, Anible projected the background and music to fit the scene.

While there was a lot to choose from, Anible said that generally, whether at a college or any other function, the music videos seem to appeal to people the most.

“Once the music videos get started that tends to be what everybody does,” Anible said. “You can do pretty much anything from Frank Sinatra to hip-hop, and people really seem to like that.”

Anible believes that, even though it may be a small bit of movie making, Movie Maker has something unique to offer everyone.

“It gives you the chance to get away from things at least for a few minutes,” Anible said. “Whether you are a student or anything else. This gives you a chance to just pretend for a little while that you are someone else, and I think people really have fun with that idea.”

Movie Maker was brought to CCC through the efforts of the Student Activities Board.

Allie Watters, a member of the board, said that it was student advisor Norman Lee that had booked Movie Maker to come to CCC and when he proposed the idea to the activities board, it seemed like the perfect idea and time to make it happen.

“It is something different,” Watters said. “It is something different and creative and we just thought that it would be a lot of fun to have the chance for everybody to do something like this. It has been going great all day. People have been talking about it and really seem to be having a lot of fun with having this here at the college.”