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Cincinnati State students dominate 7th Annual College Movie Festival
Cincinnati State student teams won four awards, including Best in Show, at the 7th Annual College Movie Festival. More than 30 Cincinnati State students participated as members of four student teams. Three of the four team won awards:
The Judges’ Choice Best in Show trophy and an Audience Choice award went to a team led by Audio/Video Production major Bobby Gayol.
Another Audience Choice award went to a team that created a fully animated movie, led by Graphic Design major Lindsay Schabert. This is the fourth time in the seven years of the Festival that a Cincinnati State student team has produced an animated movie, something no other participating school has attempted.
An Audience Choice Runner Up award went to a team led by Audio/Video Production major Mark Lieberman.
Cincinnati State won the Judges’ Choice trophy in 2006, the first year of the Festival, and shared the top award with a team of students from Northern Kentucky University in 2007.
In the seven years of the Festival, Cincinnati State teams have won a total of 17 awards.
Dave Killen, the Program Chair for Cincinnati State’s Audio/Video Production degree, and a co-founder of the College Movie Festival, said, “I could not have been more proud of our students. This was a tremendous group effort and a big win for the College’s Multimedia Information Design programs.”
Awards were presented on April 29 at the Festival movie screening, held at Cincinnati Museum Center. A panel of local industry professionals served as judges and provided feedback and advice for the student movie makers.
The College Movie Festival requires student teams to plan, write and produce a movie of seven minutes or less in only two weeks. This year, teams conducted their writing and planning March 18-22, and then had until April 1 to complete filming and post-production tasks.
To qualify for awards, movies had to include a required character (Kevin O’Leary, delivery man), a question (“Do I have to go in there?”) a line of dialog (“We have to get back to the basics”) and a prop (a handheld air horn).
In addition, each team’s movie had to express an emotion, such as passion, misery, or apprehension. The emotions were randomly assigned to teams at the beginning of the process.
A total of 14 movies were screened this year. Other schools that participated in this year’s Festival included the University of Cincinnati main campus (winner of three awards), UC Blue Ash, Xavier University, Northern Kentucky University, Brown Mackie College, and the Ohio Center for Broadcasting.
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1 Night, 12 Kitchens’ raised more than $60,000 for scholarships
Sunday’s celebration of food, drink and scholarship was sold out three weeks before the doors opened at the Midwest Culinary Institute (MCI) Sunday. As before, scores of the region’s top chefs joined the teaching faculty and students at MCI to host one of the most joyful fundraisers on the regional circuit.
According to Cincinnati State President O’dell M. Owens, this year’s event will generate more than $60,000 for scholarships after expenses are paid. The scholarships are earmarked for MCI students. Since 2005, “1 Night 12 Kitchens” has generated more than $350,000 toward scholarships for MCI students.
Cincinnati State Development Director Dawn Perrin said planning is already underway for next year’s event. Tickets will likely go on sale starting in early to mid-December, she said.
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Cincinnati State Day at the Reds
Amanda Yazell, a student who won the privilege of throwing out the ceremonial first pitch by entering a raffle to raise scholarship funds, got a little help from her daughter, Kelsie Michaud. The Surge mascot did a more than credible job behind the plate. Afterward, the Cincinnati State Ensemble sang the National Anthem.
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