Two productions by Ballard High School video students have been nominated for National Student Television Awards at the regional level. The awards are a project of the National Association of Television Arts & Sciences (the professional organization that gives the Emmy Awards) and honor the best in student television production. The regional awards celebrate the most outstanding productions from five northwest states: Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska. The winners will be honored at the 45th Annual Northwest Regional Emmy Awards on June 7th.
The nominees are Will Livesley-O’Neill, Evangeline Spracklin & Ben Steiner for “The End is Near”, and Justin Amorratanasuchad, Mike Hipp & Devan Sizemore for “Spaced Out”. Both narrative shorts are nominated in the Writing category. They will be screened at The Showing on Friday, May 30th at 7 pm in the BHS auditorium. Admission is free, but there is a suggested donation of $5.
Last year, Ballard High School video students received two nominations. The narrative short “Bittersweet” by Coburn Erskine, Becca Rice, Devan Sizemore & George Westberg won the Writing award, and “Ave Rats” by Clinton Carucci, Ian McKagan & Mixtli Zavaleta received an Honorable Mention in the Documentary category.
