Wednesday, May 20, 2015

NORTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL FILM FESTIVAL HONORS BHS FILMMAKERS



Students in the Ballard High School Digital Filmmaking Program led the pack of winners at the Northwest High School Film Festival.  Twenty-five high schools were in competition for awards in twelve different production categories.  BHS film students won 15 awards and honors across seven categories.  The awards were presented, and the winners screened, at the Cinerama Theater in downtown Seattle. 



The Northwest High School Film Festival is the largest and longest running festival for high school filmmakers in the Puget Sound region.  It is judged by a panel of industry professionals and college media professors.  In addition to awarding films, they identify promising filmmakers for college scholarships.  This year, BHS film students Coleman Andersen, Duncan Boszko, Rachel Cole, Jaya Flanary, Duncan Gowdy, Leo Pfeifer & Meagen Tajalle all received $5,000 scholarship offers from festival sponsors Cornish College of the Arts and/or The Seattle Film Institute.  The event was organized by the Media Educators Excellence Team (MEET), an inter-district organization of high school media production teachers.  Additional sponsors Adobe, the Cinerama Theatre, Highline Community College, and Vulcan Enterprises helped pave the way for this 17th annual event.  For more information on the festival, visit www.nwhsff.weebly,org .



All the awarded Ballard productions initially premiered at the Ballard Film Festival (BFF).  This event screens new films by BHS Digital Filmmaking students at the end of every semester.  The next BFF will be on Friday, June 5 at 7 pm in the BHS auditorium.  Tickets are $5 for students and $10 for adults and will be sold at the door.

 

Here are Ballard’s Northwest High School Film Festival winners by category:



AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE


Comedic Narrative

  Jones Ave

  Rachel Cole, Jaya Flanary, Meagen Tajalle



Commercial

  Nerd!

  Bella Anderson, Jonny Cechony, Kaya Coleman-Harrison, Simon Gibson



Documentary

  Audio Input

  Duncan Boszko, Jack O’Neal, Piper Phillips, Sho Schrock



  Clipped Wings

  Coleman Andersen, Duncan Gowdy, Leo Pfeifer



Dramatic Narrative

  Stolen

  Coleman Andersen, Leo Pfeifer



Educational

  A Trip to the Groovies

  Jaya Flanary, Sho Schrock



News/Sports Feature

  Full Effort on the Floor

  Duncan Gowdy, Hawk Ticehurst



Public Service Announcement

  Food Lifeline

  Duncan Gowdy, Zach Green, Leo Pfeifer



HONORABLE MENTIONS 
Comedic Narrative

  Fly Me to the Moon

  Miles Anderson, Jasper Cote, PJ Hase, Gideon Wolfe



  Practicing Parenthood

  Percy Boyle, Avery Davis, Duncan Kastner, Aaron Miller  



Commercial

  Blue Highway Games

  Brian Cropp, Lyric Gonzalez, Sid Johnson  



Documentary

  Delivering the Dream

  Julian Amrine, Lorenzo Rossi, Raven Two Feathers, Josh Vredevoogd



  Raven Rock

  Rachel Cole, Jaya Flanary, Meagen Tajalle



Educational

  Spirit Week Announcement

  Will Erstad, Victoria O’Laughlin, Hawk Ticehurst



Public Service Announcement

  Membership

  Ruby Anderson, PJ Hase, Cameron Miller