Students Shine at Film Festival
Published March 26, 2009
Williamson County School's media production students recently got the chance to show off their talent at the 2009 Williamson County Film Festival. The annual event was held March 21 at Franklin High School. Judges chose the winners from more than 200 entries.
The Williamson County Film Festival is now in its third year. The district's media production teachers began the event in 2006 as a way for students to have their work critiqued by industry professionals. This year, the judges included representatives from Fox 17 News, CMT and the Art Institute.
First, second and third place winners were chosen from more than a dozen categories including Animation, Documentary and Short Film. To see samples of the students' work tune into WC-TV on Friday, April 3, at 9 a.m., 2.p.m. and 7 p.m.
Category | Students | Project Name | School |
|---|---|---|---|
Animation | James Weimer and Blake Burton | Legos - The Mishap Robbery | Fairview High |
Commercial | Sam McGaw and Josh Young | Nike: Just Do It | Brentwood High |
Documentary | Joey LaChance, Michael Dunn and Ryan Pigg | Powder Puff | Independence High |
ENG | Michelle Potts, Mat Binford and Malcom Springer | Nolensville Walk to School | Ravenwood High |
Experimental | Ashley Moradipour, McKenzie Malone and Sarah Anderson | Paper Cranes | Brentwood High |
Feature News | Marc Torrence | Anatomy of a Play | Centennial High |
In Studio | Tyler Myers, Ryan Pittman, Cody Muller, Kevin Wood, Joey LaChance, Ryan Pigg, Lauren Dracup, Chancey Smithson and Chad Cordell | Indy Nation News 1-2-3 | Independence High |
Music Video | Jessica Trevett | Silhouettes | Ravenwood High |
On Location | Matt Kluting, David Bush, Nick Hudson, Dallas Wilson, Logan Hughes, Kelsey Drennan, Michael Schmeisser, McCain Merren, Leslie Raney, Nathan Foust, Jason WHite, Ivy Leaman, Alex Baldwin, Alex Winchel and Taylor Green | Football: Seigel v. Brentwood | Brentwood High |
Promo | Nick Serban | Franklin in Five Show Opens | Franklin High |
PSA | Rafael Young | Never Too Early | Independence |
Short Film | Jason White, Nathan Foust and Dallas Wilson | Man in the School House | Brentwood High |
Year Ender | Phillip Gardner, Randall Foley, Courtney Ben, Tiffany Griffin-Minor and Felicia Barber | African American History Month | Centennial High |
Category | Students | Project Name | School |
|---|---|---|---|
Animation | Nathan Foust, Jason White and Michael Schmeisser | International Affairs | Brentwood High |
Commercial | Ty Garrett, Jacob Storms and Katie Reasonover | Geico | Independence High |
Documentary | Matt Binford and Alex Marshall | Battle of Franklin | Ravenwood High |
ENG | Jason White and Hunter Simpson | Parker Camp Swimming | Brentwood High |
Experimental | Jessica Trevett and Malcom Springer | The Slaughter of Vanity | Ravenwood High |
Feature News | Nathan Foust and Jason White | Country Christmas | Brentwood High |
In Studio | Tyler Meyers, Ryan Pittman, Joey LaChance, Kevin Wood, Ryan Pigg, Lauren Dracup, Chancey Smithson and Chad Cordell | INN 1/30 | Independence High |
Music Video | Cam Chapman, Michael Lynch, Chris O'Leary and Ben Worley | Let There Be Rock | Franklin High |
On Location | James Ren, David Walls and Corey Hunt | IHS v. Columbia | Independence High |
Promo | Taylor Lankford, Madi Wells, Ellis Goodwin and Will Beach | Pajama Day | Page High |
PSA | Luke Christopher, Jason Hayes and Ethan Stanley | School Hallway Safety | Brentwood High |
Short Film | Ashley Moradipour, Sarah Christie, Alyssa Lichert and Kelsey Drennan | The Diary | Brentwood High |
Year Ender | Matt Kluting and David Bush | 2008 Football | Brentwood High |
Category | Students | Project Name | School |
|---|---|---|---|
Animation | Will Hicks, Jared Watson and Alex Phillips | Toy Drifting | Independence High |
Commercial | Cameron Childs | Trolli | Ravenwood High |
Documentary | Malcom Springer and Michelle Potts | Dear Mr. President: Education in America | Ravenwood High |
ENG | James McLeod and Josh Delozier | Pumpkin Fest | Ravenwood High |
Experimental | Ryan Mitchell, Dillon Wing, Matt Seybold, Andrew Hunter and Ethan Alvey | Ethan's Word of the Day - Death Ray | Centennial High |
Feature News | Chad Cordell | Mario Bros. Video Game Tourney | Independence High |
In Studio | Trevor Hyssong, Zach Park, Phillip Gardner, Marc Torrence, Jacob Estrada and Morgan Gregory | Coaches Show: CHS | Centennial High |
Music Video | Turner Palombo and Adam Driskell | Jukebox Hero | Page High |
On Location | Tyler Myers, James Ren, Lance West, Jon Brown and Blake Gordon | Miss Liberty 2009 | Independence High |
Promo | Cory Szatkowski and Ryan Pigg | Golden Tickets | Independence High |
PSA | Chad Cordell | Look Out Below | Independence High |
Short Film | Dillon Wing, Keithen Petty and Dallas McLaird | Dil and Dal | Centennial High |
Year Ender | Jacob Storms and Christian Leake | IHS Basketball | Independence High |