Media Students Win Big

Williamson County schools were well represented April 28 at this year's Student Television Awards for Excellence in Nashville.  The awards are given out by the Midsouth Regional Chapter of the Foundation of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, which is the same organization that produces the Emmy Awards.

The annual awards were judged by TV professionals and handed out in 14 categories including news, editing and sports. News Channel 5 Meteorologist Lelan Statom hosted the event, which featured entries from across the state.

Brentwood High School students Philip Bradley and Jackson Hensley won two first place awards.  Their video titled Good Life received the award for Animation/Graphics/Special Effects.  Bradley and Hensley also won the top award for Directing.  Their teacher is Ronnie Adcock.

Independence High School won four first place awards including the top prize in the Newscast category.  Jonathan Wilson, Andrew Sawyer, Ernie Overton and Graham Sawyer won the award for Long Form - Fiction with their video titled The Beard.  Sam Ciccoline, Preston Coyle and Kevin Bratt won the award for Camera for their video Without a Hearth and Perris Johnson and Taylor Dardan won the award for Editing with their video Heartless.  Matt Balzer is the media teacher at Independence High School.

Ravenwood High School students Cameron Childs, Chris Sherry, Nick Taras and Ryan Churchill received first place in the Arts and Entertainment category for their video Hearts and Minds.  Ravenwood's Jayce Boynton and Taylor Minor also won the award for Public Affairs/Community Service for their video Know What You Throw.  Their advisor was Sara Sweitzer. 

Williamson County School's media production students competed against one another in a separate event this semester.  The 2011 Williamson County Film Festival was held April 8 at Page High School.

Now in its fifth year, the Williamson County Film Festival was created as a way for students to have their work critiqued by industry professionals.  This year, the judges included representatives from Watkins College of Art and Design, the Art Institute and Williamson County Schools.  Listed below are the first, second and third place winners of each category.

Animation

1. Woodman's Best Friend - Zach Warrington - Franklin High
2. Good Life - Philip Bradley & Jackson Hensley - Brentwood High
3. Reviere - Jonathan Hay & Cameron Arnold - Independence High

1. To Call You Mine - Danielle Wilson & Josh Jirjis - Brentwood High  
2. Heartless - Perris Johnson, Keenen, Taylor Darden - Independence High    
3. Making Me Nervous - Alex Basso & Matthew Mezzetesta - Independence High

1. BHS Football vs. Oakland - Brentwood High        
2. BHS Football vs. Franklin - Brentwood High    
3. Page vs. Lewis County Basketball - Page High

1. Remember Me - Anna Brown & Chelsea Brown - Brentwood High    
2. The Third Hero - Megan Fee, Colton Barto, Andrew Sawyer - Independence High
3. Beard -Jonathan Wilson, Andrew Sawyer, Ernie Overton - Independence High 

1. A Day in the Life of a Freshman - Jonathan Hay & Megan Fee - Independence   
2. Copier Curse - Jayce Boynton & Taylor Minor - Ravenwood High 
3. The Naturals - Sam Ciccoline, Preston Coyle, Kevin Bratt, Graham Sawyer - Independence High 

1. Sarah Palin Book Signing - Aaron Mirtes & Bailie Patterson - Ravenwood High   
2. Ernest Thornton - Sam Hughes & Grant Schumpert - Brentwood High        
3. Gabby Woodland - Rebecca Gunger - Brentwood High

1. CHS Year Ender - Trevor Hyssong, Mitchel Torrence, Phillip Gardner, Zach Park - Centennial High    
2.  BHS Football - Alex Winchel, Ethan Stanley, Taylor Green - Brentwood   
3. BHS Baseball - Anna Brown & Bart Trusdale - Brentwood High

1. Indy News 11/19/10 - Independence High
2. Indy News 11/12/10 - Independence High 
3. Intern Newscast - Brentwood High

1. Acceleration Lab - Andrew Sawyer, Megan Fee - Independence High   
2. Love In This Club - Marissa Bolen - Franklin High 
3. Homecoming - Jordan Jarvis - Franklin High 

1. Read Across America - Philip Bradley, Jackson Hensley - Brentwood High  
2. Black Out the Bruins - Cameron Childs - Ravenwood High    
3. Cletus & Early: Smyrna - Alex Winchel, Luke Christopher, Ethan Stanley, Jason Hayes, Josh Hurt - Brentwood High 

1. Here 2 There - Brian McDonnell - Page High   
2. Instructional FX - Ernie Overton, Jonathan Wilson - Independence High   
3. Duality - Zak McClary, Austin Harrison, Ben Climber - Independence High 

1. Gatorade Prime - Brent Burton - Page High
2. Netflix - Michael Dunne - Brentwood High  
3. Sister Snickerdoodle - Anna Brown, Ellenor Hord, Rebecca Gunger, Chelsea Chamberlain - Brentwood High 

1. CSPAN Energy - Jesse Humphries, Eric Robertson - Page High   
2. Sarah Bayrd - Josh Hurt, Alex Winchel - Brentwood High    
3. Kevin Dyson - Gram Corcoran, McCoy Newberg, Chrisitan Lake - Independence High 

1. Tennessee Had Had Enough - Cameron Childs, Mark Nesbit - Ravenwood     
2. Know What You Throw - Jayce Boynton, Taylor Minor - Ravenwood    
3. Childhelp - Shelby Perry, Jesse Humphries, Noah Tagart - Page High 

Best Graphics - Jonathan Wilson & Ernie Overton - Indy News 11/29 - Independence High

Best EFX - Luke Calderon, Brady Heyen, Antonio Bettini - Thing for Me - Page High

Best Cinematography - Zach Luecke & Preston Collum - Sleep's Embrace Kiss of Death - Franklin High

Best Editor - Zach Luecke & Preston Collum - Sleep's Embrace Kiss of Death - Franklin High

Best Writer - Anna Brown & Chelsea Chamberlain - Remember Me - Brentwood High

Best Audio - Mitchell Torrence - Cougar Boy Swag - Centennial High