Student Video Competition


Best of Festival (Non-Fiction): Jenna Lyter & Javeon Butler, Northern Arizona University; The Campaign for NAU (Promotional Video)



Best of Festival (Narrative): Robert Krakower & Jon Magram, San Jose State University; Always Learning (Narrative Video)



Animation/Experimental/Mixed
1st Place: Samuel Neff, George Fox University; Hourglass


2nd Place: Landon Stahmer, University of Nebraska–Lincoln; Phyllis


3rd Place: Kidron Cannon, Harding University; What Drives You?


Honorable Mention: Victor Pierce & Dalton Robbins, Missouri State University; Go Fish, Go Forever



Instructional/Educational
1st Place:  ViewFinder, University of Maryland; Viewfinder: Overcoming Obstacles


2nd Place:  Zach Briggs, Dan Doran, David Lillienstein & Dan Masciari, Ithaca College; Bird-feeding-Adaptations


3rd Place (tie):  Edda Zabala, California State University Northridge; CSUN's Brown Center


3rd Place (tie):  Shaune Killough, Daniel Frohm & Joseph Salvatore, SUNY Oswego; C.N.Y. I.C.C.



Music Video
1st Place:  Bradley Michael Wong, University of Arizona; Ready For The World


2nd Place: Derek Scully, Mei Bess & Sean Magee, Elon University; A Little Bit Different


3rd Place: Konstantinos Davaros, Jenna Ely & Brendan O'Keefe, SUNY New Paltz; Stompin'



Narrative Video
1st Place:  Zack Evans, Kaleb Tuttle, Zach Cieszynski & Brian Hartley, Azusa Pacific University; Where Are They Now


2nd Place: Joe Battaglia, Lindsay Hatcher, Mike Rhoa & Greg Mezey, Ohio University; Monhegan Light


3rd Place (tie): Adam Wagner, Travis Niedergerke & April Clore, Missouri State University; My Daughter's Dragon


3rd Place (tie): Lucas Eubank & Jacob Holliman, Missouri State University; Common Cents


Award of Excellence  in Sound Design:   Nick Shaw & Matt Maupin, George Fox University; Timothy Truelove's Date With Destiny


Award of Excellence in Comedic Editing: Conner McCabe, Becky Train & Quinten Reiff, Azusa Pacific University; The 25th Hour


Award of Excellence in Directing Actors: Kyle Hobkirk, Ryan Lagerstrom & Yunji Johanning, Azusa Pacific University; Rhotocromium


Award of Excellence in Visual Storytelling: Logan Bean, Daniel Ard & Aaron Allsop, Brigham Young University - Idaho; Yarrow's Boy


Honorable Mention: Graeme Wilson, Christen Whitney, Tremaine Taylor-Tillery & Tyler Engle, Ball State University; Last Word, The


Honorable Mention: Julia Dills, Meghan Wheeler & Berenice Macias, California State University, Northridge; The Sharecropper's Wife


Honorable Mention: Melanie Rodriguez, Jeff Clarke, Matthew Martin-Hall & Carissa Miranda, University of La Verne; Day One



Spots (15-90 seconds)
1st Place: Stacey Lee, Bryan Gordon, Amy Ribar & Jeff Schroeder, San Francisco State University; Sustainability


2nd Place: Joshua Shockley, University of Oklahoma; Tornado PSA


3rd Place (tie): Katie Bowns, Cameron Bullock & Daniel Ard, Brigham Young University - Idaho; Food Science Promo


3rd Place (tie): Xinyi Huang, Purdue University; ReStore Lafayette Commercial


Honorable Mention: Lucius Patenaude, Abilene Christian University; Frontier Texas


Honorable Mention: Ashley Seering, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; Freedom to Dream



Promotional (90 seconds and longer)
1st Place: Leah Castile & Nicole Shackelford, Central Michigan University; Mountain Town Brewing Company


2nd Place: Grant Pichla & Dana Kuntzler, Central Michigan University; High and Tight Promotional Video


3rd Place: Janelle Barrick, Zachary Strauss, & Joshua Shockley, University of Oklahoma; This is Our Classroom


Award of Excellence in Production Quality: James Earl, Nathan Krauss, & Gautam Singhani, Ithaca College; ithaca-in-action


Award of Excellence in Cinematography: Antonio Ayala, Rynne Griggs, & Julian Faras, San Francisco State University; Why we Design


Award of Excellence in Editing:  Kimberly Pestalozzi, Arizona State University; Experience Cronkite


Award of Excellence in Visual Storytelling: Gavin Dunham, Northern Arizona University; Local Works



Studio (multi-camera live-to-tape)
1st Place: Erik Macias & Karl Macias, University of Oklahoma; The Set


2nd Place: Viri Diaz & One Sessions Crew, West Texas A&M University; One Sessions - Zac Wilkerson


3rd Place:  Kathryn Coduto, Allie Johnson & David Hrvatin, Kent State University; TV2 Election 2013