posted by: Bass, Joseph A - MNPS at Apr 24, 2012 3:34:00 PM
From an MTSU press release:
Alex Gibson, a junior in MTSU’s Electronic Media Communications, hopes to someday produce the halftime show at the Super Bowl.
Last Saturday he undertook a project that some media professionals might think is just as daunting—he was in charge of an a hour-long awards program completely produced, directed, and performed by high school and college students.
NOMINEES & WINNERS
“This has been a lot of work, but it is an invaluable learning experience that closely resembles the work I hope to do when I graduate,” Gibson said. “We have assembled a great group of talented individuals and I believe it will be a fun entertaining event.”
PHOTOS FROM THE EVENT
The event celebrated the best video projects that students from Metro Nashville Public Schools have to offer at the Academies of Nashville Video Awards show. The videos are a result of a district-wide competition created to tell the stories of the new Academies of Nashville offerings within the 12 Metro Nashville high schools.
The awards show was graciously hosted by the Belcourt Theatre.
Gerald Harris, a junior at Pearl-Cohn Entertainment Magnet High School, was excited to be one of the eight student hosts for the event.
“I am extremely excited to work with the students at MTSU on a project of this scale,” Harris said before the show. “It will be a great experience and hopefully will get me one step closer to my dream job, behind the anchor desk at WSMV-TV.”
Harris added that taking classes in TV production at Pearl-Cohn prepared him.
Gibson and Harris are just two of more than 40 students from Metro Schools and MTSU who worked during the hour-long production. It is also airing at various times on Nashville’s NECAT (Comcast Channel 10).
“This awards show gives our students a hands-on learning experience, a platform to share how their Academy of Nashville experiences are preparing them for college and careers—and a chance to knock the socks off the audience,” said Dr. Jesse Register, Director of Metro Schools. “Our students are talented!”
The unique partnership between Metro Schools and MTSU began last fall when the University agreed to be the title sponsor of the show.
“We are pleased to partner with Metro Schools because we see the great things happening in their schools and the caliber of students they are sending to college,” said Dr. Sidney A. McPhee, president of MTSU. “What makes this project so perfect, is that it unites their talented students with our exceptional students from the department of Electronic Media Communication.”
Winning student teams received Academy “statuettes” for their video entries in 14 categories, including a Best in Show. All video productions were completely produced by district students, with several of the teams being mentored by MTSU College of Mass Communication students.
Though the awards show was produced completely by students, two adult mentors played a major role in the production.
Chelsea Parker, program manager Small Learning Communities for Metro Schools, and Bob Gordon, assistant professor in MTSU’s Electronic Media Communication, were both driving forces to make sure this partnership project got off the ground. William ‘Billy’ Pittard, chair of the EMC department at MTSU, was also instrumental in providing the resources for the production of the event including the use of MTSU’s $1.2 million state-of–the-art production truck.
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