CCM Media Production wins 8 'student Emmy' awards

Media Production students from the UC College-Conservatory of Music won 8 Student Production Awards, commonly referred to as "Student Emmys," from the Ohio Valley Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS). Including the winning projects, CCM Media Production received 24 award nominations that span 13 categories from non-fiction and fiction to arts/entertainment and sports.

The videos were created and produced by CCM Media Production students, and also feature collaborations with CCM Acting, Theatre Design and Production, Musical Theatre, Dance and Jazz Studies students. Some of the videos are available to watch via CCM's YouTube channel (see below). 

The NATAS Student Production Awards nominated CCM Media Production projects in the following categories:

• "Dixie Twin Drive In Movie Theatre" | Samuel Cella

• "Battle of the Bands" |  Bryn Mosure, Brooke Paciolla, Chet Bentley, JD McManus
• WINNER "What is Jazz?" | Blake Freechtle, Matt Abrams, Michael Martin; Melissa Godoy, faculty advisor

• "The Sunbird's Chained Wings" | Kimberly Dinh, Rahaf Abdelaziez
• "No T!ts in the Pit" | Samantha Collins
• "Riverbend Music Center Doc" | Ryan Branch
• WINNER "Nancy With the Laughing Face" | JD McManus; Don Hancock, faculty advisor

• "Cotton Mouth" | Kaitlyn Dankworth, Gavin Arellano, Darby Zureich

• "Good Grief" | Molly Mitchell, Elise McGann, Griffin Tierney, Julian Bonner, Kamaryn Madry, Carmen Everson
• "Go Rest Young Man" | Abigail Stamps, Aiden Harbaum, Kaitlyn Dankworth, Blake Freechtle, Eliot Harned, Lynae Spruance

• "Surround Sound Zine" | Elise McGann, Laney Walden, Adam Ward, Avery Shields, Brooklyn Noe, Emily Kammerer, Troy Spitzmiller
• WINNER "Hee Ra Yoo: Pushing the Limits" | Abigail Stamps, Molly Mitchell, Daion Walker, Stuart Biek, Caleb Kuhnell; Melissa Godoy, faculty advisor

• "Foolish Dreams" | Lily Grace Kaelin, Laney Walden, Katy Mowery, Santiago Medellin, Ian Parrish
• WINNER "Worry, Worry" | Tara Watson, Coco Charlton, Julian Bonner, Griffin Tierney; Kevin Burke and Don Hancock, faculty advisors

• "Cincinnati Lacrosse vs Arizona State" | Ben Kegg, Seth Gavalier

• "Electric Vision" | Seth Johnson, Alex Pearks, Maggie Barnett, Lachlan O'Neill
• WINNER "Steal the Show" | Matt Abrams, Janice Huynh, Blake Freechtle, Halle Guiden; Kevin Burke and Don Hancock, faculty advisors

• "Raisins" | Kamaryn Madry
• WINNER "Go Rest Young Man" | Aiden Harbaum; Drew Thomas, Kevin Burke, Don Hancock, faculty advisors

• WINNER "Go Rest Young Man" | Lynae Spruance; Drew Thomas, Kevin Burke and Don Hancock, faculty advisors

• "Twenty Four" | Carmen Everson, Brookelynn Perkins
• WINNER "Foolish Dreams" | Santiago Medellin; Kevin Burke, faculty advisor

• "Go Rest Young Man" | Joel Berg
• "Alex is the Pizza Girl" | Claire Gundersen, Lachlan O'Neill

CCM’s Media Production Division emphasizes hands-on, experiential learning that is student-centered, professionally relevant and focused on creative content development.

CCM Media Production is student centered with small class sizes and an innovative, flexible curriculum that reflects the dynamics of industry demands and student needs. CCM's Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Media Production features five curricular tracks, allowing students to specialize in:

• Audio
• Broadcast News
• Film and Television
• Multimedia
• Sports Media

Students in CCM's Media Production Division acquire the hands-on skills and digital portfolio necessary to transition successfully into the professional world. In addition to classwork, students are connected with professional internships that are integrated into the curriculum. The division’s award-winning, full-time faculty has extensive professional media backgrounds that allow them to emphasize current professional media production tools and techniques while providing students with connections to the industry.

CCM also offers an Academic Minor in Media Production, which prepares students in the integrated media arts of film and digital cinema, television and broadcast media news, audio production and new media design.

Featured image at the top: Behind the scenes of "Go Rest Young Man." Photo provided by Aiden Harbaum.