UC Blue Ash eMedia Students Earn Prestigious Nominations

The University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College is pleased to announce that several Electronic Media Communications students are nominated for Student Production Awards from the Ohio Valley Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS).

The Academy recognizes student work in specific categories, just as they recognize professional work.  Each of these projects represents professional levels of accomplishment in the areas of photography and lighting, graphics and animation, technical execution and writing.  These projects were recommended by working media professionals including animators, video producers, production managers, directors of photography and screenwriters.

PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Long Form – Fiction

Matt Benjamin – Inspired (2013), 9:59

Sam Laudner – Cocaine Lane (2013), 7:11

Long Form – Non-Fiction

Alex Farren – Mad Rush (2013), 9:02

Kyle Fisher – Sixteen Years and Counting (2012), 9:23

Nelson Mustain – Who We Are (2013), 6:29

Ember Thompson – ? (2013), 9:06

Public Service Announcements (PSAs)

Emily Sturdy – We Are Survivors: Sexual Assault PSAs (2013), 1:30 (series of three - 00:30 each)

CRAFT CATEGORIES

Animation/Graphics/Special Effects

Bill Holger – Animation Portfolio (2012), 2:02

Brendan Moellmann – The Orb (2013), 9:18

Katie Sammons – Green Chess Attack (2012), 1:40

Timothy Zack – Animation and Motion Graphics Portfolio (2013), 5:00

Photography

Lucas Ankney – Cocaine Lane (2013), 7:11

Alex Farren – Mad Rush (2013), 9:02

The Ohio Valley Chapter of NATAS includes the television markets of Athens, Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton and Zanesville in Ohio; Bowling Green, Lexington and Louisville in Kentucky; Evansville and Terre Haute in Indiana; and Bluefield/Beckley/Oak Hill, Charleston/Huntington, Clarksburg/Weston and Parkersburg in West Virginia.

Congratulations to all of the student nominees and their faculty advisors: Bill Boyle, Amy Faust, Ted Ferdinand, David Hartz, Dave Hubble and H. Michael Sanders with Eric Anderson, Matt Bennett and Lou Olenick. The annual Emmy Awards Ceremony for the Ohio Valley Chapter of NATAS is on July 20 at the Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza. The student award winners will be announced in mid-July.

For more information about the Electronic Media Communications degree and certificate programs, visit

http://www.ucblueash.edu/emedia/

or telephone (513) 745-5717.

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