Media, journalism and film and electronic arts students were awarded significant honors in the 2017 Festival of Media Arts, sponsored by the Broadcast Education Association.
About the Festival of Media Arts
From the Festival’s website:
The Broadcast Education Association’s Festival of Media Arts is a competitive festival open to BEA individual faculty and student members. Last year the Festival received over 1,530 total entries in 15 competitions.
About BEA
BEA is the premiere international academic media organization, driving insights, excellence in media production, and career advancement for educators, students, and professionals… BEA serves as a forum for exposition, analysis and debate of issues of social importance to develop members’ awareness and sensitivity to these issues and to their ramifications, which will ultimately help students develop as more thoughtful practitioners.
Award winners
Narrative Video Category
Award of Excellence
Counting to 1,000
- Josh Pfaff
- Samantha Rohde
- Andrew Westmaas
- Joshua Moore
Award of Excellence
Backstage (Season 1, Episode 1: “Just Ignore the Cameras”)
- Erin Snider
- Samantha Kelly
- Chelsea Eichholz
- Lauren Johnson
Promotional Video Category
Second Place
Posers — Indiegogo Fundraising Video
- Sean Thiessen
- Becca Thompson
- Nicklaus Martin
- Jacob Dailey
Video Spots Category
Award of Excellence
Show-Me Chefs Promo
- Lauren E. Johnson, editor
- Colin J. Robertson, composer
Multimedia Sound Design Category
Second Place
Outwatch Cinema Trailer
- Peter Batemon, sound designer and editor
Feature Scriptwriting Category
Third Place
Amonyr
- Brian Keppy
Award of Excellence
Meat Me
- Shyla Shank