Media Night w2018
May 11th, 2018Media Night – Spring 2018 will showcase films and other media-related projects made by students in the Cinema + Communications Profile and the ALC Program. Parents, teachers, staff and friends attend this evening event. The projects are judged by media experts and prizes are awarded for best films in each category (Narrative, Documentary, Animation, Experimental and Music Video) as well as for Editing, Sound, Directing, Screenplay, Art Direction and Cinematography – just like the Oscars.
Project Update
The Spring 2018 Media Night was a huge success. The event sold out and brought together faculty, administration, parents and friends to celebrate the achievements of students in the Cin-Com profile and ALC program. Students organizing the event did an exemplary job of publicity, PR, fund-raising, program selection, sketch-writing, stage direction, stage-performance, mediabundling and food service, and those submitting creative work presented compelling and polished projects.The names of this year’s winners are:Best Narrative: Youssef Hamouda for Men Don’t CryBest Experimental: Ryan Khanna for Umbra MortisBest Documentary: Youssef Hamouda for Cairo StoriesBest Music Video: Joshua Bolufar for SawawBest Cinematography: Philip LeMoyne for Teenage FeverBest Direction: Connor Rambarani, The BadgeBest Sound: Tiffany Poirier for Game of WitsBest Script: Roxana Balioiu for Portrait of LebaddvskiBest Editing: Kayla Fragman for No Bad QuestionsThis year the theme for Media Night was changing media formats and the graphic designer and writers for the on-stage performances took Dawson Blockbuster video as a point of departure. Posters, pamphlets, tickets etc. were all designed in response.
