Student Media Festival Winners

Here are some pictures from today's Student Media Festival and some pictures of the winners.

Today's winners: Most Helpful Student: Ken McLaud

Ken is always willing to jump in and help whenever needed! A great quality for someone going into broadcasting.

 

 

Best Radio Spots Package: Rachelle Brice

 

Rachelle is "Jazzy Rae" on Studio 321

 

Best Male Talent: Audio and Video: Adam Rhyne

Adam received the award for his performance in "Big Man Around Town" and as DJ Biggs on Studio 321.

Best Overall Videographer: Garin Hyde

Garin recently won Best Student Video at the Lumbee River Film Festival.

 

Best Female Talent: Brittany Gray

Brittany is one of the hosts of GCTV, star of several short films and does regular voiceover work for numerous student projects.

 

 

Best Video Producer: Ingrid Araya

 

Ingrid had the best collection of student projects, including "50 people, One question" and a video for the BLET program.

 

 

Best Campus Video: Rose Brewster

 

Rose won this award for a video she did for Martin Luther King day.

 

 

 

Best Music Mixing: Ola Kelly (not pictured)

 

Honorable Mention For Video: Drannan Hollifield

 

Drannan received this award for his short film "On Hold".

 

 

Honorable Mention for Video: Caleb Smith

 

Caleb is one of the first students to offer to help on student projects.  He has been on the crew for almost every major project! 

 

 

Honorable Mention for Audio & Video: Don Bradshaw

 

Don created stand-out projects in both Video 1 and Audio 1.  He recently joined the AV crew.

 

 

Honorable Mention for Video: Dusty Hunsucker

Dusty created a stand-out project based on Little Shop of Horrors.


From all of us in the BPT program, thank you for everything this semester and have an amazing summer!  See you in the fall!

Equipment Room Closing Thursday

All equipment must be returned by Thursday at 1:00 p.m. for the semester. We will be closing the equipment room at that time. AV crew shoots are the only exception.

BPT Student Garin Hyde Wins Film Festival Award

Garin Hyde, Gaston College filmmaker

Garin Hyde, a Broadcasting and Production Technology major at Gaston College was awarded top prize in the Student Film category of the Lumbee River Independent Film Festival in Pembroke, NC.  Held  on April 11, under the auspices of the University of North Carolina Pembroke, this was the festival’s premier year.  

Hyde’s film, “Lost in Transition,” is a comic spoof on horror films that tells the story of a pair of ghosts who have haunted the broadcasting program’s studios for decades.  A brave student, working at night, discovers and befriends the ghosts, and agrees to help break the curse that keeps them bound to the building.   

Poster for Hyde's film, also designed by him

The cast and crew were all Gaston College students.  Hyde was the director, cinematographer and producer of the 10-minute film which was a project of the advanced video class led by instructor Kate Carmody.

According to Elizabeth Menzel, the festival coordinator, “Lost in Transition” was the audience favorite and earned many laughs for the main film as well as a “blooper reel” attached to the end. 

Hyde graduates from the BPT program this May, and plans to continue his award-winning work in both video and still photography in the Charlotte region with his own production company, Vocal Distortion Films. 

New BPT Program Commercial

Check out the new commercial for the BPT Program! 

Edited by: Rose Brewster
Filmed by: Dusty Hunsucker, Garin Hyde, Ken McLaud, Rose Brewster, Robert Maier, Camilo Alfaro
Executive Producer: Kate Carmody
Co-writers: Kate Carmody & Robert Maier

A/V Crew Films SciVisit

Our A/V crew is extremely busy this month!

Today, Garin Hyde, Ingrid Araya and Brittany Gray, filmed the SciVisit, a campus program highlighting the STEM programs at the college.

Our program also participated in the event by offering tours of our new facility.  Stay tuned for our completed video!

For more information on the SciVisit, check out our GCTV episode:

Attn: Video Students!

If you checked out a camera during the break, it is due Wednesday, April 3rd at 8:45 am sharp for classes.

WSGE Scholarship for Broadcasting Students

Are you a Gaston College student in the Broadcast Production program? Need a $500 scholarship? Apply for the WSGE Radio Scholarship. More information on the scholarship and the application are available here. You can also obtain information by calling 704-922-6552.

Part of the scholarship eligibility requirements include volunteer work at the station.   Volunteering for the spring fund drive will satisfy that requirement, and will help you earn extra credit in your courses.  Please see your instructor for a sign-up form.   The scholarship is awarded annually.

BPT Student Media Festival- May 2nd Submit by April 26

Gaston College’s Broadcasting and Production Technology Program’s annual Student Media Festival will be held Thursday, May 2 from 11:00am to 1:00pm in the Craig Building room 120 on the Dallas Campus.

The festival will feature presentation of student-produced audio and video projects from this academic year. 

Cash awards and Certificates of Achievement will be presented to the most exceptional projects, as determined by the BPT faculty.  Categories for media project awards include, Best Video Program, Best Videography, Best Video Editing, Best Radio Program, Best Short Audio Production,  Best Music Recording/Mix, and Best Video Crew Member.

The prestigious “Most Helpful Student” cash award and certificate will be presented to the student who has done outstanding work assisting BPT faculty and students, and consistently demonstrated an inspiring attitude, support, and passion for BPT program over the past year. 

Submit projects for the festival  to Mr. Maier by Friday, April 26 at 3:00 pm.

Pizza and sodas will be served.  Tours and demonstrations of the BPT television, recording studios and digital editing labs will be given.  Students, faculty, staff, and the general public are invited.  For more information, please contact Robert Maier  maier.robert@gaston.edu or 704-922-6291.

BPT Footage Featured on UNC-TV

It's the 50th anniversary of the NC Community College system and all of the colleges will be profiled on UNC-TV.  Our BPT A/V crew had the unique opportunity to film some of the footage for the independent producer working on the Gaston College profile.  Caleb Smith, Garin Hyde and Cecily Duncan worked on this project.  It will air Thursday, March 21st at 7:30 p.m. on UNC-TV.

Behind The Scenes Photos

Attn. Advanced Video Students!

Do you have any behind the scenes photographs from your upcoming projects?  We would love to share them on our blog.  Please e-mail photographs to Kate Carmody.

Thank you!

Student Films Entered In Festival

The BPT department paid for two student films to be entered in the Lumbee River Film Festival at UNC Pembroke.

Films entered:

"The Wretched One"-written, directed and produced by Rose Brewster.  Watch the film below!

"Lost in Transition"-written, directed and produced by Garin Hyde.  Watch the film below!

Congrats Garin and Rose! We are crossing our fingers for you:)

Advanced Audio Field Trip Wednesday 3/6/13 at WBT-AM

Advanced Audio Field Trip
Wednesday 3/6/13 at WBT-AM 
1 Julian Price Pl. Charlotte, 28208
Class begins at 4:30 pm at WBT studios. 
Transportation is on your own. Ride share with fellow students. Field trip includes tour of WBT-AM and WLNK-FM stations on site, plus attending live broadcast of the Brad & Britt show. Advanced audio students only. (Audio 2, Radio Performance, Multi-Track Recording.)
Class will be dismissed from WBT at about 6pm.

Media Festival Date

The annual BPT Media Festival is set for Thursday, May 2nd at 11 a.m.  Save the date!

Congrats Will Harbin!

Congrats to BPT Alumn Will Harbin for landing a Production Assistant job at Fox Charlotte.  Will is on the production crew for Fox News Rising.  Congrats Will! We wish you the best!

Online Video Contests

Video students!  Check out this list of video contests online.  Some of these have cash prizes.  Click here to look at online video contests.