Filmmaking 101 Film Screening & Awards Ceremony

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Film Screening & Awards Ceremony

THE EDUCATIONAL ARTS CORPORATION’S

FILMMAKING 101
FILM SCREENING & AWARDS CEREMONY RESULTS

 

During the 2008 - 2009 school year, several Birmingham City high school students from Jackson Olin High, Ramsay High, Woodlawn High and Huffman High participated in the Educational Arts Corporation’s Filmmaking 101 program. Through the program, students worked with professional filmmakers, wrote, produced, and edited a short documentary about a variety of teen related issues and school topics. On Saturday, May 9, 2009, students from these four high schools competed for top documentary prizes. Below are the results of the competition.

 

For the second year in a row, Huffman High School took the Best Documentary Overall award for the film "Tales of the Grapevine" which addressed gossip in schools.

Photo by Ginger Swan
Winners of the Best Documentary Overall Award: Chelsea Slaughter, Shanequa McReynolds and Ecstasy Taylor
The winners received gift certificates to the Apple store, iTunes and Rave Motion Pictures, and Senator Linda Coleman announced she would match the $50 certificates to the Apple store to further encourage student filmmaking.

Jackson-Olin High School
Best Director - Kayla Moseley (Sassy Successful Sisters)
Best Producer - Tamika Johnson (The Price of Glory Is High)
Best Editor - Warren Smith (Living Large)
Best All Around - Isiah Finley (Leaving the Lion's Den)
Best Documentary - Sassy Successful Sisters: Brianna Wiggins, Kayla Mosely, Kevin Ray and Christine Baker

Ramsay High School
Best Director - Nyya Reed (From the Inside Out)
Best Editor - Ryan Leonard (Takin' It Old School)
Best All Around - (Tied) Ari Christian (Time's Up!) and Shannon Denny (Life Beyond the Rim)
Best Documentary - Time's Up!: Trenese Crump, Ari Christian, Taylor Oates, Richard King, Diamond Lee and James Washington

Woodlawn High School
Best Producer - Victoria Cox (The Race War)
Best Editor - Demitris Carpenter (Teen Parenting: A National Epidemic)
Best All Around - (Tied) Desi Jackson and DaJuan Smoot (Woodlawn Colonels)
Honorable Mention - Gone But Not Forgotten
Best Documentary - The Race War: Victoria Cox, James Cade, Devin Jones and Jonathan Sales

Huffman High School
Best Director - Demi Crawford (If You're in Love...Show It in Public!!!)
Best Producer - Tremaine Lewis (If You're in Love...Show It in Public!!!)
Best Editor - Chelsea Slaughter (Tales of the Grapevine)
Best All Around - Zandrea Marshall (Anger Management: The Bad Girls Club Edition & Respect My Swag)
Best Documentary - Respect My Swag: Ayanna Perkins, Christianna Bates, Terry Truss and Zandrea Marshall