Students in the Ballard High
School Digital Filmmaking Program won seven High School Awards of Excellence at
the Northwest Emmy Awards on June 9.
Best Long Form Non-Fiction film
went to Oso Strong, a documentary about the deadliest landslide in US
history by Maddie Lausted and Freeman Marshall.
Best Short Form Non-Fiction
film went to On the Backs of Salmon, a project the students produced for
IMAX that tells the story of the Elwha Dam removal. It was produced by Miles Whitworth, Cecilia
O’Rollins, Chris Barrett, Martin Bolivar, Caroline Harader, Jasper Land, Maddie
Lausted, Freeman Marshall & Aaron Miller.
Best Short Form Fiction film went to Bottled Emotions, by Zach Boone, PJ
Hase, Aidan Jereczek & Bailey Wall.
Best Writer went to Wylie
Soltes for his work on Richard, the story of a growing
friendship between a mechanic and an alien.
Best Audio/Sound went to Cole
Kastner for his work on Paul, Dark & Handsome.
In the category of best Photographer/Editor, there was a tie between two Ballard
productions, so the award went to Bottled Emotions (photography and
editing by Zach Boone, editing by PJ Hase, Aiden Jereczek & Bailey Wall)
and to City’scape (photography and editing by Brendan Hickey, Jonathan
Bowers & Gracie Morris). This is the
seventh year in a row that Ballard students have won the award for best
Photographer/Editor.
Many of the winners are can
be screened on the Digital Filmmaking Program’s vimeo site at www.vimeo.com/bhsfilmprogram.
The Northwest Chapter of the
National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) presents High School
Awards of Excellence to celebrate and promote the most outstanding high school television
productions from five Northwest states: Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and
Alaska. Professional members of the
Academy select the nominees and winners.
New productions by students in Ballard's Digital Filmmaking Program will premiere at the Ballard Film Festival on Saturday, June 16 at 7 p.m. in the BHS auditorium. Tickets are $5 for students and $10 for adults and will be sold at the door.
