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Local teen wins award in national film competition

By Jaclyn Bell

Published: Tuesday, June 1, 2010 9:34 AM CDT

2009 - 2010 Young Minds Digital Times™ Film Competition – Winners Announced

Houston, TX – May 21st, 2010 - The Young Minds Digital Times Film Competition is pleased to announce that Chad Potts, student at Dr. John Horn High School, is a First Place Winner in the Freeform Animation Category. His film, Hey, Wanna Race?, an epic stop motion animation between two students, is a composite of nearly 2,500 still pictures put together. The film caught judges’ attention right away. Animator Dano Johnson commented, “I liked the combination of live-action and animation, and the animation was very well executed. Best editing over all as well as best/most natural animation editing.”

The final judging panel consisted of fifteen professional judges with insight into film making and youth culture. The judges were unanimously impressed by the films they viewed and hoped participants would continue to seek out opportunities to learn and improve their film making. Two Grand Prize winners and seven additional Category Winners and Judge’s Choice Awards were also announced by the Competition. The winning filmmakers represent nine different schools and were joined by over 730 other individuals throughout the competition’s process. A complete list of award winners is available at www.youngmindsdigitaltimes.com.

“Today’s tech savvy students are eager to explore what this innovative competition has to offer – they want a venue to share their ideas, showcase their work, and tell their stories – what better media than film? The tools are already at students’ fingertips, we just need to show them how to use them responsibly,” said competition director Jaclyn Bell of OneSeventeen Media. “The Young Minds Digital Times competition fosters an interest in promoting social good, and uses film to give today’s youth a voice to reach the masses. We are incredibly proud of all the young people that participated in our contest, and we are excited to expand the competition for young filmmakers next year - we hope they will choose to join us again.”

About OneSeventeen Media

OneSeventeen Media, Inc. creates opportunities for kids to share their voices and validate their opinions. We know kids are smart, savvy technology users. Our mission is to provide relevant tools to help them navigate their environment in a respectful, responsible and confident way to become successful, productive members of society. As a company formed by social venture entrepreneurs, OneSeventeen Media’s corporate philosophy is building a culture of “doing good and doing well” internally as well as in our community. Through this commitment, we’re honored to co-produce the Young Minds Digital Times Film Competition in partnership with Manor Converge Magazine. For more information, visit the film competition web site at www.youngmindsdigitaltimes.com or the OneSeventeen Media’s blog at www.convergemag.com (keyword ‘filmmaking’).

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