2019 Blue Spark Winners Announced

Winners from MTSU’s Blue Spark Awards for excellence in Tennessee high school media arts were announced in front of a live television audience Saturday, March 30, 2019. The live broadcast was produced by Video and Film Production student volunteers from MTSU’s Department of Media Arts.

The Blue Spark Awards are a production of MTSU’s Department of Media Arts in the College of Media and Entertainment. Media Arts provides students with hands-on opportunities to learn by doing, and reinforces this with a foundation of history and theory in each field of the department. The department provides students with opportunities to develop their individually unique skills, strengths, and interests to become competent and competitive in their chosen career paths.

Congratulations to all of our winners!

NON-FICTION OR DOCUMENTARY FILM
Entry Title: My Life – Dance
Student: Aliviah Foster
Tennessee High School, Bristol, TN
Advisor: Sonya McMakin

SCRIPTED FICTION VIDEO
Entry Title: Cross Check
Student: Dakota Russ
School: Wilson Central, Lebanon, TN
Advisor: DeAna Duncan
Additional credits: Justin Tart, Alex Neil, Seth Sanders, Josh Davis

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
Entry Title: Don’t Drink and Drive, Don’t Drink and Die PSA
Students: Casey Crowe, Garrett Linney, Allison Steele
Brentwood High School, Brentwood, TN
Advisor: Ronnie Adcock
Additional Credits: James Derryberry, Nathan Nance,

ANIMATION
Entry Title: Arin’s Gambling Addiction
Student: Jack Wilson
Brentwood High School, Brentwood, TN
Advisor: Ronnie Adcock

MUSIC VIDEO
Entry Title: When You Were Young
Students: Will McAdams, Seth Woodruff, Will Matteson and Caley Chapman
Franklin High School, Franklin, TN
Advisor: Keri Thompson

NEWSCAST COMPILATION
Entry Title: WBHS 9 Level 4 December 14 Newscast
Students: RJ Taylor, Madison Hebert, Cole Hubbard, Ashley Gracia, Allison Steele, Robert Dickenson, Cole Hendry
Brentwood High, Brentwood, TN
Advisor: Ronnie Adcock

PHOTOGRAPHY
Entry Title: Mischievous
Student photographer’s name: Ivan Chen
Franklin High School, Franklin, TN
Advisor: Keri Thompson

SPECIAL AWARD FOR ORIGINALITY
Entry Title: Love Like This Does Not End
Student: Isabelle Leonard
Wilson Central High School City, Mount Juliet, TN
Advisor: DeAna Duncan
Additional Credits: Kate Rahmani for camera operation

BEST OF SHOW
Entry Title: Cross Check
Student: Dakota Russ
School: Wilson Central, Lebanon, TN
Advisor: DeAna Duncan
Additional credits: Justin Tart, Alex Neil, Seth Sanders, Josh Davis