UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The work of Penn State College of Communications students was recognized with seven awards, including two first-place honors and a top-three sweep in one division, in the Broadcast Education Association (BEA) Super-Regional Creative Works Competition.
“Besides being proud of all our filmmakers, I was happy to see the variety of film styles recognized with awards,” said Maura Shea, associate head of the Department of Film-Video and Media Studies. “It’s great to see everyone’s hard work pay off.”
The work will be recognized and exhibited at the BEA Fall Super-Regional Conference, scheduled for Oct. 13-15 at the University of South Carolina.
Penn State winners were:
Documentary
-- First place, “There’s a Catch” (Caroline Miller): A documentary juxtaposing the views on whaling of three Icelanders who frequently interact with the animals in one way or another.
Open
-- First place, “Radiant” (Caroline Miller): A girl who enters a dark, desolate town and decides to brighten it up by taking matters into her own hands.
-- Second place, “A Beautiful Face” (Cora Dawn): In a culture where women are presented daily with impossible beauty standards, the psychological damage resides under the skin.
-- Third place, “Somnolence” (Jaime Chan): It’s getting pretty late, but one girl is finding it hard to fall asleep with all the different thoughts racing through her mind.
Narrative Film
-- Second place (tie), “Dungeons and Drama” (Caleb Yoder and Chris Rencavage): Dungeons and Drama night takes an unexpected turn when a player’s girlfriend decides to crash the party and shows them a different way to play the game.
Award of Excellence
-- “Carrie Hope” (Ian Logan and Abigail Wilson): An expectant father navigates his grief with the help of five oddly familiar strangers.
-- “Fighting it” (Emily Papak and Lia Ehrl-Corbo): A young MMA fighter must confront issues of personal identity and sexuality in order to continue her fighting career.