{"id":561,"date":"2008-05-02T09:37:30","date_gmt":"2008-05-02T14:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.southernarkansasuniversity.info\/?p=561"},"modified":"2014-03-04T10:41:14","modified_gmt":"2014-03-04T16:41:14","slug":"sau-hosts-first-magnolia-student-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/2008\/sau-hosts-first-magnolia-student-film-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"SAU hosts first Magnolia Student Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"magnoliastudentfilmfestivalheardhug\" rel=\"lightbox[pics561]\" href=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2008\/05\/magnoliastudentfilmfestivalheardhug.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment wp-att-570 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2008\/05\/magnoliastudentfilmfestivalheardhug-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"magnoliastudentfilmfestivalheardhug\" width=\"150\" height=\"117\" \/><\/a> MAGNOLIA&#8212;-The Southern Arkansas University digital media program hosted its first annual Magnolia Student Film Festival Thursday, and SAU sophomore Melissa Heard won first place  with her video, &#8220;Let Go.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Twelve students participated in the Festival, entering a total of 18 videos in five different categories.  The categories were: commercial, motion graphic, narrative, documentary and music video.  Students from SAU, John Brown University, and area high schools participated, but in the end, Southern Arkansas University Students rose to the top.<\/p>\n<p>Heard&#8217;s experimental music video titled \u201cLet Go\u201d won the grand prize of $300.  Second place, $200, and the McNeill Family Prize for Best Documentary Film worth $100 went to Jameson Sheppard of John Brown University for his film, \u201cRush,\u201d a documentary following the progress of two teens in dirt track racing.  Third place and $100 went to Matt Taylor of SAU for his motion graphic \u201cCelestial Prison.\u201d  Matt also received the People\u2019s Choice Award for his narrative film, \u201cUnscripted,\u201d an improvisational horror film set in downtown Magnolia.  \u201cYellow Rock,\u201d a documentary by Gina Caylor of Fayetteville High School, won Honorable Mention.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"McNeil interviews Magnolia Film Festival winners\" rel=\"lightbox[pics561]\" href=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2008\/05\/web1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment wp-att-569 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2008\/05\/web1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"McNeil interviews Magnolia Film Festival winners\" width=\"150\" height=\"98\" \/><\/a>Judges for the festival were David Murphy, SAU Theatre and Mass Communication department chair, Daehwan Cho, assistant professor of digital media, and Aaron Street, director of the SAU Communications Center.<\/p>\n<p>Plans are already in the works for the festival to take place again next year sometime in April.  For more information, contact Daehwan Cho at 870-235-4260.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MAGNOLIA&#8212;-The Southern Arkansas University digital media program hosted its first annual Magnolia Student Film Festival Thursday, and SAU sophomore Melissa Heard won first place with her video, &#8220;Let Go.&#8221; Twelve students participated in the Festival, entering a total of 18 videos in five different categories. 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