Pebblebrook High School
Syracuse University
Stephens College
Palo Alto High School
Wayne High School
South Eugene High School
Junipero Serra High School in San Mateo
Desert Ridge High School
Carnegie Mellon University
Point Park University
Hamilton-Wenham High School
University of Missouri - Kansas City (UMKC)
Austin Community College
Hamilton-Wenham High School
Manhattan Middle School
Rutgers-NJIT
California Institute of the Arts
Lake Zurich High School
University of Central Oklahoma
University of North Carolina School of the Arts
Chapman University
Lake Forest High School
Pennsylvania State University
Ohlone College
Middlesex County College
Oklahoma City University
Illinois State University
Sewickley Academy
Independence Middle School, BPSD
Greece Athena High School
Texas Christian University
Siena Heights University
St. Anthony's High School
Wake Forest University
Parkview High School Theatre
Ridgeview Classical Schools
SUNY Fredonia Department of Theatre and Dance/FUSITT
Cate School
Belleville East High School
University of Minnesota Department of Theatre and Dance
Maranatha College
Sheridan College
Arizona State University
Saratoga High School
Maranatha College
Lincoln-Way East High School, Frankfort, IL
Homeschooled Highschool Students From Madison
Evanston Township High School
Jewish Community High School of the Bay
Stephen F. Austin State University
University of Wisconsin
Whitewater
Juniata College
Nazareth College
Germantown Central School
College-Conservatory
of Music
"You made us laugh, you moved us, you amazed us and inspired us. You proved that the entertainment-technology world can look forward to an infusion of enthusiasm, talent and creativity from your generation. It was very tough to choose the winners. Thank you, all participants."
-- ETC CEO and 'Show Us Your ETC' video-judge Fred Foster
Lake Zurich High School, Lake Zurich, IL
Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, CA
Home-schooled high school students, Madison, WI
As first-prize winner, Juniata College will have first pick of either an ETC Eos, Ion®, or Element™ lighting-control console. CCM (College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati) will have second pick of the two remaining consoles. And Cal Arts (California Institute of the Arts) will receive the remaining console.
The contest was the brainchild of ETC IT specialist Jon Ironside (the bearded guy in contest promotions), who was also one of the three ETC judges. He summarized his take on the winners and why they registered as best of show. He praised the total package of Juniata College's top-prize entry: "I loved this video. It had everything I was looking for-it was funny, had a good story, incorporated ETC in a creative way, and had great production values. And who doesn't love zombies?" On 2nd-place CCM's tech-wizardry, Ironside said: "These people put some serious work into showing how they could use ETC products in a unique, unexpected and fun way. Not only did they come up with a great idea [pixel-mapping], but they put together a really well-made video to showcase it." On 3rd-place Cal Arts' ad-spoofs submission: "This is just a great example of a funny video that makes you want to send it on to all your friends, which is exactly the kind of thing I had in mind when I proposed this contest. It did a great job of combining those ETC-specific inside jokes with the commercial stereotypes we can all identify with."
ETC was also so impressed by three particular videos, all by high schoolers, that we have decided to award them honorable-mentions and prizes: to Lake Zurich High School (great story), five ETC Source Four® fixtures; to Palo Alto High School (cute stop-action), five ETC Source Four PARs; and to the home-schooled Madison students (great independent effort), a collection of books on lighting.
ETC wishes to thank renowned international lighting designer and author Richard Pilbrow, who showed his 'E' for enthusiasm too as one of ETC's three video judges. "What an adventure that turned out to be!" said Pilbrow. "I loved the diversity of the approaches. Some serious, some techie, some humorous, some touching, many imaginative and entertaining. An amazing set of submissions. I must say that I found judging to be very hard." ETC did too and will award an autographed copy of Pilbrow's recently-published book A Theatre Project to each of the submitting schools.
ETC announced the winners at the popular Student Session at USITT 2012, in Long Beach, CA, March 30th, 2012. The ten semifinalist video winners [listed below] will receive special ETC swag prizes.
Ten semifinalists, in *alphabetical* order:
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Home-schooled high school students, Madison, WI
Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA
Lake Zurich High School, Lake Zurich, IL
Middlesex County College, Edison, NJ
Nazareth College, Rochester, NY
Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, CA
Point Park University, Pittsburgh, PA
South Eugene High School, Eugene, OR
