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GHS Film Awards Honors Students for 2017

Held in May at the end of the school year, students were honored for their whole year of achievements with a night of lights, cameras, and awards.

Replicating the feel of a night in the big cities, students walked the red carpet, posed for pictures, and offered their acceptance speeches throughout the night as they attended the first ever GHS Film Awards Show.

Stars, Directors, Cinematographers, and Animators attended a reception before the show taking moments to stop for our cameras as they prepared. As the night proceeded inside the theater, laughs abounded as the group of students shared jokes, thanks, and personal stories of the own trials and tribulations throughout their creative processes.

Winners included:

A Little Late by Amber Gravely for Best Screenplay.

Sanctuary by Spencer Stanley for Best Story.

Emily Nicholson with Kismet for Best Cinematography.

The Oxygen Thief by Willow Newell for Best Visual/Special Effects.

Jackson Stolz with br0ken for Best Color Grading.

Willow Newell with The Oxygen Thief for Best Editing.

Dawson Mullins with Steel for Best Costume/Makeup.

Grace Davenport with Kismet for Best Director.

Alexis Teague in The Oxygen Thief for Best Voice Actor.

Alex Williams in The Oxygen Thief for Best Supporting Actor.

Amber Gravely in Couple for Best Actor.

Grace Davenport for Best Producer.

Chandler Bentley and his crew for The Shooting Star Award.

Rounding out the end of the evening, the anticipation mounted as everyone awaited the final award, Best Picture. Coming away with not only the Best Picture award, but five awards overall was The Oxygen Thief directed by Willow Newell.

FYN took a moment to catch up with Newell to ask her about her film who said, “To come to this point, it just means so much to everyone that helped with the film because you get recognized for everything you do.”

Newell said the Oxygen Thief wasn’t the original script she had. Taking ideas from a script she called “The Sinister Six” her crew rewrote a whole new script that become The Oxygen Thief. She also took to a moment to thank her entire crew as her greatest push and inspiration for the movie.

Take a moment yourself to view a few of the films on the Bobcat Productions’ YouTube Channel as well as viewing more pictures from the night on the FetchYourNews Facebook Page.

Lonnie Adams