CALARTS STUDENT RATES HONOR IN VIDEO CONTEST.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Staff Writer CANYON COUNTRY - An animation major at California Institute of the Arts California Institute of the Arts known as CalArts U.S. private institution of higher learning in Valencia. Created in 1961 through the merger of two other art institutes, it was the first in the U.S. has won an honorable mention in the 13th annual Christopher Video Contest for College Students. Julia Lapshova, 21, a junior who presented a 5-minute animated video, ``A Simple Story,'' was among five recipients of the prestigious award presented by The Christophers. ``The judges who reviewed her piece were especially impressed by her stop-motion animation The original technique used to create an animated sequence. Each frame is created and photographed (or digitized) independently. Contrast with computer animation. See claymation. ,'' said Edward Devane, youth department coordinator. ``It takes a lot of work.'' Founded in 1945, The Christophers is a group that encourage individuals of all ages and faiths to use their abilities for constructive action. Lapshova, who immigrated from Russia when she was 15, produced a film that follows the story of a little girl who treated everyone with hatred and eventually was turned into a bird. ``I was thinking of morals and that was my moral,'' Lapshova said. ``That was my story.'' Winners were announced by Gerald Costello, a Christophers administrator, who said the 261 entries displayed creativity and thoughtfulness in their interpretations of The Christophers' ideal of one individual making a difference. Each year The Christophers host the international competition, asking participants to interpret the notion that everyone has the ability to make the world a better place. In additional to earning cash awards, the winning students will have their work seen nationwide when their entries air on Christopher Closeup, the weekly syndicated television series produced by The Christophers since 1952. Paula Rogge, a radio, TV and film major at the University of Texas at Austin “University of Texas” redirects here. For other system schools, see University of Texas System. The University of Texas at Austin (often referred to as The University of Texas, UT Austin, UT, or Texas won the first prize award of $3,000 for her five-minute documentary, ``The Egg Lady,'' about an Austin woman who provides breakfast for day laborers. Terra Weikel, a visual anthropology major at San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden University won the second prize of $2,000 for her video, ``Mama Naomi.'' Lapshova shares her award with Ryan Little, a film major at Brigham Young University Brigham Young University, at Provo, Utah; Latter-Day Saints; coeducational; opened as an academy in 1875 and became a university in 1903. It is noted for its law and business schools. ; Jill Rowell at Canisius College in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of ; Andrew Greenidge at Florida State University Florida State University, at Tallahassee; coeducational; chartered 1851, opened 1857. Present name was adopted in 1947. Special research facilities include those in nuclear science and oceanography. ; and Bryan Edwards at George Fox University George Fox University (GFU) is a Christian university of the liberal arts & sciences, and professional studies. It is ranked by U.S. News & World Report as a “Best Value” and as a top-tier master's-level university in the West. in Oregon. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: CalArts junior Julia Lapshova received honorable mention in the annual Christopher Video Contest for College Students. Her entry was a 5-minute stop-motion film. David R. Crane/Staff Photographer |
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