Note to editors: To arrange interviews with the student videographers or to request for still frame images from the videos, contact Cal State L.A.’s Public Affairs Office at 323-343-3050.
Named best in [View], 3 Cal State L.A. student videos hit the big time, on Sunset Strip Videotron
West Hollywood contest selects ‘Hidden in Plain Sight,’ ‘Inevitable,’ ‘Kaleidoscope’ to show Nov. 1-Dec. 1
Los Angeles, CA – Marking a cinematic evolution from drive-in theaters to drive-by silent movies, three prize-winning videos produced by Cal State L.A. students are appearing on the Sunset Strip Videotron Nov. 1 through Dec. 1, viewable for free to passersby on the boulevard below.
The projects—selected as the top three entries for the [View]: West Hollywood video contest—are presented on the 19- by 24-foot Videotron at 8410 W. Sunset Boulevard (near Olive Drive, across the street from the Hyatt Hotel). The student videographers also received cash prizes.
Here’s what’s showing:
$1,500 First Prize
“West Hollywood: Hidden in Plain Sight” by Cal State L.A.’s anthropology major Karen Mitchell (www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlRhfZCt2HY)
$250 Second Prize
“Inevitable” by Cal State L.A.’s television, film and media studies majors Marla Ulloa and Jovanny Venegas (www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWg51frjvCA)
$250 Third Prize
“Kaleidoscope” by Cal State L.A.’s television, film and media studies majors Luz Reyes, Crystal Leong, Rory Sheehan and Walter Martinez (www.youtube.com/watch?v=31RoDcImRls)
[View]: West Hollywood, a student video contest in support of new visual artists, is established through an educational partnership between the City of West Hollywood and Cal State L.A.
John Ramirez, Cal State L.A. communication studies professor, said, “West Hollywood provides this richly diverse student population the opportunity to access new avenues for their visual work and a chance to advance their career in the visual arts.”
According to the contest guidelines, video projects were required to employ the theme of “Viewing West Hollywood” and were limited to three minutes or less in duration. All full-time Cal State L.A. students were eligible to enter the contest, and participating students were recommended to register for TVF 499 for 4 units of credit. Students were encouraged to experiment with elements of digital production, light, and shape in their video projects. When screened on the Sunset Strip Videotron, the winning videos will be edited, looped and repeated in one-minute segments.
For more information on the contest, call Ramirez at 323-343-4200.
# # #
Working for California since 1947: The 175-acre hilltop campus of California State University, Los Angeles is at the heart of a major metropolitan city, just five miles from Los Angeles’ civic and cultural center. More than 20,000 students and 205,000 alumni—with a wide variety of interests, ages and backgrounds—reflect the city’s dynamic mix of populations. Six colleges offer nationally recognized science, arts, business, criminal justice, engineering, nursing, education and humanities programs, among others, led by an award-winning faculty. Cal State L.A. is home to the critically-acclaimed Luckman Jazz Orchestra and to a unique university center for gifted students as young as 12. Programs that provide exciting enrichment opportunities to students and community include an NEH- and Rockefeller-supported humanities center; a NASA-funded center for space research; and a growing forensic science program, housed in the Hertzberg-Davis Forensic Science Center. www.calstatela.edu