Cecil Awards 2013: Unscripted Nominations Announced

The entire list of student films, projects, campaigns, screenplays and creative achievements is now available!As if you needed another reason to get excited for the annual by-students-for-students Cecil Awards show, the list of potential winners has just been announced.  Please take a moment to check out the nominations below, and take to our Facebook page or the comments section below to give a shout-out to your friends and favorites!

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Best Production Design – Undergraduate

• Jasper Anderson for Suite for Two Band Geeks
• Ryen Bartlett for Capstone’s Oak
• Zoey Gordon for From the Woods
• Alexander Lubow for Nekko
• Alyssa Pearson for Salmon on Ritz

Best Production Design – Graduate

• Rachel Aguirre for Mr. Brightside
• Yikai Calvin Wang for Born to Die
• Jacob Boyett for The Dead Kid
• Sarah Edge for The Oath

Best Sound Design – Undergraduate

• John DiGiacomo for There is No God and We all Die Alone
• Phil Englert for Teen Force Ninja
• Alex Garland for The Bluff
• Alana Knutson for Ten Thousand Hours
• John Torkington for Into the Silent Sea

Best Sound Design – Graduate

• Abdul Alnaif for The Attic
• Andres de la Torre for Mr. Brightside
• Xuxu (ShaSha) Dong for Sarah through the Wall
• Kennedy Phillips for Sage
• Wendy Tzeng for Ode in Blood

Best Editor – Undergraduate

• Almog Avidan Antonir for Into the Silent Sea
• Daniel Jennings for The Bluff
• Eduardo Lopes for There is No God and We All Die Alone
• KittitatRodchaidee for Shoelace
• Esther Sokolow for Straight Down Low

Best Editor – Graduate

• Meredith Caccamo for Sarah through the Wall
• Andres de la Torre for The Dead Kid
• Joel Terry for If We Were Adults
• Danielle Torrence for Mr. Brightside
• Wendy Tzeng for Ode in Blood

Best Cinematography – Undergraduate

• Ben Fischinger for Into the Silent Sea
• Chris Geukens for Ten Thousand Hours
• Michael Kornai for Straight Down Low
• Ryan Roney for Shoelace
• Brian White for Nekko

Best Cinematography – Graduate

• Ryan Broomberg for Mr. Brightside
• Heather Horn for Sarah through the Wall
• Irvin Liu for Ode in Blood
• Michael Ross for Guy
• Tansy Simpson for The Dead Kid

PR Campaign of the Year

• Literacy Project Foundation: Oh, the Places They’ll Go! Breanna Fleckenstein, Whitney Finn, Blake Levy, Aileen Yoon, Sabrina Stanley-Katz
• Rooster’s Foundation: A League of Its OwnLauren Borba, Clarissa DeMarquez, John Pierce, Lawrence Stevens, Rachel Tilghman,Emily Voogt
• ExplorOcean: A New Wave of DiscoveryNatalie Anderson, Breana Fischer, Brandon Kahoush, Mi Mai, Rebecca Sun
• Kids@Science: Step Up to STEMAnnette Kim, Sarah Hsu, Blaire Tolentino, Laurie Swain, Priscilla Spradlin
• Santa Ana Zoo: Go Bananas!PuaSze Yuen, Lauren Meyer, Taylor Hartman, Colin Sommer, Shaun Hayward

Best Commercial

• “Man’s Best Friend” (Doritos) – Brian Bell, Ryan Bergara, Ryen Bartlett, Christiana Minga, Jessica Carroll, Chu-Ming Yang
• “Imagine” (Popsicle) – Joshua Walker, Steven Holster, Julianne Russo, Zev Friedman, Courtney Takeda
• “Community” (CMNTY) – Dylan Roley, Isabelle Vanderschuit, Matt Blake, Sean Eitani, Stephen Yaseen

Entertainment Marketing Plan

• Olivia Barker for Dormir
• Kaitlyn Bracken for An American in Venice
• Thomas Miers for From the Woods
• Fiona Mushi for The End of Forever
• John Brian Pierce for There is No God and We All Die Alone

Best Documentary

• Culture Over Everything – Charlie Cook, Ravi Lloyd, Megan Mckeown Gleason, Carly Berryhill
• Mudita – Melvin Chan, Samantha Andre
• I Run While Talking to God – James Parker, Liz Hartnett, Jessie Deutchman, Justin Poulsen
• Gorongosa Rising – Max Miller, Ariel Fisher, Jason Armbruster, Drew Heskett, MauriannaZingarelli
• The Scenic Route – Margot Czeropski
• Learning To Live – Malina Fagan, Ashley Moradipour, Katie Wise

Best TV Script

• ANOTHER MAN – “Pilot” written by Marissa Flaxbart
• GAME OF THRONES – “Episode 301” written by Michael Dukas
• THE WALKING DEAD – “Dawn” written by Jonathan Wang
• GIRLS – “The Play’s the Thing” written by Francesca McLafferty
• SUNSET ACRES – “Pilot” written by Francesca Butler

Best Narrative Television Show

• Called to Serve, created by Michael Van Orden
• Jersey Chasers, created by Skylar Harrison
• The Black Ties, created by Samantha Militante

Best Non-Narrative Television Show

• Chapman News Live – Joan Park, Mark Liu, Producers
• Chapman News Election 2012 Live – Trenton Schlom, Producer
• Lo Down – Lauren Ferree, Mark Liu, Producers
• City of Orange 125th Birthday Celebration – Erin Lim, Producer
• Orange Plaza Car Show – Wyatt Lennertz, Producer

Accomplishments in Screen Acting

• Olivia De Boutray
• Matt Gallenstein
• HestonHorwin
• Marie Oldenburg
• Markus Silberger

Best Achievement in Animation

• Ari Feblowitz forThe Mad Clockmaker
• Brian Rechenmacher forYeti, Set, Go!
• Fiona Mares for One World
• Jason Kummerfeldt – My Light Has Gone
• Mary Carlson forYeti, Set, Go!
• Monica StefanelliforGrounded

Best Achievement in Visual Effects

• Chase Levin –I’m Super, Man
• Chris Purse – Some Like it Bot
• David Reynolds – Some Like it Bot
• Hunter Schmidt – Nekko
• Nick Saucedo – Some Like it Bot
• Phil McGuire –Nekko

Outstanding Film Scholar

• Nate Bell – The Poetry of Ruin: Beauty and Madness in the Films of Curtis Harrington
• Geoffrey Cochran – Between History and Myth: General Custer and They Died With Their Boots On

Mir Tukhi-Chris Harris Broadcast Journalism Award

• Mark Liu
• Joan Park
• Jessica Carroll

Einstein Award – Undergraduate

• Kaitlyn Bracken
• Dan Carr
• Mark Liu
• Alan Michnoff
• Esther Sokolow

Einstein Award – Graduate

• Andres de la Torre
• Max Keller
• John Nodorft
• Ashley Pacini
• Sarah Wilson Thacker

Best Film Screenplay

• Accounting for Trixie by Josh Berman
• Bind by Franki Butler
• Snowball by Hayden Winfield
• Swing by Ryan Cuming
• The Girl in the Corner by Elaina Perpelitt
• Walker by Tiana Hahn

Best Director – Undergraduate

• Elizabeth Iverson for Suite for Two Band Geeks
• Andrej Landin forInto the Silent Sea
• Joe Sillfor Ten Thousand Hours
• Luis Sotofor Shoelace
• Zach Wechter for Straight Down Low

Best Director – Graduate

• Patrick Bosworth for Sarah through the Wall
• Michael Fitzgerald for If We Were Adults
• Jason Pangilinan for Home
• Rea Rangaka for Ode in Blood
• Sarah Wilson Thacker for Mr. Brightside

Excellence in Producing – Undergraduate

• Ariel Fisher
• Cameron Hutchison
• Jenny Leaf
• David Markun
• James Pratt

Excellence in Producing – Graduate

• Chris Boyce
• James Henson
• Maura Kelly
• Jennifer O’Donnell
• Steven Snyder

Best Picture – Undergraduate

• Into the Silent Sea
• Shoelace
• Straight Down Low
• Suite for Two Band Geeks
• Ten Thousand Hours

Best Picture – Graduate

• Born to Die
• The Dead Kid
• Mr. Brightside
• Ode in Blood
• Sarah through the Wall