All entries

had to be written, produced, directed, edited, photographed, filmed or

taped by students. In addition to the finished product, students were

required to submit the written concepts and story boards to accompany

the productions. The subject of the entry could deal with any theme and

could be treated in any format. Examples included stories, documentaries,

teaching units or entertainment pieces.

All students

competing in the contest received one of three rating certificates: participation,

merit or superior. Only superior winners advanced to the state competition.

Forty judges from school systems including Pike, Newton, Meriwether, Muscogee,

Henry, Thomaston-Upson and Fayette rated 148 different videos from counties

around Georgia on content and organization, technical quality and general

effectiveness.

The judges

selected 54 videos to advance to the national competition. Although no

Fayette students were selected for the state competition, Flat Rock Middle

School had three students who received merit ratings for sequential stills

(PowerPoint presentations) and one student who earned a participation

rating for a Web site design.

Those students

receiving merit ratings were Brandon Knowles for Volcanoes, Danny Coggins

and Michael Walker for Explosive Eruptions (volcanoes), and Jean Robinson's

first period class for What's Your Favorite Rock Group (geology). Suzanne

Flowers received a participation rating for her Web site design.

"All of

Fayette's entries were awesome. You just never know what the judges are

going to do. Those who won merit ratings received a score of between 90

and 94. The cutoff to go to state is 95, so overall our students did very

well," said Barbara Harris, media specialist at Huddleston Elementary

and coordinator of the district three competition.

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