LINK to the Student Video News Libby Blood Story
2012 ORANGE COUNTY FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS
The 2012 Orange County Film Festival was held Saturday, January 7th, at Northwood High School in Irvine, and there were several major wins for EL DORADO HIGH SCHOOL Video Production students.
FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR - Libby Blood
BEST SHORT FILM - Lucy - Libby Blood
BEST SPOT-FEATURE - Team Crash - Ryan Dayhoff
BEST NEWS ANCHORS - Katie Bell and Kyle Thornton
2012 ORANGE COUNTY FILM FESTIVAL NOMINATIONS
Congratulations to all of those who created and entered work for the 2012 Orange County Film Festival. The upcoming event will be held on January 7th at Northwood High School. El Dorado earned 15 nominations this year.
EDHS NOMINATIONS
BEST BROADCAST - Hawk Talk - Anabel Boyanova (News Director)
BEST NEWS ANCHOR - Kyle Thornton
BEST NEWS ANCHOR - Katie Bell
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - Libby Blood - Lucy
BEST DIRECTOR - Libby Blood - Lucy
BEST ACTOR - Kera McKeon - Lucy
BEST PSA - Respect the Bubble - Libby Blood
BEST EDITING - Libby Blood - Lucy
BEST SHORT FILM - The Apple in the Pillowcase - Kevin Munoz
BEST SHORT FILM - Lucy - Libby Blood
BEST PRODUCER - Libby Blood - Lucy
BEST PRODUCER - Ryan Dayhoff - Team Crash
BEST SPOT FEATURE - Team Crash - Ryan Dayhoff
BEST SPOT FEATURE - Game of Inches - Ryan Dayhoff
BEST STORY - Game of Inches - Ryan Dayhoff
2011 SoCal STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL - June 4, 2011
Congratulations to the EDHS winners at the inaugural SoCal Student Film Festival held on June 4, 2011.
Best Short Film - Jalopy - Libby Blood
Best Documentary - Global Freedom - Ryan Dayhoff
Winner - Best PSA - Labels - Anabel Boyanova
and the following nominees that were screened:
Documentary - Social Networking - Jasmine Rivera
Documentary - Rancho Milagro - Faith Fuller
Music Video - Let Me In -Wesley Yen & Everett Montano
Music Video - I Want You Back - Wesley Yen, Brittany Schnebly
VIDEO PRODUCTION STUDENTS HONORED 5/26/11
Jasmine Rivera and Paul DeBaun were named EDHS Video Production Students of the Year at the EDHS Senior Awards Ceremony.
2011 EL DORADO FILM FESTIVAL - May 6, 2011
Congratulations to everyone who participated in the 2011 El Dorado Film Festival. With over 60 entries, this was the biggest and best EDFF so far. ALL ENTRIES CAN BE VIEWED HERE
Best Short Film - Jalopy - Libby Blood
Best PSA - Trustworthiness - Anabel Boyanova
Best Music Video - There Goes My Life - Katie Bell
Best Documentary - Global Freedom - Ryan Dayhoff
Best Commercial - Aloha - Ryan Dayhoff
Best Editing - Libby Blood - Jalopy
Best Cinematography - Libby Blood - Jalopy
Storytelling Award - Libby Blood - Jalopy
Humanitarian Award - Rancho Milagro - Faith Fuller
2011 Newport Beach Film Festival and Harvard-Westlake
EDHS Filmmaker Libby Blood's film "Jalopy" was an official selection of the 2011 Newport Beach Film Festival and "Speechless" was an official selection of the 2011 Harvard-Westlake Film Festival in March.
2010-2011 Student Television Network FILM FESTIVAL
Congratulations to EDHS Filmmaker Libby Blood. Her short film Jalopy (2010) won the awards for BEST PICTURE and BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the STN - Student Television Network Convention in Tampa, Florida on March 11, 2011.
2011 OC JOURNALISM IN EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
Congratulations to the EDHS award winners from the 2011 OCJEA event held Saturday, February 26th.
EDHS - HAWK TALK - BROADCAST SWEEPSTAKES WINNER
ELECTRONICA - 1st PLACE NEWS STORY - Paul DeBaun
SKATE PARK - 2nd PLACE NEWS - Kevin Munoz & Faith Fuller ANAND ENGINEER - 2nd PLACE NEWS FEATURE - Calvin Lin
COACH CONLEY - 3rd PLACE NEWS FEATURE - Jasmine Rivera
REPORTER - 1st PLACE - Paul DeBaun
REPORTER - 3rd PLACE - Faith Fuller
NEWS ANCHOR - 3rd PLACE - Brianna Acuesta
BROADCAST - 3rd PLACE - Hawk Talk - Jasmine Rivera
2011 ORANGE COUNTY FILM FESTIVAL RESULTS
Congratulations to the EDHS award winners from the FilmED Academy of the Arts Orange County Film Festival held at Northwood High School on January 8, 2011.
Best Broadcast - Hawk Talk - Jasmine Rivera (News Director)
Best DVD Yearbook Trailer - Paul DeBaun, Jasmine Rivera
Best Short Film - Jalopy - Libby Blood
Best Actor - Nick Birren - Jalopy
Best Producer - Libby Blood - Jalopy
Best Story - Libby Blood - Jalopy
2010 STN FALL NATIONALS AWARD WINNERS
Congratulations to the EDHS students who won awards for their STUDENT TELEVISION NETWORK Fall Nationals submissions. STN honors students in multiple categories of video, film and broadcast news stories.
MUSIC VIDEO-2nd place-Let Me In-Wesley Yen & Everett Montano
HAWK TALK SHOW OPEN - 3rd place - Eric Lowy & Katie Bell
2011 ORANGE COUNTY FILM FESTIVAL NOMINATIONS
The 2011 Orange County Film Festival will be held on Saturday, January 8th, 2011. This year there were over 145 entries from the 13 FilmED Academy schools. El Dorado received 17 nominations, the most we've ever earned. Congratulations to all those who submitted and all those nominated.
EDHS NOMINATIONS
Best DVD Yearbook Trailer - EDHS
Best PSA - Trustworthiness - Anabel Boyanova
Best Spot Feature - Anand Engineer - Calvin Lin
Best Spot Feature - Coach Conley - Jasmine Rivera
Best Short Film - Jalopy - Libby Blood
Best Director - Libby Blood - Jalopy
Best Producer - Libby Blood - Jalopy
Best Cinematography - Libby Blood - Jalopy
Best Editing - Libby Blood - Jalopy
Best Story - Libby Blood - Jalopy
Best Actor - Nick Birren - Jalopy
Best Actor - Alix Angelis - Jalopy
VIDEO PRODUCTION STUDENTS HONORED 5/27/10
Jason Kramer was named EDHS Video Production Student of the Year at the EDHS Senior Awards Ceremony. Tony Sherg was named a spirit of commitment honoree, and Jason Kramer and Kelly Hogrebe were awarded Distinguished Service Plaques. Congratulations - it is well deserved!
2010 EL DORADO FILM FESTIVAL - May 7, 2010
Congratulations to the 2010 Award Winners:
Short Film - Speechless - Libby Blood
Music Video - Love Vigilantes - Libby Blood
PSA - Include Others Kelly Hogrebe
Spot Feature - Teacher Picket - Jason Kramer
Animation - Lazer Giraffes - Karen Shih
Storytelling - Uncovering Donovan - Jason Kramer
Editing - Love Vigilantes - Libby Blood
Cinematography - Love Vigilantes - Libby Blood
Most Original - Speechless - Libby Blood
Humanitarian Award - Bullying - Jasmine Rivera
MORE HONORS FOR “LOVE VIGILANTES”
Libby Blood’s LOVE VIGILANTES is an official selection at the upcoming Newport Beach Film Festival (her screening date is April 25th) and the prestigious GI Film Festival in Washington D.C. (May 12-16)
2010 HARVARD-WESTLAKE FILM FESTIVAL
March 19, 2010 - Libby Blood’s LOVE VIGILANTES earned the award for CINEMATOGRAPHY at the 2010 Harvard Westlake Film Festival. The 7th HW Film Festival was held at the Arclight Theater in Hollywood and the awards were presented by 3 time Academy Award nominee Jason Reitman (Juno, Up In The Air) and Kathryn Bigelow (2010 Best Director and Best Picture THE HURT LOCKER)
2010 YORBA LINDA FILM FESTIVAL
March 5, 2010 - LOVE VIGILANTES won for BEST MUSIC VIDEO and CHASM won the award for BEST SOUND EDITING. Congratulations Libby Blood and Tony Sherg.
HAWK TALK NAMED BEST NEWS BROADCAST IN OC
February 20, 2010 - El Dorado’s weekly school news broadcast show HAWK TALK was named the BEST NEWS BROADCAST for 2010 by the Orange County Journalism in Education Association. Reporters Jason Kramer, Steven Warmbier, Macy Walp and Tony Sherg also earned broadcast journalist awards from OCJEA.
2010 OC FILM FESTIVAL
The Orange County Film Festival was held January 2nd at Northwood High School in Irvine, California.
El Dorado students earned 4 awards at the 2010 OC Film Festival. Student Libby Blood earned the awards for BEST EDITOR and BEST PRODUCER for her music video LOVE VIGILANTES. The BEST ACTOR award was also given to a member of the cast of LOVE VIGILANTES. Jason Kramer’s DVD Yearbook Trailer X also won the award for BEST TRAILER.
The following El Dorado entries received nominations:
Love Vigilantes - Libby Blood - 7 nominations (Music Video)
Chasm - Tony Sherg, Nicole Hinds & Paul DeBaun (Short Film)
Red Ribbon - Kelly Hogrebe (PSA)
X - 2010 - Jason Kramer (DVD Yearbook Trailer)
Graphics - Jason Kramer, Josh Spitz and Paul DeBaun
HAWK TALK TURNS 100!
Hawk Talk aired it’s 100th episode on January 14th, 2010.
HAWK TALK ON YouTube
Check out Hawk Talk in HD on our YouTube Channel this year. Links are in the menu bar at the top of this page.
2009 EL DORADO FILM FESTIVAL
The 7th Annual El Dorado Film Festival was held on Friday, May 1, 2009 in the El Dorado Gai Jones Theatre.
The 2009 winners are:
SPOT FEATURE - Digital Arts Promo - Josh Dixon
ANIMATION - Under the Full Moon - Cassi Arneal / Monica Johnson
THEATRICAL TRAILER - Wizard Remnant - Josh Dixon
MUSIC VIDEO - Thriller - Josh Dixon
COMMERCIAL / PSA - Cyberbullying - Janell LeFrancois
SHORT FILM - Rapacity - Janell LeFrancois
CINEMATOGRAPHY - Rapacity - Janell LeFrancois
EDITING - Adrenaline Rush - Drew Tekulve / Jon Mejia
HUMANITARIAN AWARD - Giving Back - Danielle Rauch
MOST ORIGINAL - Albert - Drew Tekulve
STORYTELLING AWARD - Rapacity - Janell LeFrancois
2009 HARVARD - WESTLAKE FILM FESTIVAL
On Friday, March 20th, EDHS Video Production student Josh Dixon was honored at the 6th Annual Harvard-Westlake Film Festival at the Arclight Theater on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. Josh’s music video for “Thriller” earned the “Lizzy” Award for Cinematography. The award was presented by 2 time Oscar winner for Best Actor Tom Hanks. 150 films were submitted to this year’s festival and 13 films were screened at the Arclight.
2009 ORANGE COUNTY FILM FESTIVAL HONORS
El Dorado won 5 awards at the OC Film Festival held on Saturday, January 3rd, 2009. “Thriller” was named BEST MUSIC VIDEO and “Wizard Remnant” was named BEST SHORT FILM. Josh Dixon was honored as BEST DIRECTOR for his work on “Wizard Remnant.” Also, Lexi Kupratis was named BEST ACTOR, and Janell LeFrancois, Nader Vaziri and Josh Dixon were named BEST PRODUCERS for their work on “Thriller.”
Overall, El Dorado earned 6 film/video/broadcast nominations and 17 overall nominations including all the individual awards. Student Josh Dixon was honored with 9 individual nominations. Last year, EDHS had 12 total nominations.
The OC Film Festival had over 100 entries this year and handed out 42 nominations in 9 different categories.
EDHS NOMINATIONS
Trailer - Jason Kramer - DVD Yearbook
Short Film - Josh Dixon - Wizard Remnant
Short Film - Libby Blood - M.A.S.H.
Spot Feature - Jon Mejia - Triangle Complex Fire
Music Video - Josh Dixon - Thriller
Director - Josh Dixon - Thriller
Director - Josh Dixon - Wizard Remnant
Producer - Janell LeFrancois, Nader Vaziri, Josh Dixon (Thriller)
Editing - Josh Dixon - Wizard Remnant
Cinematography - Janell LeFrancois, Josh Dixon - Thriller
Story - Josh Dixon - Wizard Remnant
Graphics - Jason Kramer - Hawk Talk Sports
Graphics - Josh Dixon - Wizard Remnant
Actor - Lexi Kupratis - Thriller
Anchor/Journalist - Nader Vaziri - Hawk Talk
Anchor/Journalist - Jon Mejia - Hawk Talk
2007-2008 Highlights:
The student of the year for 2007-2008 was EDHS Junior Janell LeFrancois. Congrats Janell. The El Dorado students attended the Orange County Film Festival on Saturday, January 5th, where they were honored with 12 nominations for awards, the second most of any school in Orange County. Hawk Talk was nominated for Outstanding Broadcast and Graphics. Niko Giaimo was nominated for his short film “Road Blocks.” Levi Almanzar and Rosa Son were nominated in the category of Music Video. Janell LeFrancois was nominated for her DVD-Yearbook Trailer, Cullen Arroyo, Marc Lopez, and Drew Tekulve were nominated for their documentary on the SERVE program. Drew was also nominated for his animated show opener for Hawk Talk. Deirdre Williams was nominated for her identity theft ad in the Commercial category. Nader Vaziri, Phil Hinojosa, and Sean Garcia were nominated for Best Independent Film, Best Director, and Best Actor for their film “Phenix Company.” And finally, Media Production teacher Mark Switzer was named “Mentor of the Year” by the FilmED Academy of the Arts.
2006-2007 Highlights:
Student Christine Quan Le was recognized as the most outstanding EDHS Media Production Student for the 2006-2007 school year. Christine was also honored with an award for outstanding achievement in television graphics at the Student Television Network STN Convention held in March of 2007. Student Jake Brown won for Best Independent Film with his entry of T-MO at the Orange County Film Festival in January. Students Ryan Turner, Jake Brown (Forest Fire) and Josh Dixon (Legend of Zelda) won the Best in Festival Awards at the El Dorado Film Festival in April. Hawk Talk sports anchors Matt West and Kiley Hatch were nominated for best news anchors and student Deirdre Williams was nominated for best trailer / promotional advertisement at the Studio OC Film Festival as well.
