All Blue Devil News Episodes are up online on www.ghsa.tv/marietta Check it out.

So we are up and running with LIVE sporting and other events including Blue Devil News. Online at www.ghsa.tv/marietta Check it out!

I need help filming the following events Let me know if your interested. Former BVP II Class students prefered. May 2, Honors Night; May 20, Football Preview game; May 28th Graduation. All events will be LIVE Online via the GHSA website. www.ghsa.tv/marietta

Tuesday April 27th, two of our students Rebecca and Juan had the opportunity to watch Chattahoochee Tech's Broadcast Video Team film the Shuler  Awards. The Shuler Awards Mission is to recognize and promote excellence in high school musical theater through a high-profile event, designed to raise the public’s awareness of the value of the arts in educating students. MHS Teacher Jerid Morisco was a presenter at the Awards Show. Former MHS Teacher Cindy Mora also won an award. The students watched back stage as the Team from CTC filed the event in HD for Broadcast. This gave us plenty of ideas for our own live events here at MHS that are planned this year.
For more info visit:
http://www.shulerawards.org
http://www.chattahoocheetech.edu

As an FYI Monday May 9th we will start EOCT- Even though most of our classes do not have EOCTs the schedule is very important. Monday we will go to 1B, 3B, and 4B. Tuesday 1A, 3A, 4A. Wednesday 2B, 4B, 3B. Thursday 2A, 4A, 3A. Friday will a possible Make up day. Each day we will be in class from 7:40-10:05, 10:10- 11:50 and finally 11:55-2:30. 

Registration in the 2010-2011 Young Minds Digital Times Competition is now open at www.youngmindsdigitaltimes.com. The Third Annual Competition presented by KidThrive.org and encourages students in grades 6-12, for free, to create short films, documentaries, and public service announcements. Last year we had over 1100 student register, and we are back to do it again.

“The competition is a way to honor the amazing work kids are generating in the digital creative arts,” says Jaclyn Bell, Competition Director, “This is the next wave of digital education; not just knowing the tools, but being able to use them well and manipulate their boundaries to produce something relevant, meaningful, and in our opinion, beautiful. Plus, we have some surprises and further opportunities coming up for students once registration is underway.”

The competition features two tracks: Young Filmmakers “Doing Good” and Young Filmmakers Freeform. In the “Doing Good” Track, students are invited to create public service announcements relating to social issues the public should be informed of, or relating to an organization that works towards social good. In the Freeform Track, students can enter films on any topic into six different categories: documentary, short film, animation, music video, non-moving movie, and comedic creation.

A Grand Prize Winner from each track receives a prize package to attend the 2012 South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas. First place winners in each category and age division (6-8 grades and 9-12 grades) take home $200 and Judges Choice honorees receive $100. The school with the most student film entries that make it pass the Public Voting Stage will also win $1000.

The chance for the public vote will end March 30th, and the films that make it to the second round will be viewed and critiqued by industry directors, actors, filmmakers and producers.

The competition registration runs from October 4th, 2010 to February 18, 2011, with films due by March, 19, 2011. Films enter a three tiered voting process, beginning with public voting March 22-30, 2011. Winner announcements will be posted May 20, 2011 on the Young Minds Digital Times website.

Make sure you have your MIni DV Tapes. It is easier to order them online via Target.com, walmart.com or another chain store. B&H Photo (bhphotovideo.com) is the site I order all my tapes from. It would be wise to stock up and get a better rate so you have plenty for your MHS Career as a really cool video person.

So right now the date I am pushing for the open house of our new lab is October 18th. From 6-9pm. The time is still up for discussion but the date looks solid. I will make any changes on here if needed. YOU are invited. The idea is to show what an amazing facility we now have and the opportunities that are now available for our students. I am encouraging Parents, Friends and other members of the community to stop by any time during the Open House. I will be there to help discuss the goals for the program as well as showing what we now are capable of doing. If you have questions please email at bandrews@marietta-city.k12.ga.us If you would like to help in any way please let me know - Again Thanks to the Tim Brown, Leigh Colburn, MCS Board of Education and Superintendent for helping us accomplish so much!

Linda Stouffer, news anchor at Channel 2 Action News addressed Marietta High School (MHS) seniors at the school’s Senior assembly. Stouffer also met with film class students from BVP II and BVP AP (Blue Devil News) Classes. She gave great insight to the students on career choices and ways to plug into the Journalism industry. Stouffer comes to WSB-TV from the CNN Networks, where she worked for 12 years. We hope to have Ms. Stouffer back to visit our classes and spend some more time talking with students.

Students, Teachers, Staff, Parents, and random people. If you have suggestions or ideas for Blue Devil News, Let us know. Contact Mr. Andrews or See one of our staff members. Our goal is to present a quality news show that has a good balance of information and entertainment. Let us know how we can improve.

If you ordered a DVD for the West Side Production of Alice in Wonderland, they will be avalible for pick up at West Side on Friday of this week. If you have any questions please contact us. Special Thanks to those who helped film and work the event.
Kris L., Larry S., Zack F., Tim M., Jabari J., Fide P. THANKS GUYS. Make sure you come see me to get a copy of the disk for your records.

The West Side Elementary Drama Club presents “Alice in Wonderland”, Thursday, Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. at The Earl Smith Strand Theatre in Marietta. Tickets are $10 each. For tickets and information, contact Laurie Gazaway at 770-425-5052.- BDN Productions is filming this event. I need 3 camera operators, one TD Switcher and one audio/backup. If you are interested in helping with filming this event contact Mr. Andrews ASAP. Students should be confident in the equptment, taken Video II or BDN and have worked on a filming crew before. (Such as Graduation, Veterans Assembly, or other assemblys.) We will set up and test the equiptment on Wednesday evening around 6pm. Then on thursday we will actually film. I need students to be there by 5:30. We should be finished by 8:30.

Yesterday we filmed the Veterans Day Assembly. The crew did a great job. Hopefully the DVD will be ready by next week. If you need a copy of the DVD from Veterans Day please contact me.