{"id":11,"date":"2015-02-11T15:49:43","date_gmt":"2015-02-11T20:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/?p=11"},"modified":"2015-11-19T15:24:23","modified_gmt":"2015-11-19T20:24:23","slug":"2015-redstone-finalists-announced","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/articles\/2015-redstone-finalists-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"2015 Redstone Finalists Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>BOSTON<\/b>\u2013The Boston University College of Communication (COM) today announced the finalists for the 2015 Redstones, the premier showcase for student work created in production classes in the College of Communication\u2019s Department of Film &amp; Television. The three-part festival premieres in Boston on February 25th at 7 p.m. at BU\u2019s Tsai Performance Center (685 Commonwealth Ave.) followed by a screening in New York City on March 13th and a screening and competition in Los Angeles on April 2nd. <\/p>\n<p>The 2015 Redstones finalists are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cAfter\u201d by <strong>Emily Sheehan (COM \u201915)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\u201cAlbert Lively\u201d by <strong>Jack Garrett (COM \u201914)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\u201cIda\u2019s 85th\u201d by <strong>Julia Iglesias (COM \u201914)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Phoenix\u201d by <strong>Jim Dandee (COM \u201914)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\u201cTianjin Driver\u201d by <strong>Sara Doering (COM \u201915)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\u201cVows\u201d by <strong>Fannar Thor Arnarsson (COM \u201914)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\u201cWinter\/Spring\u201d by <strong>Bryan Sih (COM \u201914)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Finalists will compete for awards in Best Film (First, Second, Third Place), Best Cinematography, Best Screenplay, Best Editing, and Best Sound Design. Each winner will receive prizes sponsored by Canon and Avid, which include Canon cameras and accessories, Avid and ProTools software. Two additional awards will focus on student screenplays and production.<\/p>\n<p>The Fleder-Rosenberg Short Screenplay Contest is sponsored by distinguished alumni <strong>Gary Fleder (COM \u201985)<\/strong> and <strong>Scott Rosenberg (COM \u201985)<\/strong>, and presented to a student who has written an original short screenplay script. Monetary prizes ranging from $500 to $1,250 are presented to a first, second and third place winner.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/adrienneshellyfoundation.org\/\">Adrienne Shelly Foundation<\/a>, which funds the development of women film makers, will award a $5,000 Adrianne Shelly Production Grant to a promising woman film student.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Boston University College of Communication<\/strong><br \/>\nEstablished in 1947, the Boston University College of Communication prepares students for careers in Film, Television, Journalism, Mass Communication, Advertising, Public Relations and Media Analytics, and offers advanced studies in Communication Research, including the field of Emerging Media. With more than 2,000 undergraduate and graduate students, the college is among the largest of its kind in the country and offers a broad and deep curriculum rooted in the liberal arts and complemented by professional education. The faculty is a blend of traditional academicians and widely experienced professionals. This year COM celebrates its 100 year legacy, commemorating the first classes in advertising and journalism taught at Boston University in 1914.<\/p>\n<p><h5>Contact:<\/h5>\n<ul id=\"no-bullets\">\n<li><strong>Emily Truax<\/strong>: <a href=\"mailto:truaxe@bu.edu\">truaxe@bu.edu<\/a> 617-358-1688<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kim Relick<\/strong>: <a href=\"mailto:krelick@bu.edu\">krelick@bu.edu<\/a> 617-358-6090<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BOSTON\u2013The Boston University College of Communication (COM) today announced the finalists for the 2015 Redstones, the premier showcase for student&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9776,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"bu_prepress_billboard":"","_bu_prepress_primary_term":"","_bu_prepress_primary_term_manual":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[1276,246,511],"bu-publication":[],"discipline-type":[],"bu_edition":[],"media_type":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/11"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/bu-article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9776"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2804,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/11\/revisions\/2804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11"},{"taxonomy":"bu-publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-publication?post=11"},{"taxonomy":"discipline-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/discipline-type?post=11"},{"taxonomy":"bu_edition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu_edition?post=11"},{"taxonomy":"media_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media_type?post=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}