May 26, 2005

Students vie for MediaWorks Promo honors

An animated version of the MediaWorks logo earned top honors in the second annual MediaWorks Promo Contest sponsored by Information Technology (IT).

School of Communication senior Quinn Stephens won a 20Gb Apple iPod digital music player for his 30-second promotional video, “The More Robust of the Two.”

Stephens’s winning entry, along with the second-place entry “Get Your Freak On” by School of Communication senior Charles Cann, can be viewed at www.mediaworks.it.northwestern.edu/contest.

The Promo Contest, developed last year by IT Academic Technologies, was intended to raise campus awareness of MediaWorks and the resources it makes available for student media production.

“Animation is something I’ve always loved,” said Stephens, a radio/television/film major. “When I found out this contest required use of the MediaWorks logo, I realized I could have a lot of fun animating it. I did all the animation and voiceovers (three male characters, one female) in one night.” Not coincidentally, Stephens worked for over a year as an IT student consultant in MediaWorks. “That gave me some extra insight into what the place is all about,” he said.