Integrated Media Center

 

2010 Sammy Digital Media Awards

Salisbury University has opened the new Integrated Media Center,  soon to be named the GullWorks Studios at Salisbury University. The studios opened in the fall of 2008 and offer the very latest in digital content creation technology. The high definition and standard definition video studios,  the HD audio recording studio,  the 15 video editing suites and 5 audio editing suites, and two multi-media instructional labs are all state of the art. The fact that all of these facilities are adjacent to one another on the third floor of the Teacher Education and Technology Center,  make this media facility truly unique.

As we open these studios there is a strong interest in "raising the bar" and broadening participation in the creation of digital media. The Sammy Awards have been created to do just this. The Sammy's will be awarded annually to students who achieve excellence in the areas of digital media. The awards and competition are not limited to students in a specific major. The Sammy's are open to all.

The competition categories include the following:

New Media - Coordinator, Mr. Preston Poe
Digital Photography - Coordinator, Mr. Dean Peterson
Audio Production - Coordinator, Dr. Andrew Sharma
Music Recording - Coordinator, Dr. Jerry Tabor
News Feature -
Coordinator, Dr. David Burns
Entertainment Film, Long Form - Coordinator, Dr. Andrew Sharma
Entertainment Film, Short Form - Mr. Mike Camillo

The deadline for submissions is to be determined. Stay tuned.

Specific judging criteria is available from the faculty noted above.

General Rules:

  1. All Salisbury University students who were enrolled during the fall 2008 and/or spring 2009 semesters are eligible.
  2. Students may enter either a class project, a club/organization project, a personal project, or a project specifically developed for the competition.
  3. Only projects completed after April 15, 2009 are eligible.
  4. No projects used for commercial purposes will be considered.
  5. Projects may be submitted either by an individual or a team. All production participants in the project must be identified. (Team projects with "outside personnel" can only be submitted if 75% of the production crew were SU students during the fall 2009 and/or spring 2010 semesters.)
  6. Entries are limited to one per competition category by an individual or team. No single person is allowed more than two entries (one individual and one team, or two team entries) per category.
  7. Sammy Trophies will be awarded to each winning participant. The Awards Committee reserves the right to withhold an award in any category where the judges determine that no entry meets the minimum standard of excellence. The President's Choice Award will award will be a cash award of $500.  This will be awarded to the best overall entry in the competition.
  8. Any entries deemed close seconds by the category judges will receive a certificate of honorable mention.
  9. Entrants should drop off their entry packets (paperwork and media) at the Media Services Check-Out counter during their normal hours of operation. Multiple copies are needed for most entries (see individual category entry forms for details.) All entrants should keep a master copy of their project before dropping off their entries. CD/DVD entries (and any entry-related paperwork) will not be returned.
  10. The deadline for submissions is to be detmined.

Entry Form - New Media and Digital Photography
Entry Form - Entertainment Film
Entry Form - Audio
Entry Form - Documentary and News