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Special Edition - April 2008
ORION announces winners of FutureFlick Contest
Students may be learning in virtual, online environments by the year 2020, according to the vision painted by Ontario students in the ORION FutureFlick digital short contest.
Using futuristic technologies to attend school by blending physical and virtual spaces and interactive holograms is one of the recurring themes in video submissions received by ORION, which recently announced the winners of its FutureFlick Contest and $5,000 in prizes.
University of Toronto at Scarborough student Christian Lee Foster of Courtice, Ontario took first place and $2,500 for his film, Nefarious Prelation. It illustrates what might await students in 2020, with access to at-home and online teaching and learning tools, where professors engage with students as 3D holographic projections.
ORION Board Vice Chair and President of George Brown College, Anne Sado presents Christian Lee Foster with his prize, as ORION President/CEO Phil Baker looks on.
Second place and $1,500 was awarded to Ryerson University student Arpad (Mac) Szoke of Brampton for his animated film, The Exam Scam, about a forgetful student downloading data directly into his mind, just in time for an exam.
ORION Board Vice Chair and President of George Brown College, Anne Sado presents Arpad Szoke with his prize.
Third place and $1,000 was awarded to Ryerson University student Natalie Evans and Leaside High School student Matthew Kinch of Toronto for Friends in High Places, which shows how future technology may help a student deal with a bullying problem.
ORION Board Vice Chair and President of George Brown College, Anne Sado presents Natalie Evans and Matthew Kinch with their prize.
The clips were premiered at the FutureFlick Theatre at the ORION@5 fifth anniversary celebration on March 31 at the MaRS Centre Auditorium in Toronto, where cheques were presented to the winners by Vice Chair of the ORANO Board of Director, George Brown College President Anne Sado and ORION President/CEO Phil Baker.
Among other themes emerging from the submissions, students foresee having the choice of attending school at a physical location or remotely through technology. Two films suggest educational institutions may be largely empty buildings by 2020. Some show that, regardless of technology, students will continue to face traditional issues such as bullying and the high cost of tuition. Clips also portray a bleaker vision, with students dealing with poor air quality, a depleted ozone layer, and armed guards in schools.
Judges from the broadcast, education and film industry reviewed entries which came from high schools, colleges and universities from across the province. ORION would like to thank the judging panel: Cathy Goddard, professor of television and new media at Loyalist College; Gerd Hauck, associate professor of drama and speech communication at the University of Waterloo; Janet Murphy, program manager of Advanced Broadband Enabled Learning (ABEL) at York University / York Region District School Board; and Barry Stone, professional director and cinematographer.
Judges evaluated the film entries using the following criteria: originality/creativity of topic/theme, effectiveness in communicating the vision, contribution of creative elements (i.e. script, visuals, music, performances etc.), and technical quality (of editing, lighting, cinematography etc.).
View the winning clips below:
Christian "Lee" Foster (Courtice, Ontario) - University of Toronto at Scarborough
Nefarious Prelation
Arpad (Mac) Szoke (Brampton, Ontario) - Ryerson University
The Exam Scam
Natalie Evans (Ryerson University) and Matthew Kinch (Leaside High School) - Toronto, Ontario
Friends in High Places
View all the submitted video clips at the ORION FutureFlick website: www.orion.on.ca/futureflick/winners.html.
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