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November 15, 2007
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Dominguez Hills Graduate Takes
A First Place Award
in the 2007 California State University Media Arts Festival
(Carson,
CA) – Recent California
State University, Dominguez Hills alumnus Johnny Santo
Domingo won first
place in the television category at the 2007 California
State University Media Arts Festival, which was held November
2 through 4 at CSU Channel Islands. His entry, “Imagine,” which
was partially filmed in the university’s Macintosh
lab, depicts the creative process a student goes through
in presenting a film project.
“It shows the whole process of storyboarding, conceptualization
and finally executing it in a non-literal way,” Santo
Domingo said. “All [our class] projects really help
you develop those skills. With ‘Imagine’ being
my last project here, I wanted to incorporate all those skills
so that I could use it in my portfolio.”
In its 17th year, the Media Arts Festival is intended to
help students in the CSU system make a successful transition
between producing films, video and interactive media in college
classes and working in related industries. Finalists are
judged by a panel of industry experts in the categories of
narrative, documentary, television, animation, music video,
interactive media, experimental, feature screenplay, and
short screenplay.
A fellow Dominguez Hills student,
senior James Oda, was also a finalist in this year’s festival. His “Roll
Real Slow” placed fifth in the music video category.
Santo Domingo, who graduated in May
2007 with a degree in television production/digital graphics,
continues to gain
professional experience at his alma mater as a production
manager in the campus’ Department of Digital Media
Arts. In addition, he is further developing his technical
skills as an intern at Zoic Studio, a visual effects studio
in Culver City.
“I help out the artists, doing runs for all the producers
and soaking up all the information that’s passed around,” said
Santo Domingo, who grew up in Victorville but now lives in
Carson. “Ultimately, I want to direct. But, for now,
I’m a compositor of visual effects. When you get a
shot, there are usually multiple elements, like the live
action, which you shoot with a camera. Then there are other
elements, like for example a book floating around, which
have to be done digitally. I have to take all those elements
and piece them all together to make them realistic.”
Santo Domingo received $500 for his first place win in the
Media Arts Festival, and his talents also earned the Dominguez
Hills art department a $250 prize.
“It feels good [to win],” Santo Domingo enthused,
who had been a 2006 Media Arts Festival finalist in the experimental,
music video, and television categories. “I’ve
never won anything in my life. It’s kind of crazy when
you think about it, since there were 230 submissions in the
entire festival. Knowing that and making it to the finals
was pretty exciting.”
For more information about the festival, visit www.mediaartsfestival.org.
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