Student submissions open today for the sixth annual LSU Student Digital Media Fest.
The competition is run by Communication across the Curriculum to promote student interest in communication through digital media and is meant to garner professional attention to student work.
Rebecca Burdette, Assistant Director of Communication across the Curriculum, said students may submit work in the categories of film and video, creative animation, technical and scientific, informational and promotional, photography and art, ideas and business plans and the catch-all “academic and extra-curricular gumbo.”
Students are limited to seven works, one per category. They may use anything created within the last year, including school or professional work.
The deadline for submissions is Wednesday, Feb. 29. Submissions must be in a format that can be uploaded to a website accessible by the judges.
Submissions are first judged by a panel of faculty members, who will select the best 25 from each category. These are submitted to industry professionals and experts, who then narrow the field to five. The student finalists from each category must then deliver a five-minute presentation outlining the ideas behind their work.
Winners in each category will receive a prize valued between $250-500. In addition, the highest placing student from each college will receive a Dean’s scholarship award.
 
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