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At least, that’s how Profit Magnet High School students portrayed how pollution affects our air and environment.
When their winning paper animation commercial was aired Wednesday night as part of Victoria’s “On the Air” PSA Contest, the judges ate it up.
“I loved it. I loved it. That was a very good spot,” judge Ben Price, production department manager with Agama Advertising, said. “In my opinion, you had an excellent choice of music. It was plaintive, almost sad, but it had hope in it.”
When 15-year-old Hilton Le revealed he composed the music on his guitar, Price sat in awe.
The other 12 teams applauded. More than 50 students from Memorial, Profit Magnet and St. Joseph high schools competed in the contest, producing 30-second clips.
The top three winners’ public service announcements will be aired on five television channels, both English and Spanish-language, in Victoria, the city of Victoria’s environmental programs coordinator Joni Brown said. They will also be published to Earth 9-1-1 and YouTube.
“Get ready to see your work on television,” she told the winners enthusiastically.
Contest coordinator and education specialist Marie Lester wanted to give students a chance to apply their skills to help the community. They also learned a thing or two.
“I thought they were impressive and creative approaches to air quality education,” Lester said. “They weren’t just textbook learning.”
The winning team was surprised to receive the first-place award.
“I’m surprised. There were a lot of really good videos,”Le said. “It’s awesome.”
Le, 10th-grader, paired up with Amiee Charbula, 17-year-old 11th-grader, to practice their stop animation skills. They shot photos of pieces of paper and moved the pieces bit by bit and compiled the photos together into a video with shots of facts on white sheets of paper.
The video starts with paper vehicles and factories creating the angry smog cloud. When viewers learn that vehicles are the No. 1 contributor of ground-level ozone and that carbon dioxide emissions lead to global warming, the paper trees and people collapse.
The students wanted to encourage other teenagers to help stop unnecessary emissions by carpooling.
“A lot of teenagers don’t have a license yet,” Le said. “It’s always fun to share a ride with friends.”
“Especially with gas prices going up,” Charbula added.
Judge O.C. Garza, the city’s public information officer, loved the message.
“It was the best punch line: ‘We all share the world. Share a ride,’” Garza said, nodding in approval.
Tara Bozick is a reporter for the Advocate. Contact her at 361-580-6504 or tbozick@vicad.com.
Winners:
1st place: “Untitled,” Profit Magnet High School students Hilton Le and Amiee Charbula.
2nd place: “Wash Me,” Memorial High School students Garrett Brown, Eric Zapata, James Dunn, Nastassia Trevino and Amanda Westmeyer.
3rd place: “Night on the Town,” Profit Magnet High School students Logan Fitzgerald, Bryce Brown and Clayton Gillespie.