IAR held its 2008 Winter Audio for Picture (AFP) Awards Festival on Wednesday, December 10th. In their 4th quarter Post production Audio course, students choose any video segment they wish from a movie trailer, TV show, commercial, or cartoon and then delete all audio content. They then recreate every aspect of the audio portion including dialog, sound FX, sound design, and musical composition. IAR students use the recording techniques they learn in IAR’s Post Production course to create impressive projects. The projects are judged by IAR’s faculty and are shown to peers, faculty, and the Administration at the festival. AFP creator Nell Gwynn stated, “The AFP gives students the opportunity to create a demo reel to use if they choose a career in post production.”

This season, students submitted projects from videos such as “Max Payne,” “The Clone Wars,” “The Punisher,” “XXX,” and “Man on Fire.” Thank you to every one who submitted!

The Winter 2008 AFP Winners are:

1st Place
Sera Chung: “Spirit: Stallion of Cimarron”

2nd Place
Zandile Peniston & Gustavo Medina: “Fast and Furious 4”

3rd Place
Carlos Chang, Carlos Charles & Antun Zepina: “XXX”

Outstanding Achievement Awards

Best MIX
Shalik Marshall “Max Payne”

Sound FX Editing Grace Plunkett & Justin Parker “The Punisher”

Sound Design
Alex Sierra & Talia Rodgers “The Clone Wars”

Original Score
Ronald Cherisme “Avatar”

Audience Favorite
Charles Addai-Boadi & Chris Soklaski “IAR I & II”

Audio Dialog Replacement
Alfredo Taveras & Leonardo Perez “Man on Fire”

Music Selection
Mona Letterese “Repo! The Genetic Opera”

Overall Post Production
Sera Chung “Spirit: Stallion of Cimarron”