Chicago, IL (April 13, 2009) – A group of Columbia College Chicago graduates from several disciplines have won a Silver Telly Award for “Impossible Is Nothing,” a spec commercial for Adidas produced for the 2008 “Get Your Spot Shot” program out of Columbia’s Portfolio Center. The Telly Awards were created in 1978 to strengthen the visual arts community by inspiring, promoting and supporting creativity. Entries are received from an international field of contestants.
“Impossible is Nothing” was a collaboration by creatives from several disciplines. Conceived by Ramon Davis of Marketing Communications and Winston Yanni from Advertising, Art Direction, the spot was directed by Vlady Oszkiel. Cinematography was by Jamieson Mulholland. Jill DiBiase served as editor and Quintin Radford produced. The production team all hailed from Film & Video.
"Being a part of this multi-department initiative was an invaluable experience in that it created a practical environment for students in different visual mediums to collaborate," said Radford.
The “Get Your Spot Shot” program is sponsored by Columbia’s Portfolio Center in conjunction with the Art & Design, Marketing Communication, and Film & Video Departments. Now entering its third cycle, the program gives advertising art and copywriting students the opportunity to submit 30-second spot ideas, along with a script and storyboards. The top three concepts are selected and then produced by film students. Each production uses a $1000 budget donated by the sponsoring departments.
“The need to collaborate with other departments is essential to prepare students for the real world. This was a real team effort,” says Alan Rado, one of last year’s Spot Shot faculty advisors. Rado, a former instructor at Columbia, initiated the project with the Portfolio Center because he felt, “advertising students needed an opportunity to take their ideas a step further.”
Tracey Nader, Senior Copywriter at Wunderman and a Spot Shot judge says, “It was great to see the breadth of work and talent that existed at Columbia. It was fun to get a glimpse of what today's students deem creative excellence and where their imaginations are taking them.”
All spots produced through the “Get Your Spot Shot” program can be viewed at www.colum.edu/spotshot
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