PoST Oscars

Wow!!!

No real sleep since Saturday and a nonstop schedule since 8am Monday morning. Still, the only think I can think about are the morning PoST presentations. I missed the SoCal Oscars; here are my awards for the 2010 PoST class.


Best Animation: Unnamed Company. A warm and well told story that was at the heart of a project that originated as women4women. The human to video transition made this a very complete project.
http://prezi.com/hhgehrg97pqr/ourunnamedcompany/


I recuse myself from judging EnhancEducation. Inside information: Ben Knelman really made this shine coming down the stretch. Check it out again if you can. Great soundtrack.
http://vimeo.com/10004640

Best Documentary: The Haiti presentation came alive when the on screen doctor returned from Haiti and walked into the classroom.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhZ1bHKkGus

Best Business: Piazzza applied classroom theory to the real world and generated real business. Check out how much they have grown. Great leverage from the Google SuperBowl add.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVxY9G3FP8U

Best Picture: The big award of the day has to go to project Baby Warmth. Along with Always a Bridesmaid, this was one project where I caught a sneak preview from a week ago. They brought in a great story and made it even better. Such a smooth telling; it is ready for any possible audience.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=806lhde1yVc

Best Special Effects: The high tech wizardry allowed this presentation to be fully interactive as the inspiration from the early parts of the video became the trailers for the rest. Very cool.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdBqKwqzUCQ

Best Comedy: Words fail me. This was just too funny and a story that nicely wrapped up inside the video. For PoST people in the at the live showing, there were great lessons from Ann on the anti-viral nature of some personal stories. Send this down to Hollywood, there is enough material here for a pilot. HBO?
This is so funny it can't even be released. I gave a warm smile yesterday to one of the main actresses; she still doesn't know she is famous.

Best Production: An early favorite in the PoST class, Charrette delivered with a great pitch for bringing design more firmly inside the business school.
http://vimeo.com/9973350

Best call to action: The final video from Raja and Sam left me entrance and wanting to see more. They had the best call to action. Also beutifully cinemetography with video over video and a nice long day of group artwork.
http://thebubblesproject.com/ (don't forget the s on bubbles)
http://vimeo.com/9950965