More new stuff

Well since Josh alluded to my winning a contest in the 4th comment (?) on my last post, I guess I’ll update once again.  Yes, it’s true, my friend (Mike Bux) and I won a contest for a radio ad.  We were supposed to make an ad for a local car dealership and OnStar so we just recorded a scripted exchange about a few features of OnStar.  We submitted it and what do you know, it won.  So we won $500 and we get to split $300 so I get $150.  And that’s pretty cool.  If you want to know about it, ask Josh.  He found the article on line that talks about it pretty quick so it might still be in his history because right now I can’t find it.  if I do, I’ll post a comment on this post.

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Matthew Freeman has risen through the ranks to become one of the premier kids in Camp Verde. Ain't that sweet. Isn't that great!?!

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  1. Congrats Matt!! Want my job now?

    Here’s the article:
    1/27/2007 4:00:00 AM
    Camp Verde students rise to marketing challenge

    By RAQUEL HENDRICKSON
    Staff Reporter

    Camp Verde High School students combined tech savvy with creativity for victory – and cash.

    The Steve Coury auto dealership introduced the OnStar Challenge this year, inviting area students to design automotive advertising campaigns in four media. Eight teams from three high schools competed. The winners were awarded with $500 in each division.

    Back in September, Mark Haynes of Steve Coury Buick Pontiac and GMC came to the Valley academy for Career and Technology Education with the idea for the contest to promote the OnStar system, according to Donna Green of VACTE.

    VACTE agreed to host the contest for Career and Technical Education programs at the local high schools. The contest drew three teams from Camp Verde, four teams from Mingus Union and one from Sedona Red Rock. Camp Verde High School’s teams came from the Graphics Communication department directed by Bob Weir.

    After two to three weeks of preparation, students presented their projects in December. The results were announced this week. The Camp Verde teams won for Web page design, radio advertisement and TV advertisement.

    Camp Verde’s winning radio-ad team of Matt Freeman and Michael Bux aimed their presentation at the Everyday Joe. Bux said they focused on what “ordinary friends” would tell each other about OnStar and all its amenities. The ad length had a one-minute limit. They used the “GarageBand” program to piece together the final product.

    They tied with the Mingus Union FFA’s North Star team for first place. Both teams received $500.

    The TV-ad team called CVHS JDJE, comprised of Jordan Lewis, Dustin Cook, Josh Hughes and Emery Brown, taped at the lot and combined it with On-Star footage to explain the system’s advantages. It earned them first place.

    Amanda Crews was the winning “team” in the Web page design contest. She has designed Web pages for businesses before, so she knew how to meet the criteria laid out by the OnStar Challenge rules.

    Crews said it was a bit unnerving to walk into a room and find five judges sitting at a table waiting for the presentation. The contest was judged by retired journalism teacher Mike Cosentino, retired Web page designer Marv Stalcup, advertising representative Shelley VanderKraats of Verde Valley Newspapers, VACTE board member Steve Dockray and VACTE internship coordinator Rick Long.

    Besides radio, TV and Web design, teams were also judged n newsprint advertising. However, no award was given “due to judge’s discretion,” and two awards were handed out in radio.

    Wednesday, the Camp Verde students received their total winnings of $1,500 as well as T-shirts. Weir said the department would receive a percentage of the winnings and the students would keep the rest.

    Weir was more than pleased with his students’ results in this first-time contest. The department is already functioning like a small business, creating Web sites and brochures for local firms. They will also have entries in the Zaki Gordon Institute Shorts Film Festival. Yet, head-to-head competition was both a challenge and a boost – and the money’s not bad, either.

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