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HHS Entertainment Technology Students Win at New Jersey High School Film Challenge
Howell High School's Entertainment Technology (ET) Video Program has achieved a new program high, taking home four awards in a single day at the annual New Jersey High School Film Challenge. The event, now in its fifth year, is hosted by Jackson Liberty High School's media program. This year, over 70 films were submitted from schools around the Garden State, with the top 29 screened for the participants prior to an award show.
Howell took home Best Comedy for the second year in a row with "One Chance: Daddy and Me Day," created by Pat McGarry, Mikey Peniston, Alex Morton, Jess Liptzin, and Sean Costello. Olivia Hanewald, Liz Moore, Justin Arenas, Mikey Smith and Joe Colucci, the team behind "One Chance: Dollar Store Time Machine," were awarded Best Editing. Brittany Flakker, Rebecca Morse, Sam Wojyn, and Matvei Nikishin left the auditorium with the award for Best Visual Effects and the Audience Choice Award for their horror film "One Chance: Abandoned." The comedy "One Chance (For Revenge)," created by Alexis Katz, Allie Thompson, Caitlyn Pritchard, and Brian Tess, also screened at the festival.
The Entertainment Technology Video Program is part of the Freehold Regional Performing Arts Academy program at Howell High School and is led by teacher Scott Napolitano. The Fine and Performing Arts Academy has provided conservatory-type training since 1984 to young artists who want to combine a college preparatory academic schedule with advanced arts training in a traditional high school setting. The Academy offers a four-year program in three distinct majors: Acting, Dance, and Entertainment Technology, which includes a music production and a video production track. Students train and work in an acting studio, two dance studios, a video studio and a music production and recording studio. Students produce and perform in a number of showcases and are encouraged to participate in the numerous arts and other extracurricular programs offered at Howell High School.
Howell took home Best Comedy for the second year in a row with "One Chance: Daddy and Me Day," created by Pat McGarry, Mikey Peniston, Alex Morton, Jess Liptzin, and Sean Costello. Olivia Hanewald, Liz Moore, Justin Arenas, Mikey Smith and Joe Colucci, the team behind "One Chance: Dollar Store Time Machine," were awarded Best Editing. Brittany Flakker, Rebecca Morse, Sam Wojyn, and Matvei Nikishin left the auditorium with the award for Best Visual Effects and the Audience Choice Award for their horror film "One Chance: Abandoned." The comedy "One Chance (For Revenge)," created by Alexis Katz, Allie Thompson, Caitlyn Pritchard, and Brian Tess, also screened at the festival.
The winning films, along with the ET program's other completed movies, are available to view on the program's Vimeo page, https://vimeo.com/howellfpacvideo.