DCU's Hybrid Awards
By Piers Scott
As the awards season finally draws to a close there remains one more event on the calendar, The Hybrids. The Hybrid Awards, DCU’s annual multimedia awards, take place this Wednesday in The Venue.
According to the Media Production Society, who run the awards, this year saw 74 submissions across four categories.
The Hybrids, which are not in the X year, are designed to celebrate the best of DCU’s artistic and creative talents.
So, as our friends in the Media Production Society are busily preparing and decorating we thought we would have a look at some the pieces nominated this year.
There are a smaller number of websites up for Website of the year than usual this year. The MPS themselves have two sites up for nomination; their home site and their new DCU FM subsite. Irish blogger award nominated Steve Conlon is up for the gong for his personal blog while multimedia students Thomas Tennyson and Seamus Redmond are in the running for their Forest Gump minisite.
Style Soc's Fashion Show
DCU’s graphic designers are in out in force contesting the “Poster of the Year.”
Style Soc’s Fashion show continues it successful run with the Hybrids with another nomination this year.
However, under Claire Brown’s tenure Foto Soc has seen a huge improvement of their on campus posters with two nominations this year. Deirdre O’Sullivan, Roseanne Cronly, Diarmuid Hayes are also nominated for their poster designs.
Video
There is renewed interest in the video category with both the College View’s new TV channel and the several MPS members in contention for Entertainment Video of the year.
CVTV’s inaugural edition
Robert Babbington and Kevin Dolan are up for nomination for 10 steps to the perfect baked beans
The MPS are in the running for DCU TV News
Having placed third in the Skerries Solas Film awards Nicola Leddy, a second year communications student, is hoping for a nod this Wednesday.
Audio
DCU FM is hoping to round off its very successful year with few statuettes in the audio broadcasting categories.
Jenny May Finn and Kate Murphy are up for their audio series “Girls aren’t funny.”
While DCU FM's Newswire, which has been nominated for several smedia awards, is up for three awards in the News and Current Affairs Programme of the Year
The Hybrids Awards are on this Wednesday in the Hub from 6pm
