{"id":10591,"date":"2010-02-23T12:41:22","date_gmt":"2010-02-23T16:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=10591"},"modified":"2010-02-23T12:41:22","modified_gmt":"2010-02-23T16:41:22","slug":"ucf-film-professor-takes-first-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-film-professor-takes-first-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ Film Professor Takes First Place"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr. Lisa Mills, an assistant professor in Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½’s film department, hit a high note at the 2010 Broadcast Educators Association (BEA) Festival of Media Arts–one of the top festivals in the academic documentary film industry. Mills\u2019 film, The Young Composers Challenge<\/em>, was named best of competition-long form in the Faculty Documentary Competition.<\/p>\n

The Young Composers Challenge<\/em> is a 94-minute film about five teenagers competing to have their original classical compositions performed by professionals–students write the compositions and the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra performs the winning pieces. Following a three-day workshop held during the spring semester, students take the summer to compose. The orchestra plays the top three orchestral and top three ensemble pieces during the fall semester.<\/p>\n

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