Teenage video editing whizzes heading to provincial competition

Bishop Alexander Carter Catholic Secondary School students Christine Harte and Autumn Millar will be competing in the TV Video Production category at the Ontario Technological Skills Competition (OTSC) in Waterloo May 5.

The students, who are enrolled in their school's Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM) Information & Communications Technology (ICT) program, won the honour at a qualifying round held at Canadore College April 18.

They competed against teams from other Northern Ontario high schools. Only the top three competitors who received at least a 60 per cent score in the qualifying round were permitted into the OTSC.

The task was to produce a 30-second public service announcement video on the theme of cyberbullying. Competitors had to complete their filming and editing within

a specific amount of time, after which their work would be critiqued, reviewed and evaluated by a number of judges.

When the results came in, Harte and Millar were awarded first place.
"Christine and Autumn are excellent students," said Steven Facchini, the teacher of the SHSM ICT program at Bishop Carter.

"Aside from video production, they've demonstrated excellence in 2D graphic design, 3D modeling, web development, game programming and various other media production skills I teach in my program. We are all extremely proud of them. They are undoubtedly looking forward to the OTSC in May."