The television production talents of area students will be on display on Darien TV79 as the station has concluded a “Best of Darien” video challenge to students studying digital media at Norwalk Community College.
— an announcement from Darien TV79
“We asked the NCC students to visit Darien and shoot a montage of local scenes featuring the ‘Best of Darien’, and the results were phenomenal,” says TV79 Program Director Jim Cameron. “These budding videographers saw our town through fresh eyes, yet captured the scenes that make Darien so special.”
Photos from Darien TV79
Norwalk Community College students during a video shoot in Darien
The project was a class assignment by Assistant Professor Julie Casper-Roth who leads NCC’s digital media division. “It was a win-win-win project,” says Ms. Casper-Roth. “The students got real life field experience, great feedback on their projects from the judges, and TV79 got 11 fresh station ID ‘bumpers’”
The 30- to 60-second spots highlight such icon Darien scenes as Tilley Pond, the Darien Library, the Darien YMCA, shoppers on the Post Road and our local beaches. The spots will run for many weeks to come on TV79 and can all be viewed here, on Vimeo.
The entries were judged by Cameron and other members of the TV79 Advisory Board, who had a very hard time selecting a winner.
As a result of a tie, the $100 prize for the best of “The Best of Darien” will be split by two NCC students, Jacqueline Ramirez and Olivia Naimoli.
Darien TV79 is the town government’s television station, accessible on Optimum Channel 79, Vimeo, Facebook and YouTube. The station is funded by the town government, grants from the Area Nine Cable Council and The Darien Foundation. For more information visit the station’s new website, DarienTV79.com.
Norwalk Community College serves 6,500 students insouthern Fairfield County and is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year. The college houses a wide array of programs in the sciences, humanities, and arts.
The school’s Film and Television Program (set to change its name to Digital Media) is designed to prepare students for jobs in the diverse and ever-changing field of media production.