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The Society of Motion Pictures and Television Engineers crowned its music video winners on Tuesday.Students attending the contest voted Everett Lee-Sung and Lionel Medina’s production for “The Long and Winding Road” as the best music video.

“It’s a fun song because it tells a story,” said Lee-sung of the experience. “I like music videos. They’re fun.”

Coincidentally, Lee-Sung was the winner of the last contest held by the society for his drama entry entitled “Loose Ends.”

His partner, Medina, shared the same excitement.

“It’s totally a major accomplishment,” Medina said, clutching the first place plaque.

Grabbing the second prize was Naomi Barrett for her music video, “Little Red Riding Hood.” Though, according to Barrett, the process wasn’t so easy.

Cindy Gonzalez, a television and radio production major, became Little Red Riding Hood. The role, however, wasn’t hers from the beginning.

“This was the production from hell,” Barrett said. “The talent for Red Riding Hood went missing in action, but thankfully Cindy was gracious enough to stand in.”

“It’s awesome that she won,” Gonzalez said. “I’m really excited to be in a winning entry.”

Barrett also didn’t have a set camera plan.

“I basically just told the crew to go nuts,” Barrett said. “So in this video, you’re seeing a lot of signature shots.”

The contests, according to contestants, are a great way to move forward as television production majors. Many have even see progress in their work.

“Every single project that you do, you grow,” said Josue Martinez, another television production major who entered the contest for Fader.

“I thought every one of the videos were good. There’s obviously a lot of talent in this room and the key is planning,” Martinez said.

But will the competitiveness of the television production class steer Martinez away from upcoming contests?

“I will most definitely enter this contest again,” Martinez said. “It’s a great way to grow.

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