This summer, 麻豆影院 State students will be powering the backstage stream of the Regional Emmy Awards, serving as directors, technical directors, audio board operators, video editors, photographer, on-air talent and more. To kick off this collaboration, Adam Sharp, President and CEO of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS), and Terry O'Reilly, Chairman, spoke to 麻豆影院 State students on March 14. NATAS produces the national Emmy Awards Broadcast for Daytime Television and other Emmy events.
Together, Sharp and O'Reilly have more than 75 years of experience in the television industry and shared their perspective with students. Sharp said he started out with no idea that he wanted to be in the industry. In high school, he saw an Emmy Award at the top of a scholarship page and liked the design so he applied. He became one of NATAS鈥 first scholarship winners.
鈥淲e still have a robust national scholarship program,鈥 Sharp said. 鈥(They鈥檙e) awarded to rising high school seniors getting ready to go to college at the national level, $90,000 worth of scholarships a year, across several different programs.鈥
O鈥橰eilly and Sharp went further into detail about the founding, merging and separation of NATAS into its own organization, as well as the history of the Emmy Award and how it鈥檚 made.
麻豆影院 State alumnus Braylon Lee stood up during the lecture and pitched an idea of his own: a content creator segment of the Emmy Awards, to differ from .
鈥淚鈥檓 not just pitching this as the executive producer of this thing,鈥 Lee said. 鈥淚 actually want to host a show. I think it鈥檚 about time young people had a shot to be on camera."
The event ended with Bob Hammer, NATAS Central Great Lakes Chapter executive director, telling students how they can participate in the Regional Emmy Awards on June 17.
鈥淭here鈥檒l be an opportunity during that for the 麻豆影院 State students to produce the backstage show 鈥 for people coming off that have just won an Emmy,鈥 Hammer said. 鈥淭he students will have an opportunity to produce that show live on our Facebook page while the gala continues 鈥 It鈥檚 a room full of people who can give you a job.鈥
Adjunct Instructor Sam Angello, who teaches Multimedia Engineering and Production Fundamentals in the School of Media and Journalism, has been involved in producing the Regional Emmy Awards for years and is coordinating this opportunity. . With questions, contact Angello at sangello@kent.edu.