Magnolia High School (MHS) is rolling out the red carpet for its second Music Video Award ceremony on April 29.

MHS students have teamed up to create 12 videos which will debut at the award ceremony, Event Coordinator Susan Patton said.

She explained that the projects typically began with a director and script writer. Once the script was written and all ideas had been established the group found the actors and began filming their project.

The ceremony will recognize nearly 30 students for their work in categories such as best script, director, cinematographer, editing and individual performance. Trophies will be awarded to first, second and third place.

Broadcast Journalism teacher Trina Martin said the videos combine what the students have been learning during the school year into one project.

The educational goals of the project are creativity, collaborative learning, problem solving, establishing a career path, technological experience, time management, planning and having an audience.

The student’s final projects are due April 19 at which point Martin will upload them online for the judges to view.

The judges include reporter Ruben Dominguez, radio personalities Roula and Ryan from 104.1 KRBE, filmmakers from the movie “A Savior Red” and more. Audience members will also have a ballot to cast votes.

“The students said they probably would not have put as much effort into their projects if it was just their teacher grading it,” Patton said.

Students involved with the Broadcast Journalism Department have been receiving national recognition for their work throughout the school year, according to Patton. The committee has planned the red carpet finale to congratulate the student’s productivity.

“We have had some really great things happen from this program,” she said.

MHS filmed a lip-dub for the Katy Perry song “Firework” in January. The video has nearly 268,000 views on YouTube. The music video provided a welcome message to new students at MHS.

The broadcast department was invited to the 104.1 studio for an interview, as well as received recognition from a local news station. Following the interview, a representative of Katy Perry contacted the students for their efforts on the lib-dub.

The lip-dub earned first place at the Boomtown Film Festival. The students also attended the Student’s Television Network in Orlando, Fla., for the seventh year and competed against 1,400 other students.

Students were even able to speak with actor Mark Wahlberg, Patton said.

“They were really pumped up to get an ’atta boy from Mark Wahlberg,” she said.

Patton said that last year’s Music Video Awards were not publicized and only close friends and family attended the event. She said this year she wanted to help make the event much larger in order for the community to see what the group has been working on.

“We need the community to know,” she said.

The event will begin at 7 p.m. in the MHS auditorium. Tickets are $5 at the door or $3 and two canned food items to be donated to the Society of Samaritans. All donations go to the activity fund to purchase equipment for the broadcast department.

Broadcast students will be arriving at the event in a limo. They will be dressed in formal attire and will be escorted down the red carpet for photo opportunities. Martin says guests are encouraged to dress formal for the event as well.

All guests will be in the running for prizes such as two tickets to the Rihanna and Cee Lo Green concert at the Toyota Center, a day at Planet Beach spa, Chili’s gift cards and more.

For more information, visit facebook.com and search for MHS Music Video Awards.

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