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  • Gabe Schmidt’s “Under Pressure” wins honors

    Gabe Schmidt’s “Under Pressure” wins honors

    Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy (CHCA) Upper School students and several alum of the school’s Audio/Visual Production Class have earned top honors in the statewide Friends4Friends Film Festival.

    The film was directed by Miami Township resident, Senior Gabe Schmidt, and co-produced by senior Malcolm Vanderwoude and Audio/Visual Production teacher Adam Cool. Schmidt, Vanderwoude, senior Matthew Pacheco and Steve Jester ’18 all co-wrote the story. The film was edited by Jack Bolander ’18, and Carter Jackson ’17 composed the score. All have been students of Cool’s Audio/Visual Class.

    CHCA alum Josh Braden ’18 was named Best Actor, and senior Evan Flagel earned the Best Supporting Actor award.

    CHCA’s entry, Under Pressure, finished third in online voting for Best Film honors.

    Awards were presented September 17th in Columbus at the Ohio Adolescent Health’s Conference on Youth. The film festival spotlights positive solutions that support youth. Each participating school team had to pick a topic related to difficult decisions that students face. The CHCA group chose prescription drug abuse as the topic of its short film.

    The film was directed by senior Gabe Schmidt and co-produced by senior Malcolm Vanderwoude and Audio/Visual Production teacher Adam Cool. Schmidt, Vanderwoude, senior Matthew Pacheco and Steve Jester ’18 all co-wrote the story. The film was edited by Jack Bolander ’18, and Carter Jackson ’17 composed the score. All have been students of Cool’s Audio/Visual Class.

    The team partnered with Maximum Freedom, a Cincinnati-based non-profit that educates youth about risk avoidance.

    Seven Ohio high schools submitted video entries. In one week, CHCA’s entry netted nearly 1,400 views on YouTube and 170 votes.

    The participating films are viewable at the OAHC Youth website. View Under Pressure directly at this link.

    “I am really proud of the work this group has done,” shares Cool. “Not only did they do a great job on the production side, but I have heard on multiple accounts of people having important conversations inspired by the film. This is really the point of the entire festival—to raise awareness for the issues that students really face.”

    Cool also adds, “We have another, bigger production in the works, so keep your eyes peeled for an announcement in the next month or two.”

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  • Vote for CHCA’s video devoted to promoting positive decisions for youth

    Vote for CHCA’s video devoted to promoting positive decisions for youth

    The film was directed by senior Gabe Schmidt

    Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy film students have produced a video for the statewide Friends4Friends Film Festival, and online voting is underway for the festival’s top award.

    The festival, part of the Ohio Adolescent Health’s Conference on Youth, spotlights positive solutions that support youth. Each participating school team had to pick a topic related to difficult decisions that students face. The CHCA group chose prescription drug abuse as the topic of its short, titled “Under Pressure.” 

    The film was directed by senior Gabe Schmidt, and co-produced by senior Malcolm Vanderwoude and Audio/Visual Production teacher Adam Cool. Schmidt, Vanderwoude, senior Matthew Pacheco and 2018 grad Steve Jester co-wrote the story. The film was edited by ’18 grad Jack Bolander, and ’17 grad Carter Jackson composed the score. All have been members of Mr. Cool’s A/V class.

    Lead actors were ’18 grad Josh Braden and senior Evan Flagel.

    The team partnered with Maximum Freedom, a Cincinnati-based non-profit that educates youth about risk avoidance.

    Seven Ohio high schools submitted video entries. The one with the most online votes will receive the top prize at the OAHC’s Sept. 17 conference in Columbus. Live voting will continue up until the time of the award presentation at the luncheon that day.

    The films are viewable at the OAHC Youth website. View “Under Pressure” directly at this link.

    To vote, click the “like” (thumbs up) button on the video. The video with the most “likes” wins the festival.

    To “like” the video, one must sign in to YouTube with a Google account. Any Gmail address will work. You can vote only once per Google account.

  • CHCA Junior Gabe Schmidt Wins Kids Film It Festival

    CHCA Junior Gabe Schmidt Wins Kids Film It Festival

    Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy junior Gabe Schmidt claimed the Best Animated Film award at the Kids Film It Festival on November 11th in Cleveland – his second film festival victory in three months.

    Schmidt’s stop-motion short, “The Man with a Plan,” was honored during the awards show at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. His prize was a GoPro camera. In late August in Cincinnati, that same work earned the Best Film award in the Teen Film Challenge, when Schmidt was also honored with the Best Director and Best Screenplay awards.

    Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy junior Gabe Schmidt being presented the Best Animated Film award by Ryan Levine, the festival’s founder.

    The Kids Film It Festival is the brainchild of 14-year-old Ryan Levine of Cleveland. After his grandmother was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, Levine started the festival in 2016 as a way to raise money for a cure.

    With filmmakers ranging in ages 8-18 from across the country, the festival drew more than 100 entries this year among three categories (Animated Film, Short Film, and Music Video). This year’s event raised more than $46,000, with all proceeds going to the Michael J. Fox Foundation.

    Levine emceed the red-carpet screenings and presented Schmidt with his award.

    “The event was very cool,” Schmidt said. “It was all for a good cause, so I was glad to be a part of it.”

    16-year-old Schmidt created his stop-motion animated film in August using Lego figures. The story centers on a bank heist, and he filmed it in his basement using only an iPhone. CHCA graduate Carter Jackson ’17 voiced a character and contributed the film’s original score.

    Schmidt is a member of CHCA’s audio/visual production team, led by teacher Adam Cool. Schmidt has been producing short films for four years and has 5,473 subscribers on his YouTube channel, GDS Studios.

    He is also a member of the CHCA Varsity Soccer Team and Academic Team, and he performs in the school plays and in Academy Night Live.

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  • Gabe Schmidt Wins Teen Film Challenge

    Gabe Schmidt Wins Teen Film Challenge

    Sycamore Township – Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy junior and Miami Township resident Gabe Schmidt claimed the Best Film award in the 2017 Teen Film Challenge, one of three awards he received. The red-carpet screening was held at the Underground on Saturday, August 26. Schmidt received the top honor and its accompanying $1000 prize, along with the Best Director and Best Screenplay awards. 

    Sixteen-year old Schmidt created a stop-motion animated film using Legos during the event’s 72-hour filmmaking weekend, which was held on August 3-6. Twenty-eight teams entered the competition, with twenty-five of them submitting their films on time to be eligible for judging. 

    The twelve judges of the challenge were nearly unanimous in ranking Schmidt’s film highest. 

    To create his film, Schmidt wrote a story, and then filmed it in his basement using only an iPhone. CHCA 2017 graduate, Carter Jackson, joined Schmidt as voice-over talent and contributed the film’s original score.

    At the kickoff event, each team drew a movie title and a genre, giving instructions to make their film fit both topics. Schmidt was given the choice of two categories-Action/Adventure or Mystery. He chose Action/Adventure and was given the title to work with “The Man with a Plan.” Based on this title, Schmidt decided on a story involving a bank heist. He borrowed a large quantity of white Lego bricks so he could build a bank, plus several mini-figures.

    Watch Gabe building the set…

     

    Once the filming was complete, Schmidt contacted Jackson with the lines to record, which he sent back via audio files by email. Jackson wrote the score by watching what Gabe had put together, fitting the tone of his music to the piece. 

    “I think the movie turned out well,” says Schmidt. “It was more than just a generic action film, which is what I was hoping for.”

    Watch the film…

    Schmidt has been producing short films for four years. He has 5,090 followers on his YouTube channel, GDS Studios. Schmidt is also a member of the CHCA JV soccer team, the Academic Team, and performs in the school plays and Academy Night Live. 

    Schmidt plans to enter the film in the 2018 Golden Lion Awards, a Midwest film festival for high school and junior high students.

    Go to Gabe’s GDS Studios on YouTube ……

     

     

     

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