Fort Mill, SC -- MartinMedia, LLC has won a 2006 Aegis Award for a 7 minute video produced for Crescent Resources. The Aegis Awards are the video industry's premier competition for peer recognition of outstanding video productions and non-network TV commercials. This year's Aegis Award is the third for MartinMedia, LLC in recent years.

"The John James Audubon Lodge" was honored in the "Training / Education" category for its outstanding production quality by a distinguished panel of judges representing industry professionals from around the country.

In addition to being selected a Winner, the John James Audubon Lodge video was also listed as one of the top 25 entries overall.  This is a very prestigious group and it's a great honor to see MartinMedia on the same list with Buena Vista, Disney-Pixar and 20th Century Fox.

About the Aegis Awards

Who is eligible to submit an entry to the Aegis Awards?
Entries are received from producers, directors, writers, editors, cameramen, clients, news reporters, advertising agencies, students, freelancers and corporate video departments located throughout the United States and Canada. You do not have to be a member of any particular organization to enter.

Any video/film production, local TV commercial, or broadcast news story produced in the previous two years is eligible. Our specialized scoring system even allows you to indicate what role you played in the production so that judges can focus their attention especially on your work.

What are the judges looking for?
The judges consider whether the content of an entry is well structured, holds the viewer's interest, uses professional techniques, and has high production values. Each production is independently screened by four of the Aegis judges and rated on ten judging criteria:

1. Directing

2. Script writing

3. Videography and lighting

4. Editing

5. Sound (including, music, interviews, sound fx, etc.)

6. Visual design (graphics, titles, and animation)

7. On-camera and voice-over performances by talent (interviewers, hosts, narrators)

8. Content and structure

9. Overall experience

10. Effectiveness of presentation

How are entries judged?
Entries are judged against a high standard of excellence and do not compete directly with each other so Winners are decided on their own merits rather than by direct comparison to others. Our specialized competition allows you to indicate what role you played in producing the entry so that the judges can focus their attention especially on your work. Our unique scoring system automatically adjusts the importance of each of the ten criteria based on the selected category and what role you played in producing the entry.

If an entry receives a composite score of 85 or greater, they receive the Winner award. Entries that score between 80 and 84 receive the Finalist award. All scoring is automated, secure, and private to ensure fairness and accuracy. Both Winners and Finalists receive a free personalized certificate and are eligible to order a trophy.

Who are the judges?
The Aegis Awards is the only competition that offers each Winner the chance to become a future volunteer judge and help rate other people's work. Last year's group of judges included people from all professions in our industry including producers, directors, cameramen, writers, a music composer, video editors, a news director, and others. Judges include freelancers, production company staff, and in-house corporate video staff. The volunteer Aegis judges are selected from a list of previous Aegis Winners who have submitted an application. These video and film professionals actually work in the industry every day and have demonstrated extraordinary talent. They have experience and familiarity with the categories in which they review and have individually won an Aegis Award in a prior year. Winners in the Student category are not eligible to submit an application to become a judge.