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2001 Awards

Aurora Award

auroraThe Media Ministries Bureau is pleased to announce the winning of the 2001 AURORA GOLD AWARD for the video "Truth Aflame." The Aurora Award is an international film and video competition. The Bureau has currently won five national awards, (2 Telly Awards and and 3 Aegis Awards) with the Aurora being our first international award. We praise and give thanks to God for it is our desire to Honor the Lord in our ministry.

Thanks to the Bureau staff for their hard work: Anita Schultz, David Baker, Erika Smith, Tom Big and former staff members Ian Evans & Andrew Maxwell. A special 'hat's off' to Jim Humphrey, our outstanding 3D animator, for his creative contributions!

 

Aegis Award

aegisWest Nyack, New York – The Salvation Army-USA East has won a 2001 Aegis Award for an eight-minute video produced for The Salvation Army-USA East. The Aegis Awards are the 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 The Salvation Army-USA East in recent years.

“TRUTH AFLAME” was honored in the “Event” category for its outstanding production quality by a distinguished panel of judges representing industry professionals from around the country.

At the 2000 International Congress in Atlanta, Georgia, the USA Eastern Territory Media Ministries Bureau produced for the Accelevision Rally an eight-minute video showing The Salvation Army USA East in the year 2025. A variety of images were presented showing Moon Corps, underwater corps, robot kettle workers, etc… Special music was scored by Kevin Norbury and the delegates were taken on an incredible journey to the future. The Bureau also won finalist awards for “BOOTH TUCKER AND THE FRINGLE” and “YOU’RE IN THE ARMY NOW.”

The Media Ministries Bureau is the only Corporate Video Studio part of a Salvation Army Territorial Headquarters in the USA. The bureau has gown in the past ten years to a full state-of-the-art production facility, providing foremost quality and low cost videos to the Corps, Divisions and Territorial Events. Staff members include: Jeff Schultz - Director, Anita Colby-Schultz - Associate Director, Tom Big - Editor, David Baker - Technical Assistant, Erika Smith - Secretary, Territorial Commander - Commissioner Joe Noland, Program Secretary - Lt. Colonel Gilbert Reynders.

 

Telly Award

tellyThe Media Ministries Bureau is very proud to announce the winning of two Telly Awards for the year 2001.

They are:

  1. "Truth A flame" - Animation Category

  2. "You're In The Army Now" - Employee Communication Category

"Truth Aflame" was the nine minute video featuring a number of animations showing the USA Eastern Territory in the year 2025. Such visuals as Underwater Corps, Robot Kettle workers, Moon Corps, and Mobile Corps were featured.

"You're In The Army Now" was a unique approach to employee orientation, using Carol Jaudes, Ian Evans, and Lt. Jim Jacobs who acted out the first day of a new employee in The Salvation Army workplace. Dorothy Post wrote the script, and the concept idea was developed by Tom Baker.

We are most proud of David Baker, Ian Evans, Andrew Maxwell, Anita Schultz, Tom Big (our editor), and Jim Humphrey (our animator) for their hard work and ministry not only in these two projects, but their year round work for this territory's Media Ministries Bureau. And a special thanks to our administration for allowing us to 'pull out the stops' in our video creativity.

Jeffrey B. Schultz, Director