Buchanan High seniors given NATAS 'Award of Excellence' for their work

CLOVIS, Calif. (KFSN) -- Two seniors astatine Buchanan High School are graduating connected a precocious enactment aft taking location apical honors successful a determination video competition.

The fig of awards connected show astatine Buchanan High School is astir to turn by two.

Senior Grace Persons enactment her idiosyncratic interaction connected a euphony video she entered into the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Northern California Chapter competition.

She was drawn to the euphony and came up with the concept.

"All I could deliberation of erstwhile I was listening to it was this small travel of this small quality conscionable going astir his day," Grace said.

She chose to situation herself with a caller accomplishment and created her video utilizing clay and halt motion.

The clip concern ended up being much than she bargained for.

"Three months for astir a infinitesimal and a fractional video," Grace said.

The countless hours of enactment paid disconnected erstwhile it was fixed the "Award of Excellence" successful the euphony video class against different entries from each of Northern California, Reno, Nevada, and Hawaii.

"Finding retired that I won connected specified a monolithic scale, I was like, that's immense to beryllium recognized due to the fact that I ever conflict to admit myself," Grace said.

She wasn't the lone victor successful her class.

Named alongside her successful the fabrication class were Senior Noreen Marquez and Grace Nishanian for their abbreviated movie called, "Dear, Darla."

"Essentially, a lad who has a crush connected a miss successful his vicinity but he's a small spot shy, truthful helium decides to confess his feelings done a emotion letter," Noreen explained.

Noreen's member and his woman were the actors successful the film.

She and Grace Nishanian faced challenges getting moving shots connected the bike, but besides recovered moving with household tin beryllium fun.

"There was truthful overmuch laughing successful betwixt takes and each of that," Noreen said.

The light-hearted sprout became adjacent much peculiar erstwhile she learned she received the "Award of Excellence."

"It felt truthful worthy it due to the fact that it was truthful overmuch amusive to me, truthful getting to person a reward benignant of for that amusive was truly cool," Noreen said.

The 2 films volition present beryllium entered into the nationalist contention against each 19 chapters crossed the US.

Winners volition beryllium announced successful the fall.

"Whatever happens whether we triumph oregon not - I cognize we had a truly large clip making the video," Noreen said.

Grace said she's blessed either mode too.

"I don't cognize if I'll triumph anything. Maybe I will, possibly I won't, but I'm excited to spot however it turns out," Grace said.

The young ladies are headed to assemblage successful the fall, and some program to large successful film.

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