BL&S Takes Home 4 Addy's 2023

Alex Bittan, Jared Bordeaux, Dylan Knight, and Joseph Kennemer take home Addy’s in the Music Video, Editorial, VFX, and Sound Mix categories.

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“For What It’s Worth” | Breland & Atlantic Records
Music Video Winner
Dir: Alex Bittan
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A portrait of PBR (Professional Bull Riders) star, Ezekiel Mitchell, as he becomes one of the world’s leading bull riders.

“Original Voices” | Stink Films & Lovers Agency [TRANSFORM EDIT]
Video Editing Winner
Editor: Jared Bordeaux
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Directed by Leo Aguirre at Stink Films, this edit uses match cuts and match action techniques from music videos that were produced decades apart, along with interstitial original scenes, to illustrate the music industry dream.

RuPaul Season 15 Promo Campaign | VH1 [TRANSFORM EDIT]
2D VFX & Motion Graphics Winner
Editor: Dylan Knight
VFX Artists: James Buongiorno, Alex Winker, David Blinn, & Will Clark
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This edit features an “infinite runway” effect in which each queen was captured with a motion controlled camera, and subsequently composited into a seamless, single runway environment. Transform also created MTV branding elements on the vehicle and tile floor, and provided miscellaneous beauty retouching on the queens and vehicle.

“Born. Bred.” | Big Spring Media [TRANSFORM EDIT]
Sound Mixing & Design Winner
Mixer: Joseph Kennemer
Sound Designer: Jared Bordeaux
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Edited by Jared Bordeaux and Caleb Guadarrama, this piece features over 100 sound design layers as the journey of an aspiring professional basketball player rapidly unfolds in 60 seconds.