2024 Tensies Winners

An experimental screen dance to the song Life by Ludovico Einaudi.

Director - Audrey Merckling
Editor - Allison Ruschill
Screenwriter - Audrey Merckling
Cinematographer - Audrey Merckling
Visual Effects - Allison Ruschill

Produced for Oldfather Productions Club, Fall 2023

2024 Tensie Winner: Best of Show, Best Experimental Project
2024 Tensie Nominee: Best Editing, Best Music Video

A robotic frog deals with the struggles of living in nature.

Director - Isaac Fowler
Editor - Isaac Fowler
Screenwriter - Isaac Fowler
Cinematographer - Isaac Fowler
Sound - Isaac Fowler, Chayton McDonald
Visual Effects - Isaac Fowler

Produced for FMS 499: Directed Study in Film, Mai, Spring 2024

2024 Tensie Winner: Best Animation, Best Sound
2024 Tensie Nominee: Best Visual Effects, Best of Show

When a young woman finds herself in a messy situation-ship, a mysterious group helps.

Director - Olivia Herman
Editor - Alek Olivares
Screenwriter - Olivia Herman
Cinematographer - Allison Ruschill and Simon Stevens
Sound - El Mayo and Hugh Culler
Visual Effects - Alek Olivares (editor) and Jake Jackson (SFX Makeup)

Produced for FMS 585: Capstone, Durón, Fall 2023

2024 Tensie Winner: Best Cinematography
2024 Tensie Nominee: Best Drama, Best Screenplay

Triangle discovers a new dimension.

Director - Nick Schrag
Editor - Nick Schrag
Screenwriter - Nick Schrag
Cinematographer - Nick Schrag
Sound - Nick Schrag
Visual Effects - Nick Schrag

Produced for KU Animators, Spring 2024

2024 Tensie Winner: Best Comedy
2024 Tensie Nominee: Best Animation

A PSA about the improper use of C-stands.

Director - Tanner Ashenfelter
Editor - Tanner Ashenfelter
Screenwriter - Tanner Ashenfelter
Cinematographer - Daniel McMillin
Sound - Tanner Ashenfelter
Visual Effects - Tanner Ashenfelter

Produced for FMS 303: Acting for the Camera, Kirk, Fall 2023

2024 Tensie Winner: Best Comedy

Reality deteriorates during a young man's journey to find his missing uncle.

Director - Bella Wasson
Editor - Selah Klayson & Alek Olivares
Screenwriter - Bella Wasson
Cinematographer - Cash Erikson
Sound - George LaHood and Sophia Leis
Visual Effects - George LaHood

Produced for FMS 485: Capstone, Swanson, Spring 2024

2024 Tensie Winner: Best Director
2024 Tensie Nominee: Best Sound, Best Visual Effects, Best of Show

Narrative essay about closing chapters

Director - Jack Weidner
Editor - Jack Weidner
Screenwriter - Jack Weidner
Cinematographer - Jack Weidner
Sound - Jack Weidner
Visual Effects - Jack Weidner

Produced for FMS 303: Video Essay Production, Mai, Spring 2024

2024 Tensie Winner: Best Documentary
2024 Tensie Nominee: Best Experimental

A man explores his feelings for his best friend through a series of unusual dreams.

Director - Cash Erikson
Editor - Selah Klayson
Screenwriter - Cash Erikson
Cinematographer - Cash Erikson
Sound - Gonzalo Arzamendia, Ellynn Mayo

Produced for FMS 585: Capstone, Durón, Fall 2023

2024 Tensie Winner: Best Drama
2024 Tensie Nominee: Best Cinematography, Best Director, Best Editing, Best Screenplay, Best of Show

Director - George LaHood and Hannah Davis
Editor - Jack Newlin, George LaHood, and Adler Moss
Screenwriter - George LaHood
Cinematographer - Allison Ruschill
Sound - George LaHood, Jack Newlin, and Cash Erikson
Visual Effects - George LaHood

Produced for FMS 485: Capstone, Swanson, Spring 2024

2024 Tensie Winner: Best Editing, Best Visual Effects
2024 Tensie Nominee: Best Cinematography, Best Screenplay, Best Sound, Best of Show

A point and click adventure of a hitman by Cory Porter

Produced for FMS 303: Game Development, Miner, Spring 2024

2024 Tensie Winner: Best Interactive Media

An exploration of the relationship between objectification and femininity set to Wallows "Pictures of Girls".

Director - Katie Schowe
Editor - Katie Schowe
Visual Effects - Katie Schowe

Produced for FMS 303: Visual Effects & Color Grading, Mai, Fall 2023

2024 Tensie Winner: Best Music Video
2024 Tensie Nominee: Best Experimental Project, Best Visual Effects

A group of student meteorologists find that they are the only people who can warn their town of an incoming tornado after the National Weather Service fails to act.

Director - Adler Moss
Editor - Adler Moss
Screenwriter - Adler Moss
Cinematographer - Brett Taylor
Sound Designer - Adler Moss
Sound Recordist - Justin Southard
Visual Effects - George LaHood

Produced for FMS 485: Capstone, Swanson, Spring 2024

2024 Tensie Winner: Best Screenplay
2024 Tensie Nominee: Best Director, Best Drama