Lahore: The two-day Media Fest 2012 organised by Media Society of Kinnaird College for Women held in the college.
It was aimed at helping Media students unleash their talent and expose their inner journalistic skills. KMS (Kinnaird Media Society), the college’s Mass Communication department, organized this festival in which over 550 KC students participated in four competitions.
During the festival, the students showcased stop-motion projects, their designed posters and T-Shirts at the occasion on a ramp show. A large number of students participated in the competitions.
The day one started with ‘Reporting Live from Kinnaird’ contest in which participants presented videos which was a coverage of staged acts by media studies students. It was judged by reporter Shumaila Jaffery and news anchor Ajmal Jami. The second half of the event comprised of ‘Photo Essay Competition’ in which various teams presented a sequence of photographs to narrate a story on their chosen topics. Head of Media Studies Department Ms. Shazia Saeed presented Media Fest shields to the judges as a token of gratitude and acknowledged the efforts of the teams for pioneering the first day of Media Fest in Kinnaird College.
Kinnaird College concluded its second day of the Media Fest with the competitions Roundtable – Talk Show competition and The Short Film Competitions. The second day started off with the talk show competition, judged by talk show host Mubashir Luqman. In total, 5 teams enacted talk shows on stage while their topics ranged from entertainment, social issues and education. Shields were awarded to the winners and the participants received certificates. Also present at the event as guests were news anchors Madiha Naqvi and Ajmal Jami. They had an interesting interactive session with the audience and appreciated the initiation of such events for enhancing the journalism skills of media students. For the Short Film Competition, Top 11 short films were screened at the event. The judges for the contest were television actors Noman Ijaz and Seemi Raheel. The topics for the short films comprised of various social issues. The winning film was ‘Subh Honay Tak,’ presented by the M.Phil student Sehrish. The event ended with a closing ceremony in which Media Fest shields and certificates were handed over to the winners, participants, management, coordinating faculty members, KMS advisor Miss Shazia Saeed and President Werdah Munib by the judges.
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