The first round winner of the Avid? Asia-Pacific Student Grant contest has been announced. Martin Keyes, a 19-year-old first year student at SAE, QANTM College, Sydney, has won for his 60-clip entitled Sheep Shearing Documentary.
Martin’s entry was selected out of a strong field of over 75 students from around the Asia-Pacific region, including entrants from China, Japan, New Zealand and Korea. Martin won a mobile studio consisting of Avid Media Composer? editing software on an HP Compaq Mobile Workstation, and a Sony Digital Video Camera, totalling over AUS$20,000.