SAVANNAH FILMMAKER WINS THE
SCION xPRESS FEST MUSIC VIDEO COMPETITION
(June 26, 2006)
After months of screening events and thousands
of online votes, Scion xPress Fest, a
competition that gave promising student
filmmakers a chance to create music videos for
unsigned bands, has announced Mike Goubeaux from
the Savannah College of Art and Design the
winning filmmaker. Goubeaux will take home the
$20,000 cash prize.
Goubeaux won by
receiving the most votes on
www.ScionxPressFest.com for his video of the
song "Trains" by Summerbirds in the Cellar. The
three finalists included Goubeaux, Henry Joost
of Columbia University ("Albacore" by Palomar),
and Collin Redden of Chapman University
("Nobody" by Monsters are Waiting).
"I am thrilled
that such a wide audience has seen my music
video and decided to place it at the top,"
stated Goubeaux. "I feel lucky to have been
part of Scion xPress Fest and have been honored
to exhibit work alongside the other filmmakers.
I look forward to seeing another round of videos
next year."
ABOUT SCION
xPRESS FEST
Continuing in its
dedication to shine a spotlight on promising
talent, the Scion xPress Fest is a national
student filmmaker competition that matched
filmmakers with indie-bands. Film students were
asked to submit music video treatments for a
chance to create a music video for an
up-and-coming band. The students with the best
music video concepts, as decided on by a panel
of film and music video heavyweights, were
provided a budget to bring their idea to life.
All 10 regional finalist videos have been
screening at events across the country since
February 2006. The three videos that received
the most votes by attendees at the screening
events were aired for the public online. The
top online vote getter is awarded the $20,000
grand prize.
ABOUT THE WINNING
FILMMAKER
Mike Goubeaux
Savannah College
of Art and Design
Michael Goubeaux
is a senior at the Savannah College of Art and
Design majoring in Film and Television with a
minor in Sound Design. Born and raised in Tipp
City, Ohio, Goubeaux began creating web sites
and practicing graphic design during High
School. With an Apple Macintosh given to him by
his uncle and the household digital 8 camera, he
discovered digital video and eventually won the
opportunity to direct Channel One News (Los
Angeles, Calif.) for two weeks as a senior in
high school. His first short format commercial
work was created as an intern at his father's
design firm, Visual Marketing Associates, Inc.
Inspired by music-video directors turned
filmmakers, like David Fincher, he began
creating action shorts for pleasure and
freelance commercial work. Currently focusing on
digital HD cinema for music video and narrative
work, he hopes to begin his career editing and
shooting, and eventually earn a spot as a
director.
ABOUT THE BAND
Summerbirds In
The Cellar
Summerbirds In
The Cellar have been described as "elegant
melancholy that crawls under your skin in the
most organic of ways" by Bao Lee Hu in Orlando
City Beat. Fronted by Brad Register, who has
toured extensively with Now It's Overhead while
they supported R.E.M. and then Rilo Kiley.
Summerbirds recorded their debut album, "With
The Hands Of The Hunter It All Becomes Dead",
with Andy LeMaster at Chase Park Transduction in
Athens, Ga. In the fall of 2004 they toured
throughout the southeast and two of the
Summerbirds (Brad and Curtis) have toured
nationally in their previous outfit, Pilots V.
Aeroplanes (PVA). PVA has also played the Vans
Warped Tour and released "Our Desire Is Wind And
Motor" on Good Bye Blue Skies in 2000.
ABOUT SCION
Scion is the
newest line of vehicles from Toyota Motor Sales
(TMS), U.S.A., Inc. Developed with a new
generation of youthful buyers in mind, Scion's
mission is to provide distinctive products, the
opportunity to personalize, and an innovative,
consumer-driven process at the retail level. The
Scion brand features three ground-breaking
models. The xA is a taut subcompact five-door,
featuring an athletic stance with sculpted wheel
arches. The xB, an urban utility vehicle with an
iconic shape, combines remarkable interior space
with aggressive style. And the tC sports coupe
surprises the buyer with the convenience of a
hatchback and the luxury of a standard all-glass
panorama moonroof, complementing the usual wide
array of features on all Scions.
