{"id":826,"date":"2017-02-09T12:34:32","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T17:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/coa\/?p=826"},"modified":"2017-02-09T12:34:32","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T17:34:32","slug":"film-and-video-society-debates-reel-wars-in-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/coa\/2017\/02\/09\/film-and-video-society-debates-reel-wars-in-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Film and Video Society Debates &#8220;Reel Wars In Space&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/coa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/02\/FV-Reel-Wars-In-Space.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-828 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/coa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/02\/FV-Reel-Wars-In-Space-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"F&amp;V Reel Wars In Space\" width=\"427\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/coa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/02\/FV-Reel-Wars-In-Space-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/coa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/02\/FV-Reel-Wars-In-Space-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/coa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/02\/FV-Reel-Wars-In-Space-644x483.jpg 644w, https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/coa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/02\/FV-Reel-Wars-In-Space.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><\/a>FROM: DENNIS CONWAY, FOR THE FVS\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 DATE: FEB. 2, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Film and Video Society held its second \u201cReel Wars\u201d debate of the school year on Wednesday, Feb. 1, in which members and guests debated movie \u2013 themed issues for almost an hour.\u00a0 The evening\u2019s theme covered movies set in outer space.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A close competition ensued, with the \u201cBand Kids\u201d team beating the \u201cHan Shot First\u201d team, 3 rounds to 2. \u00a0Two four-person teams competed, before an audience of about 30 people.<\/p>\n<p>Film and Video Society President Nathan Ragland moderated the contest, and Jonathan Bice served as Timekeeper.\u00a0 The five debate rounds centered on the discussion of questions: 1. Out of all the \u201cStar Wars\u201d anthology movies, and \u201cRogue One,\u201d which movie based on an individual character should be made first?\u00a0 2. Of all the Star Trek movie characters, who is the most memorable? 3. What was the worst disaster to occur in a space film?\u00a0 4. What is the best film ever set in space?,\u00a0 and 5.\u00a0 In most space films, who is the real \u201cbad guy:\u201d humans, or aliens &amp; technology?\u00a0\u00a0 Judges included Mass Media Professors Gregory Brown and Andrew Black, and student Jabari Bennett.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cBand Kids\u201d team featured students Samantha Barton, Michael Krafka, Karen Miranda, and Jay Brinson, and their rivals, the \u201cHan Shot First\u201d team comprised students Levi Johnson, Maxwell Steele. Andrew Loyd, and Michael Jacobs.\u00a0 The next \u201cReel Wars\u201d debate will feature a discussion of \u201cDisney\u201d movie topics. FVS members are also planning an Oscar party on Sunday, Feb. 26, to view the ceremony onscreen, and cheer for favorites.\u00a0\u00a0 Meetings are held on the first and third Wednesday nights of the month, at 7 p.m. in the Mass Media Building.\u00a0 Please email President Nathan Ragland at <a href=\"mailto:ndragland@valdosta.edu\">ndragland@valdosta.edu<\/a> for more information about the group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FROM: DENNIS CONWAY, FOR THE FVS\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 DATE: FEB. 2, 2017 &nbsp; The Film and Video Society held its second \u201cReel Wars\u201d debate of the school year on Wednesday, Feb. 1, in which members and guests debated movie \u2013 themed issues for almost an hour.\u00a0 The evening\u2019s theme covered movies set in outer space.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":342,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-officeofthedean"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/coa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/coa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/coa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/coa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/342"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/coa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=826"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/coa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":829,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/coa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826\/revisions\/829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/coa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/coa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/coa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}