March 19, 2012
Gamecock Productions has won seven Telly Awards for its work during 2011. The awards include two Silver awards, the highest honor, for Videography/Cinematography and five Bronze awards for sports production, TV program, editing, copy writing and commercial campaign.
The Silver awards for Videography/Cinematography were award to the 2011-12 Men’s Basketball Intro and the 2011 Gamecock Football Season Highlight. The “It’s Great to be a Gamecock” commercial campaign took home two Bronze awards for Excellence in a Commercial Campaign and Editing. The other Bronze Awards were presented for the Script of “Welcome to Williams-Brice,” outstanding sports production for the 2011-12 Men’s Basketball Intro, and excellence in a sports television program for the locally aired, “Gamecock Confidential: Men’s Basketball; Back to Basics.”
All judges are members of the Silver Telly Council. Judges evaluate entries to recognize distinction in creative work — entries do not compete against each other. Instead, entries are judged against a high standard of merit. Judges score entries on a performance scale and winning entries are recognized and awarded as Silver or Bronze Winners based on the combined scoring of the judges who evaluate each entry. Empowered to uphold the historical standards of the Telly competition, judges may award top honors to more than one entry or no entries in a particular category. All decisions of judges are final.
The Telly Awards receives over 13,000 entries annually and only 7% of entrants are honored with the Silver Award.
Past Winners include NFL Films, Fox Sports, NBC, Discovery Channel, ESPN, and Major Advertising Agencies including The Halo Group, The VIA Agency, Twist, Endesign Inc., and DCP Productions among others.
Silver Winners are awarded a Silver Telly statuette, the highest honor. Bronze Winners are awarded a Bronze Telly statuette. Designed by the same firm that makes the Oscar® and Emmy®, the Telly statuette is nearly 12 inches tall and weighs more than 4 1/2 pounds. In addition, each entry chosen as a Silver or Bronze Winner is awarded a commemorative certificate.
Founded in 1979, the Telly Awards is the premier award honoring outstanding local, regional, and cable TV commercials and programs, as well as the finest video and film productions, and web commercials, videos and films. The Telly Awards annually showcases the best work of the most respected advertising agencies, production companies, television stations, cable operators, and corporate video departments in the world. The Telly Awards is a widely known and highly respected national and international competition and receives over 13,000 entries annually from all 50 states and many foreign countries.
