The first "100 Life-style of GTers" video competition of Guangdong Technion - Israel Institute of Technology came to a successful conclusion. This event aims to fully demonstrate the demeanor of GTIIT students, stimulate their creativity, and increase their participation in the university’s daily publicity work. The competition has received positive responses from faculty and students of GTIIT and has gained widespread attention.

Prof. Lin Danming, Pro-Vice Chancellor of GTIIT, expressed his sincere thanks to the judges, contestants and spectators. He said that GTIIT provides students with a platform to show their talent and creativity. Many works of this competition break the stereotypes about science and engineering students only focus on learning and scientific research and show the charm of science and engineering students.

The competition lasted for 2 months and received dozens of works. In the end, ten entries were finalists. The works covered various videotypes such as Vlog, short story, photo flash, time-lapse photography and so on.The works show the students’ learning and life inside and outside the campus. Although GTIIT students are not major in media related program, the creativity and teamwork spirit embodied in their works has been unanimously recognized by the judges and the audience.

Mr. Eran Gal-Or, Pro-Vice Chancellor and Director General of GTIIT; Ms. Du Shimin, Director of Publicity and United Front Work Department of Shantou University Party Committee; Dr. Huang Miaojie, Director of Shantou Reporter Station of Guangdong Radio and Television Station; Mr. Yi Yang, Deputy Director of the Video Creation Center of Shantou Media Group; Mr. Jeremiah Foo President of Kuala Lumpur Film Academy, Advisor of Shantou Film Industry Association; and Ms. Li Lin, Director of Southern Metropolis Daily N Video came to the final part as the judges. They scored the works and gave professional advice to the contestants.

Ms. Li Lin also brought a professional lecture titled "From Idea to Action, Video Editing Skills Needed to Know". She useda large number of works to show the current popular direction in the video field. She also taught the practical skills of video shooting and post-production to the audience.

After public voting and on-site judges scoring, the competition decided a first prize, three second prizes, five third prizes and one internet popularity award. Congratulations!

This video contest is a successful attempt for GTIIT students in video creation. Currently there are more than 70 members in GTIIT Student Media Center, which is dedicated to the creation of university-related articles, pictures and videos, and produced a lot of excellent works.

In 2021, GTIIT won the "Top Ten Campus Group Award" in the support program for high-quality original video of college students in the Guangdong-HongKong-Macao Greater Bay Area organized by N Video. GTIIT will continue encouraging students for more excellent video creation.

Text: GTIIT News & Public Affairs

Photos: Shantou Reporter Station of Guangdong Radio and Television Station, GTIIT News & Public Affairs