Broadcasting students at DSU were honored to receive the Grand Prize and three Encouragement Prizes at the 13th Busan Video Competition.

The competition, hosted by Busan Metropolitan City and the Busan Video Forum, highlights topics related to Busan such as its history, culture, and the possibilities for sightseeing. The awards ceremony was held at the Busan Media Center on November 22, 2018.

The Grand Prize-winning video Busan Wave was created by a team of DSU Broadcasting and Media Studies students consisting of seniors Han Dong-hoon and Lee Moo-joo and sophomore Kim Gyeon-wook. The team also received two million won for their efforts.

The teams' creation is a documentary in the format of a music video, with added objective and subjective elements. The video begins with an autobiographical story about the main character’s own video production, before morphing into a beautiful music video-like showcasing of Busan's stunning beaches. It also highlights the wide range of places and opportunities where Busan’s marine leisure sports can be enjoyed, such as through Seongjeong Beach's surfing and Haeundae Beach's yacht tours.

Of his own personal inspiration for the teams work, Han Dong-hoon said, "Ever since I was a child, I have liked traveling, and everytime I go on a trip I take pictures and make videos. This is introduced in a monologue form in our work, which serves to express how images and videos are like a diary, which anyone can make. Also, we originally considered travelling to a distant place as a set for such a video, but ultimately we realized that in fact Busan was a wonderful place for it."

Three other teams of DSU Broadcasting and Media Studies students won Encouragement Prizes fortheir videos: sophomores Kang Hyeon-joon and Park Byeong-gwan and junior Kim Min-gyu for / Came to See the Sunrise After Stepping on the Stars; sophomores Kim Tae-min and Jang Geon-wook and junior Lee Tae-ho for Fall in Busan; and juniors Jang Myeong-gyo, Park Sae-rom, and Kim Dae-hyeon for Seagull Hoad /Oryukdo to Igidae).

All award-winning works were produced during the second semester of 2018, under the direction of Broadcasting and Media Studies professor Park Mi-seon.