Baltimore, MD  (July 6, 2008)- The National Aquarium in Baltimore announced today to that it has received a Silver Telly Award for a conservation-themed film created by its Visual Production team.

The film, honored in the category of wildlife/nature, was created to engage visitors with the Aquarium’s aquatic collection and currently runs as a pre-show in the 4-D Immersion Theater.

The one minute, face-paced film takes viewers through the Aquarium’s habitats, featuring a variety of the fascinating animals found in the Aquarium’s aquatic collection. A simple, yet powerful tag line is played at the end- “Can you imagine a world without them? Neither can we.” It was created to connect visitors to the Aquarium’s conservation message before viewing the featured 4-D movie. Visitors are introduced to 4D effects while watching the short piece. The film can be viewed on the Aquarium’s new blog: aqua.org/blog.
 
Founded in 1979, the Telly Award is the premier award honoring outstanding local, regional, and cable TV commercials and programs, the finest film and video productions, and groundbreaking web commercials, videos and films. With 13,500 entries from all 50 states and around the world, this year’s competition was one of the most competitive and successful in the long history of the Telly Awards.

Less than 10% of entries are chosen as winners of a Silver Telly, the highest honor. Winners represent the best work of the most respected advertising agencies, production companies, television stations, cable operators, and corporate video departments in the world.

This year’s winners include companies, agencies and organizations of all sizes, from large multinational media companies to small ad agencies and local production houses. A sample of Silver Telly Winners includes AMC, Comcast, Disney Destinations, LLC, ESPN, Fox News, Harpo Studios, HBO Latin American Group, Lockheed Martin, PGA Tour Productions, SCI FI Channel, Sports Illustrated, Weather Channel, Time Life, Time Warner Cable, TV Guide Network, and Warner Bros To view the complete list of Silver Telly Winners for the 29th Annual competition, please visit www.tellyawards.com.

A prestigious judging panel of over 40 accomplished industry professionals, each a past winner of a Silver Telly, judged the competition, upholding the historical standard of excellence that Telly represents. Judges evaluated entries to recognize distinction in creative work – entries do not compete against each other – rather entries are judged against a high standard of merit.

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