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Marlborough Winners at the Oxfordshire Schools Film Awards 2016

The Oxfordshire Schools Film Awards 2016 were held at Wheatley Park School on Friday 4^th November. A number of schools from Oxfordshire were represented at the event with over 30 films being entered for the following awards.

• Best Fiction
• Best Music Video
• Best Promotional
• Best Overall Production

Helen McGregor and Gary Shenton, professionals from the world of media were judging the entries.

Helen is a novelist, poet and experimental filmmaker with over 20 years’ experience in Film Education. She is an Associate Tutor at the National Film and Television School and was Head of Screen Arts at the Met Film School. She is currently doing a PhD in Film Theory at Kingston University.

Gary has been at Film Oxford for almost 15 years. Working in his role as Production Development Manager he has produced or overseen the production of over 80 short films, many of them getting national and international festival exposure. In addition, he has exec- produced cinema features including the highly acclaimed ‘Anyone Can Play Guitar’ and the award winning ‘Thank You Skinhead Girl’. He manages the BFI Film Academy at Film Oxford, a programme for aspiring young film makers to gain experience of the industry and has also recently supported young local film makers to produce short films for C4 /Arts Council Random Acts strand.

The Marlborough school entered 5 productions; all of which can be viewed via our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/marlboroughmedia. We were immensely pleased and proud to win ‘Best Overall Production and ‘Best Fiml Opening’ we were also highly commended for our music video entry ‘Change in the House of Flies’. Affirmation of the level of creativity and technical skill our students are capable of.

Please use the links below if you would like to view the award winning videos for yourself.

Best Overall Production – ‘Bloom’ by Jordan Bunning, George Moore and George Young.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPkXSD9eMeY

Best Film Opening – ‘Siblings’ by Jay Ford

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs7vYFWJpuw

Highly Commended – ‘Change in the House of Flies’ by Charlotte Hawkins

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ59VhCAd9M

Many thanks must also go to Guy Stanley, Head of Media Studies, Joanna Botha, Arts Manager and students at Wheatley Park School for organising and running such an exciting event.

A2 Music Video

The link below takes you to a selection of A2 Music videos on YouTube from a range a schools around the country.

When developing your productions you need to consume a huge range of media texts, not so you try to imitate them but to help stimulate ideas both technical and creative. It also builds on your curiosity about trying out different techniques and pushing your creative boundaries.

Some of the productions found on this link are brave in their ambition and the story they want to tell.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkJXibuJYF0&list=RDmkJXibuJYF0#t=2

Channel 4 - Fright Bites

Series 1 will chill you to your core. Watch if you dare.

Fright Bites