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.

The BFI Film Festival

The 60th BFI London Film Festival announces full 2016 programme

The full programme of films and events for the 60th BFI London Film Festival
has been unveiled.

The programme for the 60th BFI London Film Festival in partnership with
American Express® launched today, with Festival Director Clare Stewart
presenting this year’s diverse selection of films and events.

The BFI London Film Festival is Britain’s leading film event and one of
the world’s best and most established film festivals. In its 60th year the
programme sees Headline Galas presented at the Odeon Leicester Square
on each evening of the 12-day festival. Festival visitors will be able to
enjoy a brand new cinema experience with Competition and Strand
Galas presented at the new Embankment Garden Cinema, in the
beautiful Victoria Embankment Gardens. With 780 cinema-style seats,
Dolby 7.1 surround sound and 4k digital projection, this temporary venue
brings the festival to even more people and connects screenings in the
West End with the BFI’s home cinema at BFI Southbank. This, combined
with the Festival’s Special Presentations, a rich, diverse programme of
international films, insightful events and talks with leading lights of
the international film and creative industries, reaffirms London’s position
as the world’s leading creative city.

• Explore the full programme

New Shoots Film Festival 2009

On Friday 16th October the A2 Media Students and myself attended the 5th annual 'New Shoots' Film Festival at Wheatley Park School.

The festival is for media students in the Oxfordshire area. Both AS and A2 work is submitted and on the day awards are given for best editing, sound, performance, cinematography, composition and Narrative.

For the 4th year running The Marlborough School won best in catagory. This year 'Boys & Girls' a documnetary by Marni Banks, Ashleigh Houlton and Jo Meadowcroft from Yr 13 last year about the relationships and differences between the sexes won 'Best Compostion'. In previous years we have won Best Fiction, Best Factual and Best Performance.

The Marlborough Media Studies department and its students continue to go from strength to strength. The pressure is now on for a 5th win!

Click on the image above to find out more about the 'New Shoots' Film Festival 2009