Sinéad Rocks, Managing Director, Nations and Regions at Channel 4 serves as chair of the RTS Student Television awards this year, and a new ‘Sustainability’ category also been added - encouraging students to stimulate action on matters related to the natural world and its essential value within their submissions.

The RTS Student Television awards are designed to highlight the talent, potential and enthusiasm of students across the UK, celebrating the exemplary audiovisual work they create. For 2022, both an Undergraduate and Postgraduate winner will be awarded in each category for Animation, Comedy & Entertainment, Drama, Factual, News & Sport, Sustainability and Craft Skills. The awards also provide a unique opportunity for students to get their work seen by leading figures within the television industry.

Entries are open from today until Monday 8th November 2021 and the ceremony is set to take place on Friday 24th June 2022.

Sinéad Rocks, Managing Director, Nations and Regions at Channel 4 and Chair of the RTS Student Television Awards said: “The RTS Student Television Awards have a proven track record in discovering and nurturing the next generation of world class talent in video production, film making and television journalism. They provide a fantastic opportunity to have your ambition and creativity recognised and celebrated by top media professionals and crucially, for you to sell your skills to people at the very top of the broadcasting industry. Put simply, winning an RTS Student TV Award is a real badge of honour on any CV and one that is taken incredibly seriously by professionals. 

"This year, we have expanded our categories to provide even more opportunities for you to showcase your talent and I would encourage anyone considering a career in the broadcasting sector to seize the chance to show us what you’ve got!”

All entries must be from students aged 16 or over enrolled in further education courses or higher education institutions. All entries must have been made between 1 November 2020 and 31 October 2021, and must be submitted by Monday 8th November 2021 via the online submission form. For more information and conditions of entry please visit: https://rts.org.uk/award/rts-student-television-awards-2022

The RTS Student Television Awards Categories:

For these Award Categories, two awards will be presented:

1. Undergraduate
2. Postgraduate

 

Animation

This award is for videos which are primarily cartoons, computer or electronically generated images. Where the animation/CGI sequence or sequences are part of a production with other portrayal, the judges will consider primarily the quality of the animated/CGI sequences.

Judges will look for technical competence, originality and the ability for the animation to enhance the way a story can be told or a message conveyed.

Each entry must be a maximum of 30 minutes in length.

 

Comedy and Entertainment

This award is for entertainment or factual entertainment films. Comedy dramas and other situation comedies may be entered here.

Judges will look for technical excellence, humour where appropriate, pace and audience interest and engagement.

Each entry must be a maximum of 30 minutes in length.

 

Drama

This award is for scripted fiction work, which may be on any subject or style.

Judges will be looking for a strong storyline, with a script which helps portray and possibly develop characters, direction which adds value to the script, and a range of technical and production competences to deliver a memorable dramatic effect.

Each entry must be a maximum of 30 minutes in length.

 

Factual

This award is for films of any subject matter and style, which can include either specialist factual programmes or documentaries.

Judges will look for technical competence (camerawork, sound on location, mixing and dubbing, editing, direction), a strong story and engaging presentation.

Each entry must be a maximum of 30 minutes in length.

 

News and Sport

This award is for filmed reports of university news or news from the wider community; and for the first time, we are also welcoming video reports of sports related stories.

Entries are expected to demonstrate an understanding of the aim of television news journalism to report the "who, what, when, where, why and how" in ways that will really engage the audience using video storytelling by camera, sound and where appropriate, devices such as mobile phones. For sports reporting, we are looking for films that innovate and surprise; shining a light or an issue or a subject that may be new to viewers.

Entries should not exceed 15 minutes in duration.

 

Sustainability

From Blue Planet to Springwatch and much else, television programming now reflects the greater public interest in and awareness of our environment and the urgency to ensure a sustainable future.

This category should showcase your contribution in a short video which will engage, inform and stimulate action on matters related to the natural world and its essential value.

Entries should not exceed 15 minutes.

Entrants should also explain how, in the making of the content, they demonstrate efficient and effective use of resources in production.

 

Craft Skills Awards:

To reward excellence in craft skills, awards will be presented to the person or people responsible for the following Craft Skills at the judges’ discretion for the following:

 

·       Camerawork

·       Editing

·       Production Design

·       Sound

·       Writing

Direct entries are not accepted for these craft skills but are awarded from the relevant category nominations. At a regional level, the Craft Skills Awards will be chosen from the regional nominations in each category.

At the national level, the Craft Skills Awards will be chosen only from the national nominations in each category.

 

Young Filmmaker Award

This award is for films of any subject matter and style, made by a young filmmaker (aged 16-23) not currently enrolled in higher or further education.

Judges will look for technical competence (camerawork, sound on location, mixing and dubbing, editing, direction), a strong story, engaging presentation, humour where appropriate, pace and audience interest and engagement.

This category should only feature work produced by non-current students. Current students should enter the other categories.

Each entry must be a maximum of 30 minutes in length.