STUDENT TELEVISION AWARDS 2010
The winners of the 16th RTS Student Television Awards 2010 have been announced. The ceremony was held on Friday 20th May at the National Media Museum in Bradford. The event, sponsored by Welcome to Yorkshire, was chaired by Director of BBC North, Peter Salmon and hosted by comedian Seann Walsh. It was attended by key television professionals, students and tutors.
Undergraduate and Postgraduate Awards were judged in four categories: Fiction, Entertainment, Factual and Animation. Entries for the Undergraduate group were judged on a regional basis and these regional winners were then put forward for national judging. The national juries selected three nominees per category and the winner was selected by secret ballot. The Postgraduate nominees were judged at a national level only.
The RTS Student Television Masterclasses were held prior to the awards ceremony. Students were able to benefit from the experience of respected industry professionals such as Carolyn Reynolds, Chief Executive, Lime Pictures (responsible for some of the best-known and popular drama on British television including Hollyoaks and Grange Hill); Gary Russell, Script Editor for Doctor Who; Glyn Middleton, Chief Executive, True North (executive producer of hard-hitting documentaries including Jon Venables: What Went Wrong? and Britain’s Underworld) and Charles Cecil, founder of Revolution Software, the creator of the multimillion seller Broken Sword series and consultant on titles such as The Da Vinci Code for Sony.
Full Winners List
Undergraduate Fiction
Not Enough Time, Samantha France, Anthony Dugdale and Team
University of Sunderland
“…an emotionally engaging piece which took both structural and visual risks in the storytelling.”
Nominees
Love Inc, Alex Battershall, Sam Ely, Anthony Woodley and Team
University for the Creative Arts
Small Change, Cathy Brady, Tom Fitzpatrick and Team
National Film School, Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology
Undergraduate Entertainment
Shadowed, Hamish Anderson, Annabelle Draper, Tom Coulson and Team
Bournemouth University
“…this entry showed particular editorial sensitivity and technical control in illustrating what might on paper appear to be a slightly obtuse proposition. [The jury] were transfixed.”
Nominees
Cardiff Love Story, Tom Gatley and Victor Ortega
University of Wales, Newport
Roots, Faolan Jones
Confetti Institute of Creative Technology
Undergraduate Factual
Britain's Young Soldiers, Danielle Clark, Joseph Martin and Team
University for the Creative Arts
“An ambitious film with great access on a subject of contemporary significance that felt truly authored.”
Nominees
Don't Give Up Your Guns, Juris Kudeiko
University of the West of England
Our Life, Matthew Morris, Anthony Allen and Elvis Katoto
University of Teesside
Undergraduate Animation
The Little Red Plane, Charlotte Blacker
University of Central Lancashire
“A beautifully crafted film that achieves its goal of entertaining a pre-school audience. The use of knitting was inspired! A fully rounded film that excels in design, pace, editing and storytelling.”
Nominees
Mars, Joe Bichard and Jack Cunningham
Kingston University
Vovô, Luiz Lafayette Stockler
University of Wales, Newport
Postgraduate Fiction
The Confession, Tanel Toom, Caroline Bruckner, Emily Williams and Team
National Film and Television School
“A beautiful and classy piece of television…The storytelling was emotional and poignant and the direction served the story with strong visual images. A subtle and genuinely thought-provoking exploration of guilt.”
Nominees
Solstice, David Stoddart, Justine Watson and Team
National Film and Television School
Until The River Runs Red, Paul Wright, Poss Kondeatis and Team
National Film and Television School
Postgraduate Entertainment
Creatures of the Compost, Justine Allan
The University of Salford
“With a novel and entertaining ‘child’s point of view’ approach to its subject, the jury found this charming, informative and utterly engrossing. The range and degree of technical expertise displayed was easily on par, if not better than, comparable programmes currently on TV.”
Nominees
Investigation, Laurène Delaporte and Team
National Film and Television School
Viral, Thomas Murphy and Team
National Film and Television School
Postgraduate Factual
Noctuaries, Olivia Humphreys
Goldsmiths, University of London
“A beautiful and powerful film on a very personal subject which told much about the nature of both dreams and grief.”
Nominees
A Miracle in West Brom, Billy Dosanjh and Team
National Film and Television School
Living Without Men, Luo Yi
Goldsmiths, University of London
Postgraduate Animation
The Eagleman Stag, Mike Please
Royal College of Art
“A well crafted script leads us into a fully realised world, animated with great wit and panache. This is a highly original story exploring the passage of time that delivers the highest standards in every area of production.”
Nominees
Matter Fisher, David Prosser
Royal College of Art
The Boy Who Wanted To Be A Lion, Alois Di Leo Gremmelspacher, Jérémie Dubois, Polly Stokes and Team
National Film and Television School