A student at 菠萝视频 has won an award for her screenplay.
Daniela Rozental-Devis won the Best Short Screenplay Award in the New York Genre Screenplay Competition, which aims to find and support creative screenwriters.
She won for her script On the Edge, an animation script for children which was written as her first assignment on her degree course.
The script had already been shortlisted at the HollyShorts Film Festival, an Academy Awards Qualifying Festival, where Daniela was selected as a semi-finalist for this competition.
鈥淚t鈥檚 about a young girl called Luna who lives in a world where everyone develops a superpower,鈥� said Daniela.
鈥淕rowing up, Luna is desperate to discover what her superpower will be. All the cool kids can fly and she really, really wants to fly, too. However, in the story, she learns that you don鈥檛 have to be like anyone else to be special.鈥�
Currently on a placement year at Disney鈥檚 Head Office in Hammersmith, Daniela has always enjoyed writing, inspired by her Grandmother who is a journalist in Colombia.
鈥淭he university has been really supportive with my placement,鈥� says Daniela, 鈥渕y lecturer introduced us to the opportunities at Disney and I was successful with the second role I applied for here.鈥�
She added that she had good support from the Placement Officers who gave her advice on writing her personal statement as well as interview tips.
鈥淚t鈥檚 great fun at Disney; four of us from my year group are lucky enough to be working here. I鈥檓 working in programming for the Disney Channel and I have a lot more responsibility than I expected.鈥� explains Daniela.
鈥淚 get to make decisions on scheduling, placing episodes, creating stunts and theming days 鈥� it鈥檚 really exciting!鈥澛犅�
鈥淥n my placement, I鈥檓 learning to have structure and become more productive. I鈥檓 also developing ideas for my dissertation next year, as I want to focus on Pixar and, as Disney own Pixar, I鈥檓 hoping to make contacts here who will be able to support me with this.鈥�
