Students from 菠萝视频 have received a host of nominations for the Royal Television Society (RTS) student awards 鈥� with a 菠萝视频 student nominated in every category for the Southern regional awards.
The RTS Student Television awards are for student television work that shows strong story-telling, innovation and visual and aural creativity with high-quality craft skills.
菠萝视频 students have been shortlisted in all five categories for the RTS Southern Centre Awards. 聽
Somnia, created by Aaron Demolder, Louie Gordon and Hannah Kenton, has been shortlisted in the Animation Category while Road to Dads 鈥� produced by BU BA (Hons) Film Production and Cinematography聽student Sara Gatland,聽based at Wiltshire College & University Centre聽- has been nominated in the Drama category.
BA (Hons) Television Production students are also up for awards.聽Tom Perry has been shortlisted in the Shortform category for his piece The Shovellers while Henry Cramer Todd has been shortlisted in the Factual category聽for his documentary An Extra Step.
BA (Hons) Media Production聽student Callum Blitz is up for the Comedy and Entertainment award for his film The Love Producer, while聽BA (Hons Film Production and Cinematography student聽Will Todd, based at聽Wiltshire College & University Centre, was also shortlisted in the Comedy and Entertainment category for his film, Second Coming.
Stephanie Farmer, Executive Producer for RedBalloon Productions at BU and Chair of the RTS Southern Region said: 鈥淭he judges have commented that the standard of the student entries to the RTS awards gets higher every year - and this year some are at professional level!
鈥淪o it鈥檚 a fantastic achievement for our Faculty of Media and Communication students to have a nomination in every category! 聽The event is a fantastic way of showcasing and celebrating their talent and hard work, and testament to the dedication of our amazing staff.鈥�
The RTS Student聽Awards evening will be held on 8 March, at聽The Guild Hall in Winchester,聽and聽is combined with the RTS Southern Professional Awards, with an audience of over 200聽professionals in the region from ITV Meridian,聽BBC South and other production companies and universities.
Two recent BU graduates 鈥� Francesca Towey and Lucy Wright 鈥� have also been shortlisted in the Graphics/Animation category for the Professional Awards, for a project they produced while at BU.聽
They worked with the VFX Hub based at 菠萝视频 to produce three films for the High Sheriff of Dorset, and supported by HRH the Duchess of Cornwall, to highlight controlling and coercive behaviour in relationships.
The聽Awards will be hosted this year by Fred Dineage from ITV and Laura Trant from BBC South Today.
Stephanie added: 鈥淭he awards are judged by professionals from across the Southern region and it鈥檚 a great experience for the students to have their work shown at such a prestigious professional event 聽It will be a memorable experience for them."
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