Screen 1 at Orion Cinema in the centre of Dereham is normally packed with the usual cinema-goers. However, last Wednesday evening, it was filled with DSFC students, staff, family and friends dressed to impress for our DSFC Film Awards! Our A Level Media students are required to create a short piece of film for their coursework and the Awards gave them the opportunity to give us a taster of what they have been working on. The Awards were also opened up to all other students within the College who wanted to submit a film.
Watch our photo reel here (with sound) and find out the award winners for each of the 12 categories below. Everyone was impressed with the talent and skills displayed in each of the entries and so congratulations should go to everyone involved with all of the submissions.
Thank you to Liliana and Ellie for hosting the Film Awards. The judges (Mr Elphick, Mrs Wisbey, Miss Thomas, Mrs Wright, Mrs Chavez and Mrs Elphick) had a tough time deciding on the winning entries. The nominees and award winners are as follows:
Most Accurate Fulfilment of Brief
Murder Recall – Owen Woodard
Polaroid – Lillianna Goss
Widow – Maya Goram
Blackbird – Leo Spencer
WINNER: Murder Recall – Owen Woodard
Moment of Genius
The jump scare in Stalkers – Esme Chowles
The zombie death in Don’t Look Back – Kallum Brown
The make up in Murder on the Mind – Hazel Warren
The use of the Blues in Fiend Angelical – Jack Wharrier
The reverse zoom in Echoes of Tomorrow – Casper Garrod-Mark
WINNER: The zombie death in Don’t Look Back – Kallum Brown
Best Lighting
Murder on the Mind – Hazel Warren
Widow – Maya Goram
Stalkers – Esme Chowles
Polaroid – Lilianna Goss
WINNER: Widow – Maya Goram
Best Visual Effects
Don’t Look Back – Kallum Brown
Outlanders – Dalton Walpole
Murder on the Mind – Hazel Warren
Echoes of Tomorrow – Casper Garrod-Mark
Blackbird – Leo Spencer
WINNER: Outlanders – Dalton Walpole
Best Use of Sound
Stalkers – Esme Chowles
Widow – Maya Goram
Murder Recall – Owen Woodard
Polaroid – Lillianna Goss
WINNER: Stalkers – Esme Chowles
Best Screen Deaths
The zombie in Don’t Look Back
Leo Spencer in Murder on the Mind
Grandad in Blackbird
Jack Wharrier in Fiend Angelical
WINNER: Jack Wharrier in Fiend Angelical
Best Male Actor
Isaac Woolmer
Dalton Walpole
Casper Garrod-Mark
Leo Spencer
WINNER: Isaac Woolmer
Best Female Actor
Rose Astill-Dunseith
Esme Chowles
Anna Valdmane
Sophie Higson
WINNER: Esme Chowles
Best Editing
Blackbird – Leo Spencer
The Follower – Harriet Astill-Dunseith
Polaroid – Lillanna Goss
Don’t Look Back – Kallum Brown
Obsessed – Courtney Pegg
WINNER: Polaroid – Lillianna Goss
Best Director
Polaroid – Lillianna Goss
The Follower – Harriet Astill-Dunseith
Blackbird – Leo Spencer
Widow – Maya Goram
WINNER: The Follower – Harriet Astill-Dunseith
Best Screenplay/Script
Polaroid – Lillianna Goss
Blackbird – Leo Spencer
Don’t Look Back – Kallum Brown
Murder on the Mind – Hazel Warren
WINNER: Blackbird – Leo Spencer
Best Film
Blackbird – Leo Spencer
The Follower – Harriet Astill-Dunseith
Polaroid – Lillanna Goss
Widow – Maya Goram
WINNER: Polaroid – Lillianna Goss
At the end of the awards, we were treated to a music video that Casper Garrod-Mark and Leo Spencer had created.
Final thanks need to go to Mrs Wisbey, Miss Thomas and the Student Senate for organising the event, Media teacher Mr Elphick for creating the opportunity, and Orion Cinema for hosting us.