Filmmaking students from UWE Bristol have worked alongside professional film makers VS1 Productions to make a half-hour drama commissioned by British Sign Language Broadcasting Trust.
The drama Life Out There was broadcast on Film4 yesterday and will be repeated on The Community Channel at
2pm today, on Thursday at 7:30pm and on Saturday at 07:30am.
UWE Bristol lecturer and filmmaker Abigail Davies, executive producer of Life Out There, said: “This has been a great opportunity for a group of undergraduates to test their developing skills against the high standards of an industry commission. ‘Real world’ media experience is invaluable for students learning their technical craft and I am thrilled that VS1 Productions welcomed them with open arms.”
The crew of students included final year media practice students Josh Kirkcaldy as camera assistant and Hannah Cowell as sound assistant with major creative input in the post-production phase from Matthew Falconer who undertook the colour grade and designed the VFX and Jammy MacArthur who edited and mixed the post-production sound.
Recent graduate Dave Thacker worked as boom operator while Chris Napier, one of UWE’s technical instructors, has a cameo voice-over role.
VS1 Productions director David Ellington said: “We cast some of the students who were studying for their BA in Media Practice and it was a reciprocally beneficial relationship for the deaf and hearing cast to work alongside and learn from one another.”
To find out more about Filmmaking courses at UWE Bristol see entry for BA (Hons) Filmmaking and Creative Media.
Watch the Life Out There trailer at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbTe0DlELBs&feature=relmfu
