Rather than the usual evening ‘red carpet’ event in the College’s Rispoli Theatre, this year’s RAFTAs took the form of a live Instagram event (at 7pm on 14 May), and a 40 minute video that was released immediately afterwards on YouTube.
The RAFTAs are designed to celebrate the achievements of Upper Sixth students on each of the three Film and Media courses: A Level Film Studies, A Level Media Studies and BTEC Digital Media Production. Here’s a promotional film to get you in the zone!
Congratulations to all the students who were nominated for awards, and a huge ‘well done’ to this year’s exceptional winners, who are listed below.
A massive thank you to A Level Film Studies Teacher Yvonne McCoach, who both coordinated this year’s RAFTAs, and spent several hours pulling together the 40 minute film for YouTube.
So, pull up a chair, hear directly from the judges and watch some clips from the Class of 2020.
See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh5OUlO4qGw
Award Category | Winner/s | Judges’ Comments |
Best Production Crew | Harriet Grey, Adam Wallis, Lucy Prouten and Poppy McAlister | Great team effort. Your hard work and excellent organisation paid off! |
Best Screenplay | Oliver Peal | An excellent, well-rounded narrative. |
Best Television Script | Louis Forsyth | A really emotive drama, which was perfect for its target audience. |
Best Production Design | Kaia Longhurst–Sayer | Awarded for excellent, authentic make-up and thoughtful props in the hard hitting film ‘ Violent Delight’. |
Best Website | Ellen Salisbury | An industry standard, extremely professional looking website, that allowed for a variety of audience interaction. |
Best Graphics | Molly Trubee | An extremely well planned title sequence for her TV drama, which was also super creative. |
Best Sound Design | Kai Forbes | Excellent use of sound effects and music in your films. |
Best Cinematography | Harriet Grey | Stand-out composition and framing in her film ‘The Misadventures of the Teenage Mind’. |
Best Digital Media Convergence (Focusing on the promotion of a new TV drama using new media, in a way that encourages audience interaction). | Xia Gray | A variety of interactive features were built into Xia’s website, that reached out to the YouTube generation. |
Best Editing | Callum Kane | Awarded for the intense excitement Callum created in the chase sequence in his TV drama ‘Missing’. |
Best Freelancer (Students who helped out other students in a great number of productions). | Raphael Pacaud | Raphael performed in a number of films and TV programmes with willingness and great enthusiasm. |
Best Director | Bethany Conn | An exceptionally well prepared director with extensive performance notes. |
The Above and Beyond Award (Showcasing the work students have produced outside college). | Amy Watt-Pringle | Awarded for: Her mature, moving, Extended Project Qualification film called ‘Scarlet’, about drag queens. Her brilliant Covid-19 vlog about her experiences of dealing with the pandemic. |
Best BTEC Production (In recognition of the practical film-making element of the BTEC Digital Media Production course). | Lucy Hunnable | A clever and well executed short film called ‘Limbo’. |
Best TV Drama Programme | Ewan Hughes-Phillips | Ewan’s professional TV programme called ‘People’ displayed great humour and all round flair. |
Best Short Film (For writing, directing and editing a 5 minute film) | Dylan Rampartap | Dylan won this award for his innovative short film entitled ‘Magic Box’. It was described by the judging panel as ‘simply superb’. |