Category: Media and Animation

Dudley College Film Festival 2023Dudley College Film Festival 2023

DUDLEY COLLEGE FILM FESTIVAL 2023

Dudley College of Technology hosted our 2023 Film Festival on Wednesday, 14th June. The festival showcased shortlisted student work for horror productions, final projects, animation, short film, documentary and still images. Winners of the categories were given awards based on the technical quality of their work along with scriptwriting, creativity and working to professional standards. The work showcased in the festival was as usual of a high standard. The college is very proud of what all students studying Creative Media have achieved this year. Check out the winners in each category below!

Stuart McConnell, Level 3 Media Tutor

L3 DOCUMENTARY AWARD – Flynn Hobley

Flynn Hobley – Community Through Crisis


L3 ANIMATION AWARD – Khriss Cun

Khriss Cun – Holding On


L3 MUSIC VIDEO – Emily Parkes

Emily Parkes – Neon Trees ‘Animal’


L3 SHORT FILM – Nyall Fairclough-Mcintosh

Nyall Fairclough-Mcintosh – Mellow


L2 HORROR TRAILER – Amber Aston

Amber Aston – Solus


L2 SHORT FILM – Daniel Shirley

Daniel Shirley – The Decision


BEST IN FESTIVAL – Natasha Darby

Natasha Darby – Typecast

Level 3 TV and Film 2023Level 3 TV and Film 2023

LEVEL 3 TV AND FILM 2023

Students have been engaged in the production of media content for skills development in Script Writing, Cinematography and Video Editing. They have researched, planned and produced videos for various projects, including exploring narrative themes and TV studio multi-camera productions. Students also undertook productions exploring emerging technologies in live web streaming.

The standard of work has been excellent, with students researching, writing and producing final project work including short film, music video and documentary. Productions have benefitted from students having access to TV studio facilities to enable advanced uses of lighting and cinematography.

The work produced this year shows genuine creativity and imaginative uses of industry standard resources.

Stuart McConnell, Lecturer in Media

YEAR 1

The ‘I Don’t Know’ Show – Live Audio Stream

WEAKFINAL – Damien Hayward Astro and Willmoth


YEAR 2

Coree Connup – In Loving Memory

Natasha Darby and Coree Connup – Any Way Out

Natasha Darby – The Letter

Natasha Darby – Typecast

Flynn Hobley – Community Through Crisis

Jacob Jones – The Pursuit (70s TV Version)

Nyall Fairclough Mcintosh, Lacky Rana and Beth Wyld – Confessions of my End

Niall Fairclough Mcintosh – Mellow

Joseph McLeod – Our Hometown

Lacky Rana – When U Come Around

James Shinton – The Trials & Tribulations of a Cake Maker

James Shinton and Mitchell Summers – Lucky People, Waterparks

Mitchell Summers – The Anticipation Project

Bethany Wyld – Lily

Level 3 Creative Media 2023Level 3 Creative Media 2023

LEVEL 3 CREATIVE MEDIA 2023

YEAR ONE

Music Videos

Dave ‘Environment’ – Keane Hall

Rufus Wainright ‘Another Believer’ – Carter Hobley

Girl in Red ‘Kate’s not here’ – MJ Hughes

Eminem ‘Mockingbird’ – Brianna Laurie

Arctic Monkeys ‘Teddy Picker’ – Ansel Patel


YEAR TWO

Documentaries

Tiegan Hoult – Steve McCurry 

Alonso McKenzie – Birds Of War 

Ben Meredith – The Iceman 

Emily Parkes – Supernatural Stories

Savina Yonashkova – The Time Thief


Music Video

Tiegan Hoult – Oliva Rodrio ‘Brutal’

Charlie Jenkins – Drake ‘God’s Plan’

Level 1 Vocational in Creative Media 2023Level 1 Vocational in Creative Media 2023

LEVEL 1 VOCATIONAL IN CREATIVE MEDIA 2023

Level 1 Creative Media students have undertaken projects where they have developed skills and techniques in multiple disciplines, such as comic-book (graphic design), studio photography, filmmaking, audio production and animation. The showreels below showcase their animation, audio and film productions. 

Emma Turner, Level 1 Vocational in Creative Media Tutor

Short Film Showcase by L1 Vocational Creative Media Students

Animation Showcase by L1 Vocational Creative Media Students

Level 3 Animation 2023Level 3 Animation 2023

LEVEL 3 ANIMATION 2023

The animation production course is now in its third year. Students have been engaged in the production of animations for broadcast and on-line distribution including Music Video, Idents, Digital art, Graphic Narrative Production and Final Independent project where students research, design and produce animations based on their own style and techniques.

Students began their studies exploring the 12 Principles of animation which underpin the key creation of movement. This year has seen the students produce excellent 2D animations using hand drawn content, digital illustration and vector/asset-based techniques.

The standard of work has been excellent with most students working at a standard equivalent to year 1 degree level study.

Stuart McConnell, Lecturer in Media and Animation

Joey Batten – Retrospection Grill

Brad Colley – Armour and Jag

Khriss Cun – Holding On

Archie Meese – Hum

Joshua Stokes – Discarded

Level 1 Vocational in Creative Media 2022Level 1 Vocational in Creative Media 2022

LEVEL 1 VOCATIONAL IN CREATIVE MEDIA

Level 1 Creative media students have undertaken projects where they have developed skills & techniques in multiple disciplines, such as comic-book ( graphics), studio photography, film making, audio production and animation. This showreel showcases their animation and film productions.

Emma Turner, Level 1 Vocational in Creative Media Tutor

Video Showcase by Level 1 Vocational Creative Media Students

Level 2 Media Production 2022Level 2 Media Production 2022

LEVEL 2 MEDIA PRODUCTION

HORROR TRAILERS

Connor Garrett – Horror Trailer

Joshua Harper – Horror Trailer

Arnas Kvedaravicius – Horror Trailer

Kieran Mangan – Horror Trailer

Jas Preet – Horror Trailer

Louis Simcox – Horror Trailer

Akeem Thomson – Purple Aki THE RETURN

Niraj Raj – Horror Trailer


FILM REVIEWS

Max Davis Crouch – Spiderman Review

Arley Finnerty – Review

Connor Garrett – Spiderman Review

Joshua Harper – Invincible Review (GORE WARNING)

Arnas Kvedaravicius – Spiderman Review

Jas Preet – Avengers Review

Raj Raman – Batman Review

Aron Randhawa – Review

Louis Simcox – Batman Review

Akeem Thompson review


FINAL PROJECTS (FILM)

Connor Garrett – Sonic Review

Damien Hayward – Batman Review

Arnas Kvedaravicius – Team Fortress Animation

Kieran Mangan – Collage

Mohammed Matloob – Battle of the Bloodthirsty

Mikyle Read – Blood Feud

Bradley Safe – Progression Edit

Navdeep Singh – Never Give Up! (Motivational Video)


FINAL PROJECTS (STILLS)

Josh Harper

Jesse Jewkes – Urban Beauty Photography

David Joe

Diksha Kumari – Everywhere Feels Like Home

Lucas Pessoa – The Zine

Level 3 TV and Film 2022Level 3 TV and Film 2022

LEVEL 3 TV AND FILM 2022

Students have been engaged in the production of media content for skills development in Script Writing, Cinematography and Video Editing. They have researched, planned and produced videos for various projects, including exploring a narrative theme, The Box and TV advert production for Sony products. Students also explored the theme of ‘Identity’ where they drew upon how they feel about their own image, their ethnicity, their social groupings and their personal tastes. They then planned and produced a series of short films based on this. 

The standard of work has been excellent, with students adapting to the restrictions presented by lockdown with limited access to locations and actors, and team work being adversely affected. However, all students have proved themselves to be able to work independently and use their initiative in making good out of a difficult situation.  

The work produced this year shows genuine creativity and imaginative uses of available resources.

Stuart McConnell, media tutor

YEAR ONE

HORROR SHORTS

Charlie Hampton – The Text

James Shinton – Isolate

Natasha Darby – The Woods


THE BOX

Coree Connup – The Box

Beth Wylde – The Box

Lacky Rana – The Box

Mitchell Summers – Attached


INDEPENDENT PROJECTS

Coree Connup and Natasha Derby – Fallin’

Natasha Derby – The Letter

Charlie Hampton and Lacky Rana – North (Jak3)

Joseph Mcleod and Sophie Holland – Get You (Daniel Caesar)

Lacky Rana – Cinematography

Identities – Natasha Darby, Coree Connup, Lacky Rana,
Joseph Mcleod & Jacob Jones

Bitesize TV Studio Production 1

Bitesize TV Studio Production 2


YEAR TWO

INDEPENDENT PROJECTS

Rhys Atkinson – VPower in my Blood

Molly Baynham – Jade and Mariah

Thomas Adam Duffill – The Briefcase

Alannah Guest – Rose-coloured Suicide

Kacey Howell – The Rise Of TikTok

Sabrina Hoxha – Quiet Minds

Aman Kang – Runitup

Madison Wilkinson Mills – Parallels

Mia O’Farrell – Science Behind Music

Harvey Taylor – Homage


MUSIC VIDEOS

Alannah and Sabrina – Somewhere Only We Know (Lily Allen)

Mia Casey and Molly – Freaks

Aman Khang – Irony (Reckless Demeanor)

Level 3 Creative Media 2022Level 3 Creative Media 2022

LEVEL 3 CREATIVE MEDIA 2022

YEAR ONE

Tiegan Hoult – Music Video

Charlie Jenkins – God’s Plan

Emily Parkes – Animals

Savina Yonashkova – Prisoner (Miley Cyrus/Dua Lipa)


YEAR TWO

Elizabeth Allcroft – Documentary

William Bayliss – Street Art

Elijah Campbell – Be Your Koi Fish

Kyle Salmon – Believe (Christianity vs Atheism)

Joey Smith – Local (Beyond Documentary)