RGS Cannes have Great Film Festivals
Paparazzi descended on the red carpet and glitzy glamour of the Godfrey Brown Theatre (GBT) last Friday as budding Film Makers from Year Seven to the Upper Sixth arrived in their finery, with the hope of winning one of the seven awards in the second Annual Film Makers’ Festival.
Films were entered in categories including Music Videos, Mini-Feature Films, Novel to Screen and Silent Movies, as well as Special Effects and the ‘Randoms’. A near-capacity GBT enjoyed laughter and shed tears as RGSW’s answer to the BAFTAs showcased LEGO animations, horror films and countless music videos, which ranged from pop to the bizarre. As the audience voted online, popularity swung numerous times across all categories, before finally settling on their favourites.
Sixth Form students, Nick Holden, Toby Messervy-Whiting and Kate Gardner claimed the Novel to Screen prize with their look at the Potter, Grainger, Weasley love triangle of ‘Harry Potter: Love on Top’. Next up was the Benny Hill inspired ‘Untitled’ Silent Movie of Ed Smith, Ben Walker & Harry Nelson, Year Nine. Then came the very entertaining Junior Music Video category which saw ‘Bloodstream’ by Anna Berry, Abigail Whiteley, Isabella Hulbert and Kasia Czyrko (Year Seven) take first place.
The very creative Ciara Cronin-Brown (Year Seven) took an inspiring 93.85% of the vote in the ‘Special Effects’ category with ‘Cracks’. Ciara then returned victorious in the ‘Random’ category with the hilarious, and complicated ‘Stranger Danger’.
We then moved on to a very closely fought Senior Music Round where ‘Pompeii’ and ‘See You Again’ were narrowly defeated by Katie Lawson’s (Year Ten) ‘Madhatter’. Finally, the evening came to a close with the ‘Mini-Feature Film’ category where Oliver Bailey, with additional voice-overs from the Bailey family, was victorious with his epic LEGO stop-frame animation ‘Star Wars: The Bomb’.
The evening was a huge success and was enjoyed by all and a huge Filmmaking ‘thank you’ should go out to all of those who entered films, and supported the evening.
Mr Dan Morgan – Drama Teacher
