Student filmmaker wins a week at national broadcasting company
A young director at Sussex has won a week’s work experience at a national TV broadcaster after creating a short film with the help of two of the University’s student societies.
Undergraduate filmmaker Sebastian Cox was awarded 'best short film' in the 16 to 19 year olds category at a recent Brighton Youth Film Festival awards ceremony.
Sebastian's film uses special effects to enter the imagination of its main character.
Undergraduate Sebastian Cox’s movie ‘Tearaway’ was awarded ‘best short film’ in the UK 16 to 19 year olds category at a Brighton Youth Film Festival (BYFF) event, earning him a week of work experience at Channel 4.
‘Tearaway’ tells the story of a young runner who uses her imagination to help her sprint faster.
The film was produced by a team of students from Sussex’s UniTVand Film Makers Society along with pupils from Sussex Downs College over a period of a few months, and was partly filmed in the changing rooms at Sussex’s Sport Centre.
Sebastian, a second-year Physics student and UniTV member, said: “Winning the award was a fantastic response to the film.
“It is normally quite difficult to judge whether an audience liked your work, but this demonstrated that we made a strong piece and has instilled us with confidence about our work.
“Hopefully this will encourage more students from the University to join us with upcoming short films as we dive into the new study year.”
The undergraduate filmmaker also created a second short film, ‘Tearaway: Behind the Scenes’, which documents the work that went into producing ‘Tearaway’ and explains the techniques used to create some of its special effects.
Ella Dorman-Gajic, who plays the film’s young athlete, commented: “Working on ‘Tearaway’ was a fantastic experience. Seb is a strong and supportive director and had a clear vision of what he wanted this film to look like, which I think he has achieved.”
The BYFF is a community interest company aimed at encouraging young people to get involved in