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Video: Salford wildlife vid wins major TV award
A film made by a student on the University of Salford’s MA course in Wildlife Documentary has won a prestigious Royal Television Society award.
Where the Wild Things Were (see video), a documentary on the wildlife found in Scotland’s forests and hills produced and directed by Amber Eames, won the Best Low Budget Programme award at the event. Part of the University’s Wildtrack series of wildlife documentaries shown on Channel M, the film was one of three awards entries from students on MA courses in TV and Wildlife Documentary. MA student Matt Hamilton was shortlisted in the Best Factual Series category for Summer Secrets of the Itchen Navigation, also part of the Wildtrack series, while Now That You’re Gone, a personal and introspective film exploring perceptions of death in an Irish Catholic family, was up for the Best Production (Craft) title. John Sweeney, Manager of the University’s International Media Centre, said: “This award is a testament to the extremely high standard of programmes that our students are producing, particularly for Channel M. "Wildtrack especially has consistently delivered professional quality programmes on low budgets and it is very rewarding when a prestigious organisation such as RTS acknowledges this quality.” The MAs in Wildlife Documentary and Television Documentary are two of 39 programmes now taught at the University’s new MediaCityUK building. Over 1,500 students now use the cutting-edge audio, video and production facilities at the facility which opened last month. Due to problems with spam only SalfordOnline members can now leave comments. Becoming a member of SalfordOnline only takes a minute, just hit the red Join Us button at the top right hand side of the page to create your Personal account. Got a news story? Need help with publicity for an event in Salford? Send it to newsdesk@salfordonline.com or call the SalfordOnline newsdesk on 0161 789 5377. |
