Students create short film

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Students at Winstanley College have created a short film called Sandcastles and will host a premiere next month to showcase their work including the film and a documentary about the making of the film.

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00:00 Hello, my name is Matthew Humphreys, I'm the director of the Winslandley College film Sandcastles.

00:05 So we've been making the film for about over a year now and it all started with

00:11 college approaching us and saying oh we're going to do a short film which is going to be about 20

00:18 to 30 minutes long. No one knew you know where we'd be right now but I managed to become director

00:24 and then over like a two-week period we had a 60-person crew, cast and crew assembled and we

00:33 pre-planned for about six months and then shot for about three months as well. The film that

00:39 we've cut together now is about two characters, one our female protagonist is Charlie and she is

00:47 unfortunately suffering with cancer and we know as an audience that she's on her way out sadly and

00:57 it's she basically makes it her mission that she's going to use her last few weeks to help someone

01:04 in a great way. So we've got Jay, our male protagonist who is struggling in life, he's

01:13 dealing with issues regarding alcohol and he's not really got a prominent mother and father figure

01:20 in his life so it's Charlie who decides to use her final moments to put him on a better path and

01:27 show him that there's a lot to life and there's a lot to live for basically and

01:35 when you watch the film you'll see where he ends up as a result of her help.

01:41 This has been such a great experience for me because obviously I'm an aspiring film director

01:47 and having a cast and crew of around 60 people to manage has been even, it's been a daunting task

01:54 but it's also been extremely rewarding for me because this is like acting as that one big

02:01 stepping stone in my career which will hopefully, well has taught me so much I need to know and

02:08 what I've learned on the project is something I'm going to like take forward to future projects and

02:13 yeah it's been a really important project and I think everyone's enjoyed it, not just myself,

02:18 everyone's benefited from it and yeah it's a great thing to be a part of.

02:22 Hi my name is Beverly Brary, I am a teacher here at Winstanley College and for the past year,

02:28 it's about a year ago, myself and some of the students got together to make a film. It's the

02:36 first time we've done this, very exciting. It's all been the students from choosing the script,

02:43 choosing the director, producers, they all had to audition for their role, it wasn't a given.

02:52 The way that they have worked together, the professionalism, the passion that they put

03:00 into this has been absolutely wonderful. As a teacher I've been around to on on shoots but

03:07 I've also been directed by the director, he's completely been there, their baby from from

03:15 start to finish. We are now at the stage where we've almost finished it and we have our premiere

03:23 on the 3rd of July. This will be a full red carpet event and we want everybody to come and

03:32 enjoy the evening and to celebrate the success of our students. There's been about 60 students

03:37 involved and they have the blood, sweat and tears that have gone into this. We're really excited

03:44 for this evening event. So 3rd of July 6.30am, tickets are available at sandcastles@winstanley.ac.uk

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