2011 Winners
Gold Award
Winter Smimming - Mair Bosworth - Bournemouth University
The judges praised this short programme as “a beautifully crafted feature, seamlessly edited and mixed which operated at many levels…” “…a work of art with wonderful use of atmospheric sound, with excellent, revealing interviews…” “…well recorded witness with vibrant, well-caught actuality.” The piece illustrated “not only the poetry and depth of individual memories but the economic and social experience of a time and a real sense of place…”. “This is a really professional piece of work, mature and well-judged…”.
Silver Award
Lightness - Daniel Eycott - Canterbury Christ Church University
The judges thought this a powerful piece about a car crash and they praised its “excellent sense of dramatic tension fuelled by judicious use of unexpected detail which carried the feature through to a nail-biting cinematic conclusion.” “I felt I knew and really cared what happened to the young people in the crash,” and “it stayed with you for a long time afterwards”.
Bronze Award
Compulsion To Alcohol: Andrew’s Story - Cheryl Johnson - University of Sunderland
This was, according to the judges, a “pacy and revealing feature about one man’s battle against alcoholism supported by strong additional interviews, very well-edited with a positive twist to the story which engages the listener’s sympathy.”