Two students from 蜜桃AV have had their final聽projects shortlisted at this year鈥檚 Prix Europa awards.
Matthew Cooper and Anna Lozian are students of BA (Hons) Media Production聽and聽have each created ambitious pieces of work as part of their final year unit, Graduate Project Production.
In this unit, students create a project which is the culmination of all the things they learned during their time at 蜜桃AV. Following a negotiated learning agreement with their tutors, the students are free to create any type of media project they would like.
These may be traditional formats such as fiction film and radio documentary or alternatively formats that combine many different media, such as interactive audio-visual installations. Students are paired up with supervisors who support them with one-to-one sessions, specifically tailored to their particular choice.
Dr Evi Karathanasopoulou has led the unit for three years and in that time it聽has seen substantial international and national successes,聽including student artwork being presented聽to an audience of 10,000 people in Thessaloniki, Greece.
This year, Dr Karathanasopoulou entered the work of two of her own supervisory students, Cooper鈥檚 Refracted Mindscape and Lozian鈥檚 inspirare, into the high-profile Prix Europa Competition.
Prix Europa awards the best European television, radio and online productions with the aim of publicising them and supporting their continental distribution and use.
For the first time, the event 鈥� attended by around 1,000 media professionals each year 鈥� has established a Digital Media Rising Stars category, specifically for students.聽鈥婤oth of聽蜜桃AV's nominations have been shortlisted for the award聽this year.
Cooper, Lozian and Dr Karathanasopoulou have been invited to a five-day event in Berlin, Germany, where they will present the work in front of a panel of important media professionals from around Europe, engage with the work of others and attend the awards ceremony.聽鈥�
Dr Karathanasopoulou said: 鈥淚 am extremely proud of our two students. I am really looking forward to attending the event in Berlin where we get to present the work in front of a jury and meet with major media stakeholders from around Europe, such as BBC, ARTE and RAI. We will also be taking part as Jury for other categories.鈥�
Cooper鈥檚 work, Refracted Mindscape, is a binaural audio installation piece, with visual elements, which explores the complicated mind of someone with multiple personalities and how they live with it day to day.
Lozian鈥檚 piece, inspirare, is a short experimental film in which audio is the main carrier of narrative, with animation and other visuals being secondary. The main themes in the film are inspiration, friendship and choosing one鈥檚 own path in life and in creativity.
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