College hosts Olympic film competition

North West Regional College’s Foyle Theatre recently played host to the launch of a national film competition which gives budding scriptwriters and film makers from Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK the opportunity to produce short films which will be viewed during the forthcoming Olympic Games.

‘The Big Voice’ was created by BT as a national competition for students from schools and colleges to work together as part of the education programme in support of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympics Games. The competition involved devising a concept and script for a short film which concerned a local community issue or topic, with the winning entry being selected for production and screening throughout the United Kingdom during the Olympics.

The winning treatment was devised by students by Regent House Grammar school in Newtownards, whose entry ‘The Big Clean-Up’ was judged to be a stand-out piece, and chosen to be made into a film. Their concept was then shared with the media students from North West Regional College who were selected to transform the ‘treatment’ into a short film for public viewing.