Kodak Announces Winners of Student Commercial Awards

HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, 03 March 2009 - Kodak, in association with the BTAA, last night announced the winners of its prestigious Student Commercial Awards at BAFTA. The competition, which has been running since the 1980s, invites student filmmakers to make a 30 second commercial off one roll of 400ft Kodak negative stock. Advertising agencies Ogilvy and BBH provided four briefs for major brands, Kodak (Zi6 Pocket Video Camera) , Barnardo’s, Lynx and Moto Zine. Each commercial was judged on cinematography, post production, creativity and overall look. The award for best overall commercial was presented to "Be Careful Who You Turn On" a commercial for Lynx antiperspirant made by the University of Westminster under Team Leader Lucas Adamson. Sam Clark, Education Manager at Entertainment Imaging, Kodak comments on the awards; "This competition continues to produce some fantastic commercials and enables students to showcase their talents to an industry audience. It is also with the help from these industry partners that this competition is made possible." Entries came from colleges across the UK and Ireland. The winners are as follows:

Overall Winner - "Be Careful Who You Turn On" - University of Westminster - Team Leader Lucas Adamson

2nd Place Overall - "Line-Up" - The Arts Institute at Bournemouth - Team Leader Dillan Ghandi

3rd Place Overall - "Turn Around" - National Film and Television School - Team Leader Kristine Maj De Weergaard

Cinematography 1st Place - "Once Upon A Time" - National Film and Television School - Tom Leggett

Category Barnardo’s - 1st Place - "Line Up" - The Arts Institute at Bournemouth - Team Leader – Dillan Ghandi
2nd Place - "Turn Around" - National Film and Television School – Team Leader – Kristine Maj De Weergaard
Joint 3rd Place - "Face" - Central St Martins - Team Leader – Chris Lee
Joint 3rd Place - "Kid Kong" - The National Film and Television School – Team Leader- Kurban Kassam

Category Lynx - Joint 2nd Place – "Antiperspirants Anonymous" – National Film and Television School - Team Leader – Mo Bazazi
Joint 2nd Place – "Be Careful Who You Turn On" – University of Westminster - Team Leader – Lucas Adamson

Category Kodak Joint 3rd Place - "The Chase" - National Film and Television School - Team Leader - Duncan Bruce
Joint 3rd Place  “Life Without You” – The London Film School - Team Leader Henry Darke