Two students from Pakuranga College have won a science film competition with a five minute film about medical research.
Christian Jones and Allen Feng were among 16 students who were finalists in the inaugural Freemasons Reel Science Film Festival competition run by the Royal Society of New Zealand.
All the students have just returned from a week in Dunedin where they made a short science film alongside mentors from the Centre for Science Communication at the University of Otago.
During the week the students participated in workshops that helped them develop their skills in camera techniques and using editing software. They wrote all the material for their films, carried out the filming and then worked on the huge job of editing the film and adding sound and music. They had 36 hours to make their films.
The films were judged by a panel of people involved in the film making industry. They commented that the films were a really high standard, especially as the students were very new to film making.
By Christian Jones and Allen Feng from Pakuranga College, Auckland, Film Title: Immunity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5H0bqOf53NU
Other finalists
George Xian, Philip Allan & Jim Huang from Burnside School, Christchurch, Film title: Bloodline http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0WyjCfGt3M
Wilson Cain, Orion Holder-Monk and Jordan Keen from Wellington High School[PS1] .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FQIF3_OZIs
Richard Martin, Henry Bennett and Julin Le-Ngoc from Papanui High School, Christchurch. Film Title: The Health Inspector
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Bgctuuzl_M
Kyle Webster, Juni Lee and Aaron Jelley from Nayland College, Nelson. Film Title: Goodbye Blue Sky http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMIj1VZT9eM
Alice and Rachel Yuretich from Kaitaia College, Northland. Film Title: The Virus
