Lights, camera, action at Aberystwyth

ASPIRING young film-makers will have an opportunity to work with an experienced Hollywood producer this summer as Aberystwyth University launches a new weeklong residential film school.

Script to Screen has been developed by Huw Penallt Jones, whose credits include Interlude in Prague (2016), Damascus Cover (2015), The Man Who Knew Infinity (2014) Patagonia (2010), The Edge of Love (2008) and Cold Mountain (2003).

A graduate of Aberystwyth University, Huw returned to his alma mater in 2017 to launch a new BA degree in Film-Making.

The new film summer school offers cinema enthusiasts aged 15-17 an opportunity to learn about all aspects of film-making.

Huw Penallt Jones said: “We are delighted to be offering this new film-making course at Aberystwyth University this summer. It is a really exciting prospect and I look forward to working with a new generation of young film-makers, and to see how we can work together to create some wonderful short films.”

Based at the Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies, areas covered by the course include developing scripts, planning, shooting and editing a film, using lighting and camera equipment, and creating a soundtrack.

The week’s programme will culminate with a screening of all the films that have been made during the week.

Script to Screen runs in July and August and qualifies for the Residential section of a Gold Duke of Edinburgh’s Award programme.

Students on the course will stay in the halls of residence on the university campus.