Tinnitus UK showcases short film
Director / producer team Paul Wilkins and Mark Lonsdale with help from the Ravensbourne students created a short film that helps raise awareness about the experience of people living with tinnitus.
Tinnitus UK showcases short film created by Ravensbourne students
Tinnitus UK has worked with Director / Producer team Paul Wilkins and Mark Lonsdale alongside a group of film production students from Ravensbourne College in London. The students created a short film that helps to raise awareness about what it is like for some people living with tinnitus. One in seven people in the UK have tinnitus which is characterised by hearing sounds where there is no external audio input.
The 30-second short features a woman in a lift as she is overwhelmed by noise. The noise is distressing and suggestive of how some people experience tinnitus (the actual noises people hear are uniquely different). The charity has chosen to launch the film during Halloween week as it echoes traditional horror movies that are popular at this time of year.
Jo March, Head of Brand and Communications said “I first spoke to tutors Paul and Mark at the beginning of the year and was so excited to view the film when they shared it with me. Paul and Mark developed the entire concept of the film based on a very basic brief. With the assistance of their students, they have delivered a professional quality film that I am really excited to launch to help raise awareness of our charity and the support we provide to people who are living with tinnitus.”
Paul Wilkins, Director at Starfish Films & Ravensbourne Film Course tutor said: “It was a privilege to work on this film with such dedicated students from Ravensbourne and for such a worthy and much needed cause. This is a bold film that we hope grabs the attention of a much wider audience and leads to greater understanding of the wide ranging and debilitating effects of tinnitus, so that charities such as Tinnitus UK can be properly supported in the tireless work that they do.”
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CREW
DIRECTOR…Paul Wilkins
PRODUCER…Mark Lonsdale
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT…Antonio Poplauschi
DOP…Alex Ramsay
1ST AC…Kate Blandford
GAFFER…Tom Syddall
GRIP…Joseph Khalil
PRODUCTION DESIGNER…Charlotte Still
EDITOR…Tom Cooksey
CAST
LADY IN LIFT…Flora Pringle