Testimonials and Webcasts
Sacha 'wanabe David Attenborough' Coward
“Thanks Mike. I just want to let you know how much I enjoyed this course. I’ve had such a ball and you’ve been such a fantastic and approachable mentor. I really want to build on what I’ve leant over the past few months and I am thinking of taking a PhD in Science Communication and specialising in film and visual media. I have to thank you for a new sense of enthusiasm and purpose… BIG THANKS!”
Sacha Coward now has a job researching and making films at the Natural History Museum due to his performance on the course.
- Watch his film "I Believe…" at www.dailymotion.com/group/uclfilm/2?mode=playlist#videoId=
Alex
Sherlock
“Thank you so much for your very generous help and support. This has been a really wonderful course and fantastic value for all the attention you have given to each of us. It has been a very valuable addition to my MA in Material and Visual Culture, and will help me with my PhD application as they require someone with film experience – it really couldn’t have worked out better! I would absolutely recommend the course to anyone that has interest in documentary filmmaking”.
Alex got a PhD scholarship to analyse shoes and identity using film as a research methodology.
- See Alex’s film “All My Love” about the nature of memory and emotion contained in material objects at www.dailymotion.com/video/xdw9t1_all-my-love-by-alex-sherlock_people
Tom Hand
“Thank you for a truly amazing term! The course really has been the best module I’ve been on and very good value for money! No teacher has ever given as much as you have to a course. The training and sheer quantity of information in the handouts was amazing. I think that it was great having you and the excellent Yaron as I think you work slightly differently – so bounce off each other extremely well as a result. The structuring of the lessons was very good and allowed for very productive conversations about what we were learning/filming in amongst the teachers and the class. Thanks for a great and enjoyable training”
After the module Tom got a job as a runner with
the Moving Picture Company. He is now
working for Lion TV
- See his film on a Big Issue seller at www.dailymotion.com/video/xdvk1m_on-the-pavement-by-tom-hand_people
Steph Patten
“Please find my project diary attached. I have had the best time on this course – you have been such an inspiration as a film maker, person and teacher. I have learnt so much and am really grateful of all your detailed feedback throughout the course. I do hope it goes from strength to strength – I shall recommend it highly!”
Steph's superb film about a soldier recovering from PTSD was so revealing and intimate that it cannot be put online.
Leili Sreberny-Mohammadi
“I just wanted to thank you for yesterday. It was really interesting to see everyone’s films and discuss them. Also, out of all the lecturers you have been by far the most passionate, inspiring and interested in us as individuals. I have greatly appreciated that”.
See Leili's light-hearted film "Persepolis in Peckham" on and
Iranian corner shop in London
at www.dailymotion.com/video/xdt2a4_persepolis-in-peckham-by-leili-sre_people
Dawn Collins
"Thanks for all your comments on my revised proposal. I do find them very helpful and hope I will learn a lot through this process. As you said yesterday, we have not had time to make enough mistakes – so I hope this film might end up being the greatest and most wonderful mistake of these past couple of PhD years. It will be easier to hold onto the faith that such an ambitious dream could work because you think there’s a chance of that. The film course with you has opened up new worlds of possibilities for me as a medium through which I can find means of expression. I will be recommending it highly"
Dawn is now working as a researcher on a proposed documentary for Channel4 portraying the valley communities of Bridgend,
Anna Caffrey
“Just a quick hello to tell you how helpful the filmmaking mantras you taught us have been as I wrestle with my dissertation write-up! Just like rushes, I have an over abundance of data. But it has been incredibly useful to stick to my intentions. I’d rather be cutting a film than typing all day, but I am glad to find an overlap between the two. What you taught us continues to have an impact on my work and life - the sign of a true mentor! I highly recommend your course.”
See Anna's film "Steve Writes Words" on the frustrations and
triumphs of an aspiring freelance journalist
at www.dailymotion.com/video/xdvu1v_steve-writes-words-by-anna-caffrey_people
See all the films made by module and
workshop students at
www.dailymotion.com/group/uclfilm
