Goldsmiths BA Media Degree Show 2017

A period fantasy drama, Heirs of Discord begins with the story of Lucy Cain, an eighteen-year old with a plan.  The itinerary? Get through her final weeks of schooling as quietly as possible then leave Port Hope, and the country-continent of Kings Land, for good.  But when the new exchange student seems hell-bent on playing friends, Lucy's carefully laid out plans start veering dangerously off track.  

Cast:

Rosalyn Mitchell     as Lucy & Gale Cain

Nathan Banks     as Peter Sullen

Clarke Alexander     as Carlyle Sullen

Zoë Ranson         as Beatrice Lindley

Richard Shannon     as Richard Lindley

It's in the Shadows tells the story of Isabella, a young woman who has never quite recovered from the pain of losing her little brother. It is not until years later that she finds help and comfort in the strangest of places, her nightmares...

Cast:

Freya Storch         as     Isabella Cooper

Richard Harfst     as     The Shadow Man

Dave Ilett             as     Thomas Winter (Therapist)

Richard Shannon     as     Daniel Cooper

By Subeer Ibrahim Ali

A documentary that takes a deeper look into the experiences of Gay Muslims in the UK, and the ways in which they have to negotiate their religious and sexual identities. Subeer Ali investigates the problems that are faced by British Muslims in contemporary society and the clash between Islam and homosexuality.  

By John Rocha

Lottie, the quiet, academic girl, takes a curious interest in the latest social media app ‘Virtual Buddy’, allowing users to upload pictures on a newsfeed so people can view and comment on them. Lottie decides to download The newest craze that all the girls are talking about in school in hopes of fitting in and making friends. Image obsessed Tiffany, the most popular girl in school and her entourage neglect their studies and are more interested in taking the perfect selfie to upload to Virtual Buddy. This story takes a sinister turn when Tiffany hosts a party at her parents’ house, who are away on holiday. Inviting teens from different schools around the area, Lottie is invited thinking she has finally made friends, but Tiffany has an ulterior motive.

Phantom Detectors is a mockumentary drama in the style of a ghost-hunting programme. It is set present-day in the Southern United States, and is made as if it was one episode of a series.

Ghost hunters, Evelyn and Nicky, head down to New Orleans to explore a haunted mansion. The mansion was first owned by Madam Lalaurie in the early 1800’s and was a site of brutal torture. Madam Lalaurie committed ruthless crimes against the slaves who worked around the house, until she was killed by a fire that started in the kitchen. Her body was never found and it is believed her spirit never left.

Evelyn and Nicky team up with clairvoyant, Lavender Rain, and the next-door neighbour of the mansion, Jackson Johnson, to try and unveil the secrets of the house. We follow their investigation around the house while they seek to communicate with the spirits. But when Lavender attempts a séance it doesn't go according to plan.

Will the team ever escape alive?

Cast

Michael Langan        as         The Narrator

Jenna Hughes          as          Evelyn Miller

Nathan Banks           as         Nicky Wilson

Sara Jewell               as          Lavender Rain

Milo Cradick             as          Jackson Johnson

By Simona Rata

A mixture between hip hop stations, Hot 97/Power 105 and RadioLab, Hip Hop Outtakes is a programme with focuses on the things that have been left out about hip hop when it comes to its on-screen representation.

In the first part of the series, host Simona Rata takes the listeners as well as co-host Subeer Ali back to one night in the early 70s at an Apartment Building on 1520 Sedgwick Ave, NYC - the time and place of hip hop's conception.

The documentary looks at some of the ways in which rap music has come to misrepresent the culture and challenges us to think about hip hop in a much more...peaceful, loving, unifying and fun way.

The Early Bloom in New York is a fun and uniquely styled piece of radio which follows our lead character - a failed and callous photographer - Jimmy Bloom, who steals a clapper-board from an old mysterious, woman.

Realising the board’s special powers, Jimmy uses it to accomplish his dreams of becoming a big- shot 1950s movie director in Hollywood. But his new found success comes at the expense of his relationship with his partner, Daniel, and seemingly his morals. As Jimmy's selfishness, greed and cruelty grows at alarming rate, it’s as if he will never be stopped and taught his lesson. Or will he?... 

CAST:

Steve Mace         as        Jimmy Bloom

Tim Larkfield        as         Daniel Stein

Emmanuela Lia    as         Lola

What Happens Behind the Scenes in the Football Industry

This final piece production is a sports radio documentary focusing on what happens behind the scenes in the football industry. The radio piece interviews AFC Wimbledon under 18 sports scientist and a football coach working in the ‘UK ENC’ company linking Korean players to play in UK footballs teams. Their passion for football was noticeable throughout the interview.

Why is rape being more reported on in universities nowadays

A documentary piece highlighting why rape and sexual assault is becoming more of a commonly reported occurrence within the young person and university spectrum and why there is little being done to tackle the issue.

A Movement in Unease

A piece of poetry written in conjunction with an original score, detailing the sensory reactions experienced regarding anxiety, especially with regard to negotiating the contrasting extremes of apathy and passion. Visuals by Karis Crawford. 

Lovers in a Box

A visual poetry project about the theme of lovers. The instillation will present five poems exploring the different emotions and experiences of love, distilling and visualising them in words and objects in a box.

My Friend Clooksies

A script about a women aged 24 called Grace, is going through a major, mid life crisis. This spikes her imaginary friend Clooksies to come back into her life, but Clooksies is looking to make trouble with Grace’s new love interest Callum. Will Grace choose Callum or Clooksies, where do her loyalty’s lay?

Velerie Goes Veggie

A children's book about Valerie the Velociraptor, who is struggling to come to terms with her dinosaur ways. She tries to take up a veggie diet to better her self. Valerie wants to become like Herbert as he is the poshest dinosaur of them all. Will she succeed in her life journey?

The Borderland

A story about how rave culture meets political rebellion through the eyes of angsty teenage girl, Avgust Walek. With her mother as a secret-agent and her father long-gone, she struggles to protect her younger brother from the a world on the brink of collapse.

Schmobo the Schmob

The short animation script comically explores the lives of garden insects and animals personified as people, critiquing political and social situations.

The Princess of Zazzau

A troubled princess and her trusted guard and friend embark upon a journey to discover the meaning of a recurrent dream.

The Shoe-chure

The Shoe-chure is a short interview conducted amongst a small closet of shoes discussing their different feelings and relationships.

A Day in the Life of Death

A Day in the Life of Death is a 30-minute pilot and mockumentary comedy. It follows the highs, lows, trials and tribulations of the daily life of Death, the Grim Reaper of East London.

Drop Dead Gorgeous Funny

Drop Dead Gorgeous Funny is a one-woman play following Judith Brown, an 83-year-old stand-up comedian and comedy burlesque performer, as she prepares to take her final bow – in comedy and in life.

By Sam and Stefan

By Jin and Anjali

Ollie and Marie

By Max and Patricia

'Digging Deeper: The underground life of Britain’s mole catchers.'

A fierce battle is raging between mole catchers over the most humane way to carry out their deadly work. This piece follows three mole catchers who reveal the reasons behind rivalries in the mole catching community and explain what makes mole catching an increasingly common, and lucrative, profession.

‘Menstrual Indignity: The hidden issue of period poverty in London’

Menstrual Indignity was about period poverty in London and the difficulties and shame homeless women face when trying to access sanitary products. With this piece I wanted to take a close look at the unjust system that homelessness services operate under with no funding for period products from the government and the degradation thousands of homeless women have to go through monthly. I talked to people who work within the homelessness services, politicians, activists and homeless women who have experienced the struggles themselves. I used illustrations, video and sound snippets to narrate this story.

‘Dedicated and unashamed: the International Skam fandom’

Dedicated and unashamed: the international SKAM fandom looks into how a Norwegian teen drama called Skam, which translates to shame in English, has sparked an international obsession with the show's characters and Norwegian popular culture. The piece introduces the reader to fans from various corners of the world and explores the good and the bad of a fandom.

‘Inside Rome’s Rising Drag Queen Scene: La Karl Du Pigne & Other Stories’

‘When faith and sexuality collides’

“This piece focuses on the lives of ordinary Muslims living in the UK or abroad, who identify themselves as part of the LGBT community, exploring how Muslims try to balance their faith as well as their sexuality in today’s society.”

“Wind, farming and wildlife."

Are onshore and offshore wind farms affecting the wildlife above and below sea level?

‘Drilling the Downs: Oil extraction in the South Downs’

‘Body Positivity, Negativity and Neutrality’

“In recent years, the body positivity movement has exploded in popularity on social media, opening a discussion on self esteem and self love. This piece explores how some have adopted it, and how others have rejected it.”

‘Melancholic Melody: Mental health in the music industry’

“Melancholic Melody: Ill mental health within the music industry is at an all time high. With limited resources, minimal understanding, and a lack of compassion, the music industry, and the lifestyle that goes hand in hand with it, is drastically affecting the lives of millions of musicians…"

‘At the Heart of 3D Printed Fashion’

“The day we get an Alexader McQueen that can code, something will start to change.” Stepping into the world of fashion technologists, this project explores the place of 3D technology in the fashion industry answering one question: can 3D printing truly be the future of fashion?"

‘When white and red meets the Union Jack: Life of Poles in the United Kingdom’

Penelope is a young woman like any other. Except she is scarred by the fact she has been sexually assaulted - and cannot prove the allegations, because she can't remember anything. She went to a party, she got drunk, and she had sex. But did she ever say yes? Three people who saw her at the party recount their version of events leading up to the assault. Their testimonies piece together the story of that night.

Told from the multiple perspectives of an online gossip forum, Rumour Has It depicts the various stories of celebrity Mia Dawson’s mysterious disappearance. Based online where truth is subjective, fan theories of Mia’s whereabouts are as wild as they are many but are any of these rumours true? What really happened to Mia Dawson?

Earth to Eli is a psychological short film surrounding the complex and extreme emotion of grief.

After the sudden tragic suicide of his longtime best friend (Eli), Simon is plunged into an inescapable abyss of loss. This short follows  him as he struggles to battle against his profound grief; encompassing him and his very surroundings, distorting the line between what is real and what is not. The narrative of this story attempts to mediate on the decision that must be faced in order to overcome feelings of loneliness and, ultimately, a similar self-destructive path. Through stylistically merging boundaries between the past and present and the introduction of an alternative abstract soundscape, earth to Eli encapsulates the severe depths of Simon’s internal conflict and the beginning of his road to acceptance.

Bang Bang Fennel is an inspiring story of the struggle of Steve Fennel, United Kingdom’s first deaf boxer. The documentary follows the obstacles Steve faced in his life and how his family members and outsiders come together to help him realise his dream of becoming a boxer.

Directed by Mohammad Khan Rabbani

Camera by Florence de Schlichting

Sound by Eleanor Percival

Produced by April Winters

Edited by Eleanor Percival and Florence de Schlichting

By Stefan Armstrong-Murphy

Information on modern prosthetic limbs is very scarce online, usually requiring an in-depth Google search and visits to multiple websites. Life Without Limbs wants to bring as much of that information together in one place, so children and teenagers do not have to waste time visiting many websites to find one piece of information. The website uses a more colourful and cartoony aesthetic to really appeal to a younger audience, taking inspiration from the various Flash games on the net. Text has also been kept to a minimum too, as it’s been proven that younger audiences can lose focus and attention very quickly when faced with text-heavy websites.