British Youth Film Academy (BYFA)
City of Wolverhampton College is an active member of the Co-operative British Youth Film Academy (BYFA) and our students benefit hugely from this collaboration. We are now able to offer unique placements on a feature film production for free to our students. Students can work in all departments, from Hair & Make-up to Editing, from Set Design to Catering. The fee for non-college students is £200/week.
BYFA was established to provide a solid link between the commercial film industry and all branches of media education, by offering professional standard training and vocational experience twinned with students' current academic study.
Unique to the BYFA, students, from 14 years of age right through to postgraduate levels of education, work with professional filmmakers to produce a full-length feature film. What's more, they get their name in the films credits - making our students more attractive to potential employers.
Our summer camp enables students to experience each of the departments constituent within film production - camera, grip, lighting, sound (on set, foley and wildtracks), music, art (set, props, hair, make-up, prosthetics and wardrobe), catering, production, performance and postproduction (editing, sound, foley, colour) - and so make informed choices about their careers.
"I was incredibly impressed by the level of dedication and talent shown by the young people who participated in "The School That Roared" - it was extremely inspiring to work with a group of such motivated individuals and the positive impact on all who participated was clear to see." — Todd Carty, Actor (Grange Hill, Eastenders, The Bill).
My Revolution - 2011
BYFA has now been selected to feature in the Co-operative’s national ad campaign 'My Revolution'. (You can view the Co-operative Join the Revolution TV advert 2011 on YouTube).
Julius Caesar - 2010
“Julius Caesar”- filmed here in Wolverhampton.
Many of our students were cast as characters in the film and students were involved in all aspects of pre-production.
Premiered at the Raindance Independent Film Festival competing in the Best Micro Budget Feature category and gained ITV news coverage.
The 2012 summer feature will be filmed in Stoke on Trent and is a modern adaptation of Oliver Twist... “Olivia Twist!”
Interested in the BYFA Summer Camp?
To enrol for this year’s summer camp, visit: the British Youth Academy web site >>
For further information about the BYFA and Media Courses, please contact:
Elke Theissl, BYFA West Midlands, Regional Chair,
City of Wolverhampton College, Paget Road Campus, WV6 0DU.
Tel: 01902-317646. Email: theissle@wolvcoll.ac.uk