Souper! Film and TV students' prize-winning commercial.

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A commercial film by students and graduates of The Manchester College has scooped fourth prize in an international competition. The competition was run by Mofilm with Campbells and BFI London Film Festival. The brief was to create a 30-90 second TV commercial for Campbell's Soup.

The film, Campbell’s Journey, was written by Lucy Lincoln and Amy McIntyre, both students at The Manchester College. Campbell’s Journey tells the heart-warming story of a boy who enjoys Campbell’s Soup as a baby, child, teenager, adult and then as a granddad with his wife and grandson.

Lucy said: ‘Amy and I wrote the idea together but it was Amy’s amazing insight and knowledge of shots and Alex Hollowbread’s great operating skills that made the idea come to life on screen. We had the support and dedication of a crew of current and past students.

We were kindly allowed to use college equipment after speaking to our tutors. One of the tutors has experience with commercial production so he was a fantastic help.

‘Some of the actors are family of the crew or family friends and some were cast through a casting website. We were incredibly lucky to get such a great set of people to work for this project. Working with the children was entertaining, unpredictable and a lot of fun!

‘We were kindly allowed to use college equipment after speaking to our tutors about the production. One of the tutors has experience with commercial production so he was a fantastic help.’

Working with children was entertaining, unpredictable and a lot of fun!

The Campbell’s Journey crew were all current students or graduates from the Foundation Degree in Film and TV Production at The Manchester College:

Producer: Lucy Lincoln (3rd year)
Director: Amy McIntyre (3rd year)
Grip: Tom Crowe (2nd year)
Camera operator: Alex Hollowbread (2nd year)
Focus puller: Jo Kennett (graduate)
Art director: Rhiannon Clifford (graduate)
Lighting: Turbold Erdenestsogt (graduate)
Runner: Sarah Miles (3rd year)

Entries had to be scored 10/10 by the judges to be shortlisted, so it’s a huge achievement for the film to win fourth prize.

What next? Could your films win prizes? Find out about the Foundation Degree in Film and TV Production at The Manchester College.