Special Screening at the Picturehouse

STUDENT FILMMAKERS CATCH IT ON CAMERA FOR COMIC RELIEF

Students at the University of Greenwich will be participating in a spot of
monkey business for Comic Relief and competing in a guerrilla filmmaking
competition. All of the money raised by the DIY movie making madness will go
towards this year's fundraising event.

Not to be confused with the kind of gorilla filmmaking associated with nature
buffs such as David Attenborough, the CMS Comic Relief Challenge involves a
shoestring budget and using whatever can be found lying around to make a mini
movie. Students have to base their entries on one of the Comic Relief themes -
either "do something funny for money", "red" or "nose".

All of the movies will be screened at the Greenwich Picturehouse on Tuesday 17
March. Along with the screenings there will also be other fundraising fun and
challenges for students, staff, family and friends to enjoy and help raise as
much money as possible for Comic Relief.

Ryan Flynn from the university's School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences,
which is running the competition, commented:

"The idea came from discussions about how we could help students experience real
world work, deadlines and project planning.

We know that students want to experience as much as possible at university and
this project is a great way of getting them involved in something that will help
the wider world as well as their career prospects."

The fledgling filmmakers have from 9am March 13 until 4pm March 16 to design,
shoot, edit and produce their films. Tickets for the charity night at Greenwich
Picturehouse cost £5.