The creative team behind the making of the Genetix trailer is David Brooks and Lee Stapleton - both media students from Stoke Damerel Community College. Fresh from receiving their award in Bristol, they reveal below how they made the film, and also how pleased they were their efforts have been recognised.  We worked together to produce a science fiction trailer that would make the most of computer special effects and appeal to a large audience.
We chose to focus on the theme of genetics as it is a controversial subject that the public has little control over. This theme also allowed us to be as imaginative as we wanted. As well as the trailer, we produced three promotional trailers for the film. In our last film 'The Matrix: Reborn' we tried to push the level of special effects by using computer generated images. Since then we have improved greatly, allowing us to create impressive sequences such as a futuristic cityscape of Plymouth (including a monorail and a floating car) and transparent monsters that can scale buildings. Our Media teacher was so pleased with the results that he sent it off to the Lights, Camera, Coursework 2004 Student Film Festival held in Bristol. It was really interesting to see the work of others from across the South West and Wales. The work was both innovative and of a very high standard. It was very motivating to see others doing the same kind of work that we are interested in. The films were judged by Nicola Williams, a short film maker who gave lots of advice and encouragement. We were really pleased to be awarded second place in the competition. Currently we have another Matrix film to finish editing and then we will move onto planning our next original film. We are always encouraged by other film makers and this award will certainly be one to
remember.
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