Over 120 Confetti students work at Splendour Festival 2017

At this year’s Splendour we had over 120 students from across both college and degree courses working in over 209 different roles. See how they got on.
Students Work on the Shoot for our New Confetti Promo Video

Our students have been ‘Doing It For Real’ working on the shoot for our new promo.
Audio & Music Tech degree student Joe Langford provides soundtrack for new Divercity movie

Winner of Best Music Production at this year’s Degree Showcase, Joe Langford, has been selected to supply the soundtrack for the Divercity movie – part of Nottingham City Council’s The Big Tent project.
Confetti students win at the 9th Nottingham Young Creative Awards

On Wednesday evening seven Confetti students took home awards at the 9th Nottingham Young Creative Awards held at Nottingham Playhouse.
Our Industry Week 2017 Highlights
Well what a week that was! From 6 – 10 March we welcomed over 70 guests from across Film, TV, Music and Games for Industry Week 2017! Timetables were replaced with insightful workshops, lectures and masterclasses giving you tips, tricks and insider knowledge of the industries you aspire to join. Check out our highlights from the week... Acting with Roxy Shahidi & Sammy Winward For many of you, Industry Week started early as we welcomed Emmerdale favourites Roxy Shahidi & Sammy Winward on Friday 3 March. Not only did they hold a Q&A session on getting into acting, but they also …

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Film & TV student directs his first short film ‘Catharsis’
Here at Confetti we openly encourage students to work on and get creative with their own projects in their free time. We caught up with second year Film & TV student Jay Martin who has just finished directing his first short film ‘Catharsis’, to find out how it went. Jay, can you give us a brief outline of the plot? J: Catharsis follows the story of Sandra, a thirty something business woman, who, after the loss of her first born child Megan, begins a drug and alcohol fueled decent into her own mind as she desperately tries to relive the lost …

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Confetti at Splendour Festival – Do It For Real
On one of the hottest days of 2016, 21,000 people gathered in Wollaton Park for Splendour Festival. Nottingham’s biggest outdoor event celebrated its ninth year on Saturday 23 July 2016 with performances from Jamie Lawson, UB40 and Jess Glynne amongst many others. Confetti was once again a main sponsor and our students worked alongside our technical teams to help bring Splendour festival to life. The Confetti Stage hosted big names, such as The Fratellis, The Rifles and headline act The Darkness, whilst Confetti-band Super Furniture opened the main stage after winning the Future Sound of Nottingham accolade. CONFETTI AT SPLENDOUR 2016 …

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Heart of Chaos
Confetti Film & TV Production students got to #DoItForReal this morning and it kicked off with a 3am start! Early birds in Nottingham were left a bit shocked to see Old Market Square cordoned off, men with guns running around and a motorbike drive into the Nottingham Council House. Don’t worry though, it’s the filming for new action film Heart of Chaos, written and directed by local stunt man Adam Collins and co-directed by Confetti TV & Film Production tutor Luke Radford. Adam, who was in the Royal Marines for 6 years before becoming a stuntman, explained that his experience …

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Confetti Students Win Big at Nottingham Young Creative Awards
https://vimeo.com/167249279 Confetti students took home a haul of Nottingham Young Creative Awards at last night's award ceremony. Hundreds of people attended the 8th Nottingham Young Creative Awards, which aim to give people aged 13 to 24 who live, study or work in Nottingham the chance to show off their creative work, network with future employers and gain valuable industry experience and mentoring. This year a record 350 young creatives submitted their work in 10 different categories to meet the ‘Goals and Dreams’ theme. Confetti students dominated the Animation & Media category taking away all three awards. There were also winners in …

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The Voice Comes to Confetti!
Our music and performance students are busy warming up their vocal chords in preparation for the chance to audition for music reality show The Voice. ITV is beginning its search for contestants for the new series of The Voice with closed auditions for Confetti students only, taking place on Tuesday 3 May. Pop star Jake Bugg said it a few years ago - "If you want to get on in the music industry you have to get into Confetti." Head of Talent Development Alison Whitlock has spoken of the importance of these opportunities for the career development of our students: “It …

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Industry Week Highlight – Jon Harris
  Oscar-nominated film editor Jon Harris - who has edited 127 Hours, Kick Ass, and The Woman in Black, (to name but a few…) took to the Arts Theatre to share his knowledge, and give us a glimpse into the life of a successful editor. Jon grew up making short films as a child, all of which he acted in, filmed, and edited himself. His passion grew from there, and he went on to complete a film course at Harrow in London. He then spent a year assisting on films, where he met Guy Richie. Gaining editing work through him, …

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Industry Week Highlight – Barry Ryan
As head of production at Warp Films – Barry Ryan shared his experiences of producing films & TV shows. Warp Films first began as Warp Records in 1989, CEO Mark Herbert expressed his concern with trying to push visual artists. Following this they soon became Warp Films – Dead Man’s Shoes became the first feature – length film produced. The company also worked with director Shane Meadows to produce This Is England, and decided to continue the success with a TV series, as they wanted to re-visit the characters and explore their interests. Barry got his foot in the door …

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