The complete 14 runners-up of the competition organised by What Video and
Camcorder User and sponsored by Mitsubishi, as premiered at the British Academy
of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) on June 27, 1992.
| 1. |
TEA DANCE
Dominic Frank Rai
A documentary about a Social Club in Lambeth, London. Produced for the South
London Documentary Project by Lambeth Video.
BAVA Runner-up 1992 |
Documentary
6.mins |
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| 2. |
UNDER COVER
Terry Mendoza (Essex)
Roger Cork, a television investigative journalist, brilliantly played by
Dave Aldous, takes his film crew into the back streets of Southend to uncover
the truth about Mr Smith, an unqualified surgeon operating as a transcapitation
consultant, bringing misery and ruin to the lives of his patients. Also featuring
members of Westcliff's Film & Video Club and Operatic & Dramatic
Society.
See also lib. nos: V 91, FT/V 164 item 1 and FT/V 187 item 2.
UNSUITABLE FOR CHILDREN
MAY UPSET SENSITIVE VIEWERS
BAVA Runner-up 1992; IAC Daily Mail Trophy, Best Video, Best Humour, Best
Acting Award (Dave Aldous) 1992 |
Story
7.mins |
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| 3. |
CHINA, THE LAND BEHIND THE WALL
Archie Reid, FACI
A compelling documentary about China, a land which contains a quarter of
the Earth's population.
BAVA Runner-up 1992 |
Documentary
13.mins |
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| 4. |
THE CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS
Noel Graham
A fascinating short documentary about George and Gordon McCartney, the
present-day owners of a 100-year-old, Irish family butchers' business, which
specialises in sausage-making.
BAVA Runner-up 1992 |
Documentary
4.mins |
|
| 5. |
THIS IS
David Whitelock
Stunning special effects' photography and editing 'direct to you from the
Hands and Mind' of the band Crasherama.
BAVA Runner-up 1992 |
Music Video
7.mins |
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| 6. |
TRACKDOWN
Ian Gamble (Surrey)
A Miami Vice-style action short featuring a leather-clad young lady intent
on destroying a band of hi-tech thieves. Widescreen format.
BAVA Runner-up 1992 |
Story
b&w
7.mins |
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| 7. |
LA MORT (THE DEATH)
Steven Anderson
A nightmarish graveyard sequence set to Carl Orff's Carmina Burana music.
BAVA Runner-up 1992 |
Visual
b&w/col.credits
4.mins |
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| 8. |
CRABBIT
Gavin and Jamie Lockhart, Angus Reid and Gregg Corbett
An experimental short filmed in Skerray, Scotland, showing 'life and death'
from the point of view of a crab.
BAVA Runner-up, Best Video Concept 1992 |
Visual
8.mins |
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| 9. |
SELF-DESTRUCT
Darren Philip Knight
A gory horror drama in the style of Hellraiser.
CONTAINS SCENES OF A DISTURBING NATURE
UNSUITABLE FOR CHILDREN
BAVA Runner-up, Best Visual Effects 1992 |
Story
12.mins |
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| 10. |
TAKING STOCK
Kevin Braithwaite
The planet Earth is discovered by an alien archivist. . . Featuring a large
cast of performers and partially set in Widescreen format.
BAVA Runner-up 1992 |
Science Fiction
9.mins |
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| 11. |
THE STAIRCASE MYSTERY
Richard Schofield
Colourful and nightmarish, this was produced on an Acorn Archimedes computer.
It is set to a song by Siouxsie and the Banshees.
BAVA Runner-up 1992 |
Animation
6.mins |
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| 12. |
MISSION 090
Jon Davis In this special effects' extravaganza a wandering space pod, containing
an alien suspended life form, lands on the hostile planet Earth.
BAVA Runner-up 1992 |
Science Fiction
8.mins |
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| 13. |
PENNY PILOT
Ian Gamble (Surrey) An orgy of post-production video wizardry in which a
young man is sucked into the virtual reality of a computer game, whose on-screen
hostess (Laura Macmahon) has promised all manner of enjoyments. Widescreen
format.
BAVA Runner-up 1992; IAC Silver Seal 1992 |
Visual
11.mins |
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| 14. |
BUILT TO LAST
Richard J. Adams
A supernatural drama in which a house takes its revenge on a terrified building
inspector (Devina Symes).
BAVA Runner-up, Best Under-16 Entry 1992 |
Story
8.mins |
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