Undergraduate showcase 2023

Our students from the Media Arts department display their final projects for the Undergraduate Showcase 2023. The categories are as follows: filmmaking, journalism, media production and music.

• Video transcript

  [Upbeat instrumental music plays]

  Opening shot of a red banner that reads: Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts. This is followed by a series of short clips featuring:

  • The 2023 Undergraduate Showcase Programme
  • ACCA’s interior spaces, including the building’s state-of-the-art Gardner Tower
  • Various close-ups of student work on display, including experimental photography, videography and audio
  • Guests engaging with student work and mingling with one another

  A shot of the Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts (ACCA) auditorium stage and some footage of Kate O’Riordan, Dean of The School of Media, Arts and Humanities, giving a speech. Guests sit in the audience, listening.

  Footage of Kate O’Riordan sitting on stage with Matthew Sheeran, talented composer and Sussex alumnus, engaging in a discussion. This is followed by footage of the audience watching various student-produced short films.

  In the ACCA café, guests mingle and enjoy a range of complimentary food and drink.

  Back in the ACCA auditorium, slow-motion footage of student bands performing on stage. There is colourful overhead lighting, and students sing and play a range of instruments, including guitar, bass, and drums.

  Final shot of guests, including Matthew Sheeran, laughing and enjoy themselves in the audience.

  The video ends on a dark green screen with the University of Sussex logo in the centre.