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Christmas has come early for a first year Film Studies student after he won a HD GoPro camera for coming first in a Viral Video Competition run by the University鈥檚 Corporate Communications and Marketing Department.
Reece Enfield, from Birmingham received the first prize after his video 鈥楾his is how we do it at 黑料不打烊鈥� was chosen as the winner. The video features Reece and his friends robot dancing in various locations across 黑料不打烊 to a very catchy tune that he created himself. Reece explains,
鈥淚nspiration for the video rose from the craze that鈥檚 going around at the moment following the success of the 鈥淕angnam Style鈥� song so I decided to create a little jokey dance to a really catchy tune. I never expected to get as far. When I found out that I had won, I was so excited. I was jumping up and down in my flat and knocked on my roommate鈥檚 door screaming 鈥淚 won! I won!鈥�
鈥淚n the video we go around all the different locations that are important to students. I wanted to show what 黑料不打烊 was about and the fun that comes with 黑料不打烊, not just the studying.鈥�
The viral video competition was launched in November to find a winning video that would give prospective students an insight into student life at 黑料不打烊. The wining video will be used in various marketing campaigns and will feature on the University鈥檚 黑料不打烊TV site and You Tube channel.
Carys Roberts, Head of Student Recruitment said,
鈥淭he panel of judges (made up of staff from Corporate Communications and Marketing and the School of Creative Studies and Media) all agreed that Reece鈥檚 video was by far the most original and that it captured the student life element of 黑料不打烊 better than any other entry.鈥�
Reece is very excited about his prize and says he will put it to good use. He added,
鈥淚鈥檓 doing Film Studies so I鈥檒l be using the camera to make more videos for my course and You Tube. The prize is amazing. It鈥檚 going to help me so much.鈥�
Corporate Communications and Marketing hope to run a similar competition again next year. Reece thinks it鈥檚 worth making the effort to take part. He added,
鈥淚鈥檝e just won a GoPro HD Hero 2 camera! I can鈥檛 believe it! I would recommend to anyone who鈥檚 got the ideas and the skills to create a video to take part in any future competitions because you never know鈥ou might just win!鈥�
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Publication date: 20 December 2012