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Creative studies
Handsworth Student
Ranjeet Marwa Aims To Be
Cinema King
A GRUESOME story from the pen of master horror
writer Stephen King is being brought to life by a
young Birmingham film-maker.
Ranjeet Singh Marwa has signed a contract with the world-renowned author
to write the screenplay and then direct his version of the 1977 short story The
Man Who Loved Flowers. The 23-year-old, who is studying film and animation
at Birmingham City University, plans to raise around £1,000 to fund the project
himself after being given the go-ahead by Mr King’s publicist.
The story follows an apparently love-struck young man as he buys a bunch
of flowers and rushes up to a woman in an alleyway. He then reaches for a
hammer in his pocket before a typically Stephen King outcome.
Ranjeet, of Boulton Road, Handsworth, said: “I’ve already done the screenplay
and hope to start filming around Edgbaston later this month.”
“I think it’ll take around four days to do as the film won’t be any longer than 20
minutes. I’ll have to send it to Stephen King for approval once it’s done, but I’m
a big fan of his so this is a dream come true for me.”
If all goes to plan, he’s hoping the film can be shown in Birmingham.
It is the latest in a line of screen successes for former Lordswood Boys’ School
pupil Ranjeet, with four-minute Saw-inspired horror The Beginning – filmed
near Millennium Point in October – up for a possible screening at the Atlanta
Horror Film Festival in September.
And it’s among the competitors for an award in the horror category at the
London Independent Film Festival next week. Ranjeet’s also planning a fulllength
adaptation later this year of one of his own short films, Samurai Diablo
– a homage to Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill, filmed in Edgbaston in August.
“That’s going to be self-funded too, but it’ll be more expensive than the Stephen
King film at around £7,000 because I’m hoping it’ll be 90 minutes long.”
“But it’s all going great for me at the moment with films. I’d love to hit Hollywood
one day, but we’ll have to see about that.”
Article from Birmingham Mail - May 2012
Fond Farewell to Governor
In April this year, Mr Guest retired as Community Governor after almost 30 years of dedication and
loyalty to Lordswood Boys.
During this time he played an integral part in both the strategic and organisational development
of the school. Mr Guest has sat and chaired many many committees, alongside attending social
events and parental evenings in order to support the boys and their families.
The Governing Body held a celebration reception to commemorate the commitment and
achievement of such a valued and highly respected colleague.
Deutsche Bank
Volunteering
“Do you really think you need to have long,
orange, curly hair to be the ideal volunteer?”
“Yes Miss!”
The boys from Lordswood
Boys’ School created their
ideal volunteer as part of
their visit to Deutsche Bank in
Birmingham. The boys came
up with words such as ‘hard
working’, ‘calm’, ‘kind’, ‘good at
listening’ and ‘all seeing!’; there
was some great imagination
and creativity shown!
The trip was part of the Deutsche Bank Volunteering in Schools programme,
which has so far provided around 15 volunteers to help students with their
studies, including literacy and maths. Deutsche Bank staff are interviewed
and trained by CSV, a UK volunteering and training charity, who then place
the volunteers and provide support to the school and volunteer throughout
the placement. Deutsche Bank staff visit the school once a week to support a
student for around half an hour.
Deutsche Bank staff have been
volunteering at Lordswood Boys’
School since March 2011. The first
volunteers supported the students
with their reading skills, but this
has now developed to helping
students make decisions about
their further education and career
choices, as well as helping with
GCSE maths revision.
On 10th May the students taking part went to visit their volunteers at the
Deutsche Bank offices at Brindley Place. There were team work and feedback
activities (including drawing the ideal volunteer!) and then two of the
volunteers took the students for a tour of the offices, letting the boys learn
more about Deutsche Bank. The volunteers joined everyone for a nice lunch
and the boys all received goodie bags!
We look forward to another year of partnership in 2012/13!
To find out more about CSV, please go to www.csv.org.uk
“
This year there has been lots
of visits through the
Creative Studies faculty.
There have been visits to the Tate Modern, Tate Britain, the National
Portrait Gallery and the local Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
where we were lucky enough to be able to see the Leonardo Da Vinci
drawings exhibtion.
Visits are very important for art students as it gives them a much
greater understanding of the process in which the work has
been created and the context in which the work is displayed. This
primary research and the experience of viewing the original work is
inspirational and a great starting point for any project.
It was an outstanding day out seeing some inspiring pieces
of art created by one real masterminded artist, Leonardo
Da Vinci. The gallery created a great art atmoshere for the
younger generation and we learnt so much about the artist.
Da Vinci is an inspirational artist and has helped me develop
lots of my own ideas.”
Mohammed Ibrahim Year 10 BTEC art student.
Mr Guest is wished all the best for the future and it is sincerely hoped that this will not be his final
visit to the school.
Mr Guest receives award from
Mr Paul Brownsword, Chair of
Governors.
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