I am very much looking forward to seeing the films that these talented young people create, and hope it inspires them into a career in film and television.”
As part of the nine-month project, local ESA students will also receive masterclasses and workshops from members of the team at Sky and Sky Studios on documentary research, marketing, PR and distribution, and planning and production.
Each class will develop their skills and help them progress their films.
When it opens in 2022, Sky Studios Elstree will house 13 sound stages, creating 2,000 jobs in the local area. It is expected to attract £3bn of production spend over the first five years of operation alone.
“Inspiration Porn, Voyeuristic Bullshit”: How Autistic People Actually Feel About Sia’s ‘Music’ It’s voyeuristic bullshit. It’s saviour superiority. Her version of us is more important than we were.
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Since the trailer of Sia’s directorial debut film,
Music, was released, the movie has been highly criticised for its decision to include autism as a running plot point.
Sia, who directed
Music, is not autistic. Dallas Clayton, who wrote
Music, is not autistic. And most concerningly, Maddie Ziegler, who stars as the film’s non-verbal autistic titular character, is not autistic either.