Against All Odds Wins ‘Best Unscripted Pilot’ at New York TV Festival.
In July 2016 Skylark Aerial Photography & Hovershotz were approached jointly to provide aerial filming for this new pilot TV series. Using multiple platforms and operators would provide the crew with more flexibility when filming and capture those crucial shots. The drone filming involved climbing of many fells with up to 15kg of gear per drone operator. Early starts and late finishes were the order of the day.
I’m very pleased to say that the film has won Best Unscripted Pilot at the New York TV Festival.
About Against All Odds
In Against All Odds, five ordinary strangers each choose one of five locked bags – four contain blank paper, one contains £100,000 in cash. Over three days the team must carry their bags on an epic journey across some of the UK’s toughest natural landscapes for the chance to split the money at the finish line. Who will have the grit to make it to the end? Who will be broken by the unforgiving forces of nature? And will the contestant carrying the money even cross the finish line?
I will hand over to the directors and producers to explain about what it means to win this award.
National Film and Television School graduation Television Entertainment project, Against All Odds, created by Lucy Smith and Jamie Minty, has won ‘Best Unscripted Pilot/ Alternative Project’ at this year’s New York Television Festival’s (NYTVF) flagship Independent Pilot Competition (IPC). Against All Odds was the only UK project to be selected.
NFTS Head of Television, David G. Croft said: “I’m so proud of Lucy, Jamie and the team. This is an incredible achievement and one that shows that the work our students do in the Television Entertainment department is of a very high standard and capable of being recognised internationally.”
Jamie said: “It was such an honour to be selected and invited out to the New York Television Festival, let alone win our category! When we were developing the show, wondering how on earth we were going to be able to safely get our crew to hike up a mountain with all of their kit, we could never have imagined the show would take us all the way to New York.We are so proud to see the show go from strength to strength, with an option already under our belt and now the award, we can’t wait to see where it goes next. It really is a testament to our NFTS crew’s hard work and their passion for the project. We are so grateful to the school for letting us make the show and supporting our mad idea from start to finish. I don’t think there is anywhere else in the world where we could have made Against All Odds. Lucy and I made a fantastic team and we can’t wait to work together again in the future.”
Lucy said: “What a result! Jamie and I are so proud to be returning home with the NYTVF award for best unscripted pilot, it’s testament to our entire team’s thighs, determination and hard work throughout the entire process. From our brilliant PMs in pre-production, to our throw-anything-at-us production crew, to our amazing post-production team… big congratulations to you all.”
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