Humour Proves Winner for Film-Makers

Taking the mickey out of Al Gore’s academy award winning documentary on global warming An Inconvenient Truth has seen two Nelson brothers scoop a national short-film award.

The entry by Guy, 20, and Paul, 15, Williams was named a joint winner of the inaugural The Outlook for Someday sustainability film challenge for young New Zealanders.

Their film, And Inconvenient Tuth, was picked by popular vote online from 20 finalists.

The brothers now get the chance to develop their skills behind the camera, winning a five-day stint studying at the South Seas Film and Television School in Auckland.

Guy Williams, a political science student at Victoria University in Wellington, described the five-minute movie as “an awkward film that showcases Nelson”.

He said while the film used comedy to get its point across, there was a serious message behind it.

“We definitely think an environmental tax is something New Zealand may want to consider for the future,” he said.

Guy said he thought using humour had given them the edge in the competition.

Paul, a Nelson College student, said making And Inconvenient Tuth, which they also star in, had been good fun.

Among their comic influences were Ricky Gervais and the Flight of the Conchords, he said.

Katie Baddock, 20, from Dunedin was the other competition winner with her entry about living sustainably in St Clair in her hometown, Dunedin.

The film project was organised by Connected Media, the Enviroschools Foundation and the Global Education Centre.

To view the Williams’ film and the other entries in the competition visit www.theoutlookfor someday.net.

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