LIFE CAPTURED BY SONY ERICSSON

London, 2nd October, 2008 – To support the launch of the Sony Ericsson C902 Cyber-shot(TM) handset, Sony Ericsson and Academy Award nominated director Mike Figgis created ‘Life Captured’ - a short film made from still cameraphone images which was previewed at the 16th Raindance Film Festival in London.
Sony Ericsson invited members of the public from Europe, the Middle East and Africa to submit five cameraphone images that showcased their life. Out of the images submitted, Mike Figgis handpicked a national winner from each of the 14 countries to receive a personal brief and a Sony Ericsson C902 Cyber-shot(TM) handset.
The national winners were challenged to use their new handset to take a series of images that said something special about them – where they live, who they are and what defines them - Mike used these images to create the ‘Life Captured’ short film.
The national winners were also competing against each other to be named as one of five outstanding achievers and win a trip to the VIP preview of ‘Life Captured’ in London.
The five outstanding achievers were named as Malena Martinez de Renzl from Austria, Ismael el Kosht from Italy, Job van Dijk from Netherlands, Sergey Nikitin from Russia and Carole Edrich from the UK. They joined Mike and a host of VIPs to view the film at an exclusive preview, where Carole Edrich from the UK was crowned as the overall winner of Life Captured.
Mike said of Carole’s images “It’s been a real challenge to select just one overall winner but Carole’s photos really caught my eye as being something special. They were well composed and presented quite ordinary subjects in a fascinating way. The use of text within the images was well-thought out, as were the image subjects themselves. It’s clear that Carole put a great deal of thought into her photographs and messages they convey.”
Carole said of winning the competition: "Attending the ‘Life Captured’ premiere and seeing my images on the big screen was such an incredible experience. It was great to meet Mike Figgis and a real honour to be named the overall winner of ‘Life Captured’ by him”.
"I’d like to thank to Sony Ericsson for providing me with the opportunity to take part in ‘Life Captured’.
Life Captured at a Glance
• 630 images were submitted to ‘Life Captured’
• The ‘Life Captured’ micro site received over 127,369 hits
• 14 countries took part across Europe, Africa and the Middle East
• The film is 7 minutes and 35 seconds long
• Mike Figgis composed the original score for the film, which was developed to match the images that were submitted.
‘Life Captured’ was a competition for still camera images to provide a platform for experimental film making. The use of camera rather than video opened the project to more people as a camera is a standard feature on most phones.