BCC would like to congratulate Year 12 student Jess McGuirk for her outstanding short documentary that she created in Units 3/4 of Media Studies. Under the watchful teaching of Tony Dal Masetto, Jess developed her documentary into her Grandfather’s (Peter Tack) restoration of a World War II army tank.

The mini-documentary, called ‘Steel Reborn’, not only shows the story behind her Grandfather’s restoration of the tank but also explores some real life positive messages for young people.

Jess submitted ‘Steel Reborn’ as one of her Media SATs and also submitted the mini-documentary to ‘Top Screens’ which is a statewide competition for media based VCE SATs. Every year, approximately 700 – 800 applications are submitted from across the state, and last week Jess was notified that ‘Steel Reborn’ had been one of approximately 25 – 30 items short listed for Tops Screens 2024.

Jess is hopeful to hear soon whether her piece has been selected to be part of the Top Screens exhibition. We congratulate Jess on this outstanding recognition of her work and wish her all the best in attempting to gain a place in the final exhibition.