Cotham School students produce mammoth film

Students at Cotham School have produced a four-minute film about the possibility of bringing back the long-extinct woolly mammoth.

The film features the views of a geneticist and also asks Bristolians for their views.

Science teacher Simon Neville said: "Five Year 9 students were involved in the project. It was their idea, their script and their storyboard. They also came up with the questions to ask.

"The students also made their own animations and provided the music for the film which they have called A Mammoth Idea."

Their film is being screened by the Bristol-based Science.TV company on its website.

Company founder Matt Thurling said: "The woolly mammoth could have survived if it had not been over-hunted by humans.

"Our company helped the students film at various locations, including the school's science lab, Bristol Zoo and an interview with Dr Neil Ingram, a geneticist with the Bristol Graduate School of Education

"The film looks into the technicalities and science of reincarnating the woolly mammoth from DNA specimens" he said.

Cotham School is entering the film in the National Science and Engineering competition.

A Mammoth Idea can be seen at www.science.tv.