May 08
Factual production masterclass at Lackham Equine event
A film crew from Interactive Media Centre worked with a TV professional to cover the Wiltshire College Lackham British Event 2008 on May 20 and 21. The team of three Foundation Degree Digital Media Arts students produced a series of short news pieces over the two days. TV Producer/Director Jeremy Payne teamed up with IMC's Richard White to deliver a practical masterclass in tv news production.
Summary
The students, Gerry Frost, Colin Grainge and Glen Hart were up at dawn to catch the convoy of horse boxes arriving and worked though until the 6pm webcast deadline.
Creating four short news stories over the two days gave the students an opportunity to work to a real industry style deadline and a chance to test their skills working for an industry professional.
Alice Nutland, a Wiltshire College student describes the event
Sophia Clifford also from Wiltshire College took part in the event.
Eventing is the ultimate test of horse and rider, comprising three equine disciplines. Dressage, Cross Country and Show Jumping. The Lackham event attracted over 500 horses and riders from novices to Olympic hopefuls.
Introductory test sequence made on day one
The Lackham event provided diverse opportunities for students to work with a range of professionals. As the films show students worked with the British Eventing team, preparing the site and managing the event, doing everything from directing the traffic and supporting course stewards to hosting VIPs. Wiltshire College students also provided catering and floristry displays for the sponsors reception.
All videos will be further polished as promotional material for Wiltshire College and reposted here.
April 08 Shorts
BBC Big Screen
Five students from Wiltshire College Chippenham are helping launch BBC Big Screen in Swindon. Students from the Digital Media Arts Foundation Degree and the National Diploma in Film and Television were given expert training by the BBC. They are filming the launch party live events over the May Bank Holiday weekend.
TOR
Two animators from Wiltshire College have teamed up with a producer for the South West Screen TOR talent development programme. Ben Morris and Lewis Sanderson are on a National Diploma course at Wiltshire College and Martin Taylor is a professional animation producer just completing his MA at University of the West of England. The team are being supported by IMC, they are one of 10 teams selected for TOR from across the South West.
The TOR films are now in production and are due to be premiered in Bristol in June.
IMC was commissioned to produce a documentary of the TOR project and are doing this as a partnership production, led by Richard White working with 3 Foundation Degree students. This is providing an opportunity for the students to gain real experience of a documentary production cycle working to South West Screen on a real budget.
Triad
A collaboration between Wiltshire College, Abbeyfield School and Sheldon School co-ordinated by Suited and Booted Studios and hosted by IMC
Into the Darkness
Ring a Rosie
Tables and Deadlines
Chippenham school students got a chance to work together with their peers at Wiltshire College on the Triad project. Working with visiting media makers they producing these short films. Students took part in a series of master classes culminating in two intensive production days
The Triad project created an opportunity for students to work alongside media professionals and use industry standard equipment including the IMC tv studio and post production facilities.
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February 2008 update
North by Southwest: the Gloucestershire and Wiltshire Skillset Media Academy
National recognition for Wiltshire College’s training and professional development offer to the audiovisual industries. Skillset Media Academy status is a coveted prize, action towards this was spearheaded by IMC, developing existing industry links in support of the CoVE curriculum offer. Academic partnership building began over a year ago initially working with Bath Spa and UWE, the successful partnership involves University of Gloucestershire, Cirencester College and Gloucestershire College. Out of 114 applicants, The North by Southwest Skillset Media Academy is one of only 3 in the South West and 17 in the UK. It will be recognised by industry and informed educationists, as a brand used effectively in corporate marketing it will attract aspirational FE and HE students as well as industry partners and professional development initiatives. It is effectively a ‘preferred supplier’ status for training, professional development and new talent for the audio visual industries. Media Academy status was confirmed in December at a reception at the Café Royal in London with a presentation by Greg Dyke and ministerial representation from DCMS and DIUS. Richard White represented Wiltshire College
Endemol West
Endemol recently established a broadcast tv studio operation in Bristol and are developing the pool of tv studio skilled practitioners in the area. As a result of this a coherent work experience programme has been developed in collaboration with SWScreen to give potential new entrants experience of tv studio work and enable to Endemol West to spot talent. IMC has brokered this on behalf of Wiltshire College. Since November, 10 students have benefited from the programme working primarily on the Deal or No Deal set. Additional placements have taken place on the Endemol's Upstaged web tv project for BBC in Bristol.
Association of Colleges
Product: campaign video insert
Client: AoC/internal
IMC was commissioned to produce an insert for a campaign video promoting the Sector Skills Council/AoC Alliance. This was a fast turnaround exercise built around two case studies of students progressing successfully into the industry. It provided an opportunity for IMC to follow up on student progression and to renew connections with employers. The video was screened at the SSC/AoC Alliance launch event at the House of Commons in October. Richard White and a member of the student production team represented Wiltshire College.
Wiltshire Parkour
Activity: incubator for webdesign project
Client: Reach Out Wiltshire)
IMC brokered and is currently hosting an incubator project for 3 final year BA Digital Media Arts students. The team are working on an interactive website for the Wiltshire Parkour group, a team of young free runners based in Calne. The site goes live at the end of March.
Lou Hamilton
Activity: support for Wiltshire History Centre commission
Richard White was a member of the commissioning panel that selected Lou Hamilton to produce the digital artwork for the Wiltshire History Centre. The Centre opened recently in Chippenham, IMC provided the screening copy of the artwork. IMC supported the consultation process on the commissioned idea. Digital Media Arts students have reversioned the art work on DVD for educational use
Homelessness Action
Product: DVD for major regional conference on homelessness and subsequent campaign distribution
Client: group of young people supported by Wiltshire Youth Development Service
Video included a series of moving personal testimonies from members of the group about their experience of homelessness. In addition to conference screening the DVD is now in distribution throughout a number of local and national government agencies and NGOs, it can also be accessed online. The audio was extracted and is now in distribution via Sparkradio.
Westbury Arts Extend
Product: Digital Arts Workshop/Short films.
Client: Westbury Arts Extend
Following the successful activity with young people in Westbury earlier in the year IMC was commissioned to develop and deliver a series of digital arts workshops. IMC brokered a collaboration between a sound artist, Ian McGuin, a video artist, Jackie Calderwood, a team of Digital Media Arts students and producer, Richard White. The workshops took place with a group of young people from the Westbury area at the end August and resulted in a series of short films, music videos and some music. The resulting work has been circulated widely and the films were screened at the Westbury local heat for Preloader.
Sparksite
Product: website and streamed radio. Sparksite, Wiltshire Young Peoples Information and Radio site. Project management and development.
Client: Wiltshire Youth Development Service
SouthSpark radio is now in development in Salisbury with plans to go online in March 08, this will alternate with the webcast radio operated out of the studio at Wiltshire College, Chippenham. A collaboration is underway with IT development company, QES, on a package which will enable young people to interact even more effectively through and with Sparksite.
Wiltshire Triad
Triad is a three way partnership between local secondary schools, Wiltshire College, Chippenham and production company Suited and Booted. The idea grew out of collaboration on the Wiltshire and Swindon Moving Image Education Hub. The first Triad took place in July 07 involving Corsham School, Sheldon School and Abbeyfield School have nominated students for 2008. A series of master classes took place in January and February, all involving industry practitioners, culminating in an intensive two day event at Spring half term. The students were drawn from Media Studies courses in school and the College’s National Diploma in Media programme. This was an extra-curricular activity to which students were either nominated or applied and it was offered entirely free thanks to external funding.
Abbeyfield School
Activity: workshop tv production training
Following the success of the pilot project with AS students Abbeyfield School negotiated the continuation of the relationship into the current academic year. In the Autumn term a group of A2 students completed their advanced practical production unit and a new AS Media Studies group are currently working with Richard White on a series of short productions for their OCR exam.
Preloader 2007
Activity: Film Festival/Exhibition
Preloader, the Wiltshire and Swindon festival of short films by young people and emerging talent took place in the Autumn. With local heat screenings in Chippenham, Salisbury, Westbury and Swindon the festival attracted a record number of entries. Wiltshire College entries dominated the Chippenham show and two were selected for the final. IMC currently hosts the Chippenham local heat and supports Preloader as a whole via the mediahubbub website. As the 14-19 Creative and Media Diploma is introduced the website is being redeveloped to offer local networking for practitioners and teachers.
October 2007 update
Digital Arts Westbury
job done!
Triad Collaboration
3 way partnership with Wiltshire College, Corsham School and Suited & Booted
Association of colleges
video for parliamentary lobby
May 2007: Arson Reduction!
Media Students from Wiltshire College Chippenham worked with Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service on a major programme to combat arson.
The project began with a series of focus groups in the local secondary schools culminating in the production of a series of short films. The films will be used in the Service’s forthcoming teaching pack on Arson Reduction and will run from the website.
The production project enabled National Diploma Media students to develop a professional brief as part of the commission, this was assessed work for a unit on Social Action and Community media.
Sparksite:
Wiltshire Young Peoples Information and Radio
mystery surfer winner!
Sparksite recently came top in a mystery shopper survey of websites for young people.
A team of youth workers are now in place at eight centres across Wiltshire working with young people to review and develop the site.
Sparkradio is growing following a successful bid to the Wiltshire Young Peoples Opportunity Fund. A portable radio station is now being assembled based in Salisbury and serving the south of Wiltshire. IMC continues to support Sparksite and Sparkradio, hosting Sparkradio at the Wiltshire College Chippenham campus.
Westbury Voices
A film by young people about youth activities in Westbury kicks off a series of collaborations with agencies in south west Wiltshire. The film was shot by a team working with interns from the University of Bath FdA Digital Media Arts. Constructed around a series of vox pops recorded at the Innov8 festival in Westbury in April, the film records young peoples discontent with their home town and suggestions for improving it.
IMC is currently developing proposals for continuing media production and training work with Arts Extend, Matravers School and the Youth Development Service in Westbury and Warminster
AS Media production support
AS Media students from Chippenham had the chance to use professional tv production facilities at IMC. The students were working on the practical component of their Media Studies course. Two productions were completed using the Final Cut based post production facility and the television studio. IMC provided expert support and supervision from script to screen. Following the success of this pilot project the school is negotiating the continuation of the relationship into the next academic year. Students benefit from expert industry and vocational support at Wiltshire College whilst retaining traditional school based academic supervision and guidance.
Wiltshire Triad
Far from being a drug trafficking cartel the Wiltshire Triad is an innovative collaboration between Corsham School, Wiltshire College and production company Suited and Booted Studios. Over the past 3 months media student teams have been meeting to devise a production project. Suited and Booted has brokered this school/college partnership culminating in June in a two day residency at IMC. Students from a number of media related Wiltshire College courses and media students from Corsham school will work with media professionals on a series of 60 second productions on a theme of Life and Death. The shorts will be compiled into a tv studio show with live inserts and a reality tv style news breaks.
Fashion Show 07
Each year the Wiltshire College Fashion Show at Trowbridge reinvents itself, each year its reputation grows, each year it is new and different, reflecting the astonishing talents of students and staff. This year the show on June 5 will be the product of a collaboration with artist Ian McGinn using VJ technology. The students have been working with Ian to programme sounds, music and imagery for him to work with, the finished work will create a visual environment to reflect and enhance the clothing they have designed. IMC brokered the relationship and is supporting Opentone in preparation for and during the event.
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