HFTV 2009/ 2010 update
As we are nearing then end of 2009/2010, here’s a summary on what we’re been up to over the past 12 months:
Semester one saw our new intake of HFTVers, keen to get stuck into their studies.
Semester two is where the real hard work starts with industry placements:
David Sandford spent some time at Monkey Kingdom before moving on to complete his placement at Wall to Wall. Here he was involved with the research of ‘Who do You Think You Are?’ and ‘Find my Family’.
Edward Szekely worked on the Politics Show at Blakeway North as a researcher. He also worked as sound operator on one of the shows (see ‘Listen Carefully…’ for more details). You can also see the video he shot for the National Youth Theatre’s viral marketing campaign for their production of ‘Techno Stories South London-S’Warm’. This Digis’warm project starts on the 18th August and lasts for 5 days around London’s major landmarks. Edward is now part of the editing team for this piece. As well as this he has also spent some time in development at Wall to Wall working on Battle for Marjah (a co production with HBO) and The House (a co production with MSNBC).
Jessica Waugh spent her placement at Maverick Television, predominantly researching Embarrassing Bodies for the team. In April Maverick won a BAFTA for ‘Interactive Creation Contribution’ which we’re pretty sure means that Jess (and the other three HFTVers that were placed there) can claim a bit of the award as their own. She also worked on Embarrassing Bodies Live as a moderator and wrote content for Embarrassing Bodies Kids and 4Beauty.
Miriam Marti was able to experience a wide range of skills at Endboard Productions. These included extensive research, developing ideas for proposals and how to pitch ideas to commissioners.
Peter Twibill’s 12 week placement at North One Television enabled him to spend his time researching and developing ideas for the Gadget Show.
Tiansi Zhan is the first to spend some time with one of our new placement partners, Media Art Ltd. As well as honing her research skills here, she was also involved with developing online marketing strategies for their latest project.
Aaron Wright was also at Maverick Television for 3 months. Here he worked as a researcher for Embarrassing Bodies and moderator on Embarrassing Bodies Live. He was also a runner on several pilots and shoots for Maverick.
Faye Cunliffe spent her placement at Endboard and worked alongside Miriam, developing her research skills and learning how to pitch ideas.
Holly Brain’s placement at Maverick Television with Jess allowed her to get involved with Embarrassing Bodies as a researcher and work on other shoots as a runner. She also acted as moderator on Embarrassing Bodies Live, wrote content for 4Beauty and Embarrassing Bodies Kids.
Kieran Smith spent his 12 week placement at Kindle Entertainment working on a wide variety of projects. One of these included assisting with the organisation of the live promotional event of Big and Small at Longleat Safari Park.
Paige Kimble also worked as a junior researcher for Maverick Television on Embarrassing Bodies and as a moderator on Embarrassing Bodies Live.
Ben Shave was involved with Digging for Britain as a junior researcher for 360 Production.
Olivia Gavin is currently working part time for Film Birmingham and will be starting her placement early in the new year.
Mandy Argus has spent her 3 month placement with Blue Hippo Media.
Eleni Panou’s placement saw her working at Coventry based Central Vision.
Shan Shan has been working alongside one of our esteemed colleagues here at the University, Professor Scott Lucas.
Navid Khayati-Daryan is currently working at the Media Centre and will be finishing his placement soon.
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Amy Bennett-Newens also spent her 12 week placement at 360 Production where she acted as researcher and runner on Digging for Britain.
