Our A2 Media Studies class have just put the finishing touches to their brillant music videos. Students picked their own original tracks from students across the school in particular from the music department. With the new HD cameras and use of Final Cut Pro, all students have managed to produce a high quality finished product.
Our new edit suite has been up and running for a couple of months now and has been a huge success for both students and staff. The Edit Suite now houses 7 Apple Mac editing stations with Final Cut Pro and flat screen monitors. So far the amount of work produced on this new system includes Film Trailers, Single Camera Drama productions, Music Videos, Adverts, Thiller Films and Soap Operas. Not only do we have this fantastic new editing suite, but we are also extremely fortunate to have purchased 8 HD Sony V1 cameras for our students to use.
On Thursday Jeff Simpson a governor of the The BRIT School spent the afternoon with our year 13 students. Jeff who has previously produced Top of The Pops and continues to make documentary TV programmes for the BBC, specifically talked through his work as a documentary maker. Our year 13s are currently in the process of planning and shooting their own documentaries covering topics such as Autism and Employment, A Day in the Life of A Beauty Salon, A London Black Taxi Driver, an over 60s community singing group, a teenage female boxer, Foyer@Croydon a teenage hostel, Camden Market and St. Christophers Hospice.
Last week Jonnie Turpie head of Marverick TV was at the school and spoke to our year 13 students about how he founded his production company Maverick. The year 13s were especially lucky to have received a talk from Jonnie Turpie as Maverick are the makers of 'How to look good naked', 'How to look ten years younger' and 'Hopsital of embarrasing illnesses'.
