Client-Work-Experience

USW Media Production BA course has been chosen by Green Man to provide 10 students a year to work on the live coverage of the festival.

Green Man were so impressed with the professionalism of our students in 2021 that they have approached us to establish a permanent partnership, which will provide an exclusive opportunity solely for students on our Media Production BA.

The Media Production work experience is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to be part of a high-profile event alongside some of the best industry professionals in the UK.

Green Man’s AV team work around the world on major tours and in renowned venues. You will join the crew to film and edit the live feed of the 5,000-capacity Far Out stage. It’s a unique opportunity for professional development and personal growth. It will enhance your technical skills and offer you hands-on experience of live production on a large scale that will feed into your final-year course assessment. Read More...

‘Filming the last lot of bands like IDLES was an experience I will never forget!’

Participant 2019

‘Even though I was working below them, I felt equal to them. They didn't treat us like employees; they treated us like mates.’

Participant 2018

‘Each year I see the students make incredible progress in a short space of time. It’s rewarding for all of us, with the students experiencing the high speed, high pressure, professional environment of the Green Man Festival and my team being involved in their impressive journeys.’

Matt Royston-Bishop, AV Manager at Green Man Festival & Project Mentor

This a week-long training placement taking place at Green Man Festival. You will be expected to arrive 2 days prior to the event going live to set up camp, meet the crew and get familiar with the festival site and Far Out backstage area.

You will be part of the stage crew rota and will be expected to complete your shifts professionally. You will be responsible for operating the front-of-house and stage cameras as well as editing the live feed backstage using Vision Mixer. You will be supervised and supported by the AV team, under the management of Green Man’s AV Manager. Filming world-renown acts in front of 5,000 people, you will be working in an extremely fast-paced and highly professional environment. You’ll need to be able to deliver under pressure and control your nerves. The experience will see you work as part of a big team and autonomously. It will help you build self-confidence, put your communication and interpersonal skills to the test, improve your decision-making and leadership skills while enjoying the great atmosphere of a music festival like no other.

Alongside your camera training, this programme also requires you and your fellow trainees to shoot and edit a short film about your Green Man journey. You are expected to be shooting and finalising your film on site with the aim of premiering it on the last day of the festival as part of the Cinedrome’s day programme. The Cinedrome is Green Man’s cinema tent, with a capacity of 1,000 people. This is a group project that will become part of your 3rd and final year portfolio but you will be assessed individually.

On the strength of previous (unpaid) work experience for Channel 4, some of our 2nd and 3rd year Media Production students were offered paid work on a BBC/VOX drama production, To Provide All People;

Below is initial feedback on our students from the Line Producer:

“I thought I should update you on the situation; I currently have on board:

Harrison Williams – Data Wrangling

Amy Jones – AD/Production

Callum Parfitt – Art Department

Tom Dix – AD / Production

Darren Brown – Data Wrangling

At the end of the first week of filming, the feedback has been quite incredible. I have members of the crew coming up and commenting on how eager this bunch is to learn, and how well they’ve fitted in.

I cannot begin to praise these guys highly enough. They all muck in, work as a team within themselves, but also as individuals in their relevant departments. They have the confidence to work effectively, but never overstep the mark.

Whilst most of them are working under the supervision of a mentor on set, Darren and Harrison are working independently in charge of the data-wrangling. This is a task that they have taken to like ducks to water. For the first couple of days, I was quite nervous…as their role was pivotal in collecting the material ready for post. If they messed up, I’d be left with no footage. Not a great position – given the star studded cast we have on board. I’m happy to say, however, that by now, they have totally grown into the role – and I am very confident in their ability, and impressed with their work.

So, at this stage I just wanted to send this note through to keep you all updated, and give interim feedback.

In the meantime, whatever you feed your students on in the Atrium – keep it up. They’re great!!!!”

UPDATE:

Further to working for VOX on To Provide All People, Amy Jones (2nd Year Media Production) accepted the offer of a year-long contract to work for VOX on their next production for the BBC, ‘Keeping Faith’; Amy took a gap year to undertake this incredible opportunity...Read what happened next in our Alumni section.

JAYNE PIERSON; VOGUE

Julia Spencer and Austin Pilkington from 3rd year Media Production shot and edited the following film for the designer Jayne Pierson, at a VOGUE Conde Nast photo-shoot in London, for her latest collection.

Testimony from Stephen Warbeck & Mathilda Daddy:

“Julia and Austin have done an amazing job for us here at Vogue again .. Wanted to reach out to say a massive thank you!! It’s live now at Vogue UK and they’ve done an film edit which is awesome! They worked with us at London Condé Nast and at Air Film both Nick Wollage and Mathilda Homer worked with their edits …

And the photo-shoot where they filmed alongside the photographer for VOGUE, here: http://www.vogue.co.uk/

Behind the scenes from a professional music video shoot employing Media Production students as crew, with Hana2k, in the TV Studio at the ATRiuM: BTS shot and edited by Marcelina Zwegrodzka with Sony A7iii + Sigma 24-70mm f2.8.

These are just a few of the live client briefs and work experience opportunities that our students have undertaken.

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