Young movie makers capture LSIS
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23 November 2010 It was a case of lights, camera, action as a group of city students were called upon to make a corporate video for a Coventry company.
The Moving Image media students from City College Coventry were commissioned by the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) to produce a top notch film for one of the further education sector’s biggest events of the year.
The film was made by a team of second year BTEC students under the watchful eye of lecturer Nathan Dodzo and shown to thousands of delegates at the Annual Association of Colleges Conference at Birmingham’s International Convention Centre this week.
The students, aged 17-21, filmed much of the project on location at LSIS’s offices in Friars House in Manor House Drive and then took all the footage back to their state of the art studios at the college in Hillfields to edit.
They also welcomed LSIS staff into the college for interviews for the film whilst one student Robbie Troth, aged 18, took on a “Jeremy Paxman” role grilling LSIS chief executive Dr David Collins on the organisation’s work in the learning and skills sector.
The collaboration between LSIS and the college was welcomed by everyone involved in the project none more so than Dr Collins who said LSIS was very much about working with the sector.
“Due to government cuts and the fact we are in a marketing freeze we had to look at new and innovative ways of getting the LSIS message across at the conference whilst avoiding the costly production of glossy brochures and detailed publications.
“The collaboration with City College Coventry meant we could really embed with the sector whilst also providing the students with the chance to showcase their talents.”
City College Coventry Principal Paul Taylor was delighted that his students had had the chance to work on the video and was himself at the conference to see it unveiled in all its glory.
He said: “We are thrilled to have worked with LSIS on the project and in the making of something for such a high profile event.
“It will really have put the college on the map amongst our peers and also give the students some excellent work experience which will stand them in good stead in the future world of university or work.”
The Moving Image media students from City College Coventry were commissioned by the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) to produce a top notch film for one of the further education sector’s biggest events of the year.
The film was made by a team of second year BTEC students under the watchful eye of lecturer Nathan Dodzo and shown to thousands of delegates at the Annual Association of Colleges Conference at Birmingham’s International Convention Centre this week.
The students, aged 17-21, filmed much of the project on location at LSIS’s offices in Friars House in Manor House Drive and then took all the footage back to their state of the art studios at the college in Hillfields to edit.
They also welcomed LSIS staff into the college for interviews for the film whilst one student Robbie Troth, aged 18, took on a “Jeremy Paxman” role grilling LSIS chief executive Dr David Collins on the organisation’s work in the learning and skills sector.
The collaboration between LSIS and the college was welcomed by everyone involved in the project none more so than Dr Collins who said LSIS was very much about working with the sector.
“Due to government cuts and the fact we are in a marketing freeze we had to look at new and innovative ways of getting the LSIS message across at the conference whilst avoiding the costly production of glossy brochures and detailed publications.
“The collaboration with City College Coventry meant we could really embed with the sector whilst also providing the students with the chance to showcase their talents.”
City College Coventry Principal Paul Taylor was delighted that his students had had the chance to work on the video and was himself at the conference to see it unveiled in all its glory.
He said: “We are thrilled to have worked with LSIS on the project and in the making of something for such a high profile event.
“It will really have put the college on the map amongst our peers and also give the students some excellent work experience which will stand them in good stead in the future world of university or work.”
Last updated: 14 January 2013
