BBC EXPERIENCE

Today myself and Lauren W got back in the saddle, by volunteering for the BBC at a wildlife festival at the Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve. All day we helped groups of families go out into the reserve and shoot the wildlife, teaching them how to focus, zoom and establish shots. We edited the footage as we went on my mac, creating a montage of the clips. It was a very hectic day, as a lot of people wanted to be apart of the film. We had 8 cameras with tapes, going out all day long, so we ended up with over 25 different pieces of footage that we had to cut down. We worked really well together to achieve the task BBC learning had given us, even when we had one hour to finish the film and hand it over ready to be broadcast on SOUTH EAST TODAY news at 6 o’clock. We got the film to them on time and they managed to fit it in, the feeling of seeing our work broadcast on BBC 1 was amazing!! Such a great experience! The next day I re edited the film to make it longer and feature more of the children’s footage. I colour corrected it and added music. Lauren filmed a piece to camera with the wildlife and cameraman and presenter Richard Taylor Jones, which I also included. I then uploaded the finished film to the Kent Wildlife Trust Youtube channel, so that all the participants could see the work they had done. I hope they like it :

BBC Kent, Fifteen Minute Film Challenge.

On Sunday 18th August, families were invited to take a BBC camera for fifteen minutes, with the help of an expert, and film the wildlife in the Sevenoak's Wildlife Reserve. As a celebration of the day and everyone's fantastic efforts, the best clips recorded on the day are featured in this film . The media volunteers were really impressed with the work filmed, especially from the younger children who were able to focus, zoom and capture some beautiful images. Thank you for being a part of "The Fifteen Minute Wildlife Challenge".

Media Volunteers;
Lauren Howard
Lauren Woodfall
Elizabeth Glaister
Helenka Boden

Produced and Edited by:
Lauren Howard
Lauren Woodfall