Bad news, however I am pretty chuffed I made it down to the final 200! On to the next one…

Last week I had a chat with electronic music producer Karma Kid at Digital in Brighton. Find out what he had to say about Annie Mac, his three golden rules for making a killer track and what type of student he thinks he will be when he goes to University.

Episode 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UUgcKGE6bUqqhPRpJP8WNJ4Q&feature=player_embedded&v=uoDNz2bPWG8

Episode 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NPPSsLP78GI

Episode 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Q9zgoIJFe44

Episode 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=TyLsWqlH320

Full length interview with Olly Murs filmed by myself for Student Source. Presented by @itswillmanning

Episode 2 of Student Source. This week we met with the nicest man in music, Olly Murs, showcase some rather peculiar hangover cures and show you how to make a quick and healthy breakfast sundae! 

Here is the first episode of our brand new web series Student Source featuring our interview with Bastille, a quick and tasty recipe and Captain Prank! For this production I split my role as Assistant Producer and Videographer.

There’s nothing like having a Godfather quote on your business cards.

The last two weekends have been spent filming Dan and Will from Bastille, Olly Murs (ignore the bad hair day) and Willy Moon for interviews with them for our brand new web series Student Source. We have just finished making the website where you can check out more information on the project and what we have been up to!

My interview with Akala for our new web series Student Source! Interview cut down from 10 minutes to fit into a 5 minute programme alongside other inserts.

A few designs a friend of mine made for my video web series The Rise of the Planet of the Snapbacks. I love the colour scheme and the way she has turned the name I developed into a creative brand image which I’m really happy with. The name is a reference of The Rise of the Planet of the Apes which I think reflects what is happening at the moment….the rise of armies of young teenagers wearing snapbacks and buying onto the trend that is called ‘street wear’. It’s an intriguing topic as there is a really interesting side to street wear as there are so many influencing factors involved where in particular I am most looking forward to exploring the skateboarding side of the culture. I’m quite frankly tired of seeing snapbacks being worn everywhere, in every style and colour and the endless amount of people producing an ‘urban’ brand, by simply buying some cheap clothing materials and shoving a logo on it. I think it will be interesting to try to find out why this trend has become so popular and exploited.

I am in the progress of developing my programme idea called Who Am I? intended for BBC Three, exploring teenagers mixed racial and ethnic backgrounds in Britain. Each week the presenter (I wrote the idea with Reggie Yates in mind) will meet a different teenager from the UK who has a mixed racial or ethnic heritage, with little engagement to this part of them, whether a parent left was absent in their life from a young age or there was no encouragement in introducing them to this part of their identity. I think it’s a really important part of a teenager’s sense of who they are and where they belong as often they can feel lost and confused coming from two very different cultures. This is a smaller version of a pilot episode I produced and joint filmed with my excellent production team to give a taste of what the series could look like. 

I will upload another version without the clock at the beginning shortly.

I just finished interviewing the wonderful Akala as part of my final year project which went really well considering it was my first ever interview! We have formed a small television production company called The Telly People and are producing a weekly online student programme for The Student Pocket Guide. This week we also met with Editor-in-chief of Heat magazine Lucie Cave and BINTM winner Letitia Herod at The Clothes Show Live and cooked up a storm making energy balls in our studio.

I’m currently undertaking a lot of research to aid the development of my idea to produce an online video web series which will explore street wear in Britain to underpin and question its recent proliferation. The videos will feature how street wear trends have evolved such as the trainer and head wear sensation, the history of street wear’s ties to skateboarding, different music genres and how the British brands have evolved. Videos will feature the main syndicators in British street wear, the music artists, trainer enthusiasts, clothing designers, bloggers and general people I stumble across on the streets who are all involved.

There are a lot of elements I want to explore however felt that skateboarding has been a fundamental part of the influences and history of street wear. Here’s a road test video from when I met with Bob Sanderson- anyone in Birmingham who knows about skateboarding knows he is the man to talk to- who is a representative of Ideal Skateboard Supply Ltd. I think of Bob as Skip from the Z Boys, he is so interesting to talk to and really guides and supports a lot of the young skaters in and around Birmingham.

Video package I made for SixFiveTwelve on behalf of Godskitchen at Air Nightclub back in May. Pretty amazing venue and atmosphere. Armin van Buuren was a treat to film.

Here is the link to the finished GlobalGathering UK 2012 Highlights video myself, Dayle Stancliffe and Nierodha Perera produced for Angel Music Group. Considering we had to film this on our University’s century old Sony PD150 due to insurance reasons at the festival, we were extremely happy with the outcome. Enjoy.