So it’s not snowing in Southern BC yet, however BCIT Television Alumni Aaron Leyland has some tips for staying warm and dry behind the lens while he’s shooting for Burton Snowboards. You can see more of Aaron’s work, as well as the rest of the Burton team on the film “13”
Our first year Television students are now in the midst of our initial multi-camera training production, “Studio 1 Live”. We use a talk-show format to introduce students to a basic live production, where they have the opportunity to experience the job functions necessary to produce the show, including directing, camera, audio, switching (technical directing), lighting, and more.
Some of the pictures were shot on Halloween, which may explain some of the outfits…
Over the weekend, BCIT’s Television & Video Production Program took part in a local, independently produced, non-profit TEDx event, including special guest speakers such as Ann Makosinski, Rup Sidhu, and Valerie Mason-John.
TEDxRenfrewCollingwood is dedicated to discovering great ideas and sharing them with the rest of the world. The TEDxRenfrewCollingwood stage will bring unique thinkers together in a platform for sharing wisdom and experiences. It is a chance to welcome interesting people into the community and to showcase and celebrate the dynamic ideas which exist in Renfrew-Collingwood and in Vancouver.
Together with Faculty and Alumni, first and second year Television students produced the HD event video, which will be edited and sent to the TEDx parent organization for inclusion on their website (links to follow when it goes live).
Commonly known as “3-point lighting”, it’s one of the basic lighting techniques that can be used to make your subjects look good in the camera. We teach it to our first-year students as one of the first core lighting techniques that is both easy to use, but versatile enough to handle a wide variety of lighting situations.
We also did a short tutorial on the proper way to coil cables. “Wrapping it around your arm” isn’t the way to go. It’s referred to in the industry as “over/under”, and it ensure that cables come out straight, with no loops or tangles.
For the last three weeks, first-year Television & Video Production students have been on-location with the BCIT trades and technology departments practising their camera skills. We would like to thank students and staff in the following areas for helping support our program:
- Sheet Metal
- Automotive
- Technology Teacher Training – Electronics
- Steel Fabrication
- Medical Laboratory
- Microbiology
- Piping Trades
- Power Engineering – Steam Lab
- Electrical Trades
- Millwright
- Medical Radiography
And now in HD!
Today marked a first for BCIT Magazine as we put our portable high-definition flypack to good use! Together with our Broadcast & Online Journalism program, we produced the first-ever HD BCIT Magazine. You can watch the show weekly on Wednesday and Thursday through our Livestream channel, or check in later to view it online.
We’ll post some behind-the-scenes photos and video from time to time as well, so not only do you see the stories being presented, but you’ll understand more about the process that the students and faculty go through to put the content together and broadcast it on a weekly basis!
