One of my most memorable opportunities was to go with a team of video and audio students to a local football club to capture the match, similar to how you would see one on the TV. Another football related programme which I had the opportunity to work on was the Watford football club’s Hornets and Our Family programmes which were recorded in the television studios at the University. This was done by combining skills learnt in the sound for vision module and live sound modules.

Another great experience I had was recording the BBC Introducing content in the TV studios alongside the students. The recorded audio was edited in post-production before being sent over to the director and then uploaded to the respective channels.

As part of the second year module ‘Sound for Vision’ there is an assignment which requires working with the Film and Television Production students on a film, capturing the audio and adding effects to the final picture lock. This is done by communicating within a team to ensure all the sounds which are needed are captured either on set or in post-production. As this was an assignment for both groups of students there were deadlines which had to be met to allow the project to be finished on time.

A similar project was undertaken with Creative Advertising students and Performance students studying at Bucks. The sound and dialogue were recorded, and then in editing the effects were added to help create a location for the listener as there was no visual counterpart giving us further industry experience.