Exciting times for media students at students at St Joseph’s

Since Christmas, Sixth Form Media students at St Joseph’s College Beulah Hill have been on two fascinating trips and have gained great knowledge about producing and pitching media products.

The Year 12 and 13 Creative Digital Media students went into Central London to visit the Guardian Newspaper. Students took part in a workshop called The Future of News run by Mena and Abo who work for the App Development team at the Guardian. As part of the workshop, students worked collaboratively to design a new news app aimed at a young audience and pitch those ideas to the app developers! They received lots of positive feedback and enjoyed a day ‘working’ within the media industry.

The following week, the same group visited Sky Studios in Elstree for a tour of the studios and a hands-on workshop on creating a film pitch. This is a state-of-the-art facility; huge productions such as Wicked, Jurassic World and Paddington in Peru were filmed there and the students were able to take advantage of this technology when making their movies. After they had finished filming, producing and editing we were able to watch them together in the screening room!

Students also learnt about all the career opportunities in film and tv production, and had a ‘Q and A’ with an industry professional. '

Here is what Reece thought of the trip: “The trip to Sky Studios was incredibly insightful and entertaining. I learnt so much about how films come to life and the different jobs needed to create them. Working on a short film with their equipment was an invaluable learning experience and I would recommend it to anyone interested in the media.”

Catch up on all the latest news from St Joseph’s in Newsletter 31.01, Newsletter 14.02 and the Safeguarding Newsletter