I apologise in advance - this blog is very photo-orientated, so is completely jumbled up. And there's bound to be a piece missing from my jigsaw of BBC-ness, so I'm sorry if you get a little confuzzled!
Six months in the making, two days in the creating, and ten minutes in the watching - the hectic day that is BBC School Report returns this year bigger, and better than ever.
BBC News School Report, as it is now known, was set up five years ago, and gives 11-14 year-olds an opportunity to make the news themselves for a day. They get 10 minutes to play with, creating both national and local news stories, looking at how to edit them, operating the cameras themselves, and putting the whole package together. It's a very long process, and that helps make it even better when we have the big rush before deadline!
At Hitchin Boys' School, we managed to put together something that I think every boy who was involved can be insanely proud of. As a 'mentor' (that was my official title. It should have been 'Boy Who Gets In The Way A Lot And Shouts When Something Is Wrong Because He Is A Grammar Nazi', or 'Plank' for short.), I helped the boys get it right, and kept them in shape. If I have to bark at one of them to 'turn off your mic' one more time, I'm gonna hurt someone. Probably the kid involved.
Anyway, we were very lucky to be accompanied by Absolute AVS for the second year running, who built us a beautiful set and helped the boys learn to use all their VERY expensive equipment...
The boys were brilliant, as ever - we used some different techniques and changed some bits about this year, and I'm sure they're all very proud of what they've created. If you haven't seen it yet, it's at the bottom of the post. Or if you can't be bothered to scroll any further, it's right here!
Also strewn throughout this one are a load of photos I managed to sneak in on me iPhone of the day. I've also created some shots using an app called Instagram that seem to have come out nicely. Bar some very poor lighting, mind you. But you can't have it all.
Hopefully we'll be taking the boys on a 'well done' trip to BBC TV Centre, and I'll blog a bit more then. Then they'll hate me jumping in their faces with a camera.
Taken from General Musings of an Idiot: http://www.gmoai.com
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