Students take to water to film Cowes Week
Solent Productions provided video news coverage at the renowned sailing event,
Cowes Week|, during the summer.
A group of 12 students spent a week filming interviews and events on the shore, whilst student cameramen
Russell Feltham and Tim Benson went out on a RIB boat to get up close to the action, which included 40 races a day.
Their work was broadcast on the local ITV news, BBC South, Eurosport and on The Weather Show on BBC News 24. The Cowes Week website also featured some video highlights|.
Sales and marketing director of Cowes Week Limited, Michelle Warner, said: “Solent Productions provided us with fantastic support and media content for Cowes Week in 2010, with a daily video news release available to broadcasters around the world, as well as highlights packages designed to bring the event to life for the many hundreds of thousands of Cowes Week fans across the globe. ”
Head of Production at Solent, Jonathan Plummer, added: “Cowes Week is a great opportunity for students to experience working for a client on a demanding brief.
“With eight days non stop action, the week is hard work but with instant real outputs. So those involved can see what they have been working on by the end of that day.”