2012
Southampton Football Club is expanding the audio-visual coverage of the team's home games atStMary's Stadium by forging an exciting new link with Southampton Solent University.
Nine level three BA (Hons) Film and Television Studies students will be operating cameras on the gantries, alongside Saints own cameramen, at all home games.
The digital footage shot weekly by the students forms the pre-match highlights to be shown at the following game on the big Stadium screen.
Tim Orme, Project Manager of Saints TV, contacted Steven Peacock, Course Leader for BA (Hons) Film and Television Studies, to see if his students would be interested in gaining experience operating camera equipment and shooting footage.
The footage has also benefited the coaching team at the Club with Saints Performance Director Clive Woodward taking a close interest in the student's work.
Steven Peacock comments:
"The Club is delighted with the relationship, the professional attitude of the students, the quality of their work, and proud of the involvement of Southampton Solent University. This will hopefully prove to be a long-standing and mutually beneficial link between the University and the Club."
Tony Steyger, Senior Lecturer in Film and Television Studies, with a professional background in broadcast television, adds:
"We are keen for this initial relationship with Southampton Football Club to be developed over time to allow all sorts of filmmaking opportunities such as documentaries and behind the scenes footage."