Media students students from Craven College have been collaborating with Airedale Hospital this week on filming projects.
Teams of students have been working alongside staff at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust to create videos for patients, the hospital's website and social media channels.
The collaboration gives students vital real experience of working on client projects and builds their personal portfolios, and the Trust in return gets high quality videos at no cost to the NHS.
One group of students including Flynn and Teddy have worked with patients and staff to create a celebration video for the 10th anniversary of the Goldline service. The service provides end of life care to patients and families and the video will be shown at a celebratory event in November.
A second group of students were working on reel-style videos that will be used on social media for the maternity team, giving tips to new parents on safe bathing and bottle feeding advice.
The third team worked with the Airedale Hospital and community charity to produce a video for their website showcasing the great work the charity does and the things they've funded with all the donations from the community.
Media student Flynn Scott from Skipton says: “I’ve always liked making content for people and seeing how they react and entertaining them. I have always had a creative side. I chose media studies because it plays into my hobbies and I thought if I can do this as an actual job one day that will be amazing.
"To do a real project like this gives me experience in the field and I'm really enjoying it because it helps me visualise how my future is going to be and how to plan projects out.”
Media student Teddy Cook from Arncliffe says: “I’ve always enjoyed the editing aspect of things and making YouTube videos but also when you're going around daily life, I always noticed that I saw things that would look great in films, in a cinematic way. The filmmaking and editing part of the course is really good and being able to do it for college is perfect for people like me.
“We've made adverts for businesses around Skipton but never to this sort of scale. This year at college we are already making videos for a few different types of customers, for local businesses and we're also working on making a promotional video for an elderly people's walking football group, so we are getting a massive range.
"I think this is definitely the biggest and this is definitely going to be the one that will be talked about in future when you go for jobs, this is definitely one that you can mention because the scale of it and it’s for the NHS. It’s the first time we've ever done something for an organisation to this level.”
Fiona Page, Communications Manager at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust says: “We’re delighted to offer these talented students the opportunity to work on real projects for the NHS – on films that are really important to us too. Their level of professionalism is fantastic and a credit to the college, and we hope these films will make a great addition to their portfolios, to showcase what they can do as they start their careers in media.”
Creative Digital Media course tutor at Craven College Colin Maunder says: “I am so proud of our students, they have realised the importance and scale of these project briefs and approached them in a wholly professional manner. Work experience is a key part of the course and the experience it offers the students will be invaluable as they look to progress into our thriving creative industries.”
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