Celebrating the work of Media, Music and Performing Arts students at Cambridge Regional College
Intro Text
It has been such a busy and exciting time in the Media, Music and Performing Arts sectors over the past few months that the staff and students have decided to take this opportunity to highlight the success and incredible achievements of our students.
The 30 person choir
have just finished their last of three performances for the evening.
The songs have
included, Hallelujah, Fortuna and the Bohemian Rhapsody.
They have been singing
in the mall this evening to showcase the choir’s talents and just how good they
really are.
They had a big
audience and sung beautifully.
When speaking to two choir members, Lara
Anstead and Grace Furbank, they described the evening as being “epic and have
thoroughly enjoyed performing this evening."
Words by Jaycee Stevens, Photographs by Simon Thomas
Sue has had a great
time at this year’s festival, but due to being so busy in the hustle and bustle
of the games department hasn’t had time to get everywhere.
“We have had great
support from friends and family of the students and it has been so nice to see
them enjoying what the college has to offer. For next year I would like to
advertise to a wider audience so that other people in the catchment area can
see what talented students and great courses we have to offer.”
On reflection of this
year’s festival, Sue said, “Had I had more time to do things differently, I
would like to have held a hog roast outside and invited the Cambridge Evening
press to report on the event”.
Sue has been busy
viewing the games students FMP’s and said “ I am really impressed with the game
students FMP’s. They have been an excellent standard and I am over the moon
that guest speaker, Dominic from Ninja is still here. It’s really brilliant to
see him interacting with the students, giving them feedback and advising them
on how to get into the industry.”
Words by Jaycee Stevens, Photographs by Simon Thomas
Music Technology
student, DJ Dima, is welcoming the public to visit F029 for a Dubstep and 140
music mix. He is really enjoying showcasing his music at the festival and is
playing live until 9pm so try and check it out.
Words by Jaycee
Stevens, Photographs by Simon Thomas
"I'm really proud to see our increasingly positive students being put into media jobs"
We had a chat with Film and TV tutor Drew Tremlett about what their involvement is in the festival this evening and what is being shown by the students.
All work shown tonight is part of the students final major project which has been a huge seven month effort from the students, all the films will be shown this evening.
"We have films from all genres being show tonight with a comedy about a man who cut all his toes off with a spade, to a really gritty, post traumatic drama. So it's really nice to see the students bring it all together and celebrate their achievements this evening."
He also went on to mention that one of his previous students has made a massive achievement since attending the college, "David Cedric came to our college and in the interview he said "I like two things, films and football", so we decided for him that being a cameraman at Sky Sports would be best suited and now after attending CRC and Ravensbourne University, he is a camera operator for Sky Sports and is set to do Wimbledon and the Olympics!"
It looks like there are some huge opportunities on the horizon for the Film and TV students!
I spoke with Louisa
Marlock, PSA, who said “ I’m really impressed with the quality of photos at the
exhibition, they were really natural shots. I particularly liked the poppy
picture by Will Dixon and loved Andy McKenzie’s contrasting architecture”.
I also spoke with
Oakley – Rae Marlock who said, “ I enjoyed the exhibition loads and it has
inspired me. It has helped me gain ideas for my own personal development.
Ryan Hart then commented
saying “ I love all the pictures taken by Lina and more than anything I love Lina’s
shoes!”
Here at Banter we are glad the exhibition was enjoyed by all and Lina's shoes are getting the correct recognition!
Words by Jaycee Stevens, Photographs by Simon Thomas
Jess and Denva, two of
CRC’s Events Students are selling fundraising merchandise and refreshments in
the hall, between the Radio and Print departments.
They will be there
until 9pm and are raising money for Teenage Cancer Trust.
Due to a technical
fault the girls wanted to make us aware that Ice creams are now free due to
them melting, so head to the stall and donate some money to a great cause close
to the media students heart.
Jess and Denva, two of CRC's Events Students
Words by Jaycee
Stevens, Photography by Daniela Olaru
"It's really nice to see them thinking about games for others and not just themselves"
Publishing Manager, Dominic from blockbuster gaming company, Ninja Theory, who are currently developing the re-boot of the Devil May Cry series, visited the games department at the festival to give his feedback to the students on the games they have developed for their Final Major Projects.
Ninja Theory are an video games developer who create "Blockbuster" video games with budgets of a minimum of £50 million, their previous titles include PS3 debut Heavenly Sword and acclaimed adventure game, Enslaved: Oddysey To The West.
Dominic said that "It's nice to see them thinking about games for other people and not just themselves. There is a nice variety here and I can really see the students potentially working for a company like ours."
He also went on to give the students some advice saying that, "They have to be really enthusiastic and passionate about games!"
It looks like that our Gaming students are set to be stars within their chosen industry!
This exhibition is to showcase the sensational work of the art &
design and photography students.
Susanna Graves had this to say: “I’m really
pleased to see more people contributing to the photography show from the
college, and what’s really interesting is how people see everyday life.”
At the time of
interview I just grabbed a snippet of Lara, singing “Mamma who bore me” from
CRC’s recent musical “Spring Awakening”. Around 25 people are sitting in the
auditorium and have sat and watched 12 of the Performing Arts students. I spoke
with Performing Arts lecturer Rick Harvey, who explained, “We are celebrating
work of the Arts Academy and showcasing their talents. Its quite amazing, they
are very talented young people”.
The choir singing
Lara, one of the twelve acts performing.
The performance has
now finished and nothing further will be held in the studio, but the choir will
now be heading to the mall to perform three performances, one at 7:00 clock,
another at 7:45 and a final performance at 8:45.
Words by Jaycee
Stevens, Photographs by Daniela Olaru
We have just spoken to
members of the public and asked what they thought of the festival. We had a
chat to parent, Don, whose son, Patrick is currently attending the college and
looking to enrol on the Games Development course.
“Everything that we’ve
seen so far has been brilliant! Even the games I thought I would be able to
play myself!” Don jokingly explained.
It’s a very enjoyable
atmosphere this evening at the festival and is set to be a brilliant evening!
Students from the
music department have been showcasing their musical talents as part of put
together bands at the arts festival this evening. Students with different
musical tastes have been put together to collaborate and create bands. We went
over to the music department and caught a performance of one of the acts where
the atmosphere was high and guitar solos encased the performance.
Throughout the
department there were also various other performances from Buskers and budding
DJ’s showing their music off. Student Ben said, “Our performance went better
than originally thought, as we were all thrown together and all have different
musical tastes. But it was good fun!”
The bidding has begun
at the Photography exhibition in F211A. The public and members of the college
can now bid to buy the photographs taken by both students and lecturers as part
of our end of year exhibition.
Judge Ray Henderson choosing the winner!
The prizes have also
been awarded to the successful photographers.
1st place
was awarded to Lillian Bixler whose unusual photo was clearly a winner.
2nd place
was given to Pauline Clarke for her Nature entry.
3rd place
went to Samuel Lewis for his nature shot.
Other photographs were
highly commended including,
Laurence Wells for the
architecture category,
Paul Bowe and Sarah
Cooper for their portrait shots.
Also Lois Nunn for the
Lands End shot.
The exhibition was
judged by ex student and previous winner of the exhibition, Ray Henderson.
All of the
photographers have done a brilliant job and the exhibition looks outstanding,
it is encouraged that you pop up there and have a look around at the great
display we have on offer.
Words By Jaycee
Stevens, Photographs by Simon Thomas
Christian Gray, a
music student at CRC is playing Spanish style songs on his guitar to raise
money tonight for Teenage Cancer Trust.
He is currently “chilling
out” playing a few of his favourite tunes before his fellow buskers join him
later on. He will then be performing a solo.
This is all in aid of
a media student who sadly lost his battle to cancer last year. Christian hopes
you pop down and listen to his “free styling” and are generous enough to donate
to a great cause.
Christian said, “As
well as raising money, I really hope people come along and enjoy it”.
Words by Jaycee
Stevens, Photographs by Simon Thomas
The Games Development
students are currently showcasing their video games as part of the arts
festival and their final major project.
We had a chat with
year 2 student Rory who showed us his own 3D video game, “It was very tricky, I
wouldn’t recommend making something like this for beginners” he mentioned. The
games were developed on games creation software called UDK, a program that is
used by many professionals within the industry. Other games being shown ranged
from shooters to puzzle games.
During the media festival - and all this week - the Radio Year 2 students are broadcasting LIVE on 87.7FM from 7am to 6pm, Monday to Friday.
The station is in the F block of the college; we have a functioning radio studio and, this week, via our FM transmitter we're broadcasting to the City of Cambridge and surrounding areas. You can hear us live on either www.camre.ac.uk/coreradio or by tuning in on 87.7fm.
6PM ONWARDS- PRE-RECORDED MUSIC TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS- F020 EXAMPLES OF SEQUENCING, STUDIO RECORDINGS AND ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS
6PM ONWARDS – MCS AND DJ
PERFORMANCES- F029 ONGOING PERFORMANCES
THROUGHOUT THE EVENING FROM OUR RESIDENT DJS AND MCS.
6PM ONWARDS- LIVE MUSIC - F034 IT MIGHT GET PRETTY LOUD IN HERE AS AN ARRAY OF
MUSIC STUDENTS PERFORM AND MAKE A LOT OF NOISE.
6PM ONWARDS- LIVE BUSKERS- THE MALL THE BUILDING IS FULL OF MUSIC TONIGHT. EVEN IN THE MALL.
7.30PM ONWARDS- LIVE MUSIC- E018 THE LIVE MUSIC CONTINUES IN E018 (ONCE THE PA STUDENTS
HAVE FINISHED).
MEDIA
6PM ONWARDS- GAMES DESIGN - E013C COME AND MEET OUR GAMES STUDENTS AND PLAY THE ORIGINAL GAMES THAT
THEY HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING FOR RIZING
GAMES- OUR OWN GAMES DESIGN COMPANY.
6PM ONWARDS – FILM AND TELEVISION FINAL MAJOR PROJECT SCREENINGS – F035 OUR
FILM AND TELEVISION STUDENTS HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR THE PAST SIX MONTHS ON THEIR
FMPS. COME AND VIEW THE WORK OF THE HOLLYWOOD FILMMAKERS OF TOMORROW.
6PM ONWARDS – LIVE TV
STREAMING – F035 OUR
FILM AND TELEVISION STUDENTS WILL BE ROAMING THE COLLEGE, FILMING THE ALL THE EVENTS AND STREAMING THEM LIVE
ONLINE.
6PM ONWARDS – LIVE BLOGGING – F035A
OUR PRINT STUDENTS FROM THE
COLLEGE MAGAZINE BANTER WILL BE
BLOGGING ALL THE ACTIVITIES LIVE ONLINE.
6PM ONWARDS – PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION – F211A
OUR ANNUAL BANTER PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION
FEATURING WORK FROM BOTH OUR STAFF AND STUDENTS.
6-8PM -
LIVE CORE RADIO CAMBRIDGE FM BROADCAST- E014 OUR
RADIO STUDENTS HAVE BEEN BROADCASTING LIVE ON CORE RADIO CAMBRIDGE
87.7FM ALL WEEK. COME AND SEE THEM AT WORK. AND LISTEN TO THEM ON YOUR WAY HOME TOO.
PERFORMING ARTS
6.15PM- MUSICAL THEATRE PERFORMANCE- E018 WE HAVE BEEN WORKING OUR L2 AND FIRST YEAR L3 PERFORMING ARTS STUDENTS
PRETTY HARD DURING THEIR MUSICAL THEATRE MODULE. COME AND SEE THEIR PERFORMANCE. SEATING IS LIMIITED SO GET THERE EARLY. THIS PERFORMANCE WILL BE BROADCAST LIVE BY THE L3 FILM AND TELEVISON STUDENTS YEAR 2.
7.30PM- ACTING PERFORMANCES – F114A
SCRIPTED PERFORMANCE PIECES
FROM OUR L3 PERFORMING ARTS - ACTING STUDENTS. THIS IS WHAT THEY DO.
The Cambridge Regional College Events Management students have just launched a facebook page; find it here or search facebook for 'Marked J Events'. They also have their own blog, at Markedjevents.blogspot.co.uk.
Our specialist Media facilities provide a professional
environment in which to study the many different aspects of these stimulating
career pathways. Students can become journalists, radio broadcasters, games
developers or photographers - just some of the exciting options on offer. Our
students also write and publish their own magazine while others run our student
radio station, which has been shortlisted for a national award.
We have close links with the media
industry that enables us to offer fantastic work-related experiences, giving
students the hands-on training that will prepare them for work in their chosen
media sector.
We'll be posting news and updates during the festival, and in the run up
to to it.
Our journalism students from the college magazine Banter will
keeping the blog up to date, artists from our record label Morph
Recordings will be performing live, while students from our games
company Rizing Games will be showcasing the computer games that they
have designed and developed.
All of this will be accompanied by a
simultaneous live radio broadcast from the students of Core Radio
Cambridge and our Events Management students will be coordinating the
event.
It has been such a busy and exciting time in the Media, Music and
Performing Arts sectors over the past few months that the staff and
students have decided to take this opportunity to highlight the success
and incredible achievements of our students in a one off, end of year
festival.
There will be displays and performances across all disciplines which will include musical theater performance, live bands, sounds for moving image presentations, dance pieces, acting monologues, games development projects, live tv recordings, film screenings and recitals from the college choir.
Entrance is free and events will be taking place throughout E and F blacks, taking advantage of our specialist rooms. A detailed programme will be available on the day so that you can plan your evening. Get there early, as places for some activities will be limited.
