University helps get Truck Festival on the road
Fresh from festival success at Glastonbury and Blissfields, staff and Students from Southampton Solent University will be pitching up and providing technical assistance for Truck Festival 2014, this weekend.
Over fifty skilled staff and students will be spending five days on Hill Farm at Steventon, using the University’s cutting-edge equipment to set the stages and perform vital film and production jobs for the popular Oxfordshire festival that takes place from 18-19 July.
Students from Solent’s media technology programme will be taking complete technical control of the Veterans and Virgins (V&V) Stage - carrying out all of the rigging, lighting and sound engineering.
On the Main and Market stages, students will be helping to direct, film and record performances from bands including ‘The Cribbs’, ‘White Lies’ and ‘Stornoway’.
A regular feature on the festival circuit, the University’s state-of-the art Outside Broadcast (OB) Vehicle will service the Main Stage; while students will build a second OB facility, from scratch, to service the Market Stage.
The University’s student-run channel, Solent TV, will be making a documentary about Truck 2014, as well as Southampton Solent’s involvement at the festival. Students will also have the opportunity meet up with Solent graduates who are now working in the industry, including Rob Nisbet and his events company Event Production Services, who will be providing equipment for the V&V Stage.
Polly Long, Senior Lecturer in the media technology programme, says: "This is a great opportunity for students to gain hands-on, practical experience at a large-scale live event. Ongoing support from Truck Festival enables our students to have so much direct involvement - working closely with colleagues from a range of courses as well as professionals in the events and entertainment industry."
If you are interested in broadcasting live events across the globe, it’s not too late to apply for one of our specialist media technology courses. Visit www.solent.ac.uk/courses for more information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT THE MEDIA OFFICE ON 023 8031 9642 or email press.office@solent.ac.uk
About Southampton Solent University
Southampton Solent University offers more than 23,000 students over 200 qualifications ranging from HND to PhD, in subjects such as maritime education and training, fashion and design, media and television, music, health, sport and leisure, business, IT and technology. The University was awarded the 2013 Quality Assurance kitemark for quality and standards of teaching and learning. Solent was voted one of the most creative universities in the UK in a Which? University 2013 poll of students. Solent Business School has been awarded ‘Gold approval’ by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and the Small Business Charter Award, which is supported by the Association of Business Schools and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
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