BBC Natural History – Bootcamp Results

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Lucinda Axellrod

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Rosie Gloyn

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Miles

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Elly

We have just completed our first BBC bootcamps in Bristol, UK for the Natural History Unit.

These are the same folks who bring you Blue Planet or Meerkat Manor.

The staff are incredibly talented. Now, we’ve made them video literate and equipped them with the gear to put many of their ideas in motion.

Take a look at these pieces. They’re but a random sampling of the more than 80 stories that participants made in four days.

These people had never touched a camera or an edit before in their lives.

So far, so good. And this is only four days in.

Michael Rosenblum

For more than 35 years, Michael Rosenblum has been on the cutting edge of the digital video journalism revolution. During this time, he has lead a drive for video literacy, and the complete rethinking of how television is made and controlled. His work has included: The complete transitioning of The BBC's national network (UK) to a VJ-driven model, starting in 2002. The complete conversion of The Voice of America, the United State's Government's broadcasting agency, (and the largest broadcaster in the world), from short wave radio to television broadcasting and webcasting using the VJ paradigm (1998-present). The construction of NYT Television, a New York Times Company, and the largest producer of non-fiction television in the US. Rosenblum was both the founder and President of NYT TV, (all based on this paradigm (1996-1998). The President and Founder of Video News International, a global VJ-driven newsgathering company, with more than 100 journalists around the world. (1993-1996). Other clients include Spectrum News, Verizon and CBS News.

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  • Lucinda Axelsson May 17, 2010

    Hi there, thank you for your kind words about my film, it was great working with Michael and his team, they really know their stuff! It has totally changed the way I think about making TV and given me new skills and confidence, if you ever get a chance to go on one of his coursess i recommend it.

    Lucinda

    • Michael Rosenblum May 17, 2010

      despite the fact that I spelled your name wrong! What was the vibe at Bristol after it was over?

      • Andy May 19, 2010

        delegates that I’ve spoken to seem really inspired by the course and we’ve had a bit of a run on people wanting to use edit stations and hand held camcorders in their own time – which must be a positive sign.

        Cheers
        Andy

        • Michael Rosenblum May 19, 2010

          All good news! Thanks!

      • Lucy Mallatratt May 25, 2010

        Hi Michael,

        Feedback for the course you ran in Bristol was excellent as far as I heard. It was a brilliant course – most of us walked away feeling confident we could go and shoot anything asked of us (even if British reticence meant some wouldn’t admit it). Really inspiring, refreshing and essential. Hope it gets rolled out across the organisation. They need it. Best to you, Lisa and the team.

        Lucy (Development producer BBC Factual – soon to be leaving! Bring it on)

  • Michael Rosenblum May 17, 2010

    Of course, these people are not in the news business. They produce the Natural History stuff for The BBC. Music all over the place. And BBC has some pretty extensive rights agreements with music providers already in place.

  • Kevin May 17, 2010

    Pretty Cool Stuff! Really liked the aspiring circus performers, thought is was a great story.

  • $ May 17, 2010

    Some easy stones that could be thrown.

    But not bad for early efforts.

    I think some of these people had some video literacy before they took your class.

    What I didn’t care for was too many were using the music crutch.

    Music that didn’t come from the stories they were shooting.

    Maybe a refresher in music rights should be included in the next bootcamp.