Freshers’ Fair Video!

Here’s a short video we made from Freshers’ Fair at the Tonbridge campus. It’s a little walk around of all the stalls which were there on the day plus some of the fun that was going on. It was all recorded on a flip video camera, which the College has been using for a while in some curriculum areas. The backing music is taken from the day and is by a group made up of Level 3B Access to Music students.

To see the video on youtube click here.

First Shoots Film

As part of our Campus 21 regeneration we plan to hold a number of events showcasing the College. On October 19th 2009 we held the first of these, a take on the traditional ‘Topping Out’ ceremony, where builders celebrate reaching the highest point of a new build, which we called First Shoots.

The First Shoots event featured a reception in the Media and Arts Centre, a tour of the impressive new build and then a tree planting with College Principal, Bill Fearon, Cllr. Sue Murray, Mayor of Tonbridge and ex-West Kent College student, Richard Saward from Galliford Try and current National Diploma construction student, James Andrews. We reported the news initially here but now we have an update: a video recorded at the event with lots of great comment from our guests. The short film also features a composition from music student Andy Frasier.

Click here to visit the West Kent College Youtube channel.

Panto Promo Film from WKC Students

Recently a group of media students from West Kent College got the chance to help out with a promotional video for the Tunbridge Wells Christmas pantomime, Peter Pan.

Adrian Smith, the Course Leader FD Art and Design, and his students recorded this video of the show’s star, Ray Meagher (who is best known for playing Alf Stewart in Home and Away). Ray plays Captain Hook in the panto which is on at the Assembly Hall Theatre from the 12th December 2009 to the 3rd January 2010. The show also features Sarah Jane Buckley, Jessica Punch and Christopher Pizzey.

Here’s a picture of Ray and our students during the shoot.

First Shoots

On Monday 19th October we held an event to celebrate the progress of the College build so far. We called it 'First Shoots' and it shows how our 'new roots' are growing and developing. We made this video (edited by our Design Unit apprentice Emma Needham), to be played as our guests arrive, to show a few views from around the impressive build.