From 1st-2nd October 2024 I was invited to attend work experience at ITV Border in Carlisle. I attended the morning meetings where I suggested some potential stories to be covered, I had a tech overview, helped set up equipment for a workshop the following day, worked with the planning department and helped set up a job for a reporter and took pictures on location to be used on the ITV website. My picture was used in an article published later that day. The experience was amazing to be a part of and I got to meet so many great people! 

Link to the post that featured my picture: https://www.itv.com/news/border/2024-10-01/new-carlisle-tesco-store-will-open-in-early-2025

On the 15th October I was invited to attend a virtual work experience day with ITV. Here I had sessions and workshops on Technical / Editing perspectives of news, digital news and a debrief of the show that was on that evening. This session was great as I got further insight to how ITV operates across the country.

 In July 2024 I assisted on ‘The Carlisle Social’ podcast for BBC sounds and BBC radio Cumbria. I filmed / recorded sound for the podcast and then edited a video of the podcast in the afternoon. I got feedback that BBC radio Cumbria were very pleased with the results. 

This podcast was also to advertise the Carlisle United exhibition at Tullie House

Link https://x.com/bbccumbriasport/status/1813540286519525426

In April 2024 I was asked to assist the University of Cumbria on a project at Carlisle United. This involved collecting audio from the match, for example, the atmosphere, ball noises and I managed to gain access to VIP areas which provided me with unique sounds for the project. This work was for a future exhibition at a local museum Tullie House.

More information about the event: 
https://tullie.org.uk/events/backing-the-blues-120-years-of-carlisle-united/

https://tullie.org.uk/who-we-are/partnership-projects/be-just-and-fear-not/

 In January 2024, the University of Cumbria asked me to oversee a part of their production of a tv show. The premise of the show was bringing together two musicians who perform entirely different genres and making them create and perform a mashup of their genres. I was in charge of organising spaces to use and overseeing the introduction interviews. 

I thoroughly enjoyed working on this show and got to meet many interesting people! 
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Link to the show: https://drive.google.com/file/d/14GWQMBarVM_P3MeocwQ062YKvj8FkMG_/view?usp=sharing

In October 2023 I was contacted to oversee the production of the media elements of the 2023 Fire Show for Carlisle Council. I managed a group of 12 individuals to create an accompanying soundscape for a narration on 'Cumberland'. I had regular meetings with the team to discuss progression on the project and provided support where it was needed to ensure that a high quality product was produced. 
This project tested my team management skills as there was severe conflict between multiple members of the team, which I had to work through with them to ensure collaboration between them.

I wasn't happy with the previous edit of Poachers due to the fact that the sound on the film was not great. I spent about 4/5 weeks creating a soundscape from scratch. I learnt about audio stems and creating a mix to create high quality sound for my film.

For my Final Major Project for University, I was producer and sound operator on 'Distance'. Distance is a 12 minute film that follows the changes young couple Theo and his girlfriend Emily undergo due to Theo's Dad's health issues and Emily moving away to pursue her dream job I enjoyed working on this film as it was different to any of the films I have done in the past as I got to work on a film that is emotionally driven. As a producer I had to approach this film differently as a lot of the film is in simultaneous split screen, which is something I have never worked with before. I also made the text graphics for the film which has helped me improve my editing skills due to the fact that I had no experience making any animation or graphics - by the end of the project I was able to make high quality moving text graphics.

Link to the Press Pack for the film:

Link to the film:

This week I assisted the University of Cumbria in a project with Barrow Primary School. The project involved interviewing some pupils about their fondest memories of the environment, their expectations and their wishes about the surrounding environment in the future. I recorded audio for the project and also assisted with some of the interviews. 
This was a great experience as I was able to be part of a professional project with real clients and I gained experience working in the industry.

In October 2022, the second year film students were asked to create a 12-15 minute video about Hadrian for the Carlisle Fire Show 2022. I was brought in by one of my lecturers to oversee production from the universities’ side to make sure the video was delivered on time and of a high quality.
I was in charge of a team of 15, and I assisted them with: Idea pitching / research / shoots / editing / feedback with client / filming the event on the day. I worked closely with all parties involved to ensure the video we would be distributing was to the correct standard.
This was my first time as a producer for an event, which was seen by 40,000 people, and this was the first time I was able to use my skills as a producer in an external project.
​Link to show: P1011260.MOV  (show starts at 14:10)

In November 2022, I was Producer for my first solo film ‘Poachers’. For this project I experimented with a fight sequence, which I had never done before. This was also the first time I edited a film. 
From this project I was able to develop lots of skills as it was my first time in various roles within production. For example I was in charge of: Writing,  Locations, Cast, Crew, Rehearsals, Shoot Days and editing. I am now much more confident in the role of a Director and Editor from this project.

Link to the production process:
Matthew Athroll Minor Project.pdf