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Adam Birtles

2020-05-05T11:08:34Z

Adam.Birtles: Update with third-year info

{{YSTV Member
| first name = Adam
| last name = Birtles
| active from = 2017
| positions = Webmaster, Computing Director, Deputy Computing Director
| floppys = {{plainlist|
* 2018: Public Speaking Award
* 2019: Most Open Source Member
}}
| current location = York
| website url = [https://adambirtles.com/ adambirtles.com]
| degree = Computer Science
}}
Adam exists.

In his second year at YSTV, Adam existed even harder and got recognized for it by winning Highly Commended for ''Best Behind-The-Scenes Contribution'' at the YUMAs 2019.

Adam also served as [[Computing Director]] for two years, becoming heavily involved in the station's technical operations while pushing to spread Linux to all YSTV computers. He also helped out in other positions on several productions such as camera operator, sound operator, and editor.

In his third year, Adam stopped existing so much after being murdered by his degree.

{{-}}
== Productions ==

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Productions that Adam was involved in
|-
! Date !! Production !! Position(s)
|-
| 11 Oct 2017 || Coffee House Sessions || General Crew
|-
| 16 Oct 2017 || Tea Time Chat || Vision Mixer
|-
| 18 Oct 2017 || Coffee House Sessions || Trainee Editor, General Crew
|-
| 25 Oct 2017 || Coffee House Sessions || Camera Op
|-
| 8 Nov 2017 || Coffee House Sessions || Editor, General Crew
|-
| 13 Nov 2017 || The Big Student Debate || Technical Assistant
|-
| 15 Nov 2017 || Coffee House Sessions || Camera Op
|-
| 20 Nov 2017 || UniBrass Live Draw || Graphics Op
|-
| 13 Jan 2018 || Courtyard's 9th Birthday || Camera Op
|-
| 16 Feb 2018 || The Big Debate: Elections Special || Livestream Technician
|-
| 17 Feb 2018 || UniBrass 2018 || Livestream Technician, Vision Mixer, Sound Op, Graphics Op
|-
| 20 Feb 2018 || PTOs Debate 2018 || Technical Assistant
|-
| 24 Feb 2018 || Elections Results Night 2018 || Graphics Op
|-
| 4 – 6 May 2018 || Roses 2018 || Practically everything
|-
| 7 Jun 2018 || Love York Awards 2018 || Technical Assistant
|-
| 12 Jun 2018 || Summer Ball 2018 || General Crew
|-
| 12 Aug 2018 || Micklegate Run 2018 - Scrutineering Day || Camera Op
|-
| 18 Sep 2018 || STYCs in Ninety Seconds || Camera Op
|-
| 29 Sep 2018 || Freshers Fair Live 2018 || Technical Assistant
|-
| 24 Oct 2018 || YSTV Sport - Badminton || Technical Assistant
|-
| 11 Nov 2018 || YSTV Sport - Futsal || Graphics Op, Technical Assistant
|-
| 23 Jan 2019 || YSTV Sport - Floorball || Technical Assistant
|-
| 15 Feb 2019 || Elections Hustings 2019 || Technical Assistant
|-
| 23 Feb 2019 || Elections Results Night 2019 || Technical Assistant
|-
| 2 Mar 2019 || YSTV Sport - Boxing Fight Night 2 || Technical Assistant
|-
| 26 – 29 Mar 2019 || AES Conference || Director, Vision Mixer, Sound Op, Technical Assistant
|-
| 3 – 5 May 2019 || Roses 2019 || O.B. Lead (and a ton of other things)
|-
| 5 June 2019 || Love York Awards 2019 || Technical Assistant, Sound Op
|-
| 8 June 2019 || YSTV Reports - York Pride 2019 || Editor
|-
| 11 June 2019 || Summer Ball 2019 || General Crew
|}

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2019-08-10T07:33:12Z

Adam.Birtles: Clarify how people should clearly mark information they're unsure of

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Best Broadcaster

2019-08-09T18:02:46Z

Adam.Birtles: Add 2019

The only category at the annual [[NaSTA]] awards which is created specifically for the awards rather than taken from our broadcast output. In a maximum of ten minutes of video, each station has to sell it's claim to be the best student television station in the country. This is normally done by cutting together excerpts from every production made in the previous year, with a mixture of live sound and music used to glue the whole lot together.

The edits produced have subsequently been used to promote the station at many other events, although the use of copyrighted music has prevented their being released on the website or broadcast regularly. In this role they are successors to the previous [[Review of the Year]] edits. Best Broadcaster edits exist for every year from 1998.

=== 1998 ===
[http://ystv.co.uk/watch/nasta/1998/Best-Broadcaster/ Watch it on YSTV]

Oldest Best Broadcaster edit in the archive.

=== 1999 ===
[http://ystv.co.uk/watch/nasta/Best-Broadcaster-1999/ Watch it on YSTV]

Introduced in person by [[Production Director]] [[Helen Rix]] if memory serves me correctly.

=== 2000 ===
[http://ystv.co.uk/watch/nasta/Best-Broadcaster-2000/ Watch it on YSTV]

Introduced various elements of the station's output under their different genres, using a voice-over and the revolving cube ident.

=== 2001 ===
[http://ystv.co.uk/watch/nasta/Best-Broadcaster-2001/ Watch it on YSTV]

Edited by {{unsure|[[Michael Prior-Jones]]}}.

=== 2002 ===
[http://ystv.co.uk/watch/nasta/Best-Broadcaster-2002/ Watch it on YSTV]

Edited by [[Peter Bowles]], main soundtack "So Lonely" by Jakatta.

=== 2003 ===
[http://ystv.co.uk/watch/nasta/Best-Broadcaster-2003/ Watch it on YSTV]

Edited by [[Michael Prior-Jones]], main soundtrack "Walk of Life" by Dire Straits. Very similar in style to 2001.

=== 2004 ===
[http://ystv.co.uk/watch/nasta/Best-Broadcaster-2004/ Watch it on YSTV]

Edited by [[Rowan de Pomerai]] and [[Jonathan Bufton]], main soundtrack "Gangster Tripping" by Fatboy Slim.

=== 2005 ===
[http://ystv.co.uk/watch/nasta/Best-Broadcaster-2005/ Watch it on YSTV]

Edited by [[Rowan de Pomerai]], [[Richard Ash]] and [[Jonathan Bufton]]. Main soundtrack "Right Here, Right Now" by Fatboy Slim.
Won Highly Commended.

=== 2006 ===
[http://ystv.co.uk/watch/nasta/Best-Broadcaster-2006/ Watch it on YSTV]

Edited by [[Rowan de Pomerai]], [[Sarah Cheyne]] and [[Matthew Tole]]. Main soundtrack "Weapon of Choice" by Fatboy Slim.
Won Highly Commended.

=== 2007 ===
[http://ystv.co.uk/watch/nasta/Best-Broadcaster-2007/ Watch it on YSTV]

Edited by [[Rowan de Pomerai]], [[Sarah Cheyne]], [[Iain Cooke]], [[Matthew Tole]] and [[Richard Ash]]. It was noteable for using the [[Try Something You Thought You Couldn't Do]] promotions as well as YSTV shows, to try to portray the society aspects of the station as well as our output.
Music used was:
* Insomnia by Faithless
* The [[LipSync]] theme
* The [[YSTV News]] theme
* Do Your Thing by Basement Jaxx
* Phwarming by campus band Vudu Guru
* Porcelain by Moby
* Praise You by Fatboy Slim
* [[Elections 2005]] theme (as used in [[Elections 2006]]) by Rob Humphrey
* {{unsure|A song}} by campus band The Morning Thieves

=== 2008 ===
[http://ystv.co.uk/watch/nasta/2008/Best-Broadcaster/ Watch it on YSTV]

=== 2009 ===
[http://ystv.co.uk/watch/nasta/Best-Broadcaster-2009/ Watch it on YSTV]

Edited by [[Iain Cooke]], [[Neil Brehon]], [[Anna Bucks]] and [[Roxanne Benson-Mackey]]. This year it was split into five sections prefixed with "YSTV does" - Entertainment, Music, News, Comedy and Live. This allowed each section to be edited independently rather than everyone working on one timeline.

Soundtrack:
*Chemical Brothers - Galvanize
*Stuck in the Sound - Nevermind the Living Dead
*Kanye West - Stronger
*Kings of Leon - Sex on Fire
*MGMT - Kids
*Bloc Party - Helicopter
*The Jam - News of the World
*The Slip - The Original Blue Air
*Nova Express - Walk Away
*Theme from "Gladiators"
*Magic P and the Innuendos - The Clown Set

=== 2010 ===
[http://ystv.co.uk/watch/nasta/Best-Broadcaster-2010/ Watch it on YSTV]

Edited by [[Iain Cooke]], [[Mark Friend]], [[Simon Harris]] and [[Alex Balmer]].

Soundtrack:
*Spoon - My Mathematical Mind
*Motion City Soundtrack - A Life Less Ordinary (Need A Little Help)
*The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition
*Magnapow! - Voices in the Dark
*Little Boots - Remedy
*We Are Scientists - After Hours
*Magic P and the Innuendos - The Clown Set
*Pixies - Cecilia Ann
*Biffy Clyro - Many of Horror

=== 2011 ===

[http://ystv.co.uk/watch/nasta/Best-Broadcaster-2011/ Watch it on YSTV]

Edited by [[Alex Balmer]], [[Michael Miller]], [[Steven Perring]] and [[Chris Young]] with help from [[Mark Friend]] and [[Simon Harris]]. It won highly commended at the 2011 [[NaSTA]] Awards.

Soundtrack:
*Arcade Fire - Empty Room
*The Yeah You's - 15 Minutes
*Owl City - Fireflies
*Jimmy Eat World - Movielike
*Plan B - Stay too Long
*3 Doors Down - Kyrptonite
*Paulo Nutini - Pencil Full of Lead
*We Are Scientists - Rules Don't Stop Me
*Train - Parachute
*Mika - We Are Golden

=== 2012 ===
[http://ystv.co.uk/watch/nasta/2012/Best-Broadcaster/ Watch it on YSTV]

Edited by [[Michael Miller]], [[Steven Perring]], [[Sarah Pickles]], and [[Chris Wall]] again with input from [[Mark Friend]] and [[Simon Harris]]. It won the award, which now sits proudly in the G/046 studio complex.

Soundtrack:
*New Radicals - Get What You Give
*Owl City - Deer in the Headlights
*Billy Joel - We Didn't Start the Fire
*The King's Parade (Campus Band from [[The Sound Lab]]) - Take me to the River
*Foster the People - Pumped up Kicks
*The Subways - Rock and Roll Queen
*Matchbox 20 - How Far We've Come
*Train - Brick by Brick
*Basement Jaxx - Do Your Thing

=== 2013 ===

[http://ystv.co.uk/watch/nasta/2013/Best-Broadcaster/ Watch it on YSTV]

Edited by [[Emma Bew]].

Soundtrack:
*DJ Space'C - When Can I See You Again
*Of Monsters and Men - Little Talks
*Ellie Goulding - Anything Can Happen
*Noah and the Whale - L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.
*Train - This'll Be My Year
*We the Kings - Party, Fun, Love & Radio
*Daft Punk - One More Time

=== 2014 ===

[http://ystv.co.uk/watch/nasta/2014/Best-Broadcaster/ Watch it on YSTV]

Edited by [[Kieron Moore]], [[Helen Hobin]], [[Matt Judge]], [[Tim Copeland]], and not [[Chris Wall]], with help from [[Greg Ebdon]] and [[Matt Johnson]]. It won outright at the [[NaSTA 2014|2014 NaSTA Awards]].

Soundtrack:
*David Bowie - Heroes
*Bowling for Soup - High School Never Ends
*Primal Scream - Loaded
*Elvis Presley - You're the Devil in Disguise
*D.V.D.A. - Now You're a Man
*Amanda Palmer - The Killing Type
*Avicii - Wake Me Up
*The Rolling Stones - You Got Me Rocking
*Christina Aguilera - Feel This Moment
*Don Henley - Dirty Laundry
*Strawbs - Part of the Union

=== 2015 ===

[http://ystv.co.uk/watch/nasta/2015/Best-Broadcaster/ Watch it on YSTV]

Edited by [[Helen Hobin]], [[Matt Johnson]], [[Kenric Yuen]] and [[Grace Winpenny]].

Soundtrack:
*Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl
*Nina Nesbitt - Stay Out
*Rita Ora - I Will Never Let You Down
*Blue Swede Hooked On a Feeling
*Lorde - Yellow Flicker
*The Four Seasons - December, 1963
*Thurston Harris - Little Bitty Pretty One
*Parka - Disco Dancer
*B.o.B. - Magic
*Hard Fi - Living For the Weekend
*Neon Trees - Everybody Talks
*Imagine Dragons - On Top of the World

=== 2016 ===

[http://ystv.co.uk/watch/nasta/2016/Best-Broadcaster/ Watch it on YSTV]

Edited by [[Rachel Burns]], [[Iona McEwan]], [[Grace Winpenny]], [[Kenric Yuen]], [[Matthew Ingram]] and [[Peter Eskdale]]. Due to technical issues, this was not uploaded to NaSTA before the entry deadline, and thus was not considered for the award.

Soundtrack:
*Ella Eyre - Good Times
*The Score - Oh My Love
*Avicii - The Days and The Nights
*Aurora - Half The World Away
*The Outatime Orchestra - Back to The Future
*DNCE - Cake By The Ocean
*Hard Fi - Hard To Beat
*Nik Ammar - Glass Walls
*Tom Jones - It's Not Unusual
*Next To Normal (Broadway Cast) - Light
*Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder - Together in Electric Dreams

=== 2019 ===

[https://ystv.co.uk/watch/nasta/2019/best-broadcaster/ Watch it on YSTV]

Edited by [[Thomas Schubert]] and [[Matt Zeffertt]]. It won at [[NaSTA 2019]].

{{YSTV Productions}}
[[Category: Productions]]
[[Category: NaSTA]]

40th Birthday

2019-08-09T17:54:02Z