130
edits
m (→About) |
|||
(17 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
| first name = Ben | | first name = Ben | ||
| last name = Allen | | last name = Allen | ||
| picturefile = | | picturefile = BenAllenBlue.jpeg | ||
| picturesize = 200px | | picturesize = 200px | ||
| active from = 2019 | | active from = 2019 | ||
Line 10: | Line 10: | ||
| degrees = BEng Electronic Engineering with Music Technology Systems | | degrees = BEng Electronic Engineering with Music Technology Systems | ||
}} | }} | ||
=About= | =About= | ||
Ben Allen, can often found in the studio in the early hours of the morning, screaming at technology, and is a prime example of a dedicated YSTV member. He is an all round lovely guy and is almost constantly busy and tired. | Ben (npm install *) Allen, can often found in the studio in the early hours of the morning, screaming at technology, and is a prime example of a dedicated YSTV member. He is an all round lovely guy and is almost constantly busy and tired. | ||
Joining as a fresher during the Give It A Go event in October 2019, Ben almost immediately became heavily involved in YSTV with his first event being a week or two later when YSTV hosted the 2019 NASTA People's choice awards. Acting as technical assistant to [[Technical Director]] [[Andrew Waddle]] during the setup and operation of the show. Having since worked on numerous live and recorded projects, Ben has worked within a variety of technical and operational roles; generally acting as technical and computing assistant to [[Andrew Waddle]] and [[Rhys Milling]] on live shows or working like a bugger with VFX. Not to mention his round the clock commitment to technical [[fuckary]]. | Joining as a fresher during the Give It A Go event in October 2019, Ben almost immediately became heavily involved in YSTV with his first event being a week or two later when YSTV hosted the 2019 NASTA People's choice awards. Acting as technical assistant to [[Technical Director]] [[Andrew Waddle]] during the setup and operation of the show. Having since worked on numerous live and recorded projects, Ben has worked within a variety of technical and operational roles; generally acting as technical and computing assistant to [[Andrew Waddle]] and [[Rhys Milling]] on live shows or working like a bugger with VFX. Not to mention his round the clock commitment to technical [[fuckary]]. | ||
Line 18: | Line 19: | ||
* [[Marty]] Ben's software video switching project which acts as either a 3rd OB unit or a replacement for other server failures. | * [[Marty]] Ben's software video switching project which acts as either a 3rd OB unit or a replacement for other server failures. | ||
* [[Election Results Night 2020]] | * [[Election Results Night 2020]] | ||
Has a dark and mysterious alternate life (that must never be spoken of) at University Radio York including the positions: | |||
*Assistant Head of Computing (2019-20) | |||
*Station Manager of URY (2020-21) | |||
*Assistant Head of Audio Resources (2021) | |||
*Chief Engineer (2021-) | |||
=Trivia= | =Trivia= | ||
*Can be calmed down with a Snickers bar. | *Can be calmed down with a Snickers bar. | ||
*His favourite film is Sharknado, which he once called 'a cinematic masterpiece with an almost ethereal quality'. | *His favourite film is Sharknado, which he once called 'a cinematic masterpiece with an almost ethereal quality'. | ||
*Snack of choice probably a | *Snack of choice probably a Dominos pizza. | ||
*When in power-saving mode will only diet on breadsticks. | *When in power-saving mode will only diet on breadsticks. | ||
*100% fail-rate on setting up a dual boot | *100% fail-rate on setting up a dual boot first time. | ||
*100% success-rate for eduroam setup. | *100% success-rate for eduroam setup. | ||
=Productions/Projects= | =Productions/Projects= | ||
'''YEAR 1''' | ==Productions/Design== | ||
'''YEAR 1 (2019-20)''' | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;" | {| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;" | ||
| scope="col" | # | | scope="col" | # | ||
Line 151: | Line 159: | ||
|} | |} | ||
'''YEAR 2''' | '''YEAR 2 (2020-21)''' | ||
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;" | {| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;" | ||
| scope="col" | # | | scope="col" | # | ||
Line 174: | Line 182: | ||
| scope="row"| 3 | | scope="row"| 3 | ||
| Oranges & Lemons Episode 1 - Morphsuit Man Pumpkin Carving | | Oranges & Lemons Episode 1 - Morphsuit Man Pumpkin Carving | ||
| Editor & Graphics | | Narrator, Editor & Graphics | ||
| | |||
|- | |||
| scope="row"| 4 | |||
| University Challenge Team Selection Finals | |||
| Graphic Design | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| scope="row"| | |||
| '''Spring Term''' | |||
| | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| scope="row"| 5 | |||
| YSTV E-Sports Rocket League | |||
| Participant | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| scope="row"| 6 | |||
| [[Elections 2021|60 Second Manifestos]] | |||
| Graphics/Thumbnails | |||
| YSTV’s first use of Remotion framework to automatically generate all thumbnails based off json data and render React webpages as images. | |||
|- | |||
| scope="row"| 7 | |||
| [[Elections 2021|Debate Night]] | |||
| Technical Assistant | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| scope="row"| 8 | |||
| YSTV Arts and Crafts | |||
| Logo Design | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| scope="row"| 9 | |||
| [[Elections 2021|Election Results Night 2021]] | |||
| Director, Vision Mixer, Graphics & Technical Assistant | |||
| YSTV’s first use of SRT in production for the host’s video feed. | |||
|- | |||
| scope="row"| | |||
| '''Summer Term''' | |||
| | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| scope="row"| 10 | |||
| [[Roses 2021]] | |||
| Production Architecture Lead & Graphics Lead | |||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
|} | |} | ||
==Technical== | |||
(This needs to be sorted as complete vs work in progress) | |||
*Ghostbuster | |||
*site-2020 | |||
*streaming pipeline | |||
*pushing for vmix | |||
*marty | |||
*Atem Tally lights | |||
*edit3 | |||
*cobra | |||
*boa | |||
*asp | |||
*DAPIA | |||
*roses graphics trials | |||
*unreal engine graphics | |||
*Vmix adoption | |||
*edit1&2 rebuilds | |||
=Technical Shenanigans= | =Technical Shenanigans= |