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| first name = Ben
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| last name = Allen  
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| degrees = BEng Electronic Engineering with Music Technology Systems
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=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]].  
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* [[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 Pot noodle or Dominos pizza.
*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 so far.
*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)'''
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'''YEAR 2'''
'''YEAR 2 (2020-21)'''
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| Oranges & Lemons Episode 1 - Morphsuit Man Pumpkin Carving
| Oranges & Lemons Episode 1 - Morphsuit Man Pumpkin Carving
| Editor & Graphics
| Narrator, Editor & Graphics
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| University Challenge Team Selection Finals
| Graphic Design
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| '''Spring Term'''
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| YSTV E-Sports Rocket League
| Participant
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| [[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.
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| [[Elections 2021|Debate Night]]
| Technical Assistant
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| YSTV Arts and Crafts
| Logo Design
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| [[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.
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| '''Summer Term'''
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| [[Roses 2021]]
| Production Architecture Lead & Graphics Lead
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==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=