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The whole thing took off from there and developed into a student film and TV production group that I arranged to become an official student society recognised by the then Students Representative Council. The society was originally called 'York University Tele-Film Productions' - a clumsy name I invented that lasted less than a year and bit the dust when the filmmaking activity was hived off into a separate society. | The whole thing took off from there and developed into a student film and TV production group that I arranged to become an official student society recognised by the then Students Representative Council. The society was originally called 'York University Tele-Film Productions' - a clumsy name I invented that lasted less than a year and bit the dust when the filmmaking activity was hived off into a separate society. | ||
I initially gathered together a group of about 10 people, mainly through a society stall at the beginning of the first term in October 1967 (an early manifestation of the event now known as Freshers Fair). The group met every Tuesday evening in the little meeting room overlooking the Langwith dining room (is is still there?). At these meetings we discussed ideas for the weekly 'news magazine' TV programme we called 'Newsround', wrote some scripts and generally had fun. Script writing was made easier because a couple of our members (not me) could type - not a common skill among university students in the late 1960s. One member actually owned a portable typewriter which we used extensively. This was [[Sieta Rijkelijkhuizen]] who later became station director and who, like me, now lives in Australia. | I initially gathered together a group of about 10 people, mainly through a society stall at the beginning of the first term in October 1967 (an early manifestation of the event now known as Freshers Fair). The group met every Tuesday evening in the little meeting room overlooking the Langwith dining room (is is still there?). At these meetings we discussed ideas for the weekly 'news magazine' TV programme we called '[[Newsround]]', wrote some scripts and generally had fun. Script writing was made easier because a couple of our members (not me) could type - not a common skill among university students in the late 1960s. One member actually owned a portable typewriter which we used extensively. This was [[Sieta Rijkelijkhuizen]] who later became station director and who, like me, now lives in Australia. | ||
We produced 'Newsround' every Wednesday afternoon in the 'studio' in the basement of the Chemistry building. We had two cameras on wheeled tripods and a very primitive vision switching device which may have been 'home-made' by the University technicians led by the senior technical officer [[Bruce Pears]]. Camera operation and vision switching (such as it was) was done mainly by students and sometimes by the University technicians. | We produced 'Newsround' every Wednesday afternoon in the 'studio' in the basement of the Chemistry building. We had two cameras on wheeled tripods and a very primitive vision switching device which may have been 'home-made' by the University technicians led by the senior technical officer [[Bruce Pears]]. Camera operation and vision switching (such as it was) was done mainly by students and sometimes by the University technicians. | ||
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The first two or three "Newsrounds' were pre-recorded. I remember watching the first one in the Langwith common room surrounded by our production team and a couple (only) of curious students. We soon moved to live programmes which made the whole production process much more exciting. | The first two or three "Newsrounds' were pre-recorded. I remember watching the first one in the Langwith common room surrounded by our production team and a couple (only) of curious students. We soon moved to live programmes which made the whole production process much more exciting. | ||
YSTV was actually very important to my personal and professional development. It gave me my first experience of starting an organisation from scratch - I've started several others during the last 40 years. At YSTV I also gained my first experience of leading and managing a team of people. I'm very grateful to that initial group | YSTV was actually very important to my personal and professional development. It gave me my first experience of starting an organisation from scratch - I've started several others during the last 40 years. At YSTV I also gained my first experience of leading and managing a team of people. I'm very grateful to that initial group who put up with my inexperience and enabled me to learn a great deal. | ||
I now live in Sydney and have been in Australia for 40 years - I arrived here after graduating from York in 1968. I initially came to Australia to do a PhD but dropped out of that one. I then became, for four years, an educational TV producer at a university in Sydney - the only job in which I used my experience with YSTV. I did get a PhD several years later, spent some time working for government, and now run my own consultancy company providing advice on energy and environmental policy and programs. | I now live in Sydney and have been in Australia for 40 years - I arrived here after graduating from York in 1968. I initially came to Australia to do a PhD but dropped out of that one. I then became, for four years, an educational TV producer at a university in Sydney - the only job in which I used my experience with YSTV. I did get a PhD several years later, spent some time working for government, and now run my own consultancy company providing advice on energy and environmental policy and programs. | ||