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Freshers 2020 was highly difficult for YSTV, both in terms of recruitment and coverage, due to COVID-19.
Freshers 2020 was highly difficult for YSTV, both in terms of recruitment and coverage, due to COVID-19.
== Recruitment ==
==='''Welcome Pages''' ===
[https://Welcome.ystv.co.uk welcome.ystv.co.uk] was the brain child of one [[Dom Hall]] as a one stop shop for all things Freshers. It featured an overview of the various departments of YSTV, the ways to get involved, a link to the various ways to sign up to YSTV's services and more.
Although it was created in 2020, many would say it was perfected in 2021.
=== Welcome Meeting ===
Due to extraordinary demand (over 200 people signing up) the YSTV welcome meeting was held in P/L/002. It was attended by around 120 people and featured a talk from the committee and then a Kahoot.
=== Freshers Fair ===
As well as the Freshers Fair livestream (see below for more details), YSTV also had their own stall. This was located in Central Hall and featured a screen playing YSTV content on repeat, a red carpet and a cardboard cutout of Gemma Collins wearing a YSTV high-vis jacket (this was [[Louis Dickson]]'s idea, I still don't understand why it was there).
=== Give it a Go Sessions ===
[[Riddle Me This]] made a return for 2021's Give it a Go sessions. Due to extraordinary demand 4 sessions were hosted in total, offering opportunities to partake as a contestant, floor manager, sound op, camera op, vision mixer, etc. As well as specific computing and tech slots too.


== Coverage ==
== Coverage ==
[[File:Behind the Scenes of Freshers' Round-Up 2020.jpg|left|thumb|189x189px|[[Charlotte Rogers]] interviews Activities Sabb, Brian Terry, for Freshers' Round-Up]]
All coverage of Freshers' in 2021 was executive produced and overseen by [[Production Director]] [[Alize Akturk]].


=== YSTV Reports: The Forest ===
=== [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKVHCsccPNQ Sophie at Salvos] ===
YSTV attended the opening of [[The Forest]] just before Freshers 2020. Although it wasn't branded as a Freshers video, it was used often throughout Freshers 2020.
This segment featured newly elected Activities Officer, Sophie Kelly, interviewing drunk students outside of Salvos and Flares on a Freshers' Week night out.


=== Freshers' Round-Up 2020 ===
=== [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OScPa5wBtsE Alpacas on East] ===
This was the 2020 equivalent of the Freshers Livestream that would normally happen during Freshers Fair every year. It was hosted on 11 October 2020. It featured interviews with a wide range of societies, volunteering groups, sports clubs, Sabbs and other University staff. It was entirely pre-recorded and edited together then streamed out as-live, as due to COVID-19 restrictions, a proper livestream was deemed not feasible.
This segment saw [[Louis Dickson]] head to East Campus to chat with some Alpacas


=== Campus Tour ===
=== [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MuA5Nd_IBw&t=107s Vanbrugh Paradise Festival] ===
[[Alize Akturk]] and [[Tilly Garland]] hosted a tour of East and West Campus showing off all the wonderful sights. This was limited in scope thanks to, you guessed it, COVID-19.
This segment saw [[Joe Radford]] and [[Kira Moore]] head to Greg's Place at Vanbrugh to check out the musical offering.


== Recruitment ==
=== [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvWQ-pvtXJA&t=2s Max and Izzie's Big Night Out] ===
[[File:Virtual Freshers Fair 2020.jpg|thumb|233x233px|[[Rhys Milling]] pretends to be a Fresher at the Virtual Freshers Fair |alt=]]
This segment was planned essentially as a sequel to [[Zoe and Johnny's Drunk Diaries]].
 
[[Joe Radford]] and [[Alize Akturk]] had been looking at the schedule for Freshers Week and deemed there to be enough activities going on on campus that night and so sent [[Max Roach]], [[Izzie Norwood]] and the team out to film the goings on. Only unfortunately there wasn't all that much to be seen on Campus that night and the video in the end entails all involved slowly breaking down as the night gets worse and worse.
 
It won Gold for Best Comedy at [[NaSTA 2022]].
[[File:Max tries on the Banana Boi costume.jpg|thumb|239x239px|Max tries on the Banana Boi costume for the first time]]


=== '''Freshers Fair''' ===
=== [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lXcOttrhXQ&t=36s Freshers Fair] ===
YSTV partook in both YUSU's In-person and online Freshers Fairs.  
Produced by Kira Moore.


The online Freshers Fair took place across a single morning and involved [[Joe Radford]] sitting in a zoom call waiting for eager Freshers to come and ask questions about YSTV. It wasn't very well attended most likely due to poor marketing from YUSU.
There were some difficulties on the day due to a number of factors, the biggest being weather. YSTV were already on the back foot with exactly 0 current members ever having been present for an in-person Freshers' Fair livestream before, which caused some issues during setup. It was decided to try and follow suit from the last in-person Freshers' Fair livestream in 2019, and so the gallery was setup in Vanbrugh dining hall and the studio itself was to be outside on the balcony area of Greg's Place.


The in-person Freshers' Fair, as opposed to most years when Freshers Fair takes place all over campus on one day, was hosted solely in [[The Forest]] and took place across a whole week. Each day a different set of societies, volunteering groups and media groups hosted stalls.  
Around midday torrential rain and wind came and caused major issues. A quick decision was made to relocate back to the YSTV studio and some very quick rigging occurred courtesy of one [[Ben Allen]].


YSTV hosted their stall on the Media Groups and Performance Societies day.
This livestream also marked the first appearance of [[Banana Boi]] who became YSTV's pseudo mascot and reoccurring joke through 2021 and 2022. He was conceived at a meeting about the Freshers' Fair livestream, when it was decided we needed a fun game that each society could play. [[Max Roach]] thought it would be funny to get them each to try and throw bananas into a basket which was being held by himself dressed in Banana costume. This was deemed a good idea and actually happened.


The stall featured a variety of YSTV paraphernalia and an iPad playing YSTV videos on a loop.
=== [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns1bhq1bNrU Comedy Night] ===
Pretty bog standard coverage of Comedy Night interviewing the acts who were present.  


=== Welcome Meeting ===
[[Max Roach]] tried to coin a new thing where we ask everyone we interview what their favourite dinosaur is. This did not stick.
A welcome Meeting for YSTV took place online, with the initial talk portion being hosted on Zoom and the second 'social' quiz half being hosted on Discord.


=== Welcome Video ===
=== Technical Stage Services Ad ===
A showreel (with 3 variations in length) was produced for Freshers 2020. It was essentially a re-edit of the 2019 [[Best Broadcaster]] showreel with footage from [[Quarantine YSTV]] added in.
The day prior to Freshers Festival, as Technical Stage Services (TSS) were rigging the event, YSTV filmed a commercial advert for them.


{{Freshers}}
=== [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPJ3RxcoXH8 Freshers Festival] ===
[[Alize Akturk]] and [[Joe Radford]] led the coverage of Freshers' Festival, giving a tour of the goings on. This was subject to some atrocious sound work and questionable camera work...{{Freshers}}

Latest revision as of 14:28, 19 April 2023

Freshers 2021
Watch Online
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Genre: Freshers
Executive Producer(s): Joe Radford
Producer(s): Alize Akturk, Kira Moore

Freshers 2020 was highly difficult for YSTV, both in terms of recruitment and coverage, due to COVID-19.

Recruitment

Welcome Pages

welcome.ystv.co.uk was the brain child of one Dom Hall as a one stop shop for all things Freshers. It featured an overview of the various departments of YSTV, the ways to get involved, a link to the various ways to sign up to YSTV's services and more.

Although it was created in 2020, many would say it was perfected in 2021.

Welcome Meeting

Due to extraordinary demand (over 200 people signing up) the YSTV welcome meeting was held in P/L/002. It was attended by around 120 people and featured a talk from the committee and then a Kahoot.

Freshers Fair

As well as the Freshers Fair livestream (see below for more details), YSTV also had their own stall. This was located in Central Hall and featured a screen playing YSTV content on repeat, a red carpet and a cardboard cutout of Gemma Collins wearing a YSTV high-vis jacket (this was Louis Dickson's idea, I still don't understand why it was there).

Give it a Go Sessions

Riddle Me This made a return for 2021's Give it a Go sessions. Due to extraordinary demand 4 sessions were hosted in total, offering opportunities to partake as a contestant, floor manager, sound op, camera op, vision mixer, etc. As well as specific computing and tech slots too.

Coverage

All coverage of Freshers' in 2021 was executive produced and overseen by Production Director Alize Akturk.

Sophie at Salvos

This segment featured newly elected Activities Officer, Sophie Kelly, interviewing drunk students outside of Salvos and Flares on a Freshers' Week night out.

Alpacas on East

This segment saw Louis Dickson head to East Campus to chat with some Alpacas

Vanbrugh Paradise Festival

This segment saw Joe Radford and Kira Moore head to Greg's Place at Vanbrugh to check out the musical offering.

Max and Izzie's Big Night Out

This segment was planned essentially as a sequel to Zoe and Johnny's Drunk Diaries.

Joe Radford and Alize Akturk had been looking at the schedule for Freshers Week and deemed there to be enough activities going on on campus that night and so sent Max Roach, Izzie Norwood and the team out to film the goings on. Only unfortunately there wasn't all that much to be seen on Campus that night and the video in the end entails all involved slowly breaking down as the night gets worse and worse.

It won Gold for Best Comedy at NaSTA 2022.

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Max tries on the Banana Boi costume for the first time

Freshers Fair

Produced by Kira Moore.

There were some difficulties on the day due to a number of factors, the biggest being weather. YSTV were already on the back foot with exactly 0 current members ever having been present for an in-person Freshers' Fair livestream before, which caused some issues during setup. It was decided to try and follow suit from the last in-person Freshers' Fair livestream in 2019, and so the gallery was setup in Vanbrugh dining hall and the studio itself was to be outside on the balcony area of Greg's Place.

Around midday torrential rain and wind came and caused major issues. A quick decision was made to relocate back to the YSTV studio and some very quick rigging occurred courtesy of one Ben Allen.

This livestream also marked the first appearance of Banana Boi who became YSTV's pseudo mascot and reoccurring joke through 2021 and 2022. He was conceived at a meeting about the Freshers' Fair livestream, when it was decided we needed a fun game that each society could play. Max Roach thought it would be funny to get them each to try and throw bananas into a basket which was being held by himself dressed in Banana costume. This was deemed a good idea and actually happened.

Comedy Night

Pretty bog standard coverage of Comedy Night interviewing the acts who were present.

Max Roach tried to coin a new thing where we ask everyone we interview what their favourite dinosaur is. This did not stick.

Technical Stage Services Ad

The day prior to Freshers Festival, as Technical Stage Services (TSS) were rigging the event, YSTV filmed a commercial advert for them.

Freshers Festival

Alize Akturk and Joe Radford led the coverage of Freshers' Festival, giving a tour of the goings on. This was subject to some atrocious sound work and questionable camera work...

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