Erin McLeod
Erin joined the society as a shy 'lil fresher in 2021. Though she was far too anxious to floor manage at first (literally why are you waving your hands at me), she soon found her footing as part of the edit ferrets, thanks to the encouragement of the one and only Max Roach. She quickly realised that all her teen years spent making fan edits and silly little youtube videos, actually had given her a pretty decent (and employable) talent. Hurrah!
Years
2021-2022
She spent most of her first year improving her motion graphic skills, looking back fondly on works such as the pizza transitions she created for Pizza Parlour's of York, and some pretty questionable lower thirds. When she accidentally got roped into producing a series for Alize Akturk, focused on living sustainably as a student, she ended up on a crew of equally as media-enthusiastic freshers, who instantly all became besties. She went on to live with these people for two whole years. Crazy times. (see: boob house)
This same series went on to win Silver in Documentary and Factual at NaSTA 2022! After this Erin did not go into producing, in fact she ran far from it until her third year. But it was a nice award to have under her belt nonetheless. During Roses 2022, she had a blast, sleeping under a table and providing some quality vlog footage for the BTS videos. She also fell asleep standing up camera operating Canoe Polo, but thoroughly enjoyed her time editing highlights on Max Roach's laptop in the Media Control Room.
2022-2023
Erin's 2nd year was a bit of a rocky one, as documented by her constantly changing hair colours. She threw herself full force into productions though, mainly due to Beth Marsch's constant reassurance that 'tech is easy!' (it was.) With the introduction of YSTV Live, she took on her first reoccurring tech role (woo yeah) and could now teach others how to patch the studio, set up Vmix and NOT TO HANDLE THE T4'S LIKE A LIGHT SABER. She was Head of Live Highlights at Roses 2023, and successfully edited 24 (!) 2+ hour long videos down into highlights over the weekend. She didn't see the light of day, and was also cat sitting during this time, so made a pact to herself to get more fresh air in Roses 2024.
She started to become more passionate about the quality of our content, and seeds were being planted about running for a committee role. Erin ran against the iconic Ben Allen for Head of Presentation and won! It was time to start sending out edit notes and making lots (and lots) of thumbnails.
2023-2024
Erin was the centre of the great 2023 content backlog, which resulted in her giving edit notes (or editing) and uploading 77 consecutive days worth of content in Semester 1. This did a number on her mental health, so she got a bike, set some boundaries, and stuck to a solid 3-5 videos a week schedule for the remainder of the Semester. This bike also caused a number of issues, resulting in many late Admin meeting arrivals due to her extreamly unfortunate ability to cycle into walls.
[Wonder what the rest of 2024 will hold...]
| # | Production | Role | Notes |
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| 1 | YSTV On The Rocks: Episode 5 - GIAG Special | PA | |
| 2 | Girl's Night In | Sound | |
| 3 | The Little York Ghost Hunt | Editor | Baby's first edit! |
| 4 | Aesthetica Film Festival | Editor | |
| 5 | Charity Shops of York | The Sustainable Student | Producer
Editor |
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| 6 | Therapy Dog Petting | Editor | |
| 7 | Giant Canvas Balloon Painting | Editor | |
| 8 | Duckman | Script Supervisor | |
| 9 | The Geese | Camera Op | |
| 10 | York Pride 2022 | Editor | |
| 11 | NaSTA Awards Ceremony 2022 | Camera Op | |
| 12 | The Moring Aftershow | Floor Manager | |
| 13 | Indoor Hockey | Roses 2022 | Camera Op | |
| 14 | Table Tennis | Roses 2022 | Camera Op | |
| 15 | Canoe Polo | Roses 2022 | Camera Op | |
| 16 | Ultimate Frisbee | Roses 2022 | Camera Op | |
| 17 | Postgraduate Public History Conference 2022 | Camera Op | |
| 18 | Pizza Parlours of York | Editor | |
| 19 | YSTV Tries Ultimate Frisbee | Editor
Camera Op |
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| 20 | Undergrad | Back of my head was in this | |
| 21 | College Cup Netball | Camera Op | |
| 22 | York Yesterday | Livestream Technician | YSTV Live |
| 23 | Spoon People | Producer! | |
| 24 | Plant Pot Designing @ Anne Lister | Editor | |
| 25 | Game Day - Women's Rugby v Northumbria | Tech | |
| 26 | Tourtisted: York Maze | Editor | |
| 27 | Touristed: York Minster | Editor | |
| 28 | It's Not Rocket Science | Title Sequence | |
| 29 | Game Day - Derwent v James Varsity (Netball) | Tech | |
| 30 | 55th Anniversary Livestream | Vision Mixer
Graphics Creator Ident Maker ?? Producer |
Debut of my very own show Spoon People!
Made Teleshopping graphics Co-Hosted Innuendo Bingo and Smoothie Challenge A whole lotta fun |
| 31 | Untitled.mov | Tech?? Kind of | YSTV Live |
| 32 | Yindoors 2023 | Graphics Operator | Hit in the head with a frisbee :( |
| 33 | The Mole | Vision Mixer
Editor |
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| 34 | ALL THE LIVE HIGHLIGHTS FOR ROSES 2023 | Editor | |
| 35 | XLR Sessions | Camera Op | Known for my infamous foot shots |
| 36 | York Bites: Caesars | Camera Op | |
| 37 | York Bites: Babylon | Editor | |
| 38 | XLR Summer Ball | Sound Op | Interviewed Scouting for Girls! |
| 39 | Hypnotist and Magician | YSTV Freshers | Editor | |
| 40 | Comedy Night | YSTV Freshers | Editor | |
| 41 | International Arrivals | YSTV Freshers | Editor | |
| 42 | Freshers' Fair Livestream | Roaming Reports Producer | |
| 43 | YSTV Live | Livestream Manager | |
| 44 | Starbucks Open Mic Night with Nightsafe | Editor | |
| 45 | Longboiology | Editor | |
| 46 | Bird and Blend | YSTV Reports | Producer
Editor |