Two of our media learners, Joshua and Harvey, have been given the exciting opportunity to edit video content for Somerset FA, allowing them to put the skills they have learned throughout their course into practice. As part of this hands-on experience, the students will attend Somerset FA's Premier Cup final on July 31st, where they will create engaging content to highlight the event.

The experience of this collaboration so far has been both a fun and educational experience in sports media production, enhancing the learners skills and portfolios. Working closely with Somerset FA, the learners are set to gain valuable insights into professional video editing and sports event coverage, paving the way for their future careers in the media industry!

Rob Allan, Football Development Manager at Somerset FA:

"Somerset FA are really pleased to be working with Weston College media and production students. Conversations have been taking place with various department for a number of weeks and we’ve now taken the first steps with some really enthusiastic students helping us to edit many hours of our cup final footage. There are lots more plans for future collaboration and we’re hopeful this is the start of a promising partnership that will benefit all parties for years to come." 

Harvey:

“It’s been an amazing opportunity for me to work with the Somerset FA and I am grateful that they put their trust in us as well. I found the experience really interesting as it’s almost working for a client in the field of work I want to get into and it’s the first time I have been able to put my own creative vision across. I have learned how to edit on a software I have never used before and it’s taken some great adaptability skills to do that. It’s going to massively help me with my work as it will boost my skills when editing for clients and give me that confidence to go on to do other projects in the future.”

Joshua:

“It’s a great experience to work alongside my biggest passion in football and especially for something as big as the Somerset FA , I am finding the experience really fun whilst also learning how new software's work such as the Veo Cams which are used a lot in football.”

If you would like to follow in the footsteps of Harvey and Joshua, check out our Media courses here. This partnership with Somerset FA is part of our ever-expanding Careers Excellence Hub (CEH).