Introducing the Wulf Debate crew

We've had huge amounts of fun preparing for the Wulf Debate over the past month or so. On Wednesday 9th February and Wednesday 16th February we're going to be going live with our panel shows in front of a live audience, and streamed here on the Mediacove blog.

We've got three fantastic presenters who will be chairing the debates, but there are plenty of others working away behind the scenes as well. So, just to make sure that no-one escapes unnoticed, here are a few snaps of the crew at work!

Marla is our Producer and she will be making sure that everyone is in place and know what they are doing.

She is ably assisted in the Gallery by Kirsty, the Director, who will be calling the shots throughout the show.

Nicole is our Floor Manager, responsible for relaying messages from Kirsty and Marla to everyone in the Studio. What she says goes!

Matt, Chris and Kane are our camera operators and will be using some brand new HD cameras for the job. They will be receiving instructions through earpieces telling them which shots are needed.

Meanwhile, back in the Gallery we have Amy who is responsible for sound and Tom who has been working hard to create the intro graphics and music.

Your presenters for the evening will be Rhii, George and Olivia who are responsible for chairing the discussion. They'll be introducing our panelists, asking the questions and inviting our audience to ask their own questions.

Simon Keeling has a wide and varied range of experience, including being a TV Weatherman, author and training up-and-coming TV presenters and media students. He's been sharing his valuable experience and showing us the ropes to prepare us for the big day!

Other honorable mentions go to Elke, the brains behind the operation, and Matt who will be setting up the Live Stream and fielding questions from anyone who posts comments onto the blog or Tweets using the #wulfdebate hashtag. We also have to mention Colin, our technician, who gets all of the equipment ready and in order to ensure everything goes smoothly.

Emma has also been working away behind the scenes along with other staff at Mediacove firing off e-mails, booking panelists, filling out forms and generally making things happen! She's also been working alongside Lauron and some of the young people to create a documentary, 'What's Wrong With Wolverhampton?' which has been the starting point for the debates.

Make sure that you contact the Mediacove office on hillr@wolvcoll.ac.uk to reserve a place in the audience (places are limited!) or tune in live on this site from 3:30pm this coming Wednesday where we will be debating what changes in education funding mean to young people in Wolverhampton.

Mediacove host a live panel show!

Over the past few months Mediacove have been working with a group of young people aged 13-19 on a documentary project entitled ‘Wolverhampton-Have your Say’. This project involved the group talking to local people about their views on the city and what they thought about it being voted as the 5th worst city in the world by Lonely Planet. The documentary tackles issues including Education, Culture, Community, Wolverhampton’s Heritage, and The Future of Wolverhampton.
As the project is approaching its end, Mediacove have organised to host two topical debate panel shows that will be broadcast live on the internet. The panel shows will be in a ‘Question Time’ style and will include local key people who will discuss different important issues about the city of Wolverhampton. Young people will be invited to become part of the audience and will also manage the technical side to the filming and steaming of the shows as well.
The panel shows will be filmed and streamed on the Wolverhampton College website in early February. If you are aged between 13-19 and would like to become part of the audience or technical team please Contact Us

Wellbeing for Life in Wolverhampton

Wellbeing for Life managed by Age Concern Wolverhampton is one of 29 health and wellbeing projects in the Living Well in West Midlands portfolio, funded by the Big Lottery. Wellbeing for Life is a physical activity project which has been running in Wolverhampton for 3 years providing exercise to older people in Luncheon Clubs and Drop in Centres.

Mediacove Productions have been working with the team over the past few months to create a DVD which showcases the achievements of the Wellbeing for Life Project. The DVD contains a 5 minute overview of the project which includes interviews with project organisers, class trainers, and elderly participants to the classes as well as showing the benefits of the exercises for elderly people.

The DVD also contains exercises for you to do in your own home – consisting of a warm-up, 10 minute seated exercises, 10 minute standing exercises and a cool-down.

If anyone would like to purchase a copy of the DVD, please contact us

Wolves Young Carers

Spurgeons work with young people and families all over the UK. Within Wolverhampton the Spurgeons team supports young people aged between 7 - 18 years that care for someone in their family unit. This could be due to a disability, illness, mental health issues or drug/alcohol misuse.
They provide support to the young carers in the form of evening activity groups, holiday day trips, parties, one to one support and general information, guidance and signposting.
Mediacove Productions have been working with Spurgeons for the past few months in a film project which explores what life is like as a young carer. The project started with the group creating their own poems which expressed certain aspects about being a young carer and what challenges they face every day. These poems were then used as the script for the film and the group started to storyboard and plan how each scene within the film would work.
The group have learnt lots of new skills including storyboard, scripting, filming, editing and stop motion animation and the final film will include live action drama, animation, and stop motion.
To find out more about the film project please have a look at the Spurgeons Blog: www.wolvesyoungcarers.tumblr.com

ABCD...Changing Places, Transforming Lives

The City’s New Deal for Communities programme is chronicling the effect it has had in transforming the All Saints, Blakenhall and Parkfield areas of Wolverhampton in the last decade by producing a DVD.

ABCD was set up in 2001, having been awarded £53.5 million Government funding, to tackle issues such as unemployment, crime, poor housing, education and health to make a real and lasting change to the lives of the people living in the community. The 10-year programme ends in March 2011.

Mediacove have been working with ABCD to produce a short film which will give an overview of the many projects that have been carried out by ABCD. These include projects such as building the multi-award winning St Luke’s Primary School, reducing crime and increasing residents’ safety, transforming Phoenix Park, providing grants to boost small businesses and providing stunning, award winning eco-friendly new homes.

Tim Clegg, ABCD executive director, said: “The whole ABCD area has undergone a
dramatic transformation in the last 10 years and everyone is proud at what has been
achieved.”

The film will be premiered at a special community celebration event on 12 February 2011, and copies will be given to every household in the area.

Mediacove learn all about LARC!

Mediacove have just completed a project working along side the Wolverhampton's PCT team to produce a short animation which tells young people all they need to know about LARC. LARC stands for Longer Acting Reversible Contraception and methods linclude the implant, injections, IUD's and IUS's (both more commenly know as the coil).
Whilst making this project we discovered that LARC is a far more safer method of contraception than using the pill or condoms. In typical use, 8 women out of 100 get pregnant using the pill over a year, but less than 1 woman in 1000 will get pregnant using LARC!
Take a look at our film below, or visit the following website to learn more about LARC:
http://www.askforlarc.nhs.uk/


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