The students were asked to provide their media skills to record the question and answer session at Unity Radio’s ‘The Hangar’.
The questions were put to Tinchy by Unity Radio’s resident DJ JosheeBee, along with a group of students from Rathbone, a UK wide voluntary youth sector organisation that helps young people change their lives through learning.
The young people asked the musician and businessman about his life as a music star, and what advice he would give to young people looking for work and the skills needed to succeed.
The whole interview was recorded by four second year BTEC Creative Media Production students from Walkden Sixth Form Centre, plus two Media Foundation Degree students from FutureSkills, who between them took on the roles of cameramen, runners, photographers and sound engineers. Representatives from ITV and The Nubian Times were also present, giving the students the unique opportunity to work alongside experts from the media industry.
Lee Dinsdale, a director of North West Media which owns Unity Radio, said:
“The media students carried out their duties of filming the interview with Tinchy Stryder with a very professional attitude. The session went smoothly without any glitches and we hope that the experience has given the students a taste of working under pressure in the real media industry.”
Second year student Demmi Duncan, who is 18 and from Bolton, said: “Being part of the crew to film Tinchy Stryder was an amazing experience. I was really nervous at first but working with my fellow peers and our media teachers made me feel at ease as soon as we arrived on set. I have learnt so much from this experience and it has given me a true reflection on what it’s like working in the media industry.”
Classmate Molly Henderson added: “We have had so many opportunities throughout our BTEC media course, including being filmed for a BBC documentary, but filming Tinchy Stryder has got to be one of my highlights so far”.
Ella Tsui-Lau, Head of Creative Industries and First Look Productions at Walkden Sixth Form Centre said: “Unity Radio is one of Greater Manchester’s leading multimedia platforms for young people and therefore this has been an amazing and valuable experience for our BTEC Media students. I am very proud of my students as they demonstrated professionalism and utilised their technical skill set.”
After the interview, the Salford City College students had the chance to speak to Tinchy themselves, and were even asked to pose for selfies with him as part of his social media campaign to promote his new single ‘Imperfection’.
