Talent Ticket Roadshow

*Talent Ticket is a unique partnership between BBC Bristol and the University of the West of England, which encourages young people to consider media careers by offering work experience and other learning opportunities to secondary school students. As part of the project, BBC Outreach & Corporate Responsibility delivered the Talent Ticket Roadshow across ten schools in Bristol. 1,500 Year nine pupils took part in workshops that included photography, animation, journalism, presenting and production skills.

Three students from the Orchard School Bristol told us about their day.

Klaudia

My name is Klaudia. I am 13 years old, well 14 in a month. When the BBC Outreach group came in, I did dance and sport. I chose dance because I enjoy it and I like street dance, and I chose sport because it’s good for you and it keeps you healthy and fit. Also, we had to perform the dance in front of the whole of year 9, so was good experience. The whole point of this was to discover what talents we have.

I enjoyed the dance because it taught me some good moves and I still remember the dance now! I even got a goodie bag and a certificate. The sport was alright, I got to be referee. The only downside was that I didn’t actually get to play the sport.

It was a good experience and we got to miss our lessons and try something new. Furthermore, it’s good for the future because the people that did the scary makeup can do that at Halloween. Also, if I ever wanted to do work experience at the BBC, I would have an idea of the things they do.

Thank you!

Amina

Hello, my name is Amina. I am 13 years old (currently in year 9). I took part in the BBC Talent Ticket day on the last day of term. I chose to do animation and news-presenting and both of the workshops were two hours long.

The first workshop I did was animation, I chose this because I am a creative person. The first thing we did was get into groups. Within the group we had to think of an idea, then create it with modelling clay. Our group’s animation was about a penguin – who goes on an adventure – then finally eats a flower. It was an unusual concept! I made the palm trees for the background. After we had made all the props, we filmed it with the iPads. Surprisingly, the animations we made were really short – probably around 15-20 seconds!

The second workshop I did was news-presenting. I really enjoyed this workshop because we could make the short documentary about anything! Our group was me, Gabi, Lauren and Taylor, and our documentary was about selfies! We went around the school asking teachers their opinions on selfies, and whether they take selfies themselves. We found out that most of the teachers didn’t take selfies. During the workshop, we learnt how to use a professional camera and a sound mic.

Finally, last lesson we had an assembly. The BBC were giving out certificates to those they thought had done well. They also gave out goodie-bags to some students. The dance group – who had done the dance workshop – also gave us a short performance.

Overall, I think the workshops were really good and could really help me if I wanted a job in media.

Abi

Hello, my name is Abi and I am 14 years old.

At the BBC workshop I chose to do dance and theatrical make-up. For the first 2 hours of the day we learnt a few dance moves, like how to “pop and lock”, and we also learned a routine which I can partly still remember.

For the second 2 hours after break, I went to the theatrical make-up workshop. We learnt how to make cuts and scratches so that they look realistic. We had to be careful though because it is expensive material. I really enjoyed it.

Overall, I enjoyed the day and watching what everyone else did in the assembly at the end. Everyone else looked like they enjoyed it as well. There was also a few prizes at the end for the hardest working people.

Thank you.