Louis Clift
NaSTA Technical Officer Manifesto
Behind every great presenter hides a team of talented crew members working
tirelessly to ensure that the show hits the air. I joined SXTV during my first year at
University and have been hooked ever since. Through working in both student and
professional media crews I have been able to work in all areas of the broadcast
chain from the old school dirty composite right through to the bleeding edge of
broadcast technology with a publication on UHD live streaming at the
International Broadcasting Convention (IBC 2014).
I’m a full time PhD student at Essex and as hard as I try to move away from TV to
focus on my research area it just seems to keep pulling me back in. I’ve been
asked to stand and tried to resist, the allure of student television is just too good!
So if I were you reading this I’d be wondering why vote for Louis as Technical
Officer? Well that’s a good shout and it comes down to the fact that I have seen
so much great content and skills that I would love the chance to help others out
there to try new and exciting ways of broadcasting. I’m a Software Engineer with
a passion for TV and would encourage anyone, regardless of study to give it a go!
(It should come with a warning that the live events are highly addictive and a little
hairy at times).
NaSTA offers some fantastic opportunities to all stations large and small to get in
on the live scene through projects such as Freshers’ TV. I would like to offer my
experiences in broadcasting to help NaSTA to continue the high quality work of
student television. I’ve seen how powerful the forums are and just how much
knowledge is out there amongst the stations. I feel that NaSTA is on the right path
and that as Technical Officer I can provide the support and expertise to progress
further.
So in short my main aims would be to:
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Provide assistance and advice to stations wishing to try / expand live
broadcasting.
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Support the on-going technical communities including the technical forum
and the wiki pages.
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Utilise my industry contacts and suppliers to help stations with acquiring kit.
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Work with the exec to reshape the NaSTA web presence, making access to
content and information more streamlined.
Well that was a lot lengthier than I was expecting, thank you very much for your
time if you got this far. I look forward to seeing you all at NaSTA 2015 in a few days’
time.
- Louis