Michael Ham - Portfolio

A blog illustrating my media skills.

Welcome

Hello and welcome to my media portfolio blog.

The aim of this blog is to demonstrate the skills I have in video and copy writing skills, by displaying my past work.

I hope you enjoy what you view!

What is the Melton Times Newscast?

The Melton Times Newscast is a short audio slideshow broadcast of my home towns local news.

Its aim is to be an easy listening digest of the weeks news displaying photographs taken by the papers photographer, for viewers to enjoy as an alternate to reading the Melton Times paper.

Myself and ex local radio presenter, Kevin Ross of The Eye, Melton Mowbray's local radio station, read and record all the papers news. This is done every Thursday evening and put online the next morning by the editor of the paper.

The newscast receives thousands of views, from locally to word wide where local families have migrated to.

Since I have become part of the team, the starting titles has been developed by me, to display more motion graphic and up to date images.

Below is a section taken from my CV, summing up my role and how long I have helped producing it.
Newscast Assistant Producer (£45 per month)
Melton Times Newspaper
August 2012 - Present
Responsibilities: Editing news articles to be read and recorded as a video podcast, delivering a newscast every Thursday night. Also went out to film local events such as sports awards and art events.
Skills gained: Proof reading, independence, online video delivery, presenting, and studio audio recording.


I will aim to add the newscast every week to my video page of my blog.

What to expect from my blog.

In the next few days, I will start uploading media I have produced in the past.

You can expect a lot of media. Here's whats to come:

Videos
  • Showreel 
  • Melton Mowbray Newscast (A video podcast on my home towns local news)
  • Midwifery Open Resources for Education
  • Sexual Health and Relationships toolkit: The Right Life
  • Motion Graphic examples
  • Promo's
  • Interviews
  • Events
  • Documentaries
  • Uni Work

Copy
  • Film reviews
  • Graduate and Student experiences
  • Past copy work