Sunday, April 28, 2013

The Wyvern TV this Summer

The Wyvern produces a wide variety of factual and interesting shows (sometimes they're even funny) from the formal Wyvern TV we produce each month to the informal opinion show the Wyvern Webisode. We even do unique features such as our review on Vine and the analysis of social media at the Boston Marathon.
Today I would like to inform you of 5 major projects the Wyvern TV Team will be doing before summer.

 The Wyvern in 50
Although the Wyvern TV comes out regularly, some of the stories we cover might be outdated by the time it’s released or if you aren't interested in a certain report you’ll just skip past it. So from next week we will be starting a new regular show which will get produced whenever something major is happening in school or the local area. It is called ‘The Wyvern in 50’ and it is a 50 second show giving you the lowdown of what is going on. The first episode is set to air next Wednesday and we hope to get it on YouTube by the end of the day. It will be a short report on the DSMS Sports Day telling you the winners, the losers, the records however best of all – it will feature footage of the teachers relay!
This program is written, directed and presented by the year 8 pupils in the Wyvern team so you can expect that show to be unmissable!

Wyvern Webisode
Most of the current Wyvern team are in Year 11 and will be leaving DSMS next June so after the Shine School Media Awards on the 24th June, the Wyvern will be airing the second Wyvern Webisode where we will reflect upon the last 3 and a half years the paper has been running and what we hope to achieve in the last year. There will also be other reports (we are planning a big feature on technology culture and Twitter which if all goes to plan should be quite interesting).

 Sports Day
The DSMS Sports Day video produced by the Wyvern team last year was the most successful video we have ever made getting over 550 views on YouTube and getting shared by pupils on Facebook and Twitter dozens of times. This year we hope to repeat that success by making another video summing up the day. Main difference is, this video will be bigger and better than last years!

 Kenya Trip Promo Video
The Wyvern TV team have been planning this video for a while now however due to exams, meetings and other projects we had not had time to sort this out. Fear not, before the summer holidays (or shortly after) there will be a stunning video made by the Wyvern TV team featuring interviews with the people going on the school’s trip to Kenya in 2014. In the video we hope to give you the full story and as much information we can about the trip – also an insight in why the pupils actually want to go and what they hope to achieve whilst they are there.

 The Apprentice
During Enrichment Week 2013 (which is the last full week before we break up for the Summer Holidays) there is going to be an amazing cross curricular activity going on combining media, English and Technology. If all goes to plan this should be excellent because DSMS is doing its own version of ‘The Apprentice’. The teachers playing Lord Sugar, Nick and Karen have not been confirmed yet however the candidates will be pupils at the DSMS. The Wyvern is planning to produce a short film
(like The Apprentice) showing exactly what is going on during the day and there will be reports to accompany it.

Finally, if you have any ideas or just want to keep up to date with The Wyvern you can follow us on Twitter: @DSMS_Wyvern and you can subscribe to us on YouTube: www.youtube.com/dsmswyvern
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Shine Awards 2013 Finalists

In the early hours of Wednesday 24th April the finalists for the 2013 Shine Media awards were announced. The judges including Guy Black from the Telegraph Media Group and Nicholas Brett from the BBC narrowed it down from over 200 schools to just 40. And luckily 'The Wyvern' was one of the school shortlisted!

Updated (5/5/2013)
We found out earlier this week that the Wyvern has been nominated for best online and best community initiative. The best online is for this amazing website and the official page you can find here: DSMS. Also, we were nominated for the best community initiative for our connections and relations with the rest of the school, the rest of Branksome and the rest of Darlington.

Updated (24/5/2013)
In the late hours of yesterday, the 30 schools who had made it through to the finals of the 2013 School Media Awards were announced and the Wyvern was one of them.

This is The Wyvern's second year they have made it through to the finals of the Shine Awards. Last year The Wyvern came runners up for best editorial content and the Editor-in-chief, Liam, won the award for most outstanding pupil.

This year, the Wyvern is up for two awards again. One for best Community Initiative because of our relations with the community and another nomination for best Online for the amazing Wyvern website where we upload the Wyvern TV.

The award ceremony is in Stationers Hall in London on June 24th 2013 and the Wyvern hopes to walk away with a prize.

Editor-in-chief and producer of the Wyvern TV, Liam, says “It is excellent that we’ve made it to the finals of the Shine Awards for the second year running. Thank you to everyone who has contributed over the last year and who made the Wyvern as good as it is today!”

Update (13/6/2013)
It was announced at The Wyvern meeting today that the 3 Wyvern reporters representing the team at the Shine Awards are Liam (Editor-in-chief), Ben (gaffa) and Jack (Cameraman). They will be heading down to Stationers Hall in London for the day on Monday 24th June.
Ben, gaffa, said: "I feel very privileged to represent the the Wyvern TV as well as the newspaper and I also am quite honored to represent the school."

You can keep upto date with The Wyvern at the Shine Awards by refreshing the Wyvern Website constantly or simply following us on Twitter: @DSMS_Wyvern 
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