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Studio-5 at Springlands School in Blenheim is where a small media team are producing their own audiovisual content, promoting activities within the school. Coco Sorrell (camera), left, and Penny Soper (floor manager) go through their show.

Road control, playground patrols, the school's sausage sizzle and Subway lunches, the media team at Springlands School arent scared to go after the big stories.

And it all happens from Studio-5, also known as Room 5, under the watchful eye of teacher Glen Mackie.

The Studio-5 team was excited to be visited by Stuff and Marlborough Express visual journalist Brya Ingram last week, who had herself been taught by Mackie when attending Bohally Intermediate some years ago.

Ingram shared her experiences working on the newspaper, and told the children how her journey with photography, and more recently videography, had begun with taking photos for her school.

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Stuff/Marlborough Express visual journalist Brya Ingram chats to the media team at Springlands School about her journey into photography and videography.

This had transitioned after school to working part-time at The Marlborough Express, while giving the remainder of her time to growing her own photography business.

It's awesome that the kids are being given this opportunity at their age, and I take my hat off to Glen Mackie for making this happen for them, Ingram said.

She shared with the children how her work differed from what they were doing, and said she couldnt wait to see how they developed and what they were able to produce.

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Teacher Glen Mackie watches over the team, from left, Tanith Bester (music and titles), Alice Brown (audio mixing) and Maddie Dasler (vision mixing) as they record their show.

Mackie started with the current group at the beginning of this year, and said that he wanted to push their interest to see what they could obtain from it, and take the opportunity to light their fire.

Brya is a great example to them of how it can go as far as you want to take it, he said.

Mackie was self-taught, and said his knowledge came from his own passion for media, photography, video, and music.

I wanted to inspire in the children that this is so accessible to them now, and if they want to do these sorts of things, it comes down to their own passions, he said.

The children filmed their own video footage, did interviews, and pieced it all together in the studio. They used a range of different devices, from a small action camera to a large broadcast camera.

The partitioned Studio-5 control room was where they did all their planning and rehearsals, and was also the quiet space for the control team, while the set was out in the classroom itself.

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On set are, from left, Tana Barron (teleprompter), Coco Sorrell (camera), Penny Soper (floor manager) and Tuscany Johnson (host/presenter).

They were currently filming individual segments about road control, playground patrols, the school's sausage sizzle, and Subway lunches. These were used to promote leadership opportunities within the school.

Their productions are shared first and foremost with the parents from the class, because it's all about what Room 5 are up to, but then also we'll put it on the school notices website for the school, Mackie said.

They also covered school events, assembly items, and footage for learning for other classes. They'll do pretty much anything they can get their teeth into, Mackie said.

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The team work at producing their show. The segment being recorded was about road control, with previously recorded footage added.

The little media team said their 'job' gave them a sense of importance. I feel like a 'step up' from the others in the class, because when they're busy with other stuff, we're in here doing this, said Penny Soper. I really enjoy it. It's a big opportunity.

I would like to capture some footage of some really important stuff to Marlborough, she said.

Documentaries and films were on their radar, and their teacher was doing all he could to give wings to their vision.

They're ready to really get their wheels on and go for it, he said.

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Being part of the Studio-5 media team gives the crew a sense of importance.

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