Over the past 3 months, I have been based in East Africa, in Kenya as part of my PhD program under the PIPS scheme (Professional Internships for PhD Students). It was here that I was given the opportunity to work on projects related to science communication, science media production and international capacity building. For the … Continue reading The End of my PhD Internship in Kenya – A Reflective Look Back
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Crunch Time
This week was the big editing week and the final push. It was our final week here in Nairobi and there was still a lot to do. We needed to full edit the raw footage into two professional final pilot episodes, we still had a final few things to shoot and we needed to finish … Continue reading Crunch Time
A Fresh Start
Another week was upon as and to start off, we thought more about the branding behind the channel we would be using to upload our online training video series. Initially a few ideas were floating around. We thought hard about a suitable name, but it was tough. Either the names were somewhat lacklustre, were too … Continue reading A Fresh Start
For the Love of Chapatis
This week was another big filming week. We had worked a lot with Mwihaki last week on a predatory conferences video. This week we would be working with Bernice filming a bioinformatic BLAST video. We were recording presenter-to-camera inside shots in front of a green-screen, and outside on-location multi-camera shots. We were so fortunate to … Continue reading For the Love of Chapatis
Animation, Grilled Meat & Mad Max
Its another week for Hans and me, in Nairobi, Kenya as part of our PIPS PhD internship. To start off the week, there was a big emphasis on creating some professional-looking animations for our pilot videos. Slowly we were starting to get the hang of Synfig for 2D animations and Blender for 3D animations. The … Continue reading Animation, Grilled Meat & Mad Max
Troubleshoot, Troubleshoot, Troubleshoot!
Time for a new week! This week started off with our regular Monday meeting. We go around and share what we have been up to over the past week. When it came to our turn, Hans and I shared the progress we had made and mentioned some of the issues we were having. As part … Continue reading Troubleshoot, Troubleshoot, Troubleshoot!
The Project and the Wildlife
Our first week of our PIPS (professional internship for PhD students) placement has begun, time to start the project. For Hans, this was to create a production pipeline for a transferable skills video training series. For myself, a similar project but for a bioinformatic video training series. To start off the week, we attended the … Continue reading The Project and the Wildlife
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