Media team Students from the SintLucas College, a creative vocational secondary school in Eindhoven and Boxtel, were involved in the ‘Bridge in Ice’ project this year. The media team reporting on the project consisted of a number of students from the Audiovisual Production and Photography courses. One student from the Media and Events Management course was involved in promoting and organising events for the project. Liselotte de Haan and Stan van Breemen tell us about their experiences. Try-out Liselotte de Haan, a third-year Media and Events Management student: ‘I was asked to take on a new project set up by the TU/e and use it for my internship. This was the first cooperation between SintLucas and the TU/e; a try-out in other words. So it was all quite exciting, as you can imagine!’ Flexibility required As part of her internship, she contributed ideas for promoting the project, updating social media and preparing events for the seven weeks in Finland. ‘Working as the sole ‘event manager’ for this project was extremely challenging. Even so, I learned so much during those fi ve months that I wouldn’t have it any other way. The most important thing I learned is that you have to be fl exible when you are involved in a 50 project like this. After four months of preparation in the Netherlands, you more or less assume that everything will run smoothly. But I still had a few really tough challenges to overcome. In the face of adversity, you have to think of solutions on the spot. For example, when the equipment wouldn’t work because it was so cold. So being able to handle stress came in useful!’ says Liselotte. Extreme temperature diff erences The members of the media team also had to demonstrate their fl exibility and ability to improvise. Stan van Breemen, a fourth-year student studying Audiovisual Production: ‘Obviously, we had to overcome quite a few problems. For example, temperatures of 38 degrees below zero. Challenging conditions for us and our equipment. Both our hair and the camera shutter froze solid. The huge temperature diff erence between the environment indoors and outdoors mainly aff ected the equipment though. When we came back to our warm offi ce after half an hour of fi lming, moisture started to condense on the camera. Resulting in water in the camera and lenses. Fortunately, all the equipment survived. After all, we are not used to working in these extreme conditions so you simply have to make do. Improvise in other words.’ Fantastic experience Both students see their participation in the ‘Bridge in Ice’ project as an unforgettable experience. Liselotte tells us that ‘in addition to the days spent working, there was enough time to enjoy all the authentic Finnish activities. Ranging from riding snow scooters and dog sledding with huskies to seeing the Northern Lights.’ Stan comments that ‘being thrown in at the deep end is the best way to learn. This project stands head and shoulders above all the other projects I have participated in via SintLucas. We would all like to thank the TU/e and SintLucas for this fantastic experience.’
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