Harry Harris: Portfolio: March 2010

Fox Hunting Documentary

Here's a ten minute documentary I made for my final year TV project as part of my Multi-Media Journalism course at Bournemouth University.

I decided to cover fox hunting because of it's topicality as a general election looms and political parties use the sport as a subject of heated debate.

In particular this package looks at what has changed since the 2004 Hunting Act and how people involved in the sport, from both sides, have adapted.

It's filmed in an investigative style, and means that I am often on camera questioning those participating - to do this I had one coursemate help me film on each location.

When I'm not on camera I filmed the remaining shots, such as visuals of the fox hunt.

I also edited all the footage using Final Cut.

Key interviews include Otis Ferry, hunt saboteurs, The Countryside Alliance, Lush, and The Middle Way Parliamentary Group for Fox Hunting.

Fox Hunting - Five Years Since The Ban from Harry Harris on Vimeo.

With thanks to those who helped me film:

James Tegerdine

Daniel Thomas

Elliot Evans

World Traveller Internship - Top 10

I applied for STA Travel's World Traveller Internship, which involves video reporting and blogging whilst travelling the world. Out of around 2,000 entries I came in the top ten, although obviously it would have been better to win!

I had to create a video about myself in response to the travelling-related job title.

Here's my tongue-in-cheek entry:

Cowes TV Work Experience

I worked for Cowes TV last August on the Isle of Wight during Cowes sailing week.

This involved filming races and interviewing sailors, as well as editing together packages for daily reports shown on their website and on big screens in the town.

Here's an example of what I was involved in producing:

University News Package

Here's a news report I filmed last year as part of journalism course at Bournemouth University. The package looks at the shortage of allotments in relation to a growth in the grow your own market.

Growth in Grow Your Own from Harry Harris on Vimeo.

Kurt Schork Awards - Reuters

The Kurt Schork Awards are held in memory of the American journalist, Kurt Schork, who died on an assignment for Reuters in May 24, 2000 in Sierra Leone.

The awards reward 'fearless' freelance journalists, and 'those journalists who cannot leave their country when the story becomes secondary to survival'.

I filmed the 2009 ceremony at Reuters headquarters in London along with Daniel Thomas and Rachel McAthy who were also on my course, and the videos can be viewed on the memorial website.

BBC Essex Radio

Go here to listen to an example of a radio package I recorded for BBC Essex. This audio is about an event called Mud, Sweat and Gears, which is a series of mountain-bike races aiming to encourage cycling in Essex; a county which is hosting the sport at the 2012 Olympics.

I've also had other packages broadcast on the station, including such things as extreme weather - heavy snowfall, superfoods, and historical sites.