KYAMK INSIDE
MEDUUSA TV
Text & Photos:Tom Fekkes
minds behind it. In total, over twenty people work on MeduusaTV, about half work on content and the other half works in the studio.
MeduusaTV is a student-run TV channel which you can watch online. Second and third year students from the media academy at Kyamk run this channel. They come up with what to shoot and produce it all in less than two weeks. Every other Thursday at 14:00 the half an hour broadcast presents short films, documentaries, animations and interviews on the latest topics.
Being a media student myself I am really impressed by the fact that these people manage to create a thirty-minute broadcast in less than two weeks. It takes a huge amount of work and dedication to produce such a long show. And that week after week! Chapeau!
The projects are recorded locally and in the Meduusa studio, which provides equipment such as camera’s, an enormous green screen and much more. Everything you need to make a broadcast except for the creative
You can watch several broadcasts on their website meduusa.net (also from previous years!). The content is in Finnish, so for all you non-Finnish speakers: it’s a great thing to do on your tandem meeting.
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