Any good video needs good sound. We didn’t have anywhere to record quality voiceovers when we first moved into our unit in Church Square – but thankfully Reece was on the case. With a little bit of hard graft, and a lot of soundproofing foam, he was able to convert what looked like an indoor …
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https://youtu.be/FV48cCMn1hcWhat does it take to transform an abandoned shop unit into a fully kitted out podcast, video and streaming studio? A bit of imagination, and a bit of drive, and – well, here we are! HackTV looks back at its move into Church Square shopping centre, from our unit’s beginnings as an empty, unloved space …
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This video was the first time I met Tom from UC Crew. His venue had fallen through and he asked if he could use the studio. I didn’t know him at at. This was a before and after of moving into the Thorntons Unit This is Claire from Momo’s. I helped get her the grant …
Thanks to a grant from the government’s Kickstarter Scheme, HackTV is thrilled to introduce our first Kickstarter, Jodie! Kickstarting Young People; Kickstarting a Struggling Economy You may be familiar with the good old Catch-22 of job-seeking. You need experience to find a job, but you need a job to get experience. For young people who …
A new digital skills centre is opening this week in the old Burtons unit in St Helens. Hackschool CIC is the brainchild of Chris Kennedy, local lad and software engineer. The centre will have three parts: a community centre, training centre and live-streaming venue. “We’re a social enterprise so the profits will be re-invested back …
HackTV is a platform to enable local creatives to make more money their work. It’s a local online channel by the town for the town and it’s a new of thinking about technology and art. Part independent record label part tech start-up. Great art means taking risks but to take risks you need financial independence. …
My homework from Chris this week is to get a better understanding of linguistics. So I guess I’m gong on a diet. Well, the Writer’s Diet by Helen Sword. I have only read a few pages so far- but this book really has some interesting tips on how to pep up your prose and help …
While working at Hackschool, I have learnt that digital marketing is actually not what I thought it would be. I didn’t realize how much goes into one post, and how much you have to think about before you post. Making content for a business and making content for my own Instagram is very different. On my Instagram I will just post a random …
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