South Tyneside College (students)

Student recruitment TV ad featuring real students


After investing in the college and its facilities, South Tyneside College wanted to use TV to show new applicants what they could expect.

What we did

  • Concept development
  • Scriptwriting
  • Creative direction
  • Filming with real students
  • 30-second edit

The brief

South Tyneside College had invested in the college and its facilities, and they wanted to use TV to highlight the improvements and show new applicants what they could expect if they came to study there.

The idea

We used real students and not actors, because we wanted viewers to get a genuine sense of the community they’d be joining.

The production

The tricky part with a college is that there’s a huge range of courses and only 30 seconds to cover them. We got round that by combining strong shots with a clever edit, which let us get a lot across in a way that still feels cool and keeps people watching.

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