March Madness…

It’s been a pretty busy few weeks as the Rugby Union Season draws to a close and the Army vs Navy game at Twickenham creeps closer. I’ve had quite a few fixtures with the Army side filming their A Team and Senior Team as they get themselves ready for their Inter Service campaign. This past week I was also filming the Army Premiership which featured the Welsh Guards and 39 Engr Regt, it wasn’t a high scoring classic, rather a tactical game which pitted the flair of 39’s backs vs the stubborn defence of the Welsh Guards, with the latter just pulling through to win 11-3.

Next Tuesday sees the Royal Engineers feature in their first Corps Final for two years, after a great season so far the Sappers will look to finish things off in style against an always difficult REME side, kick off is 1700 hrs at the Army Aldershot Stadium – its sure to be a great game. I’ve put together a pre game motivational piece, which i’ve been working on for a few weeks, hopefully it will have the desired effect, it will be posted up shortly after the game on my YouTube Channel.

I’ve also been busy working on a few promotional videos for some PR firms and Sponsors involved with Army/Navy, lost count of how many times i’ve been through last years game picking out footage and clipping it up!!

The weather has been pretty crazy lately, and it’s pretty rubbish being out in the cold filming pitch side, the only good thing is that the snow and rain looks pretty good on camera I’ve got some great looking shots so far this season from across the range of teams i’ve filmed for and have got one eye on my 2013 version of ‘Army Rugby Shots of the Year’ which i’m excited to start working on once things have quietened down a bit.

Lastly, just wanted to share a YouTube channel that I came across a couple of months ago and has really inspired me. It’s by a guy called Devin Graham aka Devin Supertramp. He puts together some awesome videos and has a great filming style, he’s just passed 1 million subscribers and it’s well worth checking out his page for some awesome videos. Here’s his YouTube channel link;

http://www.youtube.com/user/devinsupertramp

That’s pretty much it for now, keep checking back on my Facebook page and YouTube channel for more updates and videos, i’m also getting into Instagram as well now which you can find me on at ‘jonathanfowke’.

http://www.facebook.com/jpfsportsmedia

http://www.youtube.com/user/jpf12

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About jpfsportsmedia

I am presently employed as the 'Media Man' for The Royal Engineers Rugby Team, the most successful Army Rugby team in recent years. I produce all pre and post game video; changing room art work and maintain their website; more on www.sapperrugby.com. All matches are recorded for the various Coaches to review and analyse in required game segment packages as well as producing highlight packages within hours of the game which is then uploaded onto You Tube and the club website. From starting out with the Royal Engineers I have since started working for the Army Rugby Union filming for the Senior XV, 7s, Masters and Women. I also carry out work for the Army Rugby League, Royal Artillery Rugby League and I am also in my second year working with Reading Rugby Football Club as their Video Analyst. I have now spent several years gaining first hand experience with filming sports, gaining experience editing together footage for both coaching analysis and also for promotional and motivational purposes. My main highlight was filming on the sidelines at Twickenham for the Army 7s side during the Middlesex 7s 2010, and then again for the Army Senior Team vs Navy in front on over 60,000 people 7/5/11. Educated to A level standard in Media studies, IT and Food Technology in Kent I then trained for a year at Farnborough college of Technology, earning a Certificate in Higher Education in Television and Radio production; this included working with industry standard software.
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