Wilberforce-"College"

This is the debut Wilberforce track, first premiered in 1996.

Originally the video was created for a course project. I (Mark) came up with the story and filmed, while Jack Burt improvised as the hapless student. Filming took place over 3 days.

The actual song was inspired by, and filmed at, Bexley College in Belvedere, Kent, in England.

We needed special permission to film the rooftop scenes. However, we weren't allowed to throw the dummy double of Jack off the roof. The college feared the police and fire brigade would turn up mistaking the dummy for a real person!!

But if you look carefully, we got round it in the end with some deft editing in the closing sequence...

The song and video were all put together over 21 days in September 1996 and premiered at the end of the month.

At this point there were no other members of Wilberforce. But more importantly "College" got Wilberforce up and running.

Please feel free to join the Wilberforce fan page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Wilberforce/77799413172 and become a fan.

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[adamminty7]

Haha, that was really good. I am studying computing at the same college and it has not changed at all

[wilbervision]

@adamminty7 Thanks for the comment. This was filmed in 1996!! I wonder if the TV and Video Production course is still running? I do remember we used to run around the building with video cameras getting funny looks! Hair and Beauty on the 6th floor was the "glamour" course!!

[hadstudio]

nice media :-)

[wilbervision]

Thanks very much for your encouraging comments and your time. Much appreciated!

[danielsheen202]

@wilbervision I am at the college now, I can just say that a few things have changed and updated, including the canteen and the lift haha. Most things are the same though.

On the 6th floor there is now an IT and media courses there, and I am stuyding Interactive Media where we use cameras, except the freedom you seemed to have with the cameras we do not have :(.

[wilberman]

@adamminty7 Sorry for the delay in replying.

Are you still at the college?

As for what I'm doing now, I'm still in the same band and we made the "Patricia O" video last year, which you can find on my page somewhere!

If ever you want to be in a future video, just let me know and perhaps we can sort something out!!

[adamminty7]

Yes there is still Media courses at Bexley but it is not named TV and Video Production its just called media now :(. Haha they have a whole building for the "glamor" stuff now due to all the girls going for it...the 6th floor is the ICT sector.....and if you thought the lifts where bad then.....they have not changed at all... what did you do when you left???