A Flock of Students (2004)
Filmed over the 2003 Otago University year, the documentary takes a bird's eye view of student life, making this programme in the style of a wildlife documentary and viewing student life in terms of nesting, feeding, mating and display. The documentary divides its curiosity between first-year students, or "freshers", safe in their supervised accommodation, and the more mature students, who prefer the wild life, out alone, in rented houses and flats, centred round the city's infamous main street of student life, Castle Street. Life for the learner birds seems, at first, to be one long party, as they congregate at the popular student watering holes, but eventually they settle down to study and to concentrate on the challenges of surviving a long, hard winter away from home – and on passing their exams, of course. Conceived, written & produced by Colin Hogg ; directed by Rebecca Mellor.
Primary Title
- A Flock of Students
Date Broadcast
- Tuesday 22 March 2011
Release Year
- 2004
Start Time
- 17 : 59
Finish Time
- 18 : 55
Duration
- 56:00
Channel
- TVNZ Heartland
Broadcaster
- Television New Zealand
Programme Description
- Filmed over the 2003 Otago University year, the documentary takes a bird's eye view of student life, making this programme in the style of a wildlife documentary and viewing student life in terms of nesting, feeding, mating and display. The documentary divides its curiosity between first-year students, or "freshers", safe in their supervised accommodation, and the more mature students, who prefer the wild life, out alone, in rented houses and flats, centred round the city's infamous main street of student life, Castle Street. Life for the learner birds seems, at first, to be one long party, as they congregate at the popular student watering holes, but eventually they settle down to study and to concentrate on the challenges of surviving a long, hard winter away from home – and on passing their exams, of course. Conceived, written & produced by Colin Hogg ; directed by Rebecca Mellor.
Classification
- Unknown
Owning Collection
- Television Vault
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Documentary television programs--New Zealand
- Students--New Zealand--Attitudes
Contributors
- Colin Hogg
- Sydney Jackson (Narrator)
- Colin Hogg (Producer)
- Colin Hogg (Writer)
- David Kilgour (Composer)
- Rebecca Mellor (Director)
- Rebecca Mellor (Writer)
- Greenstone TV (Production Unit)
Subjects
- Documentary television programs--New Zealand
- Students--New Zealand--Attitudes