A TELEVISION production student got the chance to go behind the scenes at a major music festival – thanks to the contacts she has built while on her course.

Lucy Davey, who lives in Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain, worked alongside the Electrobank Media team at this year’s Neighbourhood Weekender festival in Warrington.

The team was led by lecturer Glenn Hanstock at Glyndwr University in Wrexham, who has headed the award-winning production company for the past six years.

With the help of Lucy and a group of other Glyndwr students Electrobank produced a series of promotional films for the festival – which is set to return again in 2020.

The experience was a new one for Lucy, 37, who decided to retrain in television production after a career in pharmacy – and who had never been to a major festival before.

She said: “It was my very first time at a festival. Working at one you experience it very differently – you are listening to the music, but it’s secondary, you are concentrating on what you need to do next.

"At events like this you only have once chance to get the shot.

“There were big acts like George Ezra, Richard Ashcroft and the Charlatans performing –you did get too see them up close while you filmed - but we were there to work.

“I was a runner – I worked with Glenn for the two days – helping move equipment, checking things like batteries were charged, and helping to make sure he was able to move through the crowd when he was filming without members of the public getting in the way."

Lucy’s festival filming is just one of the experiences she has been able to enjoy while studying at Glyndwr – she has also worked alongside daytime television stalwart David Dickinson as he filmed an episode of his Real Deal programme at Llangollen.

Lucy is now working to build her portfolio in television production – and is using the extensive industry contacts of Glyndwr’s staff to help find opportunities.

She added: "I’ve set up a profile on an industry site and am out there looking – I know you start from the bottom in the industry, but it’s something I have always wanted to do.

"I’m happy being a runner if it means that I’m in the building, stood by camera operators and floor managers – it doesn’t feel like work.

“I’m currently employed as a pharmacy technician in the hospital in Shrewsbury but I decided that I wanted to do this and to work in the media.

“It was a big step, but I am so happy I have done it – it is the best decision I’ve made.”