Thai team makes a valuable video
By Suwitcha Chaiyong
Photos courtesy Panasonic Thailand
The world’s first commercial videocassette format was the Sony U-matic system, introduced in 1971.
At the Baan Toong Yao model village in Lamphun, villagers live happily by using biogas energy to generate electricity from pig manure. The story of this eco-friendly pig farming village was told in a video called Moon La Kha Ma Ha San (Valuable Sufficiency), made by five students from Montfort College in Chiang Mai.
The video was good enough to impress judges at the Kid Witness News Asia Pacific Regional Awards in Singapore, winning the Grand Prix and Best Videography Award.
“We were really proud of our achievement,” 19-year-old student Natee Arayawutthikul (Ty) said. Ty is a member of the Met Lek Phlik Lok team that made the video.
“It was unexpected because Thai students had never won a regional Grand Prix award before,” Ty said. “The awards encouraged us to create more work.”