overview of Elizabeth castle:

Essentially Elizabeth Castle is a little islet in St Aubin’s bay that has protected Jersey for over 4 hundred years. Back in the 17th century, and after, it was used to battle wars and defend Jersey from incoming rivals etc. Now it has become more of a tourist attraction or somewhere to visit on a day out. With a ferry type vehicle and a short causeway walk, it attracts many people in the summer whether is it for the scenic views or the historical factors and value that it holds. The castle has become a very sentimental part of Jersey holding much historical value throughout.

what was it made for:

The history began in 1590’s when it was called home to Sir Walter Raleigh while he was Governor of Jersey. It was only in the 1600s when it was decided that jersey needed a new castle as Mont Orgueil had become outdated and wasn’t secure enough to hold all of the soldiers, defend Jersey adequately as well as store all of the weapons and machinery that they had gained including cannons and gunpowder. It was then decided that they would use the islet in St Aubin’s to build the new castle. It was built in 1601 and was first used in the English civil war in the 17th century. During the English Civil war the future King Charles II sought refuge at the castle as well as during the German Occupation. The castle was refortified as the strongest point during the battles as it had view of the harbour to see anything incoming the Island. Following this is was used many times after to defend Jersey and is now one of Jerseys most treasurable monuments.

our film:

For our film we are going to focus it on the battle of Jersey and daily tasks that a gunner would do. We will create a documentary style video to show viewers the types of things that would happen at the castle back then. Within the film we are going to use sound audios that will be recorded there and videos that we have shot. In the editing process we are going to add music audios to parts of it and may also use the original video sound at times.

battle of jersey:

The battle of Jersey took place on the 6th of January 1781, whereby Jersey acted as a military stand point between France and Britain. After a long day of battling Britain took the victory and Jersey were loyal to the English crown.