Can you video record the unique conservation project of Montagu Monuments, which are 18th century memorial sculptures, in St Edmund’s Church in Northamptonshire? Work starts in February, so this placement’s needed ASAP! Organisers say it’s an ideal project for a media student or recent graduate …
… please email: cathie.clarke@heritageskillshub.org She said: “A DVD is being created to provide a visual record of the Montagu Monuments and to mark the start of the project. Continue reading
Congrats to our students who’ll be graduating this afternoon – LSM is proud of our alumni. After graduation you’ll have choices and our media grad shared hers:
Travel or career? Choose both! After graduating from the University of Lincoln in 2012 I was in two minds as to what to do next. Travel with friends or start my media career? I had somehow got an interview for a Disney Channel internship and decided if I got it I would stay, if I didn’t I would leave. So within a few minutes of the interview, I screwed it up. My mind already flew to Canada and the rest of me followed a few months later.
I spent 10 months there; snowboarding in the mountains, wake surfing on the lake and road-tripping through America. I also got a little job on the side working for a production company who filmed weddings and corporate videos. I wasn’t ready to let go of media totally so I took the opportunity, like Tesco says “every little helps.” As my visa ran out and I blew my money ticking things off my bucket list I decided it was time to come home. I’m not going to lie, I had some really down days after not even getting bar or waitress jobs. I ended up on the dole. However, after a couple of months constantly applying to pretty much everything everywhere I got an interview at a production company down south. Continue reading
Don’t miss 2013 Media Production graduates Nathan Dean and Sam Clarke’s work-in-progress. They’ll be staging a 60-minute performance of We Have Offended. It’s at LPAC this Wednesday evening and tickets are free. Here’s an official extract from Lincoln Performing Arts Centre:
Wednesday 22 January | 8:45pm | FREE
Who is Robin Goodfellow? In this revitalisation of Shakespeare classics, We Have Offended follows Robin and The Weyward Sisters as they create a piece of unrelenting horror; torturing and tormenting the audience with secret audio and nightmarish projections. Continue reading
LSM’s 2009 alumnus and indie film-maker Michael Henry’s been shooting ‘TIME AND PLACE’ this week. He said: “the footage is looking great so far. We’ve really upped our visual game and I cannot wait to show everyone the finished film.” He’s been reflecting on day one’s shoot:
It was an unusual change of pace for us, as we usually film so swiftly. We decided before the shoot to take our time and really push the visual quality of the film. Spending longer (it took an hour and a half to shoot one shot) on each take. and scene, has made the shoot a little less enjoyable than other productions we’ve worked together on. Perhaps it’s because we’ve only really shot parts which emphasise the serious tone so far, or perhaps I need to cheer up, be more patient and enjoy the small moments as they come. One thing’s for sure, we are all looking forward to getting stuck into the more dialogue-heavy, meatier scenes as opposed to the shot-to-shot moments we’ve done so far. Continue reading
For those looking for jobs today, it’s a harsh world. You need experience but to even get the experience you need other experience and to get that experience you need a job. Not making much sense am I? But it is an endless loop.
To get work experience, you often need to do it for free. It can kind of suck, especially when other people you know are getting paid for having a “real job”, but you have to focus on what it would hopefully do in the long run. My work experience has already paid off and it kinda links to what I said before. There was an opportunity to work on the breakfast show at BBC Radio Lincolnshire during my second year at Uni. By this point, I was already volunteering at Siren FM. I applied, not really thinking I’d get it, but during my interview I was told that I wouldn’t have even gotten an interview if I hadn’t had any other work experience. So it just goes to show that to even get experience you still need other experience to get there.
It’s tough to get experience though, I’ll admit. A lot of the experience I have done is through sheer luck. I worked at Hollyoaks for a week because one of the Director’s was a family friend (and I honestly can’t thank him enough!) from there, I got the bug. Continue reading
Collaborating | creativity | chatting at Jelly Lincoln. What’s not to like?! Chris Heighton, Arts Development Officer at the University of Lincoln, explains about this free informal networking opportunity for you.
#JellyLincoln is a chance for University students & staff and Lincolnshire-based organisations to meet informally, exchange help, advice and ideas but also to explore new projects, partnerships and collaborations. The idea behind Jelly is that you bring your work to the event, so if you’re working on research, strategy, essays, external projects, funding applications, course modules – bring your work along with you!
Join us on 31 January at the University Atrium Café any time between 10.00am and 2.00pm. No need to book, just turn up on the day …
… Lincoln’s Witham St. Hughs Academy Primary School has asked us to produce a film of their school activities for its website.
http://www.witham-st-hughs.co.uk
New Media Lincs require 2 camera operators and 1 sound engineer. The filming will take place on Tuesday 28th January and Friday 7th February 2014.
This should be two fun filled days working with young children! Please email your contact details, CV, showreel, tutor’s name and year group to Hazel Donnelly: hdonnelly@lincoln.ac.uk
FILM CREW for THIS SATURDAY. Student opportunity from Hazel Donnelly, Project Co-ordinator at LSM’s Social Enterprise.
New Media Lincs has been approached by FITPRO Recipes to produce a ‘day in the life’ type video of a personal trainer. The filming has to take place THIS Saturday the 18th of January 2014. I require a crew of two cameras and one sound operator. If you’re interested in building up your portfolio and making business contacts, please contact me ASAP for this opportunity and others, just email me! hdonnelly@lincoln.ac.uk
We like our graduates to keep in touch because we love to hear what you’re up to after University. Many alumni stories and experiences are shared here on the Lincoln School of Media’s blog.
This is a particular call out to 2013 graduates as the Uni of Lincoln is doing a survey to see what alumni are doing six months after completing their courses. So if you’re a 2013 alumnus you can find the survey here. If you know of any 2013 graduates please ask if they’ll get in touch with @Helen_McCarron 01522 837826. Thanks!
LSM’s 2013 alumnus Jack Howard’s written and directed The Syria Challenge, which is his take about the refugee crisis in Jordan.
Jack’s video aim’s to raise public donations for Oxfam’s Syria Christmas Appeal – running until 27 February 2014. He said you can donate £3 by “Text Jack to 70066” and all monies from his video will go to Oxfam’s Syria Appeal.
Oxfam said your donation “will be matched pound for pound by the UK government. These donations will support families affected by the Syria crisis.”