My name is Rachel Robinson. I am a third year Media Production student currently helping to organise the LSM Degree Show on 28th May. We want to contact past students in the hope of putting together a video compilation of 20 Years of Media at the Lincoln School of Media.
Grads please send work you created as a media student for a reel of ‘best bits’. We need a range of work – design, audio, photography, script, film & video – across all media genres! Email:
Find out what 9 Lincoln School of Media students and 2 lecturers got up to in Latvia when they completed the 2nd edition of Media Culture 2020. It is an innovative EU-funded programme designed to explore new modes of collaborative teaching & learning. Here’s an update from LSM’s Martyn Thayne and Graham Cooper:
The main objective of the Erasmus Intensive Programme was to break down classroom and campus walls by creating an open learning environment, where students from different countries and fields could explore and learn together. The multi-disciplinary project featured five universities from across Europe, including Lincoln, the University of Vic (Spain/Catalonia), Tampere University of Applied Sciences (Finland), Liepaja University (Latvia), and HKU Hilversum (Netherlands). In addition to the delivery of a number of interactive, online workshops, the project culminated in a two-week intensive programme hosted by Liepaja University, Latvia.
Video Produced by The CakeTakers
LSM’s Level 3 project group Wall Breaker Productions need your support to make a short film ‘The Fisherman’. It has a Kickstarter campaign with the goal to raise £950 (which’ll be added to the £1,000 in the Wall Breaker’s pot). The indie is nearly there – just need £330 by 10 March! You can pledge a donation as little as £1 and find out more about what the monies raised will be used for HERE.
It’ll only take 20 minutes to watch twenty 1-minute films and then vote for your favourite entry in the ‘Done in 60 Seconds‘ shorts! Heads up from Sarah Barrow is that from hundreds of submissions, 2 of the 20 shortlisted are from LSM graduates: Entry 7 ‘There will be Bitter’ by Ross McGowan and Entry 15 ‘Super Size Me’ by Joseph Fallon (and Jonathan Sankey). At least the first one has input from LSM students, like Year 3 Tom Anderson. Here’s what the organisers at Jameson Empire Awards 2014 said:
The challenge was clear: remake a classic (or not-so-classic) film in no more than one minute. Hundreds of people slaved away on their mini-masterpieces, and our panel of judges has chosen the 20 best UK entries… But now the buck passes to you! We need you to watch the lot – and choose your favourite. WATCH all shorts and VOTE now!
TOMORROW as part of LSM’s 20 Anniversary you’re invited to former Warner Bros. Senior Vice President and our Visiting Professor Rick Senat’s unique perspective on ‘Warner Bros. An Illustrated History.’ Rick’s a partner at literary agency The Blair Partnership, which manages J.K. Rowling, the Harry Potter films & brand and currently working on the BBC TV’s series of The Casual Vacancy. Rick has forty years in the entertainment industry from Vice-chair at the British Film Institute to Director at revived Hammer Film Productions and the Soho Theatre.
“My current board positions include Cineworld plc, Bank Leumi (UK) plc and I am Chair of the London Film Museum. While at Warner I was associated with many outstanding films, filmmakers and film franchises including the extraordinary Harry Potter series. It was at Warner that I met Neil Blair and my joining him and his team at The Blair Partnership marks a business and personal step which is both challenging and enormously rewarding.”
From Sarah Barrow, Head of LSM: Tomorrow, Rick will be presenting his wonderful insider view of the history of Warner Brothers, with amazing clips cut from the original negatives: For LSM students only who’ve booked places 2pm-5pm in MC2201. Then in the Jackson Lecture Theatre 6pm-9pm, ALL WELCOME. No need to book! Continue reading
Thanks to our graduates, students and staff for a good time today at LSM ‘Meet the Graduates’ event.
Looking forward to your stories and capture of MtG 2014 … In the meantime, we’re liking the tweets @LSMalumni
Yay! Our informal networking event between our students and graduates is a great opportunity. Students you’ve got the date, so turn up and don’t miss your place! Graduates you can RSVP: alumni@lincoln.ac.uk
‘Meet the Graduates’ marks 20 years of media at the LSM. Around thirty alumni will join us from the nineties to now. Graduates who’re industry professionals will share their tips & experiences on 12th Feb, EMMTEC theatre: 2pm Question & Answer session then a chance for individual chats – superb social networking!
Sarah Barrow, Head of LSM, said: “Celebrate with us in style! Currently the media and creative industries are the ‘economic powerhouse’ of the UK, according to the latest official reports. Lincoln School of Media is in the top 4 for employability (out of over 90 media courses) in the UK.
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
… 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