… 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 2009 alumnus Jordan Livermore has kindly volunteered to be one of our industry mentors for our new mentoring initiative, which will pilot in the New Year. Student mentee places are limited (to 20) for our final and second year students, so sign up ASAP! More details are on the Blackboard announcement sent out from Sarah Barrow with the registration form. Sign up via email to the School’s administrator Louise Lawlor.
Jordan’s also working on student work experience opportunities between the Lincoln School of Media and his TV connections, again thank you to him. So watch this blog!
Hot off the University of Lincoln’s Press Office, from Elizabeth Mitchell:
Staff and student researchers from the University of Lincoln now benefit from access to the UK’s first accredited film archive, after the Media Archive for Central England (MACE) was recognised for its outstanding service. The Archive Service Accreditation is the new quality standard created to celebrate good performance in service and delivery, and MACE has been named among the first six organisations in the country to receive the quality mark. The screen archive for the East and West Midlands is housed in the University of Lincoln’s School of Media, and it is the only resource of its kind to receive the award from the UK Archive Service Accreditation Committee, which represents the archives sector nationally.
Earlier this year, MACE collaborated with experts from Lincoln School of Media to create a unique series of documentaries, entitled ‘Midlands on Film’. The DVDs celebrated the on-screen heritage of the region. Sarah Barrow, Head of the Lincoln School of Media, said: “We are so pleased to have MACE on our doorstep – the archive offers high quality tangible opportunities to our students, graduates and staff as a base for research and employment. We really look forward to developing that connection at such an exciting time and congratulate the team for achieving this well-deserved recognition of their work.” Continue reading
(from Chris Hainstock)
I got in contact with Digital FilmMaker Magazine, after buying a copy in WHSmith. They let me write an article talking about the RED camera. The issue is in shops with my 6 page feature article! I’ve never done anything like this before so I was pretty excited to see it in print, therefore I wanted to let you know! Thanks, Tom Anderson. Be proud. An inspirational move by LSM’s final year media production student.
Read Tom’s article ‘The RED Camera Demystified’, which is published in the 10th Edition (28.11.13) of Digital FilmMaker Magazine. He shares his five years’ DOP experience of using the RED – the pros and cons of an industry standard piece of camera kit. Tom said: “I’ve been an avid film geek since I was fourteen … fast forward to 2013 and I’m making short films and promotional videos on a regular basis, mainly using the RED Scarlet-X.”
LSM’s 2011 Graduate Tom Ridgewell has been on campus for today’s Open Day and this evening, in EMMTEC, he’ll be doing a free public talk ‘In Conversation with …”
TomSka has a global following on his YouTube channel with his cartoons, irreverent sketches and short films. Tom was selected by YouTube as a guest host for its ‘Geek Week’ series last August. He’s also been featured on the cover of Wired Magazine in February 2013 as part of a feature called ‘How YouTube Reinvented the Entertainment Business.’
Here’re snapshots from today …
Listen to the unique sounds of Lincoln captured by Audio Production third year student Alex O’Brien:
For a project this term I have created a soundscape of Lincoln. All in all it has been a long process and hopefully it will all pay off! It will be showcased at The Little Red Gallery (at the top of steep hill) tomorrow, Thursday 12th December, and starts at 7pm. It is free entry and it would just be great to see some of you there. You can read and hear more about my Lincolnscape project here. Many thanks.
Alex Capper, Year 2 Student
Hello! You probably won’t have heard much, if anything, about me (I’m one of those elusive Audio folk) but I’m hoping to set up an LSM festival. It would serve as a way to get smaller ideas together to see how they work, perhaps for a bigger third year project, to show off any work you’ve done outside of university which isn’t suitable for a film festival, or for any Audio Prodders who want to create something without feeling they’ve to include a visual part to get it heard.
It could be as experimental as you like, though we will probably like you to stick to a broad theme – those who went to Frequency where the 2013 theme was ‘Revolution’ will understand how all-encompassing they can be. But visual work will be very welcome, especially if it has an interactive element or needs special, site-specific viewing requirements, but this won’t be a film festival. Continue reading
