Double Negative Website
If you’re interested in a career in special effects you may be interested in an event on campus tomorrow 2nd Feb, 1-4pm, AR0107 Architecture Building:
‘Double Negative Visual Effects’
Guest Speakers:
Jon Opegenhaffen – lead compositor of Iron Man / Inception giving a talk on how these films were made.
Alice Robinson – HR Officer – Giving talk on Double Negative and recruitment.
Students, staff and graduates welcome.
Watch out for the launch!
Good news from Chris Hainstock:
The new Sound Dubbing Theatre is ready for the students. We hope to have an official opening of the Lincoln Sound Theatre in late March with a special guest. See the Audio Production blog for pictures etc.
Robert Flaherty
The University’s first major co-production, A Boatload of Wild Irishmen, is voyaging abroad, touring Canada from this Friday.
From Dean of the MHT Faculty, David Sleight:
“The Executive Board of the university yesterday gave approval for the Media Archive for Central England to relocate to the University campus from July 2011.
Ben Atkinson
LSM Media Production student Ben Atkinson writes:
For the past year I have been promoting the novel Walking on Cinders online by harnessing the power of new social media such as Twitter, YouTube, Facebook etc. I have however, been writing the novel since 2008 and have been working with a professional editor and publicist in the past year.
Latest from Lincoln Students’ Union (Dan Derricot):
“You may be aware that local MP Karl McCartney has pulled out of his constituency advice surgery tomorrow at the last minute, in an attempt to avoid his constituents expressing their concern at his support for tripling tuition fees, slashing public funding and abolishing Education Maintenance Allowance.
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Marcella Forster
Following the demise of the UK Film Council, Marcella Forster writes:
You’ve probably heard that the UK Film Council is being replaced by something called Creative England. It looks like EM Media will be absorbed into one of the three new regions – will we be central or north, though?
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Yesterday hundreds of University of Lincoln students and staff protested in the city against proposed increases in tuition fees.
BBC Lincolnshire story and slide show
What do you think about the issue? Comments please!
A new Student Media Society has been voted in by the SU and will launch on 24 Nov at 8pm at the Tower Bar.
All students, staff and graduates are very warmly invited to attend by the Committee members: Meghan Fowles, Ollie Cook, Denise Barry and Calum Barre.
The main aims of the society are to provide a forum for events, trips, networking, guest speakers, collaborative projects and so on …
My name is Matthew Volp, a 1st year doing Media Production. I wanted to let you know that my film, “A Mind At Peace”, that I directed in my final year at college, has been selected for the Underexposed section of the Salford Film Festival on Wedneesday 17th November. It was also shown at the launch of the festival on Wednesday 10th.
Latest news from Sarah Barrow: We just heard that it WON the award for best film in that section. Many congratulations Matthew. [21 November]