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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Birds Eye View are now recruiting for our 2011 festival!
Set to be another outrageously brilliant year. If you’d like to be involved in the exciting process of making the festival happen, you’re in the right place. Read on for current opportunities…
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!
The RTS is holding an evening event aimed at scriptwriters:
“How does a writer get a comedy script from their brain onto a tv screen? How does a producer sell that script to a commissioner? What exactly is a commissioner looking for in a script? And just what is it that a channel controller does, exactly? Guided by Richard Bacon, our extremely talented and beautiful panel attempt to answer these and other questions.”
Amazon has launched Amazon Studios, a website for aspiring filmmakers and screenwriters. The concept is simple: allow those aspiring filmmakers and screenwriters to upload their work, collaborate and obtain feedback from others, and take the cream of the crop forward for possible production.
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 …
Graduate George Shelbourne has had one of his films “Lance the Sea Horse” shortlisted for the EXPOSURES festival competition (out of 450 entries)
It will be screened on 16th November. But you can preview it here:
Lance The Seahorse from George Shelbourn on Vimeo.
Well done George, and Good Luck!
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Chris Hainstock has discovered a new screenwriting video channel from BAFTA:
“Welcome to the new ‘Screenwriters on Screenwriting’ channel on BAFTA, an area dedicated to raising the profile of screenwriting.
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