Another Opportunity for a Film Crew from New Media Lincs …

… Lincoln’s Witham St. Hughs Academy Primary School has asked us to produce a film of their school activities for its website.

Witham St. Hughs Academy

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

L3 Tom Anderson: Article published in Digital FilmMaker Magazine

Tom Anderson_L3MPStudent_15.12.2013I 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.

Tom Anderson_DigitalFilmakerMagRead 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.”  

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Well done! Epix Media wins ABB Digital Business of the Year Award

Congrats to LSM’s 2007 graduate Zoe Easey announced the winner of Angel on the Wire Business Women Awards 2013 (Digital Business). Zoe’s the founder of Epix Media where she works as a web developer alongside co-director and LSM’s 2007 alumnus Will King. Zoe said her degree in Media Production “also qualifies her to produce 3D visuals and animations.” This is her story on Epix Media’s blog:

EpixMedia_Zoe_Angels-AwardWe had a fantastic afternoon at yesterday’s Angels Bring Business 2013 awards, and we’re incredibly proud to say that Zoe brought home the top award in the Digital Business of the Year category!  Angels Bring Business (ABB) is a networking group that aims to celebrate the achievements of women in business, and their inaugural awards event gave honours in five categories: Continue reading

Opportunities: Design an NHS App and a Poster for New Media Lincs

Hazel DonnellyCall out for creatives from Hazel Donnelly at New Media Lincs. It’s the LSM’s social enterprise initiative, which links students with businesses and arts & crafts organisations to provide creative media solutions.  Hazel sums up the latest opportunities for students:

Can you design a mobile app for the NHS to promote Family and Healthy Lifestyle services? This is an exciting project with immense potential. Open to Year 2 and Year 3 students.

Our fledgling business New Media Lincs requires a poster made to promote our services to students. The poster will be used for the Careers Fair this year at the university and for subsequent promotional opportunities.

If you’re interested, please email Hazel: hdonnelly@lincoln.ac.uk

Digital Media Production Assistant opportunity

The Royal Veterinary College is looking for an enthusiastic and creative individual to join their team as a Digital Media Production Assistant. This one-year fixed term post would be ideal for recent graduates with a flair for digital image capture and video production looking to build their portfolio and gain work experience.

Nr Potters Bar, Hertfordshire  c. £20.3K to £23K pa inclusive

Details and application

Internships in Norfolk

From Christine Birchall
Corporate Communications and Marketing Manager
Norfolk County Council
christine.birchall@norfolk.gov.uk

Norfolk County Council is offering two paid six month internships in our Customer Service and Communications team from September 1 to end March 2014.

As we are looking for recent graduates with media, marketing, PR or other communications skills and aptitudes. Applications must be made via our website www.norfolk.gov.uk/jobsandcareers  Last date for application is Friday August 2.

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Graham interprets Phillip Pullman

LSM Senior Lecturer Graham Cooper has completed a commission to produce a series of digital paintings and animations for a new theatre production of of His Dark Materials, based on the novels by Phillip Pullman.

Specialising in Digital Media, Graham was commissioned by the Royal & Derngate Youth Theatre in Northampton to produce a selection of art works for the adaptation. Continue reading

Michael Passingham Update

I have been offered a job at London-based technology/IT news website www.V3.co.uk. It’s an absolutely brilliant first job to get, and it’s a highly-regarded news source in the industry, so I’m absolutely thrilled about it. It’s a 9 month maternity contract, but it’s a great step onto the ladder. I’ll be covering IT skills/education, social media and UK tech startups. I’ll also be producing much of the website’s video content. Continue reading

Degree show trailer

Created by level 3 Media Production students: Tom Young, Jerome Smith, Amy Drew,  Isaac Beatson, Cameron Steele, Ross Mcgowan and Sean Strange. Degree Show details. Continue reading

KTP opportunity at Lincolnshire media group

An exciting opportunity has become available for a motivated media enthusiast to apply their media skills and expertise in a traditional print environment. The post has been created as a result of an innovative Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) project between Mortons Media Group and the School of Media at the University of Lincoln. For further information and informal enquiries please contact Colin Reiners, creiners@lincoln.ac.uk  Tel: 01522 886216. Continue reading