Sophy Taylor, Class of 2014 | Executive Videographer

Posted on September 8, 2014 by RW

Sophy Taylor can’t be at our Graduation Day in Lincoln (UK) tomorrow because she is working – in Ibiza. Later this month she’ll be heading off to LA to undertake a postgraduate course. Sophy said: I hope this update isn’t mistaken as a boast but more of a recognition of the lessons LSM (now LSFM) has taught me!

My application for the New York Film Academy in Los Angeles has been officially accepted, and all that is pending now is my visa! If all goes to plan, I will be moving to L.A. (my campus is based there) a week before my start date of 1st October. I will be there until the following September provided everything goes well!

Unfortunately however I won’t be attending Graduation (9 September) for two reasons; one is that my parents are away and I don’t want to attend without them but the main reason is that I will still be working out here in Ibiza! I moved out here at the start of June with just my camera and have been working my socks off and networking with every Tom, Dick and Harry and am very proud to say I am the first Executive Videographer for a new company called IBZ.TV. You can check out my work on YouTube. I am also a photographer on the Pukka Up boat parties which I do three times a week and its absolutely amazing. Continue reading →

Richard McCormack, Class of 2009 | Red Bee Media’s BBC Four Doco

Posted on July 17, 2014 by RW

I’m a graduate of 2009 and I work as a creative for Red Bee Media. It makes content, promos and designs branding for a range of clients. However Red Bee is probably most well known in the industry as being the BBC’s creative agency. You know the swimming hippos on BBC1? Red Bee did that. However this post isn’t so much about me; rather it’s about my creative director, his co-producer and a ten year project. It turned into a documentary ‘100 seconds to beat the world: The David Rudisha Story’, which is a co-production with Hill Ten film. The doco will be on-air 22 July at 10pm on BBC Four. Here’s the trail.

A decade ago Jim and Ed set out to make a documentary about Brother Colm, an enigmatic Irish teacher who has also coached many of Kenya’s most celebrated athletics including Wilson Kipketer, Matthew Birir and Peter Rono. Jim and Ed wanted to discover why a man without any professional training or athletic experience had managed to consistently develop gold medal winning athletes. However on 9th August 2012 the subject of the documentary changed, when David Rudisha ran the fastest 800 metres in history and took gold at the London Olympics. Jim and Edward looked back at their rushes and realised they had a range of footage and stills of David as a shy teenager developing into an athlete. So the documentary was refocused on David.

I came on board over the last year or so when Jim asked me to film an interview with Lord Seb Coe for the documentary. One bleak Tuesday morning, I met Jim outside Coe’s offices in Victoria armed with a Canon 5D, a Canon XF305 and a bed sheet for a backdrop (which Jim had spent thirty minutes the night before ironing). Continue reading →

Ashley Turner, Class of 2013 | BBC TWO Floor Runner ‘Wolf Hall’

Posted on July 10, 2014 by RW

Congrats to all Lincoln School of Media third year graduating students who will be Class of 2014! The School hope you’ll keep us posted on your job-hunting, experiences, tips and advice, like last year’s alumnus Ashley Turner.

I graduated from the University of Lincoln last year as part of the first group of students to take the Film & Television course. Just before I left Lincoln, I was accepted onto the BBC’s Production Talent Pool, which I took to be a guarantee of a kickstart as a TV runner. I moved to Bristol, where I began to pick up occasional runner jobs, working on the odd day here and there on programmes like Flog It, The One Show, Rip Off Britain and others. However, the desired long contract proved elusive. Thanks to uploading my CV to a number of websites, I worked as a runner on the open auditions for the upcoming Star Wars films, which was a very exciting opportunity, and things began to build up from there. Eventually I semi-moved to London, working on The One Show as a studio runner, as well as on a BBC Three comedy pilot, a BBC Two panel show and the recent Our Gay Wedding: The Musical.

Having built up this solid range of runner experience, I was asked to come in to interview for a long-term runner job on a high profile BBC Two drama, and succeeded! So since April, I have been a Floor Runner on the BBC’s adaptation of Dame Hilary Mantel’s best-selling period drama Wolf Hall, which I’m thrilled to be a part of.

My main piece of advice to fellow graduates of Lincoln School of Media who’re looking to get into TV? Never work for free. Continue reading →

LSM Showcase | Final Day | MHT Building | University of Lincoln

Posted on May 30, 2014 by RW

LSM’s student Bradley Hart’s captured images, so far, of LSM Showcase and you can find his photos on Flickr here . Today’s schedule at the LSM Showcase 2014 is from 12-noon to 5pm. The organisers of Lincoln School of Media’s end of year degree show said:

It is your last chance to come down and see what amazing projects have been created by the LSM Class of 2014! A display of some of the most cutting edge and forward thinking work you can imagine. Feel free to come along at any point. LSM Showcase | @LSMShowcase | FB |

The public can enjoy a range of artwork, multi-media production and live performance across the College of Arts, which has a two-month exhibition programme to celebrate the work of final year students. More at the College of Arts Degree Show site.

LSM Showcase | Visual Programme | MHT | University of Lincoln UK

Posted on May 29, 2014 by RW

What’s on at the Lincoln School of Media’s degree show called LSM Showcase? See this visual programme, which will help you to find final year students’ work in the MHT Building on the Brayford Pool campus at the University of Lincoln. The video was created by LSM students Emily Cowlishaw, Catherine Chibnall, with thanks to Alex O’Brien and Rachel Dodds and music by students in Audio Production and Media Production.

THIS evening the LSM Showcase is still going strong, ahead of another day tomorrow, and you’re invited to network in the EMMTEC Lecture Theatre. Then from 9pm the organisers would like you to join in the celebrations at L4 Bar (just across the Brayford, on Guildhall Street) ‘for some drinks, music and merriment until late into the night!’ Follow @LSMShowcase | On FaceBook Continue reading →

LSM Showcase | Day One | In Pictures | University of Lincoln

Posted on May 28, 2014 by RW

These are some images captured today at the LSM Showcase by LSM student Bradley Hart. Thank you for sharing: Daniel Wright displaying his game on the Oculus Rift; Ryan Ashcroft with his photography work; Ambient lighting setting a tranquil theme in the sound & radio lab; and the super SoundSpiral that is kitted out with speakers to showcase radio and audio production work, which is unmissable outside the MHT Building!

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LSM Showcase is on all day tomorrow and Friday on-campus at the University of Lincoln, Brayford Pool. Keep up-to-date (from screenings in the lecture theatres to photography exhibitions) and follow on Twitter @LSMShowcase and/or the Lincoln School of Media @LincolnMedia. Continue reading →

Notts TV launch date today | LSM Graduate at Inclusive Digital

Posted on May 27, 2014 by RW

Our 2008 alumnus Ben Jay is a Producer at Inclusive Digital. The company manages the web content for Notts TV as it ‘specialises in videos and website production.’ Ben said Inclusive Digital is producing two series for Notts TV: ‘A Day in the Life’ and Nottingham Now and Then’.

Notts TV was awarded a 12 year licence to broadcast a television channel on Freeview Channel 8 and Notts TV is launched today at 4pm. Notts TV will also be on Virgin 159 but @Notts_TV said: “If you experience issues tuning in, please bear with us, we’re working on it!”

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Update | LSM Showcase 2014 Teasers | MHT | University of Lincoln

Posted on May 27, 2014 by RW

LSM’s degree show organisers said: “Had great feedback from all the teaser tracks released … and some more fantastic tracks to show today.” Have a listen! The first teasers for LSM Showcase are on soundcloud.

Keep updated and follow @LSMShowcase on Twitter. From 28th to 30th May come along to the MHT Building on the Brayford Pool campus where you’ll ‘see the latest display of new media practitioners ready to graduate, with some of the most cutting edge and forward thinking work you can imagine.’ We’re a multi-disciplinary school, meaning you’ll find work ranging from: SCRIPT | MULTICAM | DIGITAL MEDIA | AUDIO | DOCUMENTARY | PHOTOGRAPHY | SINGLE CAM | RADIO | DESIGN Continue reading →

LSM Showcase | 28-30 May 2014 | MHT | University of Lincoln

Posted on May 21, 2014 by RW

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Come along to the Lincoln School of Media’s end of year degree show. See the next generation of creatives’ work in the MHT building from noon on Wednesday 28th to Friday 30th May. The SoundSpiral will be unmissable! It is an audio interactive inflatable space. A printed programme of all the events will be available from the degree show’s reception desk in the Atrium.

The student team at LSM Showcase said: “Twenty years ago the Lincoln School of Media began the first Media Production degree in the UK. Today it’s still going strong producing some of the best talent in the country, and that’s what we want to celebrate. We’re inviting you to come to the LSM Showcase, a display of new media practitioners ready to graduate, with some of the most cutting edge and forward thinking work you can imagine.”

LSM Showcase’s Schedule | Follow @LSMShowcase | On FaceBook |

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Attention LSM Students! MEDIA BOOT CAMP 27th-30th MAY 2014

Posted on May 20, 2014 by RW

Employability events and workshops just for LSM students & recent graduates. Media Boot Camp is organised by the University of Lincoln Careers and Employability team. The week will have industry guests … filmed interview critiques … creative thinking exercises … advice about networking … self-employment training … MORE DETAILS HERE & BOOK YOUR PLACE NOW!

Lincoln School of Film & Media Network

LSFM at the University of Lincoln (UK) celebrates 25 years of our students into graduates

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