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Perseverance Pays off for Promising Producer Graduate

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ERIKA BUTCHER graduated in 2011, with a Degree in Media Production and a prize for best student in a producer role.

Erika, said in 2011
“I originally worked in a theatre, but moved over to admin to pay bills. I tried to get back into the creative side of things, but it was so difficult without prior film experience. I came to University to further my career.”

You can see one of her final year films “Off the Beaten Track” here

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Golden fables 2012

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Four LSM graduates are key members of the team creating a film record of a major new stage work about Lincolnshire. The film premiere is at the Drill Hall in Lincoln on Tuesday July 3. Tickets are £5 (£4 concessions) from the box office on 01522 873894. Later it moves on to Stamford, Gainsborough, Sleaford, Hemswell, Grantham, Leasingham and Spalding.

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Degree Show Postscript

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Lots of praise for this year’s degree show showreel made by Lisa Rustage and Seamus O’Hare:

Congratulations from the LSM alumni network team!

George Horne Update 2

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At last George and I met in person at the recent “Meet the Graduates” event, and he brought me up to date with his life and work at Proof Studios in Leicester.

He recently gave an interview to Lire magazine about his #Laptoptag Vimeo project: Continue reading →

Meet the Graduates

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From Steph Groves:

On a sunny Monday afternoon, the second of the successful LSM Alumni Events took place at the Enterprise building. Continue reading →

Degree Show 2012

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The LSM undergraduate degree show this year is scheduled for June 1st, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

All graduates welcome to drop in!


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Neil McKay Nominated for BAFTA awards

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From Sarah Barrow:

Further to his guest lecture about writing & producing TV drama to 3rd year Project students earlier this year, we’re delighted to announce that Neil McKay‘s most recent project, ‘Appropriate Adult’ for ITV1, a drama-doc starring Emily Watson, has been nominated for several BAFTA awards. Continue reading →

“Boatload” wins BUFVC Award

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“A Boatload of Wild Irishmen” won a ‘Special Jury Award’ in the annual BUFVC Learning on Screen Awards 2012:

The film was written by Brian Winston and edited by Chris Hainstock. It explores the moral complexities of controversial American documentary-maker Robert Flaherty, the man credited with being the father of the modern documentary after he produced and directed Nanook of the North in 1922.

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Graduate Destinations

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From LSM Head Sarah Barrow:

“[This year’s] survey of the ‘Destination for Leavers from HE’ ends this Friday. We did extremely well last year with 96% of graduates who responded reporting as in employment and over 70% in graduate level employment (in top 3 of Media courses in UK).

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Lincoln Youtube Gathering

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Tom Ridgewell, AKA Tom Ska, has told us about this event planned for April 28th on campus. Imagine:

“Hundreds of happy-go-lucky potential students walking around the university of Lincoln all day, filming every second of it and distributing it to thousands more potential students each.”

The organising team could do with more help, particularly from Lincoln-based people.

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