This BBC scheme is for the entry level roles of Runner and Production Management Assistant. Once you have been accepted into the pool you may be offered contracts as and when there is a requirement for Runner or PMA support on a production team.
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Corrie to move to Salford Quays
Peel Media announced today that ITV is to move its Manchester-based operation, including Coronation Street, to MediaCityUK.
Britain’s longest-running soap will relocate to a new state-of-the art production facility to be built on the MediaCityUK site next to the Imperial War Museum North. ITV staff, including the ITV Granada regional news team, will take up residence in offices on the Salford Quays side of the development in 2012.
New TV and digital training course
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And it’s free!!
From Mandy Jones, news of a new training course “Due North”.
“Endemol is working with three of Skillset’s Media Academies in the North to deliver a high level TV and Digital training course for people in the early stages of their TV and media careers.
This is an ideal opportunity for people in the early stages of their media careers to benefit from high level industry mentoring and support, working in teams on briefs from established clients.”
University of Lincoln to host film archive
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.
Independent Film Website
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Ash Knight, class of 2009
Ash Knight
Ash, who graduated in BA Media Production, will see his first Broadcast Credit soon on Sky. He was the main editor for the ‘Learn to Paint Watercolour’ series with Billy Showell and Geoff Kersey
LSM student promotes his novel online
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.
University and city hit by arctic weather
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Under a blanket of snow by day and icebound by night, all University of Lincoln University campuses have been closed until Monday, and the famous Lincoln Christmas Market has been cancelled.
Students’ assessment deadlines have been extended to compensate for the interruption to studies. The closure of the internationally known Lincoln Christmas Market is a major blow to the City, but stallholders are planning an alternative event…….
Healthy Hub market
Creative England – BFI statement
The Minister for Culture and the Creative Industries, Ed Vaizey, has announcedThe British Film Institute will become the lead strategic body on film and the distributor of Lottery funds to UK film-makers from April 2011.
Greg Dyke, Chair of the BFI, has issued an open letter to the film industry……
News for regional film makers (Marcella Forster)
Digital Photographer of the Year Awards
Enter the ‘Get Creative’ category in the Digital Photographer of the Year Awards for your chance to win amazing Samsung camera gear.
All you have to do is submit up to three examples of your best photo manipulation, HDR or photo editing work for a chance to scoop this awesome prize.