Category Archives: Media

Students Don’t Miss! Meet LSM Grads in EMMTEC 2-5pm Today

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Happy Days! Snapshots of some of our alumni for this afternoon’s ‘Meet The Graduates’. It is LSM’s annual networking event between our grads and students. Thirty alumni from the creative industry and media-related areas are looking forward to seeing students in EMMTEC. Have your questions ready for the Q&A at 2pm. Then have an informal chat (over a cuppa!) from 4pm to share experiences.

Nick Farrimond, Class of 2001 Director Seal Films
Holly Smith, Class of 2010 Vfx
Simon Ross, Class of 2012 audio assistant
Scott Farrow, Class of 2010 Video Producer
Aleysha Minns, Class of 2013 Intern at Warp Films
Jordan Livermore, Class of 2009 TV Assistant Producer
Dave Barrow, Class of 2001 Director Seal Films
Steph Grove, Class of 2010 Digital Content Marketer
Stephen Bernard, Class of 2013 Sound Engineer

Free Entry! Watch LSM’s Alumni Performance at LPAC this Wednesday

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LPACDon’t miss 2013 Media Production graduates Nathan Dean and Sam Clarke’s work-in-progress. They’ll be staging a 60-minute performance of We Have Offended.  It’s at LPAC this Wednesday evening and tickets are free. Here’s an official extract from Lincoln Performing Arts Centre:

Wednesday 22 January | 8:45pm |  FREE 

Who is Robin Goodfellow? In this revitalisation of Shakespeare classics, We Have Offended follows Robin and The Weyward Sisters as they create a piece of unrelenting horror; torturing and tormenting the audience with secret audio and nightmarish projections. Continue reading →

Graduate Michael Henry on his first day shoot on ‘Time and Place’

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Michael henry_dayone_time&placeLSM’s 2009 alumnus and indie film-maker Michael Henry’s been shooting ‘TIME AND PLACE’ this week. He said: “the footage is looking great so far. We’ve really upped our visual game and I cannot wait to show everyone the finished film.” He’s been reflecting on day one’s shoot:

It was an unusual change of pace for us, as we usually film so swiftly. We decided before the shoot to take our time and really push the visual quality of the film. Spending longer (it took an hour and a half to shoot one shot) on each take. and scene, has made the shoot a little less enjoyable than other productions we’ve worked together on. Perhaps it’s because we’ve only really shot parts which emphasise the serious tone so far, or perhaps I need to cheer up, be more patient and enjoy the small moments as they come. One thing’s for sure, we are all looking forward to getting stuck into the more dialogue-heavy, meatier scenes as opposed to the shot-to-shot moments we’ve done so far. Continue reading →

LSM students return from Finland

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LSM staff and students have returned from their pioneering  placement at Finland’s Tampere University of Applied Sciences School of Art, Music and Media. It was the first phase of the new Media Culture 2020 scheme, which brings together students and teaching staff from Higher Education institutions across Europe. Continue reading →

Trainee Scheme 2013 from Sara Putt Associates

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Sara-Putt_banner2Are you working as a trainee in camera, sound, edit, production or art departments, with at least two professional on-screen credits and less than three years’ industry experience?  Then apply for this 6-month professional development and mentoring scheme from one of the UK’s agency for film and TV.   Hurry! The deadline is 28 February 2013 and interviews will be in March.

Thanks to Nicola Lees, who has featured on the LSM’s R&D lecture modules, for telling us about these opportunities.  Nicola is the Trainee Scheme Producer and is currently setting up the new career development scheme for those working on the technical/craft side of film and television at Sara Putt Associates. The agency ‘has been providing personal management and representation within feature films, TV drama, documentaries and entertainment for more than 20 years. Alongside the agency, based at Shepperton Studios, the Diary Service provides diary management and upcoming production intelligence for crew.’

Application is by application form and interview, with two industry references. Click here for more information and an application form.

Good luck and let us know how you get on. Continue reading →

‘Midlands on Film’ by LSM and MACE

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Midlands on Film DVD Collection It has been a fantastic experience to be part of a collaborative project between the LSM and MACE (Media Archive for Central England) because I could do what I love best and produce creative content. My industry passion is producing programmes on whatever platform, and this project was to promote the archives held at MACE into a DVD series. There are nine DVDs and each is based on a city in the Midlands.  As part of the LSM teaching team, I had multicultural Leicester which can be traced back almost 2,000 years – thankfully the archives only dated back to the 1920s! Continue reading →

Simon Dunn – Feature Film Camera Debut

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Simon Dunn (LSM Graduate 2010) has been taken on as a Camera Assistant for a new feature film shooting at Leavesden Studios, “300: Rise of an Empire”.

Simon told us:

Simon Dunn starts on new Feature Film at Leavesden Studios

“I got approached to be represented by a professional Film/TV agency based at Shepperton Studios. They wanted to represent me as a Camera Trainee. I’m absolutely over the moon as things finally are starting to move forwards and I finally get to work on my first feature!
Mental!”

Simon starts next Tuesday as part of the underwater department on the new feature film, and we wish him all the best.

300-Rise of an Empire (Pic – Warner Bros)

Simon has already been working on the set of Hollyoaks and has recently been part of the winning team on the 48 hour film project.

 

see http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1253863/

Lincolnshire Festival need Volunteers

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Volunteers are needed for Wolds Words – Lincolnshire Festival of Reading, Writing and Performance.  Mike Mason said this is great to put on your CV! Also travel and lunch are provided!

‘The festival, based in Louth, will feature across the area in a range of venues in the surrounding market towns of Alford, Horncastle and Spilsby. It merges world class artists and performances alongside a more local community based programme.’

Volunteers Needed

Events Assistants – Advising the public of the events taking place,
helping to set up stalls, workshops, events.

Wolds Words Information Office – To assist at the information office
in the run up to the festival and on the festival itself. Helping to
promote the festival to the local community.

Evaluate Assistants – To record feedback from the festivalgoer’s ,
possibly with the use of a recording device

 TO DISPLAY YOUR WORK Continue reading →

Jack Shaw’s Chronicles of a Songwriter – out now!

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Jack has just self-published his first in a series of books about songwriting.

Lyriconnect London 1 is a collection of Lyrics, Poetry and Verse written in London between 2011 and 2012. Jack says this is the start of a “series of books chronicling my story as a songwriter. From the London riots to the daily grind of supporting a passion, this is a snapshot at the first year of living in London.”

You can find out more here.

You’re invited…

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…to Lincoln Academy’s Lecture by Professor Neil Sinyard who is the LSM’s Visiting Professor for Film.  His talk “Hitchcock versus Herrmann” will focus on the dramatic story behind the break-up of the cinema’s finest director and composer partnership.

The event is at 6pm on 28th June at the EMMTEC Auditorium, Brayford Campus, and it is free.  But you do need to register, so click here.  There’ll be coffee from 5.30pm and drinks after – all free, so enjoy!