Tributes: Visiting Professor Antonia Bird, TV & Film Director

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Gone but not forgotten is Antonia Bird, our Visiting Professor for Film and TV, who has sadly died from cancer at the age of 54.  Tributes have been coming in for the multi-award winning writer, director and producer for stage and screen – television and film. Robert Carlyle actor in Antonia’s well known films Priest, Face and Ravenous, said: “RIP Antonia Bird. Farewell my beautiful friend.”

Head of Lincoln School of Media, Dr Sarah Barrow: “We were privileged and honoured to have known Antonia and been associated with her. She was an incredible advocate for the role of women in media. And a very talented person across all media. BAFTA award-winning ‘Priest’ was an amazing film and I’ll never forget the special [jam-packed] screening of it at Cambridge Arts Cinema in 1994, presented by Linus Roach. More recently, ‘The Village’ on BBC1 (with John Simm and Maxine Peake) was so powerful, brave and provocative. And her work with Jimmy McGovern on the inimitable ‘Cracker’ was ground-breaking.”

LSM’s Senior Lecturer Marcella Forster: “So sad that Antonia has died.  She was a great director and an inspiring woman.”

For more tributes see The Guardian; BBC News; The Telegraph and Metro.

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

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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

Radio Legend Trevor Dann is at LSM

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Trevor DannVisiting Professor Trevor Dann is at the Lincoln School of Media today. He’ll be on campus over the next couple of days and said, modestly, there’ll be “lots of radio folks who know more than I do!” Trevor will be “leading talks, workshops, debates and offering tons of practical advice” said Head of LSM Sarah Barrow: “If you see him around campus, go and have a chat! Tell him you’re part of LSM and he’ll be interested to hear about your projects and plans.”

Good opportunity to meet a radio legend – er, Trevor’s also a Notts County supporter!

LSM Graduate Paul Rook on jobs and award nominations for 48HFP

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Read our 2010 graduate Paul Rook’s frank insight into job-hunting, freelancing and striving for a dream job. Paul and another LSM graduate, Joseph (Joey) Fallon, have been nominated for The 48 Hour Film Project “a wild and sleepless weekend in which you and your team have a blast making a movie. All writing, shooting, editing and scoring must be completed in just 48 hours.”  In the London 48HFP 2013 competition Paul and Joey are up for two awards for their entry “Disconnect”:

Paul RookIt wasn’t long after my previous post on the alumni blog that I went full steam trying to find a new job. My company had tied me down to a contract that required 3 months’ notice. This caused a bit of a dilemma. If I didn’t hand in my resignation immediately I would never be able to leave for another job as no where would wait 3 months, but if we did part ways then I could find myself unemployed down the line. Never let yourself get into this position, no company should ever put a low earner in this position. Continue reading →

Ab Fab! RTS Midlands Award for LSM Students’ Film ‘Dead Swan’

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RTS2013_Winners_award_actor-Mark-Williams_17.10.13We’re very proud of you. Well done. Congratulations to the team behind the Royal Television Society winner ‘Dead Swan’. Pictured with actor Mark Williams at RTS Midlands awards on 17 Oct 2013.                                                                       A fantastic achievement for the LSM.  Our creative undergraduates won the RTS Midlands Student Award in the Entertainment category. 

group table small‘Dead Swan’ is a comedy fiction by final students, which was made as a second year project – this is a particularly fine achievement because it’s rare that 2nd year student work is nominated by the RTS. The award winning film was made by undergraduates: Thomas McKie, Marc Piper, Aidan Barker-Dean, Alex Whitcombe, Bethany Hoggarth-Hall. The tutor was Senior Lecturer Chris Hainstock.

 3rd Year Aidan: “It was an honour just to be considered for nomination so to have actually won in our category is amazing. We’re still having a little trouble believing it has actually happened!”  See the moment when they won … Continue reading →

Guest Lecture – Phil Harding

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Phil Harding’s track record is incredible. As a recording engineer and producer he has worked with artists as diverse as The Clash, Killing Joke, Dead Or Alive, Kylie Minogue and East 17.

As part of his lecture tour to promote his book PWL: From The Factory Floor he came to the University and gave a very entertaining and informative lecture to a packed audience of Audio Production students.

The main thrust of Phil’s lecture was how different aspects of the music industry service each other and why this is something to bear in mind when fulfilling a particular role. He talked about the importance of group work in gaining these skills and about how having the right attitude is essential for success in an industry that relies so heavily on professional relationships. Continue reading →

2014 Trainee Scheme from Sara Putt Associates

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Sara-Putt-logoNicola Lees, a great guest on LSM’s R&D module, wanted to let you know about the 2014 Trainee Scheme from Sara Putt Associates.  It’s an ‘independent UK agency for film and TV heads of department’. Applicants must have less than three years’ industry experience and you’re working in camera, sound, edit, production and art departments. Deadline to apply is 31st October 2013. Here are the details from Nicola:  Continue reading →

Frequency Festival 18th-26th October 2013: LSM Highlights

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frequency13_FlagFrequency Festival 2013 is almost here! Fly the flag from 18th to 26th October in Lincoln. It’s a great opportunity to view, listen to and interact with a wide range of digital art & media.  Head of LSM, Sarah Barrow wanted to signpost a couple of highlights from the Lincoln School of Media:

 

The screening of a 13 hour video installation by our very own Visiting Professor of Science and Media Chris Riley, Apollo Raw and Uncut, on Saturday 19th October, 9am-10pm, in LPAC. You can drop in any time. It’s incredible work. Another highlight for us is the provocative multimedia work of our colleague and LSM’s graduate Mike Downing.  Look out for festivals pocket guide on campus and in Lincoln city. You can preview most of the artists’ work online and follow the Festival on Facebook. The Frequency 13 trailer’s created by LSM alumnus Graham Cooper and sound track from LSM’s Senior Lecturer David McSherry. 

The launch party is on 17th October on the Cornhill from 6pm ’til late…

£30,000 bursaries for creatives

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From Ideas Tap: Ideas Tap-logoSky Arts and Ideas Tap are giving away five bursaries of £30,000 each to emerging artists aged 18-30. The bursaries are designed to help talented individuals from a range of creative disciplines focus on their creative practice for a whole year. In addition to the funding, winners are paired with creative and business mentors to support their development.  

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Alex Graham on Commissioning: 14 October 2013 from 2pm in EMMTEC

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How to get your ideas commissioned?  Well, join us on Monday to hear from our Visiting Professor who has been in the indie television production sector for almost thirty years. He’s been creating and executive producing many programmes from ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ to ‘New Tricks’.

Alex Graham profileAlex Graham is the founder and CEO of Wall to Wall. He’s a real supporter of our graduates & students, and has advice to offer across the production spectrum. Alex will be sharing his experience and offering top tips on how to get your voice heard and your material sounding and looking at its best.  It’s free, all welcome! 14th October in EMMTEC from 2pm to 6pm:

  • 2.00-3.15: Ten Rules of Pitching – with examples from Alex’s projects
  • 3.30-5.00: Creativity and Funding – with case studies
  • 5.00-6.00: Chance to chat to Alex (EMMTEC foyer)