The shortlist for 2011 has just been announced and the Lincoln School of Media is delighted to announce that the University will be represented in the Fiction category by Colours and Shapes made during their final year by Josh Pearce, Paul Hope, David Robinson, Chris Lawlor, Jamie Brown.

 

The film was nominated by the School for the professionalism of the production and the development of a storyline that has real meaning, emotion and chase. "This is a fantastic achievement for a charming film which I know took much effort and creativity to produce", said project tutor Andy McKay. "Though we entered most categories with 3 films from last year’s 3rd year students, Colours and Shapes is our only successful nomination this year from an extremely large regional entry. So this is a major achievement." The final awards will be decided at the annual awards dinner which is scheduled for Spring 2012. To view the shortlisted film, go to http://lsm.alumni.lincoln.ac.uk/

LSM Graduate of 2010 Stewart McGregor, member of the Urban Apache team that won a regional RTS award with Greasepaint has just won a place on the highly prestigious Cinematography postgraduate course at the National Film and Television School, where such cinema greats as Roger Deakins (True Grit and No Country for Old Men and Lynne Ramsay (Ratcatcher and We Need to Talk about Kevin) have also trained.

 

WINNER - RTS Midlands Awards 2010 - 'Greasepaint'

Lincoln School of Media graduates achieved success for the fourth year running at last night's Midlands RTS Awards. From 37 University and College entries to this year's competition, the University of Lincoln received three nominations, two in the same category (Fiction) by the same team - the first time this has ever happened!

GREASEPAINT" by Philip Stevens, Stewart McGregor, Mathew Steward, Jake Tomlinson, Elif Baki was the WINNER in the hotly contested Fiction category.

Staff and 13 School of Media graduates attended the ceremony in the Great Hall at University of Birmingham, along with 400 media industry professionals from across the Midlands.

View the 'Greasepaint' trailer here...

Nominations at the prestigious evening included:

• Animation - Smog. Chris Kirk & Ashley Pay (Tutor Ros Garland)
• Fiction - Northmen. Philip Stevens, Ben Barzak, Stewart McGregor, Mathew Steward, Jake Tomlinson, Elif Baki (Tutor Andy Mckay)
• Fiction - Greasepaint. Philip Stevens, Stewart McGregor, Mathew Steward, Jake Tomlinson, Elif Baki (Tutor Andy Mckay)

Our congratulations to all nominees and winners.

12 School of Media students spend the weekend as special guests of RAF Waddington at the Lincolnshire Air Show on 2&3 July.

 

This was a fantastic opportunity for students to visit the most popular air show in the country for free, with a ‘press pass’ that allowed each of them privileged access to all the pilots for interviews, best positions for photos of iconic aircraft such as the Red Arrows, the Vulcan and the Battle of Britain display, as well as a chance to record what some of the 120,000 annual visitors thought of the show.

One student, Gemma Lowe, told us that: 'I had a great time visiting Waddington Air Show and I will definitely be returning in the future, the weather was perfect for the event and the people I met there were all extremely helpful and had some really interesting stories to tell.'

To see more of the photos she and the team took of the day, go to www.gemmalowe.com or http://www.flickr.com/photos/drivenvisionmedia/5903036126 

Other students created films and audio recordings. A selection of the work will be displayed at an exhibition on the Lincoln campus in the Autumn.

Lincoln School of Media recently welcomed a group of internationally renowned scholars on popular film for its conference, Rethinking Epic, organised by Dr Andrew Elliott.

 

From Gladiator to 300, Alexander to Centurion, received wisdom dictates that the 21st century so far has been marked by the much-heralded return of a once defunct genre. In fact, even the tagline to the 2010 Scott Pilgrim vs. the World - not a film which we might readily associated with the epic - makes a curious claim, announcing itself to be “an epic film of epic epicness”.

Yet, this conference asked, to what extent is received wisdom to be trusted? What precisely is the epic film, and are we sure we know how to recognise it? What is its relationship with historical subjects, and are they always inaccurate? And what about the audiences: do people flock to see Clash of the Titans out of a sense of nostalgia for the first film, or do they flock to see monsters in 3D, or muscular heroes, or even an epic showdown between Gods and Men?

Expert panellists from across the globe, including several scholars from
the University of Lincoln, were joined by outstanding keynote guests Jeffrey Richards [Professor of Histry at Lancaster University], author of Hollywood's Ancient Worlds and Professor Robert Burgoyne [Chair of Film Studies at St Andrews University], author of The Epic in World Culture. Lively discussions were chaired by LSM Principal Lecturer Nigel Morris, author of The Cinema of Steven Spielberg, and the conference was enormously successful in pooling, discussing and debating ideas about the role of the epic. An edited collection of essays is expected to be published in 2013.

University of Lincoln joined forces with EM Media, Screen Agency for the East Midlands and Skillset to Kickstart movie careers by placing students from the Lincoln School of Media on feature length drama, documentary and animation productions.

 

Kickstart placed five students, selected from those studying the University of Lincoln’s acclaimed School of Media degree courses on productions shooting between February and May 2011.

The interns were placed in production and technical roles within the art, production design, sound, camera, editing, locations, production, hair and make up or costume and wardrobe departments.

Heads of Departments mentored their intern for the duration of the internship.

Dr Sarah Barrow, Head of the University of Lincoln’s School of Media, comments,
“The School of Media at the University of Lincoln is committed to providing as many opportunities as we can for our students to gain experience of working in the media industries. This internship project has offered them a fantastic chance to work with top film-makers, to develop their creative and technical skills, and to get their foot in the door of an increasingly competitive world of work.”

Debbie Williams, Chief Executive of EM Media commented that,
“The East Midlands is a key hub for UK film talent. Kickstart, by providing opportunities for emerging film talent from the region’s higher education sector, has been instrumental in continuing the success story of the East Midlands as the natural out-of-London home for the UK’s most exciting up-and-coming film talent.”

Kickstart was funded by the Higher Education Innovation Fund and by the Skillset Film Skills Fund as part of ‘A Bigger Future 2’, the UK film skills strategy. Neil Peplow, Director of Film at Skillset comments,
“Supporting new entrants is a key priority for the UK film skills strategy, A Bigger Future 2. We are confident that Kickstart’s internship scheme will supply new entrants in the East Midlands region with the professional guidance and experience they need to work towards their career ambitions within the UK film industry. "

Eight students from the School of Media were selected to take part in a series of week long placements with the Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Lincolnshire.

 

One student had this to say about her experience:

"I had my last day today and was very sad to finish. The placement was fantastic, everyone was very welcoming and happy to answer all my questions. I got some great practise doing things like voxs and booking guests and learnt so much from seeing how much work really goes in behind the scenes of a show. Definitely worth the early morning trek up steep hill!"

Hannah Webster-Sudborough, BA Media Production