Learning on ScreenNews Archive for October, 2012
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Recent updates to the Gateway
Published: 18 October 2012The BUFVC Moving Image Gateway includes over 1,200 websites relating to video, multimedia and sound materials. These have been subdivided into over 40 subject areas. To suggest new entries or amendments, please contact us by email or telephone or visit the Gateway at http://bufvc.ac.uk/gateway/ PennSound A project of the Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing […]
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Festival of Chinese Film and the Body 2012
Published: 18 October 2012Running up to Chinese New Year 2013, the UCL China Centre for Health and Humanity will be showing a season of recent Chinese films related to the UCL Grand Challenges themes: Global Health, Intercultural Interaction, Sustainable Cities and Human Wellbeing. The screenings will be presented by three film specialists. Where possible, they will also feature […]
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CFP: Current Affairs Television – Then and Now
Published: 17 October 2012Current Affairs Television: Then and Now Monday 21 Jan 2013. School of the Arts, University of Liverpool Current affairs television, and particularly the long-running weekly current affairs series, has long been an important staple of British television. At present, Panorama (BBC), Dispatches (C4) and Tonight (ITV) continue a tradition of journalistic investigation and enquiry that […]
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Beyond the Fourth Wall: Experiments in TV Drama
Published: 17 October 2012Beyond the Fourth Wall: Experiments in TV Drama is season of screenings at the BFI Southbank, comprised of television plays that experimented with new forms and styles to create truly exciting and original TV dramas. Highlights include the BBC adaptation of Bertolt Brecht’s Baal (BBC, 1982) starring David Bowie and directed by Alan Clarke, The […]
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NEW WORK NEWCASTLE: art/film crossovers, Part 1
Published: 17 October 2012The closing plenary of our conference will take the form of a debate about the support from broadcasters (particularly Channel 4) for regional film production in the North East. One of the case-studies of this plenary will be The Artist’s Cut, a development initiative led by Newcastle-based creative industry development agency Northern Film & Media […]
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New Monthly Compilation of Film & TV Publications
Published: 11 October 2012It’s difficult enough keeping up with moving image research in dedicated journals such as the Historical Journal of Film, Radio & Television but what about all those interesting ones that slip through the net because they’re the odd film one in a history or social science publication? Simon Baker of the Institute of Historical Research […]
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Recent additions to the Gateway
Published: 10 October 2012The BUFVC Moving Image Gateway includes over 1,200 websites relating to video, multimedia and sound materials. These have been subdivided into over 40 subject areas. To suggest new entries or amendments, please contact us by email or telephone or visit the Gateway at http://bufvc.ac.uk/gateway/ Agricultural Science Video Blog This resource gathers together videos and animations […]
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BUFVC Weekly Top 5 TV and Radio Programmes
Published: 10 October 2012For the week ending 5 October 2012 the most requested titles from the BUFVC Off-Air Back-Up Service include documentaries on animal intelligence, the funeral business, philosophy and the NHS. 1. SUPER SMART ANIMALS (BBC1) View TRILT record or watch now on BoB National For more information visit the BBC website 2. WAYS OF SEEING (BBC4) View TRILT record or watch now on BoB National For […]
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New moving image service at the British Library
Published: 9 October 2012The British Library has unveiled its new pilot moving image services in the Reading Rooms at St Pancras, Colindale and Boston Spa which includes access to the BUFVC’s TV and radio listings database, TRILT. In combination with existing sound collections, the BL can now provide instant access to nearly a million sound and moving image […]
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Michael Darlow – In His Own Words
Published: 9 October 2012Michael Darlow is a television director, writer and producer, who has also worked in theatre and film. He writes about television, theatre and film and also about rare breed Soay sheep. We interviewed Michael on 9th December 2011. Biography: Michael Darlow has directed, written and produced award-winning documentaries, arts, music and drama programmes for the […]
