British Universities Film & Video Council

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News Archive for March, 2013

  • Recently added to the Moving Image Gateway

    The BUFVC Moving Image Gateway includes over 1,300 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/ EFG1914 Based on the achievements of the European Film Gateway, EFG1914 […]

  • Audiovisual citation guidelines

    Ever wondered how to cite a TV advert or DVD extra? Take a look at our new set of practical guidelines, which encourage best practice in citing audiovisual material across all disciplines.

  • New Features for News on Screen

    Three new exciting search & discover features have been added to News on Screen (NoS). You can now Search across 80,000 newsreel production documents Listen to five interviews with newsreel staff (HE/FE only) Browse over 100 souvenir programmes & brochures (HE/FE only) Search Production Documents really opens up the possibility of discovering new stories and […]

  • BUFVC Weekly Top 5 TV and Radio Programme Requests

    For the week ending 15th March 2013 the most requested programmes from the BUFVC Off-Air Back-Up Service included coverage of such topics as the children of divorce, the riddle of Stonehenge, Syria and multicultural weddings. 1. CHILD OF OUR TIME: CHANGING FAMILIES (BBC1) View TRILT record or watch now on BoB National For more information, […]

  • Latest additions to the BUFVC Moving Image Gateway

    The BUFVC Moving Image Gateway includes over 1,300 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/ Archives New Zealand audiovisual collection This site provides information on New […]

  • BUFVC Digital Transfer

    Do you need to convert your old video recordings or films? The BUFVC have launched a new digital transfer service, aimed at helping you preserve and maintain use of recordings stored on increasingly hard to access formats. Whether you want to transfer these recordings to a more modern format, or make them available to staff […]

  • Shakespeare, Music and Performance Conference

    Musicologists, literary and theatre historians, composers and musical practitioners from around the world meet at the Shakespeare Globe in London 3-5 May 2013 to discuss the music written for Shakespeare’s plays from the 16th century stage to 21st century cinema. Full details on how to register and a provisional programme can be found at:  http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/education/events/symposia-conferences.

  • BUFVC Weekly Top 5 TV and Radio Programme Requests

    For the week ending 8th March, the top requested programme titles from the BUFVC Off-Air Back-Up Service included coverage of such topics as dance, food hygiene, broadcasting, history and product design. 1. FOOD INSPECTORS (BBC1) View TRILT record or watch now on BoB National For more information, go to the BBC website 2. PETER ACKROYD’S THAMES […]

  • Cultural Memory and British Cinema-Going of the 1960s

    This new AHRC-funded research project aims to shed light on the social and cultural history of cinema. To many writers, sixties films summed up the changes transforming British society, but the films themselves reveal nothing about how they were received and remembered. The project team, based at University College, London, want to find out how cinema-goers […]

  • TV Fangdom: A Conference on Television Vampires

    TV Fangdom: A Conference on Television Vampires 7-8 June 2013 The University of Northampton http://tvfangdom.wordpress.com/ Vampires have always made charismatic characters and with the rise of the VILF and the fangbanger they are more popular than ever. This conference aims to explore the vampire particularly in relation to its presence on television. From Barnabas Collins […]