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News Archive for March, 2013

  • Charles Urban, Motion Picture Pioneer

    Luke McKernan, Film Historian and Curator of Moving Image at the British Library, has relaunched his website devoted to the life and work of Charles Urban (1867-1942), one of the major figures of early cinema. Here you can learn about the varied career of the man who did much to establish the documentary, news, travel […]

  • Media Screen Roundup – February 2013

    The monthly roundup of film and television publications compiled by Simon Baker, Institute of Historical Research, & published here at the BUFVC by Linda Kaye. We’ve been compiling Media Screen Roundup for six months now and every issue has included something on the Cold War and the Holocaust: this issue does not disappoint. For the […]

  • Joss Whedon’s film of ‘Much Ado About Nothing’

    Joss Whedon, the cult auteur behind Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Avengers Assemble, has adapted Shakespeare’s evergreen comedy Much Ado About Nothing for the cinema – the trailer, to the sound of Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond, is now available. This modern retelling stars Amy Acker as Beatrice and Alexis Denisof as Benedick. For further […]

  • BUFVC Weekly Top 5 TV and Radio Programme Requests

    For the week ending 1st March 2013 the most requested programmes from the BUFVC Off-Air Back-Up Service included coverage of such topics as the English languge, urban planning, recording wildlife and the 2012 Olympics. 1. FRY’S PLANET WORD (BBC2) View TRILT record or watch now on BoB National For more information, please go to BBC website 2. THE PLANNERS […]

  • Presto Report: Assessing the Audiovisual Archive Market

    With the advent of the digital era, AV archives have been called to face new challenges: ensure the preservation of digital content and provide online access to the material. Both these actions require funding, quite a scarce resource in the years of the economic crisis. Assessing the Audiovisual Archive Market: Models and Approaches for Audiovisual […]

  • Recent 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/ Encyclopedia of Life Website with the ambitious aim of gathering together […]

  • Pinterest, Image Sharing Websites and the Law – video

    Jisc Legal has posted a brief but illuminating video on the legal side of image use online. The video supports a new paper from Jisc Legal on the subject, which can be downloaded in PDF and Word formats from their homepage at: http://jiscleg.al/Pinterest

  • 27th BFI London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival

    BFI Southbank, London 14 – 24 March 2013 Take a ride at the 27th BFI London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival and enjoy a programme packed full of great films, special guests, workshops, club nights and more (14 – 24 March 2013). From the funny and the sexy to the compelling, courageous and deeply personal, […]

  • BUFVC Weekly Top 5 TV and Radio Programme Requests

    For the week ending 22nd February 2013 the most requested programmes from the BUFVC Off-Air Back-Up Service included coverage of such topics as architecture, prisons, the British Heritage industry, the Mafia and how hackers have sought to change to social order. 1. SUPERSIZED EARTH (BBC1) View TRILT record or watch now on BoB National For more information, please […]

  • How to use BoB – video

    Mateusz Napieralski, a Motion Graphics student from Ravensbourne College, has created a new video about BoB National, the BUFVC’s Box of Broadcasts service. For more information on BoB, visit: http://bobnational.net/