Learning on ScreenNews Archive for August, 2014
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August on the Moving Image Gateway
Published: 21 August 2014The BUFVC Moving Image Gateway includes over 1,600 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, telephone or visit the Gateway at http://bufvc.ac.uk/gateway/ Imperial College Video Archive Blog Colin Grimshaw, who worked in the Imperial College Television Studios for […]
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Conference: Widening the Lens
Published: 18 August 2014Widening the Lens: Developments in Research on Journalism and Environmental Issues 17 September 2014 Bankfield House, University of Leicester www2.le.ac.uk/conference/widening Academic concern with the mediation of climate change has dominated discussions about the reporting of environmental issues recently. Responding to this trend, this event seeks to widen the research lens to discuss other ongoing work […]
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Media Screen Roundup – July 2014
Published: 15 August 2014The monthly roundup of film and television publications compiled by Simon Baker, Institute of Historical Research, & published here at the BUFVC by Linda Kaye. Amongst the references in this month’s Roundup I’ll highlight two areas, politics and silent cinema. Steven Fielding’s, A State of Play : British Politics on Screen, Stage and Page, from Anthony […]
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Conference – Becoming Scotland: Screen Cultures in a Small Nation
Published: 13 August 2014Becoming Scotland: Screen Cultures in a Small Nation 28-29 August 2014 Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh www.qmu.ac.uk/whats-on/becoming-scotland.htm Questions about Scotland and Scottish-ness seem especially urgent in the lead in to the Independence Referendum on 18 September 2014. Queen Margaret University’s Becoming Scotland conference will explore film and television production in Scotland across fiction and non-fiction genres, […]
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BBC Connected Studio: Research and Education Space
Published: 5 August 2014BBC Connected Studio is offering an exciting opportunity for developers, digital agencies and startups to help build prototypes for the Research and Education Space platform. Find out more at their briefing event on Thursday 4 September in London. The Research and Education Space (RES) platform is an ambitious partnership between Jisc, the BUFVC and the BBC which aims is […]
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Moving Image Gateway – Recent additions
Published: 5 August 2014The BUFVC Moving Image Gateway includes over 1,600 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, telephone or visit the Gateway at http://bufvc.ac.uk/gateway/ American Silent Feature Film Database This resource contains information about American silent feature films released between […]
