Learning on ScreenNews Archive for November, 2014
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CfP: Shakespeare Quarterly, Special Issue on Media
Published: 25 November 2014From the printing of play quartos to the development of Shakespeare apps, the history of Shakespeare and the history of media have been intimately entwined in a feedback loop of considerable cultural and technological influence. This special issue of the Shakespeare Quarterly journal will investigate the myriad linkages between Shakespeare and the history of media […]
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Recently added to the Moving Image Gateway
Published: 24 November 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/ Brain Science Podcast This podcast reviews the latest books and publications in neuroscience as well as […]
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The new Viewfinder is out
Published: 24 November 2014
Viewfinder 97 includes articles on the return of 3-D, expanding archival access into the community with Pararchive, virtual archeology in ancient Rome, Bollywood Shakespeare and much more. -
Vacancy – Schools Membership and Support Officer
Published: 21 November 2014BUFVC would like to recruit a ‘Schools Membership and Support Officer’ to join our Membership Services and Information Department. Our vision is to make ‘moving image and sound as important in education as the written word’ and we are looking for an outstanding communicator with demonstrable knowledge and experience of the schools sector. You will support all […]
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Enter the 2015 FOCAL Awards
Published: 13 November 2014Only 2 weeks left to enter the world’s leading event to celebrate achievement in the archive footage business! FOCAL International Awards in association with AP Archive. Deadline for submissions 1st December 2014 The FOCAL International Awards, presented in association with AP Archive, celebrate the best use of footage in all variety of genre, across all […]
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Media Screen Roundup – October 2014
Published: 13 November 2014The monthly roundup of film and television publications compiled by Simon Baker, Institute of Historical Research, & published here at the BUFVC by Linda Kaye. There is a definite widespread historical feel to this month’s Roundup. The classical world is represented by a chapter “Screen Classics” in J.P. Toner’s Homer’s Turk : How Classics Shaped Ideas […]
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Recent additions to the Moving Image Gateway
Published: 10 November 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/ EUscreen The new EUscreen portal features content from over twenty archives and broadcasters across Europe, bringing […]
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Learn how to Think Visual: video storytelling course
Published: 10 November 2014Book your place now for our Think Visual course – special autumn discount of a third off This innovative one-day course covers the teaching role of video. The course will aim to show participants how video can enhance the learning experience, when you might use video as a learning resource and how you would design […]
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Freedom Express 1989 exhibition launched
Published: 10 November 2014Freedom Express is an international campaign organised by the ENRS to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the collapse of communism in Central and Eastern Europe. The campaign started with a study trip for young people, who followed in the footsteps of the events that had changed Europe in 1989. It continues with a travelling multimedia […]
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Shakespeare Globe Player launched
Published: 4 November 2014Shakespeare’s Globe today launched Globe Player, a new online platform offering full-length HD films of over 50 Shakespeare productions at the Globe to rent or buy. Shakespeare’s Globe is the first theatre in the world to offer this kind of on-demand platform for digital content. Every foreign-language production from the 2012 ‘Globe to Globe’ festival […]
