Viewfinder Articles

• Women’s Work

  Posted on: 9 May 2018

  Dr Melanie Bell, Associate Professor in Film and Media at the University of Leeds, provides an overview of a new Learning on Screen resource, which sheds light on the history of women’s contribution to British film and television production.

• Royal Anthropological Institute

  Posted on: 19 April 2018

  We spoke to Caterina Sartori, who is responsible for the film information service and the film festival at The Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI).

• Born Free

  Posted on: 25 January 2018

  Dr Louise Gentle, Nottingham Trent University, examines James Hill’s classic Born Free and its enduring influence on the teaching of higher education wildlife conservation.

• Memory of the Camps

  Posted on: 5 January 2018

  Dr James Jordan, University of Southampton, examines the restoration of the allied liberation documentary German Concentration Camps Factual Survey

• Furthering Film Education

  Posted on: 21 November 2017

  Learning on Screen spoke to Truro and Penwith College and the Manchester Film School about their different approaches to teaching filmmaking at FE level, and the success their methods are having.

• Bringing the Past to the Future

  Posted on: 19 September 2017

  Frazer Ash, Digital Transfer Manager for Learning on Screen, reports on our off-air digitisation project and the valuable archive television content that will be made available in BoB.

• An Education Experiment

  Posted on: 7 September 2017

  Dr Alex Southern, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, reflects on a post-war government ‘experiment’ in visual education and its relevance to today’s moving image media literacy agenda.

• Concord Media

  Posted on: 14 July 2017

  Concord Media was founded in 1959 by Eric Walker and Lydia Vulliamy. Eric spoke to Viewfinder about the company and its films, explaining how Concord’s ethos and commitment to educational and social issues has been a constant guiding factor through a long and distinguished history.

• Creative Possibilities

  Posted on: 4 July 2017

  Dr Catherine Grant, University of Sussex, speaks with Dr Amber Jacobs and PhD student Ian Magor about their experiences exploring and explaining film with the audiovisual essay.

• Chronicle: A Glimpse of TV Heaven

  Posted on: 20 June 2017

  Commissioned by the BBC IN 1966, Chronicle was a groundbreaking archaeological series that would be on the air for the next twenty-five years. Don Henson, University of York, looks at the history and heritage of the series.