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- https://www.barbican.org.uk/read-watch-listen
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- Arts and Humanities
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- Design, Drama, Film Studies, Literature, Media Studies, Music, Photography
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- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
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- Organisations, Podcasting, Streaming/Download
Known for pushing the boundaries of theatre, dance, film, music and visual art, the Barbican’s podcasts and videos showcase specially commissioned interviews, lectures, exclusive trailers, performance footage, short films and concert recordings. New videos are added each Friday.
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- https://audioboom.com/channel/nosuchthingasafish
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- Arts and Humanities
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- Media Studies
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- Radio/Sound
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- Podcasting
Weekly British podcast series produced and presented by the research team behind the BBC Two game show QI. Each researcher presents their favourite fact that they have come across that week, but has not made it into that week’s QI programme. The most regular presenters of the podcast are James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski and Dan Schreiber, although other QI researchers also make appearances, and there are guest presenters on some episodes. There are over 240 ‘jolly’ episodes, each packed with ‘impressive and silly facts’ (The Guardian). For example, we may learn why the Italian film director Jesus Franco was once deemed by the Catholic Church as the most dangerous director alive or that the first sandwich was not made by the Earl of Sandwich.
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- http://www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/
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- Arts and Humanities
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- Film Studies, Media Studies
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- Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Lists, Podcasting
Created in 2014 by film journalist, writer and lecturer, Karina Longworth, this podcast broadcast the results of different research projects about the secret and/or forgotten histories of Hollywood’s first century. There are some 130 episodes so far, each lasting around 30 minutes; personalities portrayed include well-known stars such as Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Katharine Hepburn, Marlon Brando and Kim Novak and lesser known actors such as Frances Farmer, Val Lewton, Kay Francis and Theda Bara. The site can be easily searched via the Archive section and the New Episodes tab. There is also a Film Club which presents the host’s must-see films and other films related to one or more individual episodes of the podcast, and the Book Club or mini-reference library which offers a guide to all the books used to make the programmes.
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- https://www.theguardian.com/video
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- Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences
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- Media Studies
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- Film/Video
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- Streaming/Download
This is one of the few British national newspapers that offers free access to the latest news features, documentaries and opinion. Video content can be viewed both via the YouTube Channel and the paper’s own website. The Guardian YouTube Network organises its content under the following categories: News, Owen Jones Talks, Guardian Football, Guardian Science and Tech, and Guardian Culture; the website’s video section includes Video of the day, which shows short films about current affairs; Documentaries, which explore the stories behind the headlines; Spotlight; News; Opinion; Explainers; Sport; Technology; Interviews; Culture; Life & style.
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- https://www.theguardian.com/documentaries
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- Film Studies, Media Studies
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- Streaming/Download
The Guardian newspaper in partnership with other organisations commissions a series of short but in-depth films designed to remain thematically relevant in a year’s time or more, and so not necessarily tied to a current news story or Guardian reporting. The documentaries are released via The Guardian’s website.
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- http://edn.network/
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- Arts and Humanities
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- Film Studies, Media Studies
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- Information Sources, Lists, Organisations, Podcasting, Web Links
EDN is a meeting point for all documentary professionals working in the film and TV industries. It has around 1000 members from more than 60 countries, including production companies, producers, directors and other film professionals, distributors, associations, film institutions & boards, broadcasters, universities and festivals. The key service of EDN are to provide information to its members on co-production and other kinds of collaboration across borders, the international potential of a project, where to take a finished film, distribution, festivals and markets, the EU MEDIA Programme and other funding options, documentary training programmes and production contacts in other countries.
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- https://snfagora.jhu.edu
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- Arts and Humanities, Bio-Medical, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
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- Law, Media Studies, Medicine, Social Studies
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- Film/Video
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- Funding, Streaming/Download
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation is an international philanthropic organisation which funds projects in the areas of arts and culture, education, health and sports, and social welfare. Among these projects is The Agora Institute, at Johns Hopkins University, a multidisciplinary centre that aims to serve as a forum for bringing together experts from the fields of political science, sociology, history, neuroscience, psychology, philosophy, and ethics to examine the dynamics of civic discourse and design and test means for improving open dialogue, civic engagement, and democratic governance. The series Dialogues are monthly events/discussion about specific issues and can be watched via the SNFcasts. Themes covered so far include Stereotypes, Eros, Journalism in a time of Crisis and Crisis in Journalism, and Enhancing the Health Sector in Greece.
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- http://bbcsfx.acropolis.org.uk/
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- Arts and Humanities
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- Media Studies, Radio Studies
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- Radio/Sound
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- Lists, Producers/Broadcasters, Streaming/Download
This impressive collection of over 16,000 sound effects is now available to listen, download and use for personal, educational or research purposes. The content is organised by description, category and duration and can be searched by keyword. For example, entering ‘telephones’ returns 121 entries, including American telephones, the Bakelite 200 series from 1930 onwards, mobile phones, answering machines and many more; under the keyword ‘trains’ we can find over 250 sound effects including steam, electric, diesel and high speed trains, Eurostar, train tunnels, train stations, train bridges, etc.
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- https://soundcloud.com/thetipoff
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- Arts and Humanities
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- Media Studies, Politics and Government
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- Radio/Sound
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- Podcasting, Streaming/Download
What does it mean to be an investigative journalist today? Which are the tricks of the trade? Do you need to study it or is it all just about instinct and stubbornness? This podcast showcases some of the best UK investigative journalism from recent years. Maeve McClenaghan, from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, is the host and in each episode she takes us to the behind the scenes of an important news story, from the tip off through to the story getting published. There are 11 episodes so far, including Follow the Money, which uncovers the questionable financial practices of one of the Conservative Party’s largest donors, and Back to the Source which reveals how finding a vital source can let you into the world of the Pentagon’s top-secret propaganda machine.
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- Link
- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXBk4btfHxmH-FPDb35_iDg8M3d7rn-Vn
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- Arts and Humanities
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- Film Studies, Media Studies
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- Film/Video
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- Streaming/Download
A YouTube channel which aims to tell the history of cinema, one film at a time. The first episode cheats slightly, covering the years 1888 - 1914 in one fell swoop, but from 1915 onwards the focus is on a single film per year, each example being selected for the way in which it demonstrates the advances made in the cinematic medium, in terms of technology, technique, genre etc. Amongst the directors covered are Charlie Chaplin, Sergei Eisenstein, Cecil B. DeMille and Buster Keaton. The site addresses animation, the advent of sound, techniques such as montage and the close-up, as well as early filmic examples of documentary, horror and science-fiction.
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