Tuesday Timetable Changes

 9am Lesson - still at 9am but running until 12pm

10:50am Lesson - starting at 1pm and running until 4pm

Monday Timetable Changes

 Hi everyone, 

A reminder of the timetable changes going ahead. These are how they are affected. 

9am Lesson - Still at 9am but running until 12pm

10:50am Lesson - not running today

12:25/13:05 Lesson - starts at 1pm and runs until 4pm.

2:40pm Lesson - not running today

Timetabling this week

 Hi everyone,

Just a reminder that the timetable is slightly different this week, as listed below.

To clarify, all 1st period lessons start at the same time as they would on a normal week. 

If you have a lesson Monday or Wednesday during period 3, then you attend that lesson at 1pm. 

If you have a lesson on a Tuesday during 2nd period (10:50) then you attend that lesson at 1pm.

MON 7th June	TUES 8th June	WEDS 9th June	THURS 10th June	FRI 11th June
9.00- 12.00          P	9.00- 12.00          U	9.00- 12.00          Q	TAG Meetings     No lessons	TAG Meetings    No lessons
LUNCH 12.00 – 1.00	LUNCH 12.00 – 1.00	LUNCH 12.00 – 1.00
1.00– 4.00        T	1.00– 4.00        R	1.00– 4.00        S

 

Booking System Update

 Hi everyone,

After half term, the booking system will be changing. To streamline the process, there will now be two slots for picking up and returning kit, one at 9am, and one at 12:30pm. 

This will be the only time you can collect and return equipment, unless you are in a lesson that requires it. 

The booking system will update on Friday morning to reflect this change. Any pre-existing bookings will be honoured. 

As ever, if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email sgamble@longroad.ac.uk or message Sam Gamble on Teams. 

Thanks,

Sam

Loans Counter Shut Thursday

 Hi everyone,

Just to let you all know that the equipment counter will be shut on Thursday. That means no pick ups and no returns. Please plan your shoots accordingly. 

Thanks,

Sam

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International Women’s Day

 Nations and Regions Media Futures x BBC: International Women’s Day sessions

 

On International Women’s Day (Monday 8 March), Nations and Regions: Media Futures is teaming up with the BBC for two virtual sessions to celebrate women in the media.

 

Expect lively conversation and insights from four leading BBC media experts to help you realise your own potential and carve out your future career.

 

At 1pm is our BBC Children’s event. You can hear from Blue Peter’s 39^th presenter Mwaka Mudenda and Helen Foulkes, Head of BBC Education, overseeing BBC Bitesize, BBC Teach, BBC Food and the BBC’s educational campaigns. They will be delving into how they developed their careers in television, the women who inspired them and the pivotal role BBC Education has played during the pandemic.

 

Then at 4pm don’t miss our BBC Sport session. We’ll be joined by Pam Melbourne, Assistant Editor Major Events at Radio Sport, and Helen Brown, Assistant Editor at BBC Sport, for a special panel session. They will be discussing what an average day at BBC Sport looks like (if there is one!), their routes into the industry, plus obstacles they have had to overcome on the way.

 

Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to hear from top BBC industry professionals as we #ChooseToChallenge on this International Women’s Day 2021. There will also be time during the session for an audience Q&A so have your questions at the ready!

 

Click here to register (everyone who has signed up via Eventbrite will be emailed a link to join the session):

Nations and Regions: Media Futures in conversation with BBC Children’s (International Women’s Day, Monday 8 March 2021, 1pm-1.40pm)

Nations and Regions: Media Futures in conversation with BBC Sport (International Women’s Day, Monday 8 March 2021, 4pm-4.40pm)

OCR Units and UCAS (2012 suite 100% coursework)

 60 120 180 Course UCAS points (2012 suite)

See also the UCAS site here

(OCR Cambridge Technicals)

Green screen tutorial

 https://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/www.its.ndsu.edu/tlc/spongepdfs/quickstarts/Remove_Background_in_Photoshop.pdf

Induction Editing Task

 For those classes doing some editing in the first few days.

The task is to take two different films and edit them into a different genre. Turn 'Ratatouille' into a horror, and 'Ex Machina' into a romance/rom-com.

Find the project files, clips and music here: 

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1yJFO12ld-5P-DxOWjqRD6CudpPaU51Wi?usp=sharing

Develop Your Filmmaking from home with these 5 tips!

Developing your filmmaking - 5 things you might want to try in lockdown:

1. Take part in a Future Learn Course

Future Learn provides hundreds of free courses in partnership with universities.  

Some of the film ones include:

Explore Filmmaking: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/explore-filmmaking

Introduction to Screenwriting: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/screenwriting

1.  BFI Film Academy Labs

For next few months, the BFI Film Academy Labs events are going virtual! These free monthly online events are designed to support young, aspiring filmmakers and help develop skills and projects from home. There is also the opportunity to apply for individual mentoring and workshop sessions.

https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=bfifilmacademylabs&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id=

1. Watch Mark Kermode's Secrets of Cinema

BBC 4 are running an excellent series on the conventions of different film genre.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bbn5pt/episodes/player

1. Read a book on film or by a filmmaker

There are lots of excellent and accessible film books. You may search to see if your favorite actor or director has written an autobiography, or look through the list of books about the production process.

https://bookauthority.org/books/best-filmmaking-books

 

1. Plan and shoot a 1 minute film on your phone

There are a number of apps you can download to edit films on your phone like Adobe Rush or I movie, or you can shoot footage on your phone and move them to your computer.  One exercise you can try is to plan 10 shots, each of a different length , try organising your clips in descending order 10, 9, 8, 7, 6 ,5 ,4 ,3 ,2 and 1 second or the other way round.  What is the impact of these shooting and editing decisions?

1. Write a script for a 5 minute lockdown film

This could be a documentary or a fiction script. Use Celtx Challenge yourself by only using the resources (locations, actors, props) available to you in lockdown. You could set it in one location or plan to film with a collaborator in more than one lockdown venue. Each page of script usually translates to about a minute of film - so aim to write five pages.  Try to  plan your narrative in three acts.  ACT 1: set up and complication, ACT 2, chain of events and rising action, ACT 3: Falling action and resolution.   Work out what you want to happen in each act before you start writing your script.  

As you’ll be aware these are very unusual times and it is normal to be worried.

At present we are working as usual – but remotely, and our expectation is that you will be able to do the same.

Please work during your normal lesson time if possible and do the work set.

If you can’t either work, or can’t work during the lesson time, be in contact so we know you are fine and able to study.

And if you still can’t, we will endeavour to help in any way we can.

Let us know!

The work will be on the blog and you should have access to a spreadsheet to let us know if you need something marked off.

Good luck!

Equipment Booking Update

To all students,

Please be aware that, because of the current global situation, the department is changing how long you can book equipment for.
Effective from today, you will not be able to take equipment any longer than overnight, and no weekend bookings. There are NO exceptions to this.
Efforts should be taken to ensure that you can return equipment the same day, but I understand that this may not be possible in some situations.
I will also have wipes available to sanitise equipment should you wish to do so.

Thanks,
Sam Gamble