Thursday Tutorials October 14, 2009
Posted by admin in : Announcements, Tutorials , comments closedI need to see the following people for up dates on their Specialist project, please bring all research with you.
13.30 Craig Collins
13.50 James Crawford
14.10 Daniel Day
14.30 Rhett Edwards
14.50 Ben Giles
15.10 Adam Jaggard
15.30 James Mitchell
15.50 Daniel Powell
D & Ad Student Awards 2010 October 13, 2009
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Click on the image above to go to the D & Ad 2010 Student Awards Briefs. Ore of these could make good Specialist Project.
Interesting Blog Links October 12, 2009
Posted by admin in : Design Blogs, Ideas , add a commentBelow are links to a few really great designer blogs, some great ideas here, worth a look.
SHOWSTUDIO Raw Power October 12, 2009
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Here’s a good opportunity for a live brief for a Specialist Project, click on the images above to go to the site:
“SHOWstudio invite you to collaborate with Nick Knight, Alexander McQueen and PUMA in a unique competition designed to push the boundaries of filmmaking and fashion imagery creation to the very limit.
Our Raw Power competition offers young filmmakers, artists and directors the chance to create a video short by splicing their own unique film material with footage captured during Nick Knight’s ‘Crane Vs. Tiger’ shoot for the Alexander McQueen PUMA S/S 2010 campaign.
One winning filmmaker, chosen by Nick Knight and Alexander McQueen, will be commissioned to direct the Alexander McQueen PUMA Spring/Summer 2010 art movie, previewed on major fashion websites and visible in key fashion department stores and boutiques worldwide from January 2010.”
Moth TV October 11, 2009
Posted by admin in : Announcements, Ideas, Street Art , add a commentWe are pleased to announce that Moth TV will be coming in to talk about their work and run a workshop on Monday 12th October after all at 13.30. The workshop will go on until 8.00 in the evening so we are able to do projections outside. This is an essential session for all second years studying the Future Cinema unit and is also open to any interested third years.
“MOTH formed in November 2008 in the shadows of East London warehouses, flyovers and canal towpaths. Comprising digital artists Ed Firth and Shaun O’Connor, MOTH is united by a passion for experimental technology and for pushing the boundaries of traditional VJing. MOTH bridges the divide between video mixing and street art, generating site-specific video graffiti designed in response to the morphology, texture and ambience of the spaces and structures of the outside world.
In freeing projected visuals from the confined interior, the rectangular screen and the static projector, and introducing the dimensions of time and motion to street art, MOTH aims to develop a new discipline by exploring and exploiting the possibilities of roaming projection and the concept of psychogeography. Two wireless, wearable projection units connected to media tablets allow the artists to move freely around their environment, selecting and relaying pre-produced film and animation designed specifically for that arena.
MOTH’s approach is to explore a space, a structure or an area and respond to its shape, history, context and connotations through projected film and animation, treating the surfaces not just as a screen but as an element of a cinematic and theatrical installation. Recent commissions have revolved around exciting architecture and interesting, unloved fixtures of London’s urban landscape, from the Bow Flyover and Ladbroke Grove’s West Way to Heritage-Listed national treasures such as the Trellick Tower and the V&A Museum, and the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill-On-Sea.”
Killing Cancer Competition October 9, 2009
Posted by admin in : Announcements, Competition , add a commentAnother interesting competition is being run in conjunction with Killing Cancer and the Hawkwind guitarist Huw Lloyd Langton
The moving image/animation competition is open to all university/college students who have the skills to participate. It can be worked on by several Teams between 2/5 at each University/College or students working alone under the guidance of their tutors.
It is the responsibility of the Course Tutor/Programme leader to select a finalist from each individual University/College. We have not detailed a start date for this project but in all cases it would need to be underway by Sept/Oct and finish end of February with all finalists DVDs and entry forms submitted to us by Monday 1st March 2010.
The format for the moving image has not been restricted
Mp3 version of the 2-minute edited track – “PDT Photo Dynamic Therapy”
We will visit each University/College mid-way through the project to monitor the students’ work.
Prizes: Overall winner(s)
Cash prize for winner will be: £5k
7 Runners up will each receive Adobe CS4 Production Software with licences £899
Plus promotion package
External Panel Chosen
Sound Production Engineer – Kris Tait former Tyne Tees
Huw Lloyd-Langton – writer/performer of the track & album
Richard Gillespie – band member/bassist
Killing Cancer – David Longman
TV Presenter – Mathew Wright
Senior Executive Producer of Arts & Entertainment BBC Bristol– Michael Poole
Animation Expert – Steve Ibsen (Kitty Cat)
Venue Chosen for Judging submissions & Final Awards Day March 2010:
We are negotiating with various screening rooms in London and will advise you of the final choice of venue, date and timings before the end of January 201
For full details please talk to Phil Beards
Possible Specialist Project? October 9, 2009
Posted by admin in : Competition, Events , add a commentI have been approached by the management of Autokratz with a possible live project
One of the most talked about artists in British electronic music, autoKratz, are inviting aspiring film makers to submit a music video for upcoming single ‘Speak In Silence’.
This is an exciting opportunity to direct the official video for this epic pop anthem, a track which will be the third single taken from autoKratz critically acclaimed debut album ‘Animal’.
There are no rules regarding the production of the video and any style that you feel fits the track is suitable.
The winning video will become the official promotional video and will be featured across kitsune websites and platforms and blogged all across the internet. It will be played worldwide on music channels, and our record labels TV department will plug the promo globally.
Additional prizes include the opportunity to join the band on the road for a few dates in the forthcoming european tour.
If you are interested I will give you the download details for the track
There is more info on the band on their myspace: www.myspace.com/autokratz <http://www.myspace.com/autokratz>
The previous videos for the band have been played on platforms and TV stations across the globe, and have both been nominated for a range of international arts prizes.
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Meetdraw October 9, 2009
Posted by admin in : Announcements, Events , add a commentNext Wednesday evening there is a Digital Media Networking event taking place in town and I’ve been asked to open the event up to final year students – www.meetdraw.com
Meetdraw has been organised by some of the regions leading digital agencies (Redweb, Refreshed Media, Adido, MCorp, etc) in an effort to emulate the type of social network that happens in around Soho and other cities with large concentrations of media agencies. It is hoped it will provide a fertile ground for freelancers to tout their wares and for the agencies to share ideas and recruit their staff…
This is the third event of this sort that has been run and the previous two have been a big success, with in excess of 150 attendees and this one promises to be even better as the event is being sponsored to the tune of £300 behind the bar – of course, you’re welcome to come along too.
Meetdraw is taking place next Wednesday 14th October @
THE WINCHESTER PUB
39 POOLE HILL
BOURNEMOUTH BH2 5PW
6PM TIL LATE
To make the event even more interactive, Meetdraw is hosting a Meet Counter:
1. Think of a question you want an answer to and write it down on entry or download a ticket from our website
2. On the night you will be given a number from the Meet Counter. Attach this to your person
3. Wait for somebody to find you with the answer
4. Keep your eyes on the screen. Perhaps somebody has a question you can answer!
Tutorials Monday 12th October October 9, 2009
Posted by admin in : Announcements, Tutorials , add a commentPlease not the following times for group Tutorials on Monday 12th October with Phil Beards. Tutorials will take place in the small base room A130C, please be on time. You will be able to get feedback on your Level 5 Professional Project during these times. Please bring all of your research for your Specialist Project and be prepared to talk about your ideas.
Group 1 10.00am
Collins, Craig
Crawford, James
Day, Daniel
Dew, Christopher
Dovey, Michael
Group 2 11.30 am
Edwards, Rhett
Giles, Ben
Harman Sam
Jaggard, Adam
Livesey, Stuart
Group 3 13.45
Maclaren, Robert
Mitchell, James
Oppersdorff, Peter
Plank, Joe
Piper, Richard
Poole-Andersson, Simon
Group 4 15.15
Pegg, Christopher
Powell, Daniel
Simpson, Michael
Su, Shin
Wright, Adam
Digital Media Production go to the Cinema October 6, 2009
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On Thursday 8th October we have taken over the Rex Cinema for the afternoon for a private screening of Inglorious Basterds. In addition Bob Cotton and Amanda Stephenson will be showing a number of important film clips to support the level 5 unit Future Cinema. A coach will take you there and will leave the University Bus stop at 10.30. Second years should be in at 9.30 for a briefing with Liam. We should be back at AUCB by around 5.00pm. All students from the course are invited, please come and join us ice cream and popcorn available.
This is a chance to experience a traditional cinema experience, the Rex Cinema opened in 1920 and has changed little since then, it is used for screenings during the Purbeck Film Festival which takes place this month.
Inglourious Basterds is a 2009 film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino and released in August 2009 by The Weinstein Company and Universal Studios. The film, set in German occupation of France during World War II”, tells the story of two plots to assassinate the Nazi political leadership, one planned by a young French Jewish cinema proprietress, the other by a team of American soldiers called the “Basterds”.
Tarantino has said that despite its being a war film, Inglourious Basterds is a “Spaghetti Western” but with “World War II” iconography”. In addition to spaghetti westerns, the film also pays homage to the World War II “Euro War” macaroni combat sub-genre (itself heavily influenced by spaghetti-westerns).
