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Feature Films on British Television in the 1970s
13 November 2015
Dr Sheldon Hall, Senior Lecturer in Stage and Screen Studies at Sheffield Hallam University, gives us a report on the history of the showing of feature films on British television during the 1970s.… continue reading.
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Broadcasting Live ... From Space
30 October 2015
Dr Mike Allen is Senior Lecturer for the Department of Film, Media and Cultural Studies at Birkbeck, University of London. Here he looks at channel 4's Live From Space series and discusses how far the experience of being an astronaut can truly be captured for the audience at home.… continue reading.
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Is the Future MOOC?
19 October 2015
FutureLearn is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Open University and is the first UK-led provider of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). We speak to Simon Nelson, its CEO, about its history as well as the organisation's aims and ambitions.… continue reading.
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Surviving PhDs
21 September 2015
Stephen Engelhard is the founder of Angel Productions, and produces and directs its videos for universities. He explains how his company made The PhD Survival Video, one of a continuing series of productions to support the training of doctoral students used in more than 70 UK institutions.… continue reading.
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Spaces of TV: Production, Site and Style
7 September 2015
Until the 1990s, most British TV was shot on video in the studio, with film used only for exteriors. What impact did physical space have on both changing modes of production and television aesthetics?… continue reading.
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The Film Space
25 August 2015
A new free teaching resource aims to encourage and build an understanding and appreciation of moving images, in all forms, for those in full-time education. Its co-founder, Ian Wall, fills in the blanks.… continue reading.
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Screening Science
11 August 2015
Cardiff sciSCREEN is a cross-disciplinary programme that promotes engagement between science and the academy through audio-visual media. Dr Andrew Bartlett, Cardiff University, provides an overview.… continue reading.
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(Not) Comin’ At Ya! The Lost History of 3D
27 July 2015
Sixty years ago Hollywood had its first serious engagement with exhibiting feature films in three dimensions. Dr Simon Brown looks at one of the first films released on the then new film format, Inferno.… continue reading.
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Bollywood Goes Shakespeare
14 July 2015
India produces more films per year than any other nation, yet only a smattering of these relate to Shakespeare. Dr Deana Rankin looks at recent attempts to explore why that might be. … continue reading.
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Virtual Rome
24 June 2015
A vivid visual reconstruction can help to express the complex findings of archaeologists and historians in an accessible, engaging way. Dr Matthew Nicholls, University of Reading, presents his own work in the field. … continue reading.