Millennium Sessions 2023 will stream on YouTube Premiere this evening, Wednesday 26 April, at 19:00. Set your notifications now at https://youtu.be/gbya8ccR0ZY and follow the @MillenniumSessions channel!
Presented by iRadio’s Niall Dunne, this year’s featured acts include:
Olesya Zdorovetska & Nick Roth
Stephanie Keane & Joe Love
Bubba Shakespeare
Enrica Savigni
Grayhound
Production was by the crew of Film CEL, LSAD and TUS’ in-house production unit.
With one week to go until LSAD, TUS hosts the First Frame Event for the Dublin International Film Festival, further information has been released on the Panel, Live Music as well as news of nominations for LSAD Students.
11 Dept of Digital Arts and Media projects have been shortlisted for diff First Frame awards 2023 out of a total of 40 films selected from Colleges and Institutions from around the country.
LSAD Creative Broadcast and Film Production nominated films are as follows:
‘Púca’ Directed by Heather Curtin
‘Dungeons and Dreams’ Directed by Simon Cunningham
‘The Finer Details’ Directed by Alyssa Fleming
The remaining nominations featured represent works of the Clonmel Programmes in the Digital Arts and Media Department.
Dr. Susan Liddy
Further details have been added and the LSAD team have secured Dr Susan Liddy Mary Immaculate College, to open the event
Event Schedule
9am – Event opening and welcome
Dr Susan Liddy- Chair Women in Television and Film Ireland, Catalyst International Film Festival, Mary Immaculate College Limerick Gráinne Humphreys, Festival Director DIFF
Mike Fitzpatrick, Dean LSAD
9am & 2pm Film Screening
🎦 Screening of shortlisted diff First Frame awards 2023 films, animation, documentary.
11am-1pm -TV + Film Industry Panel 11am-1pm
📹 Laura O’Shea- Award winning film maker, diff Film Maker in Residence & Music Technology Production graduate LSAD TUS
🎥 Philip Shanahan – Film Editor & Creative Broadcast and Film Production graduate LSAD TUS
🎬 Michelle Ryan– EPIK Media founder + Director & Mary I graduate
📽 Rachael Power– National Talent Academy TV + Film Manager -Screen Skills Ireland/ Film in Limerick
Beginning in mid January, a new In-House Production Unit, Film CEL, (Film Craftsmanship Excellence and Learning) will launch. This new addition to the Creative Broadcast and Film Production programme at LSAD, will provide a Media Work Practice structure around craftsmanship of content creation.
Through Film CEL students will have a structure of practice under the guidance and mentorship of a Coordinator. This
production section will be run jointly between academic staff and students with goals to provide professional film/broadcast and
video production content for LSAD/TUS content channels and where appropriate, Internal & external industry companies and
local Community Social, Arts and Cultural organisations on a not-for profit basis. Students working on an IPU production will be
managed by the coordinator, who would also work on and oversee productions. The aim of this IPU is to promote professional
craftsmanship culture within the discipline with the students while also providing opportunities for work placement with
professionals and discipline aligned organisations. Both work practice and skills will need to be demonstrated while meeting
learning outcomes for various production and post-production roles across a variety of forms and media, where appropriate.
In the coming weeks and months there will be updates on the progress as well as any news and events covered by the team.
Film CEL can be found on Instagram (lsad_filmcel) and Twitter @FILM_CEL
To celebrate 30 years of the Limerick School of Acting, Film CEL (Film Craftsmanship Excellence and Learning) at LSAD, TUS, have produced a short doc highlighting the school and its director, Actor Nigel Mercier.
Filmed over a number of days with the schools students the documentary features stories about how Nigel started the school and what he enjoys about it each year.
Filming was completed by both students and staff of the Creative Broadcast and Film Production programme at LSAD with the post production taking place at CRAFT Post House.
Congratulations to Nigel and all the staff and students of the Limerick School of Acting and all the best for the next 30 years.
The Millennium Sessions 2022 will be released on Tuesday April 26th at 7pm on the Programme’s YouTube page. Featuring four fantastic acts, Sean O’Meara, Harriis, Tremor and Static Vision.
Produced by the students and staff of the Creative Broadcast & Film Production and the Music Technology & Production Courses at LSAD, the programme consists of short documentaries on each act as well as a recorded performance from the stage of the Millennium Theatre, TUS, in Limerick.
Check out the programme from 7pm Tuesday 26th April HERE or by clicking on the Millennium Sessions logo below.
Released on April 28th is the final episode of the current series of Word On The Street, produced by the 3rd Year students of the Creative Broadcast and Film Production Programme.
Featuring stories from the TUS campuses, this episode also covers topics that students are concerned with presently, including the expense of travel to college as well as student accommodation.
This is a Film CEL Production (Film Craftsmanship Excellence and Learning)
Comedian Pat Shortt and Creative technology students, recording an episode of his Podcast, The Wellness Hour with Paaah, in the LSAD studio, Moylish Campus.
With the deadline for the 2022 CAO fast approaching, why not check out the Creative Technology Programmes at LSAD, TUS.
Creative Broadcast & Film Production – Level 8 (CSO POINTS 310)
Editing timeline for the in-house student production, ‘Word on the Street’.
This skills based programme offers students an exciting opportunity to explore the world of the broadcast media industry, covering a range of disciplines across film and TV production, visual effects, editing, radio, audio mixing, photography, as well as broadcast technologies across a range of new and traditional media platforms. We offer our students a range of prospects for both academic and career progression in the broadcast, film, and creative media industries, as well as extensive hands on production work experience. If you have a story to tell, we will show you how.
Features of the programme: • Industry led Production & Post Production Practices; • Digital Photography & Cinematography Techniques; • Creative Design for CGI, VFX & Digital Art Direction; • Participate in the Limerick International Film Festival (Hosted by the Film Production programme); • Work in our state of the art Millennium Theatre on a range of live events.
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Music Technology & Production – Level 8 (CSO POINTS 377)
One of many music performances that take place in our Millennium Theatre.
This programme is designed for students wishing to build a career in the Music and Audio production industry. Graduates will have the knowledge and skills needed to perform at a high-level in a number of modern technical environments, including: recording studios, video editing suites, and in live theatre.
Graduates will know the principles and operation of studio equipment in both digital and analogue realms; will learn the specifics of music, musical instruments and factors affecting the quality of recording, including: mixing, mastering and mass production. Later in the programme, an emphasis is placed on the music business and business planning, particularly in relation to events and events management.
Music Technology and Production students have access to state-of-the-art recording and production facilities at TUS and our experienced lecturers give students the thorough, hands-on and personal support they need to make the most of their studies. Features of the programme include producing music, i.e. recording, synthesizing sequencing, composing, performing, editing, evaluating, marketing and selling music.
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For more information on these programmes, LSAD and TUS check out the website HERE or clicking the image below.
After a 3 year gap, the student produced Word On The Street Programme returns in December.
A news programme featuring the stories on events that happen on campus in TUS, this self-directed project allows students to research and produce multiple stories, learning on location skills in interviewing, filming and editing.
The production of the first episode is underway and will feature: the first TUS Open Day, the Open Casting call for the Creative Broadcast & Film Production students as well as other stories from LSAD and TUS Campuses.
This is part of the in-house production unit, Film CEL, (Film Craftsmanship Excellence and Learning)
‘Púca’ Directed by Heather Curtin 
‘Dungeons and Dreams’ Directed by Simon Cunningham
‘The Finer Details’ Directed by Alyssa Fleming 
Simon McGuire 