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)
Film Post Production Editor / Lecturer Simon McGuire at the 2019 LSAD open day demonstrating trailer editing.
Our TUS campus open days are an ideal opportunity for you, your friends and family to join us on campus and find out first-hand what it is really like to be a student at TUS and if you are thinking about a career in the Film, Broadcast or Music Industries then why not check out the LSAD Open Day on November 27th from 10 – 2pm on the Moylish Campus.
There will be representatives from the academic staff as well as current students to chat to you about our programmes:
Simon giving a production planning workshop at Castletroy College, Limerick. Photo: Joe Shortt.
Taking play at Castletroy College on November 5 was the first of a series of workshops for Students wishing to study film making for transition year and beyond.
With an audience made up of TY and 5th year students, as well as some teaching staff, LSAD/ TUS lecturer, Simon McGuire spoke of his experience in taking a simple short film idea and realising through practical and theoretical planning to get it to screen.
Students began with a pitching session of their film ideas where they democratically choose their favourite script to make over the coming months. Their mission to enter the completed film to the Fresh Film Festival in 2022. Not an easy challenge for a student group who haven’t attempted this before, but their enthusiasm certainly showed throughout the workshop.
Simon’s goal was to take the chosen idea and brain storm with the students through practical demonstration and discussions, to help inspire them to realise the narrative and processes needed to bring the film to life.
Camera composition, as well as directing techniques were imparted to students as well as what to look out for when selecting locations and positioning actors in a scene.
The Castletroy Students will now move onto the scripting process as well as completing the preproduction planning before filming begins.
As production nears its end, Simon will return once again to give the students a workshop on post production for short film, where students will learn multiple editing processes for content and narrative creation.
Released on October 30th, will be the brand new online programme, Pat Shortt’s Comedy Heads.
Produced by Short Comedy Theatre Company and Funded by Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Pat Shortt has collaborated with Joe Rooney and The Dublin Comedy Improv Club to create an evening of comedy sketches and general madness.
Filming took place in the Moat Theatre, Naas as well as Limerick School of Art & Design, TUS, Limerick with Simon managing both the camera and editing departments.
Tickets for this special programme can be purchased from www.PatShortt.com
Faye & Pat Shortt discussing the edit with Simon recently. Finishing touches to Pat Shortt’s Comedy Heads.
Filming began on a new comedy project last week, involving the team from the Dublin Comedy Improv. This will be available online in the Autumn and features numerous sketches from a number of famous Irish comedy faces.
Production takes place on location in Counties Kildare and Limerick over the summer with post production to be completed early Autumn.
It’s that time of the year again when CAO applicants have the change to amend their choices for college places. If you need to amend or add courses you can use the Change of Mind facility before the 1st July at 17:15.
Based in the Moylish Campus, in Limerick, the Creative Broadcast & Film Production and Music Technology & Production Programmes offer a blend of learning solutions for those thinking of a career in the creative industries. As part of the Department of Digital Arts & Media, Limerick School of Art and Design, students have availed of the practice based programmes and achieved multiple awards both locally and nationally.
For more information, check out the programmes and the CAO change of Mind page on the links below.
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