This Thursday 10th March, will see the I.T. Factor return to the Millennium Theatre at Limerick Institute of Technology. This Music competition will see acts from a number of the I.T.s around the country battle it out to become the winners of the national event.
The Video and Sound students of L.I.T. will be filming the event live on the night with a web stream available from the L.I.T. Website. See here
LIT Film Festival Logo
Spin Cinema Presenter Peter Murphy conducted an interview on the LIT Film Festival 2011 on Sunday 27th of Feb.
Click this link to here the interview in full.
Another great Professional workshop took place on Monday night last at the Behind the Scenes forum at the Absolute hotel. Avid Specialist speaker, Tom Crocker, spoke about the latest features of Avid’s Media Composer 5.5 which was released only a couple of weeks ago.
Behind the Scenes would like to thank Tom for his time and knowledge and also thank David O’Byrne of Tyrell for also bringing down fact sheets and other knowledge material.
We hope that the future meetings of Behind the Scenes lives up to this one.
More soon.
This Monday coming, Feb 28th, will see an Avid Technologies Guest Lecture give a talk in the Millennium Theatre from 11am to 1pm.
The content of this will run on the following,
· Avid Introduction and MC5 overview (Introduction)
· Workflows and file Management AMA ( Basic)
· Workflows, File types and Timeline formats ( Advanced)
This talk is not only open to all Video and Sound Students but we have invited students from UL, Limerick College of Further Education, Mary Immaculate College and Tralee I.T.
Here is a Bio on Tom Crocker, Avid Media Composer Specialist
Tom is a very experienced Avid Demo Artist with years of industry background. Tom, who until recently, worked for Avid as a product specialist., specialising in Avid editing software. He brings experience from both using Avid Media Composer professionally and as an Certified Avid educator, giving many Avid Training courses over the years.
Tom will offer an insight to workflow and file manager within Avid Media Composer and discuss some of the new features that have arrived with the release of MC 5.5 ( Launched BE Feb 2011 ) . Tom Crocker has Specialist Knowledge of Video Codec’s and Colour grading. His overall Specialties are Film and Television editing and production, workflow and integration, post production.
On Sunday 20th Feb saw the filming of multiple fight sequences for the short film Scumbag Millionaire. The early morning shoot involved both Mark Griffin and myself as crew, with Jason Kenny organizing the fight stunts and Francis Ryan playing the lead part as ‘Danny’.
As you can see from the photos taken by John Garrett, the scene had some high energy hits.
Post Production has started on the pic with just a few scenes left to be shot. The film with get its debut showing at the LIT Film Festival in April of this year. It is also hoped that it will be entered into this year’s Galway Film Fleadh.
More Soon.
As per BBC Site
The BBC is to launch its College of Production website on 21 February 2011, aiming to provide free advice on TV, radio and online production to the production community and the general public.
The BBC says it hopes the website – bbc.co.uk/collegeofproduction – will help train BBC staff, but also become an authoritative and useful resource for the broadcasting industry.
“The best made easy” is the premise behind the creation of the site, says Amanda Lyon, the launch editor. “Through filmed talks, short radio programmes and videos, broadcasting innovators, creatives and experts will freely share their experience with the production community in a distilled and focused form.”
Short VTs provide practical advice on subjects from health and safety to self shooting, editing and interviewing. Short radio programmes feature experts in conversation on single topics, such as how blogs can be used to add value to programme content.
Production staff working on shows including Strictly Come Dancing, Doctor Who, Lambing Live and Bang Goes The Theory describe their roles and first-hand experiences. There are currently around 100 VTs on the site, and this will grow to around 300 items by the end of the year.
Anne Morrison, Director of the BBC Academy, said: “We aim to share as much of our training as possible with the wider UK broadcasting industry, for free, equipping people with skills they need for a lifetime of employability in an ever-changing media landscape.”
Click here for the Music Video
This weekend saw the filming of the music video for a new track from Limerick artist Asa Fitzpatrick, called Decisions. With writing by another local man David Murphy, the song tackles the issues surrounding the upcoming general elections and the choices the people of Ireland have to make taking into account the state of the country.
All of the video was shot at numerous locations around Limerick City. The day of the shoot was dogged by poor weather but the team at AppleBox Media, pushed on video already released on YouTube. There will be special performances at different events during the coming weeks.
AppleBox Media are in the middle of production of a re-enactment video featuring different aspects of Viking life in Ireland. Commissioned by Dr. Catherine Swift of Mary Immaculate College Limerick, the finished video piece will help form an over all package of an informative CD-ROM for every primary school in Ireland.
Saturday, 29th January saw the main scenes shot on location at Craggaunowen, in county Clare. Using the ringfort there scenes were shot of a typical viking family going about their daily lives.
See the pictures below
Film Ireland have written an article detailing the 2nd Annual LIT FILM Festival 2011.
This is fantastic coverage for the festival. We are hoping that the rest of the national media will pick up on this article and go one better by covering the weeks events and promoting film and video production in the Mid-West. A special thanks to Eleanor McSherry on writing the piece.
Here’s the article in full as per the FilmIreland.net site
Tue, Jan 18, 2011
Want a chance to show off that film that’s on your mobile? Or that YouTube movie that you filmed last summer? Or your final year project for college that you sweated buckets over to make? Well Limerick City’s Technical College might just have the Film Festival for you!
In 2010 Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT) assistant lecturer and media professional, Simon McGuire realised that there was a need for a film festival for third level students in the Mid West. He wanted to provide a place to showcase new talent. With the current rise in film production courses and with the popularity of websites like YouTube, it seemed like just the ticket.
In its inaugural year (2010) the festival boasted a strong attendance on the day with 20 people attending the Workshops and 120 attending the awards night at the Millennium Theatre. Also there were 223 viewers (approx) online watching the live video stream (using six cameras) on www.litvchannel.net. The judging panel consisted of members of the professional media industry, who represented technical and non-technical areas. They included Matt Kelly and Marion Malone of Matt Kelly Productions and Laura Ryan of the Limerick Co-ordination office. This was excellent for a first run and showed that there was a definite need for this kind of festival in the Mid West.
Last year’s festival was only a one-day event and open to third-level students. This year the festival will be over five days and open to the general public. It will not just be about the film competition either as there will be plenty for those interested in getting into the film industry in Ireland. There will be a variety of talks, workshops, film viewings, an awards night, an industry exhibition and much more, all given by industry professionals. Its founder has great ambitions for the potential of this style of festival and they hope to add much more to its programme over the next couple of years.
The criteria for the film competition is quite open. There is no limit on the length of film. It can be in any genre. The entry form deadline is the 28th of January, with the film entry deadline on the 31st of March 2011. There is also no entry fee. All they ask is that it is on a DVD and can be played easily. So far they have a lot of interested from all over the country.
The festival will take place from the 11th to the 15th of April, 2011 in Limerick Institute of Technology. So don’t just sit there and wonder ‘what if’. Get out and film something, be creative and send it off. You never know!
For further details on entry forms or for exhibiting or sponsorship please contact Simon McGuire on: simon.mcguire@lit.ie or on https://vteditor.wordpress.com/lit-film-festival-2011/
Or find them on Facebook or Twitter under LIT Film Festival.
Photos by Herbert Knowles, Shannon Co.Clare.
A decision has been made by the organizers of the LIT Film Festival to expand to a week of events. These will include:
An Exhibition of Industry equipment from a number of businesses including Sony Professional, Avid Technologies and Tyrell.
Workshops from a number of industry professionals in several fields of television production and post production.
Film Entry Viewing at the Millennium Theatre, LIT
And on the success of last years event, the Awards Night for the Film Competition itself followed by an after show party to round off the night and to end the Festival.
Due to the competition being open to the General public this year as well as college students the interest in entering has been strong with entries from Limerick, Cork, Carlow and Dundalk to name but a few.
(More events yet to be confirmed)
If you have an interest in entering then you can click on the links below to obtain a copy of the Application Form and Articles of Submission.
LIT FILM FESTIVAL APPLICATION FORM
LIT FILM FESTIVAL ARTICLES OF SUBMISSION
If you need further information on the Festival, a press release or information on becoming a sponsor or exhibiting at the festival then please contact simon.mcguire@lit.ie
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