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Category: university

  • Back to uni

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’m back in England, at uni, in a new room, for another year.

  • Tomorrow I’m back in London

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteYesterday I made a phone call after writing an e-mail to see about getting cheaper accomodation through one method and it went well. I’m going to be back in London tomorrow, once I’ve finished packing all my stuff into a suitcase. It’s the usual good and bad. It’s good because although…

  • The FIBA 2006 is over

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe FIBA 2006 is over and yesterday was the day where I recuperated by sitting in the sun in the morning and editing a short video clip in the afternoon. Both were nice occupations to unwind from the past three weeks. it’s been fun and all that remains from this work…

  • De-rushing

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteAs I arrived home today, after a slightly more relaxed day I found that two tapes had arrived in the post. It’s the ones from the final fling. I still need to go through them and find usable footage. I’m going to be editing that over the next two or three…

  • One edit finished and several more matches to follow

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt’s the fourth day of the FIBA championship so it’s the fourth day where I wake before 0400 european time. I wouldn’t mind staying in bed a bit longer. I’m starting to understand the game better and I’ve seen that certain teams are far more entertaining to watch than others. On…

  • List of books on documentary

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteTheorizing Documentary (Afi Film Reader) A New History of Documentary Film Television and the Public Interest: Vulnerable Values in Western European Broadcasting Documentary in the Digital Age A few of the books I need to get through over the next few days.

  • Smokescreen

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhen mentioning smokescreen I always have the impression that it’s there to hide something but that’s the name of the student tv channel at uni. We’ve already been working on a number of things. We’ve been finding volunteers, preparing the logo and such. Last night I was working on the content…

  • The future of the media

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesOver the next two weeks, I am working in part of what will become part of the new media landscape. I receive footage via satellite and edit short summaries to become video clips on the official site of the organisation. At the moment it’s not visible to the normal public but it…