Welcome to the CREATIVE AND MEDIA DIPLOMA FESTIVAL

This blog hosts all the information and schedule for the 4 days of the festival, and will be updated with content throughout the festival itself.

TUESDAY at the Festival

Opening Night Screening and Reception

6.00 - 7.30pm

Student video projects from Levels 1, 2 and 3

(Screen 3 at the Arts Picturehouse)

8.00pm

Drinks Reception at Anglia Ruskin University and exhibition of

art work from Cambridge Regional College Diploma students

and T-shirts by Long Road students

(ARU Gallery)

WEDNESDAY at the Festival

Primary School Animation Event

10.15 - 11.15am

Screening of animations by Foxton and Arbury KS2 children made in association with Long Road Level 2 diploma students on work experience

(Arts Picturehouse screen 3)

plus exhibition of posters by the children and some examples of diploma students’ video work and...some surprises !

The students who went on work experience at the primary schools are also using this as the basis for their Level 2 freestanding project and some of the animations will be entered for the Cambridgeshire Filmstarz competition in the summer.

The support of the two schools is much appreciated.

THURSDAY at the Festival

10.00 - 11.30am

Schools and Colleges screening of diploma video work

(Screen 1 at the Arts Picturehouse)

Featuring Level 1, 2 and 3 work from across the consortium, including animation, documentary, instructional video, swedes, film openings, short films made at the seaside, book trailers and work from the performance unit.

FRIDAY at the Festival

MK&LRN Conference at Homerton College

11.00 - 12.30pm

Students Show and Tell

presenting and reflecting on aspects of their work

(Science Lecture Theatre)

12.30 - 1.30pm

Lunch

(Foyer)

1.30 - 3.30pm

Diploma students will explore their creativity and reflect upon their learning in a practical hands-on session with artists Idit Nathan and Sally Brown from Cambridge Curiosity and Imagination.

(rooms SEC18/19)

Teachers, academics and friends of the diploma will consider issues around creativity and the diploma based upon the morning presentations

(room SEC8)

3.30pm

Final Plenary Session

attendees likely to include: Jenny Grahame (Media Magazine), Bill Thompson (BBC Technology Journalist), Emma Bull and Alice Crystal (Film Education), Kostas Voros (Institute of Education), Julian McDougall (Newman University), Julian Sefton-Green (Special Professor of Education, Univ of Nottingham), Jon Wardle (CEMP, Univ of Bournemouth), Johnnie Ingram and Matt Kelland (Moviestorm), Gini Stirling (Skillset), Tyler Denmead (New Urban Arts, USA), plus teachers of the Creative and Media Diploma from around the UK.