Leeds Media Services News 2009
December 2009
Leeds Media Services film Alumni lecture - Life at the Top
Mountaineer Kenton Cool returned to the University of Leeds to share his astounding adventures on the world's toughest mountains. Leeds Media Services filmed, edited and encoded the event. It is now available to watch online.
Kenton started climbing when he was at Leeds University and is now one of the UK's leading alpine climbers and mountain guides. He has made many significant ascents in Alaska, India, Pakistan and Nepal and among his impressive list of achievements is establishing a major new route on Annapurna III, becoming the first Briton to ski an 8000 metre peak on Cho Oyu, and becoming the first European to summit Everest seven times.
He has also taught Sir Ranulph Fiennes to climb and has successfully guided him up the North Face of the Eiger and to the summit of Everest.
Ethics in Computing: Real Ethics and Virtual Reality - now online
Leeds Media Services has completed Ethics in Computing: Real Ethics and Virtual Reality for the University of Leeds. The teaching video is about morality in virtual worlds, which will also form part of the 'Maths Matters in Computing' series.
Playing video games can be an opportunity to suspend the moral rules we all live by, allowing us to identify with characters who behave in a way that we never would in real life. But does this mean that virtual worlds are a values-free zone, whose characters and situations are immune to scrutiny from a moral point of view?
In 2007, Manchester Cathedral threatened to take legal action against Sony over a violent game, Resistance: Fall of Man, which used the cathedral as a location. This short film examines that case and the many important ethical questions this raises. Can be used either for individual study or as a basis for classroom discussion.
November 2009
Leeds Media Services film careers fair
Leeds Media Services filmed the Language Careers Discussion Panel, Careers in Interpreting and Translation and Interpreting & Translation Alumni Panel that made up part of the Expo 09 run by the University of Leeds. Speakers included staff from GCHQ, the UN, the European Parliament, the European Commission. The event was also streamed live to an overflow lecture theatre. The event will be available online soon.
Neuropathic pain video now online
Leeds Media Services has completed work on 'Understanding Neuropathic Pain,' a video produced for the School of Healthcare at the University of Leeds and sponsored by Napp Pharmaceuticals Limited.
Through the experiences of the four people featured, the video shows how people are able to live with neuropathic pain successfully. 'Understanding Neuropathic Pain' is aimed at healthcare professionals and patients. It will be distributed in clinics, hospitals and GP surgeries as well as on the web.
September 2009
Leeds Media Services film charity concert
The Charity Dreamgirls www.charitydreamgirls.co.uk held their annual 'Soul & Motown Revue' concert at the Victoria Theatre in Halifax on Saturday the 26th of September. Leeds Media Services worked with Complete Video Solutions to record the event.
'Making group-work work' wins two top awards
The online learning resource 'Making group-work work' that was filmed and edited by Leeds Media Services, Steven White and Mark Smith, has won two top awards.
The LearnHigher 'Making group-work work' resource, developed by the Universities of Bradford, Brunel and Leeds, received first place for both the Jorum Learning and Teaching Competition - www.jorum.ac.uk/community/altcCompetition.html and the Epigeum Award for Most Effective Use of Video Presentations (presented at ALT-C 2009 conference).
The resource is designed to help both students and tutors understand and overcome the challenges of group work. The learning path involves a series of 10 episodes, taking five students through the journey of a group work project. Each episode highlights a different aspect of working as part of a group and includes video, audio, discussion points and a range of additional resources. The resource can be found at www.learnhighergroupwork.com/
In 2008 'Making group-work work' was nominated in the British Universities Film & Video Council's prestigious Learning on Screen Awards. This was one three productions that have been nominated in the past two years in which Mark Smith and Steven White have been key contributors.
Veritas motion graphics now online
Leeds Media Services have created a motion graphic video demonstrating the new Veritas system.
The video was used on the Veritas stand at the 100% Design exhibition in London that ran from the 24th to the 27th of September. The video is now being used on the Veritas homepage www.veritas-uk.net.
Veritas™ the newest and most design-forward system of translucent ResinArt™ Panels destined to challenge and inspire designers and architects worldwide. They're an extension of your inspiration, allowing you to tell vivid, unforgettable stories without saying a word. Ultimately, Veritas ResinArt Panels give you a whole new language for communicating about space and transforming it in ways you never thought possible.
August 2009
Leeds Media Services create induction clips for Leeds University Business School
Leeds Media Services have completed filming and editing a number of induction clips for new students starting at the school in the autumn. The clips are hoted by staff from the school and are intended to help students get used to the school and university life in general.
Leeds Media Services help promote new low fat cheese
Througout August and Setptember we have been working with Kerry Foods to promote their new low fat mature cheese Kerry LowLow - www.kerrylowlow.com. This work was in preparation for the release of their new multi-million pound advert that was broadcast for the first time on the 14th of October 2009.
July 2009
Leeds Media Services record plant sciences lecture series
Leeds Media Services complete filming of the Gatsby Plants Summer School 2009 lecture series.
The 5th Gatsby Plants Summer School took place at the Emergency Planning College near York between 5th - 11th July 2009. The Gatsby Plants Summer School continues to be a successful medium through which those at the forefront of their subject can simply convey their passions to students eager to be excited by science and its opportunities.
The lecture series can be found online at www.gatsbyplants.leeds.ac.uk/index.php.
