Author: New College Lanarkshire: Film & Television

  • Belated congratulations go out to HND Film & Television student Kieran McLaughlin, who took his place this year on The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s BA in Film-making, one of the most competitive and prestigious film courses in the UK. Kieran began his course at NCL in the autumn of 2019 and only a few month months…

  • NCL Film & Television students past and present, recently collaborated on the production of a music video for Glasgow band Brass, aye? The song; “The Sit Down” was created as part of the band’s Making Moves Project, made possible by funding from Creative Scotland, and released to coincide with COP26 in Glasgow. The track was written by band…

  • “In my opinion our use or misuse of resources the last 100 years or so, I’d probably rename that age, something like The Age of ignorance, The Age of Stupid!!!”  Alain DuVerney, The Age of Stupid  2009 The Earth is a mere 4.5 billion years old and in our arrogance, we have failed to see past the…

  • As part of a series of New College Lanarkshire events aligned with COP26 the Film & Television department will be hosting an open day of information, networking, presentations and workshops at Edward House, 199 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow on Tuesday, 9th November from 2-8pm. Come along and get a masterclass in mobile film making and check…

  • A large part of the new HNC is about capturing how students perform when you put them into a group or team setting. A lot of what we miss is also some of the most important parts of what a student learns – how to negotiate, how to contribute, how to stay focussed, knowing when…

  • I came up with the idea for Tick Tock Repeat from my love of time loop movies. Particularly Groundhog Day, Edge of Tomorrow and Source Code. My script was also influenced by Back to the Future with the usage of clocks throughout.   I knew this was going to be a particularly challenging shoot due to…

  • So much to cover I don’t where to begin…how about week three. We spent the first two weeks online which actually was a nice way to ease everyone back in to coming back into college. A lot of discussion took place between staff around levels of anxiety and worries about student Health and well-being. A…

  • In early 2020, the Film & TV department put in an application to be part of the NextGen pilot for the HN qualification in TV Production.  The NextGen qualifications have been described as the most radical overhaul of qualifications in Scotland in a hundred years!!! For television, it represents a move away from the one…

  • During the pandemic, the Film & TV department, like so many other departments, went online. Although there were huge challenges to overcome, one of the areas that benefitted was our guest speaker slot…there were suddenly a lot of people with a lot of time on their hands!!! In August 2020, Kim Beveridge and executive producer,…

  • The Film and TV department is excited to be involved in the production of ‘Extracts’, a collaboration with Actor and Lecturer Brian Ferguson and his students at City of Glasgow College. ‘Extracts’ is a series of 10 short scenes, performed by City of Glasgow’s performance students and shot on location in and around Cumbernauld by…