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** apologies for cross postings** FORTHCOMING ONE-DAY COURSE ====================================================== LOCATING MOVING IMAGE ARCHIVES AND FOOTAGE SOURCES ====================================================== THURSDAY 8th NOVEMBER 2001 at the BUFVC, 77 Wells Street, London W1 ********************************************* This course is designed to give an introduction to staff undertaking film and television research- either for film, television or multimedia production or for academic study. It will also aid librarians or lecturers seeking to reference programmes and clips for use in teaching. The course gives an introduction to film and television collections in the UK; information sources and services; searching the Web for film and television sources; copyright - including educational exceptions. The practicalities of using footage are covered with sessions on the characteristics of film and videotape - film gauges and components; videotape formats; finding transfer facilities; using a Steenbeck viewing table. Guest speakers discuss 'Film Research from an Industry Perspective' and 'Negotiating with a Film Archive'. The Council has close links with film and television archives, and produces the Researcher's Guide Online and The Researcher's Guide: Film, Television, Radio & Related Documentation Collections in the UK. It also holds the databases of the MAP-TV Guide to European Film and Television Collections, the British Universities Newsreel Project, the AVANCE database of educational audio-visual materials, and the Television Index. (Many of the BUFVC databases are accessible online at butvc.ac.uk Cost per person, per course, including light lunch and refreshments: GBP 95.00 (GBP 80.85 + VAT); member's rate GBP 80.00 (GBP 68.08 + VAT). The British Universities Film & Video Council exists to promote the production, study and use of moving images in education and research. It runs a regular programme of one-day courses. For more information or to book for this course see our website www.bufvc.ac.uk/courses/index.html (booking forms are available online) or contact: *********************************************** Sandra Houlton British Universities Film & Video Council 77 Wells Street London W1T 3QJ tel: 020 7393 1504 fax: 020 7393 1555 e-mail: [log in to unmask]