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Industry Day – film, TV and new media

Sheffield Live, South Yorkshire Filmmakers’ Network, Kinematic Media and The Sheffield College have come together to offer a new series of creative media skills workshops for filmmakers and broadcast journalists. This series is supported by Sheffield City Region – Skills Bank.

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Industry Day – Film, TV and New Media (25th March)

Calling all filmmakers and broadcast journalists. Have an idea for a film production or a TV series? Want to find out more about pitching, commissioning and distribution? This one day long free workshop will help you develop your idea into a viable production for film, TV or new media – from concept to treatment, audience and distribution opportunities, including Sheffield Live TV. You will get to pitch your idea to an expert panel and gain industry advice on commissioning and funding.
Entry requirements: open to freelancers and independent producers, free

Book here to register

Recruiting now: Business Development Manager

Sheffield Live! is seeking an ambitious business development manager to help support our existing radio and TV clients and recruit new advertising, sponsorship and production business. You will be capable of working with local businesses, social enterprises, public sector and voluntary organisations, identifying their marketing and business goals and creating and pitching relevant sponsorship, advertising and production opportunities with Sheffield Live! radio, TV and online.

Sheffield Live! has attracted significant new business over the past two years, increasing our radio revenue and developing new opportunities with Sheffield Live! TV and online. You will ideally have previous local sales experience and contacts and a desire to move forward in your career by taking on a business development management role. We will offer you an attractive performance based remuneration.

Please email your CV and a covering letter stating why you want to work at Sheffield Live! to jobs@sheffieldlive.org

Deadline: 31 March 2016.

Social Haunting: talking to the ghosts of our past

Social Haunting Image - Max Munday

Social Haunting Image – Max Munday

Can our communities’ pasts haunt us? Are there traces of ideas and ways of living from that past that are not simply done and gone, but could be brought to life again? And how does the past impress itself on us in the present?

Social Haunting: talking to the ghosts of our past is a new radio documentary about an ambitious research project that uses arts practice to explore the idea of “social haunting.” You can hear it at 9am on Wednesday 10th February, here on Sheffield Live.

A “social haunting” is said to occur in circumstances where there’s been repression or trouble in society and as a result, the past presses in to the present in ways that aren’t obviously visible.

“Ghosts” appear when the pressing concerns of the past have not been attended to.

The Working with Social Haunting project explored the usefulness of this concept with two groups of people, those involved in the cooperative movement in Lancashire, and in trade unionism in the former coalfields of South Yorkshire.

The 30 minute radio documentary Social Haunting: Talking To The Ghosts Of Our Past will be broadcast on Sheffield Live radio (93.2FM and online) on Wednesday, 10th February at 9am.

Tune in to the show – and engage with the programme’s producer, Max Munday on twitter: #socialhauntinglive and @mouthpiece4shef and on Facebook (On social media, please do not refer by name to any of the participants who you may know; comments will be moderated).

You can also email comments to Max Munday via mouthpiece@sheffieldlive.org. Your feedback is encouraged and welcomed.

 

Rotherham prepares for the first ‘Reclaim The Night’

Women in Rotherham are being invited to walk through the town centre on Saturday to ‘Reclaim the Night.’ The event aims to campaign against all forms of abuse towards women, take back the streets and make them safe for everyone. The national movement already takes place in many towns and cities, including Sheffield, but it’ll be the first for Rotherham. Councillor Emma Hoddinott and Councillor Jo Burton from Rotherham Borough Council told Sheffield Live more about the event and why they organised it.

IMAN FM One Year Anniversary

IMAN FM has celebrated one year of its existence this October. The community radio which is based in Attercliffe, broadcast into many different languages including English, Urdu, Punjabi and Bangali. I spoke to Hafiz Anwar Zahidy, to find out more about the radio station since it started in 2014.

Street Film Festival raises awareness of addictions

The ‘Recover Street Film Festival’ has been to a number of cities, showcasing short films showing how people have recovered from addictions. The festival aims to raise awareness of drug and alcohol related problems. But instead of showcasing the films in a cinema, they were screened on Fargate. Shoppers were invited to grab a pair of headphones and watch the videos.

South Yorkshire Police join forces with universities to keep students safe

As thousands of students arrive in Sheffield, and get involved in freshers week activities, South Yorkshire Police have launched a campaign to keep them safe. They’ve joined forces with both universities to reduce violent crime after drinking too much alcohol.The campaign coincides with ‘freshers week’, and aims to make a safe start to the new academic year. They’re aiming to reduce violent crime, by asking students ‘What’s at the end of your drink.

Freshers week begins in Sheffield

Sheffield this week will welcome a fresh batch of students to the city as Sheffield Hallam hold it’s freshers week, it’s an exciting but daunting new experiences for young adults who have come to university to broaden their education and Sheffield Live went down to Monday’s freshers fair to chat to those at Hallam who are looking to help these students settle in..