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Welcome to the AMES website AMES Conference 2011 Around 50 people attended the Breaking Barriers conference at Abertay University on 14 May and were rewarded with a challenging address by David Buckingham as well a rich diversity of workshops. We hope to put a video of David's keynote on YouTube. Some of the presentations can be found below: Rick Instrell's presentation on the AMES' paper Breaking Barriers also responds to David's critique. Kate Farrell's presentation on inspiring creativity with free on-line tools can be found at www.slideshare.net/digitalkatie/inspiring-creativity-free-online-tools-for-the-class. Media Education Journal 49 Issue 49 has just been published, with articles articles on The X-Factorand talent TV, a new approach to Media Studies Production Unit and a number of contributions from Glasgow University’s Film and TV Drama Dept (including articles on Saw 2, Skins, Aquamarine and business TV). There is also a new regular feature - Close-up and Personal - where contributors do a close analysis of a key scene from a favourite film. Issue 50 will have articles on fandom, on marketing Black Swan, on making a film (Electric Man directed by David Barras), The Scheme, teaching The Mist, teaching Fallen and on the Cinema of Jacques Demy. For our new feature, Close-up and Personal, there will be the analysis of a scene from Singin' in the Rain. AMES Newsletter April 2011 The April 2011 edition of our newsletter is now available for download. It contains news of the AMES conference and position paper (see below) as well as news from SQA, conference reports, news of upcoming Scottish and UK conferences. The next edition will be published in October 2011 -please send items for inclusion by 20 October 2011. AMES Position Paper Please send comments on the paper to Rick Instrell at Instrell@aol.com. Why Join AMES? |
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