This year marks the tenth anniversary of Ireland’s premier student awards – The National Student Media Awards.
The main dates are listed below. There are also links to the list of categories for entrants, and a full list of the competitions rules.

Important Dates
Feb 19 – Closing date for online pre-registration
March 10 – Closing date for submission of physical entries
Smedias 2010 – The National Student Media AwardsThe Altered Images Student Post Production Awards 2010, this is a competition and award ceremony to reward exceptional work in post production, film and television making from students at BTEC, Undergraduate and Postgraduate level.
Why Enter?
Finalists will be invited to the final award ceremony at Broadcast Video Expo on February 18th, Winners and runners up will take away prizes worth over £1000, kindly donated from our sponsors.
Finalists work will be judged and viewed by Industry experts and post production companies from across the UK. This will be a great one-off opportunity for the brightest students to network and display their talent.
This is a competition which is industry led and takes students right to the heart of the industry. If you become a finalist or winner it will look fantastic on your CV.
What work should I enter?
Students can enter fiction or non-fiction video clips of any duration, everything from documentary to comedy will be accepted. Your work must have been completed in the 08/09 or 09/10 academic year to qualify.
How do I enter?
Download the entry form at www.alteredimagesltd.com and post your material on DVD or another format to the given address, alternatively you can upload your video to YouTube. Finalists will be asked to post full quality versions to be shown at the ceremony.
How much does it cost?
There is no entry fee to enter the awards, you will have some costs from posting entries to Altered Images, if you make the finals then you will have to cover your own travel costs to Broadcast Video Expo, Earls Court Exhibition Centre 2, London. Entry to the exhibition is free if you register beforehand at www.broadcastvideoexpo.co.uk
Questions?
If you have any questions please email Altered Images: anthony_johnson@alteredimagesltd.com
GOOD LUCK!
via Broadcast Video Expo & Production Show 2010 – Altered Images Student Awards.
Broadcast Video Expo & Production Show 2010 – Altered Images Student AwardsThe first lectures and seminars for the new semester have been uploaded to the blog.
Please print these notes off and bring them with you to your lectures and seminars.
Introduction to Event Management & Event Planning (Tourism Y1 & Y2)Notes have been added to the box.net after todays class, please could all leaners bring in venue details and floor plans for tomorrows classes.

This week’s lecture notes have been added to the box.net.
Well done to all those learners who fully participated in today’s filming at St Nessan’s School as part of the Hub TV Project.
The next stage is to capture and edit the work for Friday 4th December 2009 when there will be a Post Production Review meeting with Mark O’Connor. Scheduled for !0:00am (TBC).
Well DoneMark O’Connor (Northside Learning Hub) will be giving a guest lecture tomorrow in TV & Video Production (EMTV) to explain Hub TV’s latest project where the Northside Learning Hub will be explaining the technology below to learners in secondary schools. The plan is for LCFE Learners to film this project and turn it into ENG News Reports.
WiiMotion- Northside Learning – Hub TVEvent Planning lecture and seminar notes have been updated for tomorrow’s class.
Event Planning (TY2)The lecture notes have been updated. Please see the Event Management Page.
Introduction to Event Management (TY1)






