Shooting People is an international social network for independent filmmakers that was founded in 1998 by Cath Le Couteur and Jess Search, in which members share resources and knowledge to get their films made and seen.
41-512: Dedicated to the support and promotion of independent filmmaking, the company acts as an umbrella and partner for a variety of film organizations, publishing seven daily bulletins across all sectors of the industry. Additional activities include hosting the Independent Film Calendar, regular panel discussions, screenings, a Mobile Cinema and publication of "The Shooting People Shorts Directory". In 2009 Shooting People launched "Film of
82-537: A league table produced by Times Higher Education the IOE ranked first for "research power" in the UoA with a rating of 703 (compared to 164 for the second-placed Open University and 140 for the third-placed Oxford University). The Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS) is an ESRC Resource Centre based at the IOE. CLS houses three of Britain's internationally renowned birth cohort studies : The studies were key sources of evidence for
123-527: A low subscription fee was introduced. The funding model worked and Shooting People has remained a subscription service, independently funded and supported by its members ever since. In 2003 they launched in NYC, where there are over 10,000 members. Shooting People emerged at a time when significant changes in Digital Cinematography made it easier to get films made. In 2002, The Times wrote: "Shooting People
164-757: A number of UK Government inquiries such as the Plowden Committee on Primary Education (1967), the Warnock Committee on Children with Special Educational Needs (1978), the Finer Committee on One Parent Families (1966–74), the Acheson Independent Inquiry into Inequalities in Health (1998) and the Moser Committee on Adult Basic Skills (1997–99). A study of working mothers and early child development
205-764: A range of services. Over 200 productions are cast and crewed every week through a production system that allows members to post and apply for projects and jobs. Directories dedicated to film financing, training and competitions are updated daily. Film forums for members to share their advice and expertise. Shooting People have also commissioned filmmakers for projects headed by Puma (Films for Peace), Bombay Sapphire and Channel 4 (Random Acts). Notable filmmakers have come through Shooting People, such as Oscar-nominated director Orlando von Einsiedel Virunga , Ainslie Henderson (BAFTA winning for The Making of Longbird ) and Jack Thorne ( This Is England '86 , This Is England '88 , The Scouting Book for Boys ). In January 2001,
246-834: A report on the training of teachers, produced by the Higher Education Sub-Committee of the Technical Education Board (TEB) of the London County Council , called for further provision for the training of teachers in London in universities. The TEB submitted a scheme to the Senate of the University of London for a new day-training college, which would train teachers of both sexes when most existing courses were taught in single-sex colleges or departments. The principal of
287-457: A residential hall for students in 1946, a building on Tavistock Square as home of the music department in 1958, and a few "huts" on Malet Street (formerly belonging to the University of London Student Union) where the library was transferred. In 1960, plans were prepared for a new building on Bedford Way designed by Denys Lasdun , though only part of his initial design was completed. The library
328-594: A result of the report of the McNair Committee, which was established by the Board of Education to examine recruitment and training of teachers and youth leaders a new scheme for teacher training was established in England. "Area Training Organisations" (ATO) were created to co-ordinate the provision of teacher training and were responsible for the overall administration of all colleges of education within their area. The ATO for
369-746: A short film made out of mobile phone snapshots taken by 14 people from Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, who were selected to submit a series of photos after winning the global competition. Figgis, since 2008, has been professor of film studies at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee , Switzerland , where he conducts intensive summer seminars. Figgis was made an Honorary Associate of London Film School . Documentary film TV movies TV series Institute of Education, University of London The UCL Institute of Education ( IOE )
410-521: A small digital camera made the experience more like painting or novel writing than the movie industry. His fascination with camera technology has also led him to create a camera stabilisation rig for smaller video cameras, called the Fig Rig which places the camera on a platform held within a steering wheel -like system and has since been released by Manfrotto Group . To promote a new camera phone, Sony Ericsson commissioned Figgis to create Life Captured ,
451-613: A theatre play, produced in Theatre Gerard-Philipe (Saint-Denis, Paris). This play performed with great success at Festival de Grenada and in Theater der Welt (Munich). After working in theatre (he was a musician and performer in the experimental group People Show ) Figgis made his feature film debut with the low budget Stormy Monday in 1988. The film earned him attention as a director who could get interesting performances from established Hollywood actors. His first American film
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#1733105434083492-502: A total research income of £12.17 million in 2013/14, of which £6.59 million was from UK Research Councils, £2.0 million from UK central government, £1.07 from European governments, £0.81 million from UK-based charities, and £1.7 million from other sources. A total of 219 full-time-equivalent staff from the IOE were submitted to the Education Unit of Assessment (UoA) of the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF), around 15 per cent of
533-568: A well-documented love-hate relationship with the Hollywood system which leads him to often be an outspoken critic of the system while also despairing the lack of a better alternative. At an appearance at Camerimage in 2005, he expressed the view that filmmaking had become "boring and perhaps need[ed] to become even worse before anything better can emerge" at least in reaction. At one of the Shooting People events in 2005 he said that filmmaking with
574-408: Is helping to fuel a major grassroots revival in low-budget independent cinema." This article related to a film organization is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Mike Figgis Michael Figgis (born 28 February 1948) is an English film director, screenwriter, and composer. He was nominated for two Academy Awards for his work on Leaving Las Vegas (1995). Figgis
615-772: Is located in Emerald Street, Holborn . In 2016, by mutual and cordial agreement, the institutional collaboration came to an end with the launch of two separate research centres, the UCL Knowledge Lab and the Birkbeck Knowledge Lab, extending the legacy of the London Knowledge Lab. The IOE's Newsam Library is the largest in its field in Europe, containing more than 300,000 volumes and nearly 2,000 periodicals. There are 27 special collections of publications held by
656-508: Is the faculty of education and society of University College London (UCL). It specialises in postgraduate study and research in the field of education and is one of UCL's 11 constituent faculties . Prior to merging with UCL in 2014, it was a constituent college of the University of London . The IOE is ranked first in the world for education in the QS World University Rankings , and has been so every year since 2014. The IOE
697-575: Is the largest education research body in the United Kingdom, with over 700 research students in the doctoral school. It also has the largest portfolio of postgraduate programmes in education in the UK, with approximately 4,000 students taking Master's programmes, and a further 1,200 students on PGCE teacher-training courses. At any one time the IOE hosts over 100 research projects funded by Research Councils , government departments and other agencies. In 1900,
738-511: The Bachelor of Education and Bachelor of Humanities degrees of the university. The existing institute (referred to as the "Central Institute") and the new ATO (referred to as the "Wider Institute") had separate identities, but confusingly were administered from the same building and by the same administrative staff. This dual identity continued until the Wider Institute gradually disappeared and
779-634: The Institute of Education, University of London , where he "lived a lie" for three years – he had, in his words, "bluffed [his] way into the music course without being able to read music", although he later learned how to study harmony, counterpoint and composition. Figgis's early interest was in music. He played trumpet and guitar in The People Band and is audible in their first record (produced by Charlie Watts ) in 1968. He also played keyboards for Bryan Ferry 's first band, The Gas Board. In 1983 he directed
820-479: The IOE achieved a GPA of 3.21, ranking it joint 11th in the UoA. Furthermore, according to the UCL Institute of Education's research page, one-quarter of all UK Education research occurs at the IOE, while the IOE is home to four times as many leading education scholars than any other UK university. The IOE prepared 23 cases for impact evaluation, with the next largest submission in the UoA comprising six cases. In
861-461: The London area was based at the University of London under the name University of London, Institute of Education , which was responsible for around 30 existing colleges of education and education departments, including the existing Institute of Education. The colleges (known as "constituent colleges" of the institute) prepared students for the "Certificate in Education" of the institute, and latterly for
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#1733105434083902-563: The London schools system. In February 2014 the two institutions announced their intention to merge and the merger was completed in December 2014. In March 2015 it was announced that the IOE would be the lead partner in the UK Centre for Global Higher Education, a new centre focusing on the systematic investigation of higher education and its future. The Economic and Social Research Council announced that it would provide £5 million in funding for
943-564: The Month" where active patrons in the organisation watch and review films made by members. Patrons include Mike Figgis , Nick Cave , Michael Winterbottom , Matt Groening , Sally Potter , Asif Kapadia , Kevin Smith , Drake Doremus , John Waters , Christine Vachon , Werner Herzog and Danny Boyle . In 2010, the full list of films available on the International Space Station came to
984-561: The Newsam Library. Some of the collections relate to a specific subject area or have been collection by a single source while others have been built up with several sources. The collection contains a comprehensive range of documents on education in the UK, the National Textbook Collection, and other unique resources. The institute's archive collections date back from 1797, and holds over 130 deposited collections as well as
1025-419: The attention of Shooting People. Concerned that the only off-world film library was consumed by mainstream American films , they conducted a poll and wrote to NASA with some more varied suggestions from members. NASA responded that individual films were selected by its crew members and that the list would be forwarded to the crew office. Shooting People encourages and facilitates independent filmmaking through
1066-805: The centre for the period to 2019, the other partners in which are Lancaster University and the University of Sheffield . The first home of the IOE (as the London Day Training College) was Passmore Edwards Hall on Clare Market , which belonged to the London School of Economics . It moved again in its second year to the Northampton Technical Institute in Finsbury and the College of Preceptors building in Bloomsbury Square . In 1907
1107-542: The college moved to its first purpose-built building on Southampton Row . In 1938, the institute moved to the Senate House complex of the University of London on Malet Street . After World War II , the Senate House complex became unworkable due to a sharp increase in numbers of students. The institute began to expand into other buildings in the neighbouring area, including four houses on Bedford Way which were leased as
1148-477: The infamous Gumball 3000 Rally, starring Sophie Winkleman and Daniel Lapaine . In 2008, he was called upon by Transport for London to help shoot a public information film entitled A Little Thought From Each of Us, A Big Difference For Everyone , encouraging more considerate behaviour on London's public transport systems, which was then shown in London cinemas. The ad comprised the screen split into four sections, each section showing one of four scenarios all on
1189-409: The institute expanded its activities and began to train secondary school teachers and offered higher degrees. It also moved into specific areas of research with its Child Development Department, administered by Susan Sutherland Isaacs and the training of teachers for the colonial service. At the outbreak of World War II , the institute was temporarily transferred to the University of Nottingham . As
1230-675: The proposed college was also to act as the Professor of the Theory, History and Practice of Education at the university. The new college was opened on 6 October 1902 as the London Day Training College under the administration of the LCC. Its first principal was Sir John Adams , who had previously been the Professor of Education at University of Glasgow . Adams was joined with a mistress and master of Method (later Vice-Principals). The bulk of
1271-575: The records of the institute itself. The deposited collections contain the personal papers of educationalist and other notable people involved with education and the records of educational organisations such as trade unions, and education projects. The collections cover a wide area of education, from pre-school all the way through to adult education, from formal education settings to informal settings. The archives are open to both internal and external researchers by appointment only, and form part of University College London 's Special Collections. The IOE had
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1312-405: The romantic drama One Night Stand , starring Wesley Snipes and Nastassja Kinski , but the movie received a poor response from critics and was a commercial failure. His most ambitious film to date is the low-budget film The Loss of Sexual Innocence , a loosely based autobiographical film of the director himself. In 2007, Figgis shot Love Live Long set between Istanbul and Bratislava on
1353-448: The same double-decker bus. At the end of the ad, the friction-creating scenarios were resolved and the ad ended on "A little thought from each of us. A big difference for everyone." Forays into digital video technology led Figgis to conceive of and direct Timecode , which took advantage of the technology to create an ensemble film shot simultaneously with four cameras all in one take and also presented simultaneously and uncut, dividing
1394-501: The screen into four-quarters. He returned to the Timecode quad-screen approach for his section of Ten Minutes Older , but has also worked on documentary pieces including a segment of The Blues (called Red, White, and Blues) and a short piece on flamenco . His curiosity with the cinematic use of time has led him to cite Robert Enrico 's 1962 film version of An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge as an influential film for him. Figgis has
1435-531: The teaching was carried out by the Vice-Principals and other specialists were appointed to teach specific subjects, including Cyril Burt . Initially the LDTC only provided teacher training courses lasting between 1 and 3 years. The LDTC became a school of the University of London in 1909 and was wholly transferred to the university and was renamed the University of London, Institute of Education in 1932. Gradually
1476-410: The total 1,442 staff submitted by all institutions to the UoA and by far the highest amount of any single institution (compared to 54 staff submitted by the second-placed Open University and 40 by the third-placed Edinburgh University). 28% of the IOE's research was classified as 4* (compared to 19% in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE 2008)) and 40% as 3* (compared to 38% in the 2008 RAE) and
1517-497: Was Internal Affairs , which helped to revive the career of Richard Gere . His next Hollywood feature, Mr. Jones , was misunderstood by the studio, who attempted to market the downbeat story as a feelgood film, resulting in a box office flop. Figgis poured his disenchantment with the film industry into Leaving Las Vegas , which starred Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue , which earned Figgis Academy Award nominations for Best Directing and Best Screenplay. He followed this up with
1558-456: Was finally dissolved in 1975, coinciding with the closure (or "merger" with local polytechnics and other institutions) of many of the colleges of education. In 1987 the institute once again became a school of the University of London and was incorporated by royal charter. The IOE and UCL formed a strategic alliance in October 2012, including co-operation in teaching, research and the development of
1599-516: Was influential in making the argument for increased maternity leave. Another study on the impact of assets, such as savings and investments on future life chances, played a major part in the development of assets-based welfare policy, including the much-debated "Baby Bond" . Heather Joshi was director of the Centre for Longitudinal Studies between 2003 and 2010. She was succeeded by Jane Elliott , who served as director from 2010 to 2014. The archives of
1640-668: Was one of the aspects dropped from the design and in 1968 it was moved from huts into a converted office block on Ridgmount Street The library finally moved into an extension of the Bedford Way building in 1992 and was renamed the "Newsam Library" after Peter Newsam, the Director who oversaw the new construction. In 2004, the Institute of Education and Birkbeck, University of London , jointly founded London Knowledge Lab , an interdisciplinary research unit concerned with learning and technology. It
1681-592: Was the founding patron of the independent filmmakers' online community Shooting People . Figgis was born in Carlisle , Cumberland , and grew up in Nairobi , Kenya until he was eight. The rest of his childhood was spent in Newcastle upon Tyne , where he was educated at Kenton Comprehensive School (the musicians Ian Carr and John Walters were among his teachers there). He studied music at Trent Park College , then part of