AV News 189 - August 2012
The guidance for applicants will also be enhanced, having learned from this
first experience. Key additions are:
1. The applicants name should not appear on a production or be included
in the file name.
2. Interactive submissions will be assessed in the same way as book
submissions, 'in camera'.
3. Applications will be assessed under the following criteria
a) Sound / Narration
b) Storyline, Production, Editing
c) Photography, which must be appropriate for the task.
Candidates will have to receive majority support in all sections.
4. Submissions, (but not authors) which are being recommended, will be
announced at the end of the day.
However, the RPS has recognised the problems of change. "...It was
recognised that those who submitted work for the first assessment and did
not succeed, were diving in without a definitive indication of the standards
and will therefore be offered a free re-entry, if they wish to try again...".
Dates have been announced for future advisory and assessment days in
Multimedia and Narrative:
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Thursday 6th Sept. 2012
- Advisory day
Wednesday 24th Oct. 2012 - MN Assessment at L and A level
Saturday 16th March 2013 - MN Assessment at L and A level
Thursday 20th June 2013 - Advisory day
Thursday 3rd Oct. 2013
- MN Assessment at A and F level
(this will be the first F assessment and will be done without an audience,
as all F submissions are.)
So what have we learned from the new process?
Firstly that change is not easy. Secondly that the quality of the
photography is an essential element of any submission.
However, most importantly, that it has opened up RPS distinctions to a
whole new variety of photographic work. Jane Blanchard was successful
with four 'advert' style videos, Raymond Hughes succeeded with traditional
Audio Visual sequences, Simon Sherwin presented a series of 360degree
panoramas and Yvonne de Rosa got her ARPS with a single, short
multimedia sequence.
Roy Robertson HonFRPS, President of the Society reflects on the changes
made in this area:
"...The development of the Multimedia and Narrative Panel brings together
the three strands of traditional AV, Multimedia and moving image, The
Society recognises the blurring of the boundaries seen in these disciplines
these days, and hopes to attract significant new work, while ensuring it
recognises the very best of current practice.
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