3 Reasons Why Freshers Should Go to CU

I had the privilege of speaking at the University of Lincoln Christian Union's Freshers' Week last week. I was asked to talk about why students should go to CU.

If you don't know, CU stands for Christian Union - basically the Christian Society - and is part of a network of similar groups across the world, a community of students who believe in and follow Jesus Christ and want to spread his message to other students on campus.

I've got three reasons why you should go ad get stuck in, and three Bible verses to go with them.

What Would Jesus Say to a Fresher?

I was happy to be asked by the University of Lincoln Christian Union to help at their Freshers' Week this year, giving a talk during one of their lunch bars. This included the offer of free food and a talk that relates to Freshers on campus.

The topic I was asked to tackle was "What would Jesus say to a Fresher?". Here is what I think Jesus would say to Lincoln Freshers of 2014.

...the Award for the Most Shocking University Advert in History Goes to...

The University of Lincoln, where I studied and currently work, has become world-famous (or should I say world-infamous) for a series of 'banned' adverts by one of their students, Tom Ridgewell, aka. Tom Ska.  He produced some parody adverts for YouTube, labelled them banned (though the University itself didn't even know they were being made, let alone banned them) and has gone on to gain over 4 million views from the series.

The videos include dinosaurs on campus, lectures on fire and a zombie invasion of a photoshoot and lead Tom to create another video for the university's own promotional material, including spoof courses and swans, and the reaction to all the videos show what is possible if a University takes a risk to attract its target audience.  Others have taken a similar approach but nothing has come quite like the Central Institute of Technology in Northbridge, Western Australia.

1812: Napoleon's Final Invasion

  For my third year of university, I've created a documentary animation about Napoleon's fatal attempt at invading Russia in 1812.  It's based on Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture, which I played recently on tour with Soar Valley Music Centre and fell in love with.  I've used sketches from Naomi Allen (using original paintings and engravings of the event), had help with translations from Victor D'Allance and designed and animated it myself using Adobe Photoshop, After Effects and FInal Cut Pro.

  Enjoy!



Media Project Coming Along Nicely

  For my media project this year I have to make two animation.  The first is based on my favourite piece of music, Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture and the story it tells: Napoleon's failed attempt to invade Russia.  As you might see in the left column of this blog, there is a link to see my Digital Media Blog where I keep a reflective log of all I'm doing in my work.

  Yesterday I finished the opening scene and wanted to stick that on here for anyone interested who hasn't seen the Digital Media Blog so please let me know what you think and have a look at the blog for how I'm doing my work and my thoughts about it.  It was created using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe After Effects.