BUFVC
Encyclopedia
The British Universities Film & Video Council (BUFVC) is a representative body promoting the production, study and use of moving image, sound and related media for learning and research. It is a Limited Company of Charity status serving post compulsory education
interests in the UK.
and science
s. In the 1960s the BUFC was allocated core funding from government as a grant-in-aid
body of the British Film Institute
(BFI). In 1982 the Council left the BFI with the remit to engage with UK higher education
, changed its title to British Universities Film & Video Council and obtained recurrent core grant direct from the Department for Education and Science. In the early 1990s, with the re-organisation of UK higher education funding, the BUFVC's PES line was moved to the Higher Education Funding Council for England
(HEFCE) and was paid over via The Open University. On 12 February 2007 the BUFVC became a 'related body' of HEFCE receiving core grant under Section 65 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992
with oversight from the JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee
). It now has more than 200 subscribing member institutions in the UK.
s comprising at least ten elected names and up to four appointed names including one Trustee appointed by HEFCE. At least one third of the Trustees step down and/or are re-elected each year. Trustees are normally nominated and elected from the subscribing membership.
The BUFVC employs 16 staff and operates in a mixed economy of earned income (from subscriptions, publication
s sales, events, courses and screenings), from core grant-in-aid support, and from research grants and sponsorship. It is an independent body with its own self-contained offices in central London
.
At the heart of the BUFVC is a specialist Information Service. This is the source of much of BUFVC's information which is published online and in print. details of the BUFVC's print publications can be found via http://bufvc.ac.uk/publications/ and the BUFVC's quarterly magazine Viewfinder is described at http://bufvc.ac.uk/publications/viewfinder
The main online databases/online resources currently delivered by the BUFVC are:
TRILT–Television and Radio Index for Learning and Teaching which offers the best online information describing broadcast content received from some 350 channels of radio
and television
and delivered in the UK since 2001. The service currently carries some 13 million records and accumulates data at a rate of 1.3 million records per year. Data is delivered 10 days in advance of transmission and TRILT offers a customisable alert service for users. Users from UK licensed educational establishments which are BUFVC members, may also order copies of programmes on DVD or CD post-transmission. See http://bufvc.ac.uk/tvandradio/trilt (under authenticated access only). You may also try the Demonstration version, which is in open access.
The Researcher’s Guide to Screen Heritage is an online directory to UK archives and collections of artefacts relating to the history of moving image and sound. This resource is delivered in open access (see http://bufvc.ac.uk/archives)
Moving Image Gateway is a links database for websites delivering moving image and sound and related media content which might be of value for use in UK further and higher education. This resource is delivered in open access (see http://bufvc.ac.uk/gateway/)
The British Universities Newsreel Database (BUND) carries information on more than 180,000 cinema newsreel
stories released into British cinemas between 1911 and 1979. This resource is delivered open access as part of the News On Screen section of the website (see http://bufvc.ac.uk/newsonscreen).
Three large-scale online resources, which are archive collections of Independent Local Radio
recordings, are delivered to bona fide users in UK higher and further education in collaboration with Bournemouth University
via http://bufvc.ac.uk/tvandradio/independent-radio
Newsfilm Online is a resource which was prepared for online delivery by the BUFVC in collaboration with ITN and Reuters Television. A sample site can be accessed without authentication at http://newsfilm.bufvc.ac.uk/ The larger resource, which amounts to some 65,000 movie items in two file formats for progressive download, is only available to staff and students of UK higher and further education institutions from the data centre EDINA (see http://www.nfo.ac.uk/)
Another significant collection of moving image and sound content which is delivered online and that was selected and prepared by the BUFVC is Film and Sound Online. This resource is delivered under authenticated access only to staff and students in sub-licensed universities and colleges in the UK (see http://www.filmandsound.ac.uk).
exception, some 44,000 hours per year of UK television and radio content. More than a decade of these recordings are held from June 1998 onwards. The channels recorded are: BBC One
, BBC Two
, BBC Three
, BBC Four
, ITV
, Channel 4
, and Five (TV channel). BBC Radio 4
and BBC Radio 7 are also now recorded and retained. Copies may only be supplied to staff in subscribing member institutions which also hold an Educational Recording Agency (ERA) licence. See http://bufvc.ac.uk/tvandradio/offair
Box of Broadcasts (BoB) this is a shared online service for universities and colleges in the UK which also have current ERA+ licences. It offers staff and students the opportunity to record and retain streamed copies of programmes (and extracts from programmes) in their own personal online play-lists. It is a form of scholarly 'see it again/hear it again' service which retains programme copies as long as the users require them to be retained (unlike most broadcasters' equivalent online services which retain copies for a relatively short time only). See http://bobnational.net/
TV Times Index (TVTip) provides a unique searchable index to the London edition of the TVTimes, the listings magazine for ITV broadcasts, from September 1955 to March 1985. TVTiP allows users to search for programmes, production staff and performers. It contains approximately 250,000 records.
This Week was a leading ITV current affairs series, running from January 1956 to December 1992. From 1978-1986 it was known as TVEye. The This Week database is a record of the entire production history of the series. It has been enhanced by the contributions of expert researchers and information shared with the project by FremantleMedia and used with their permission. This Week is accessed via the BUFVC Website and is authenticated by Athens jointly with the TV Times Project database (TVTiP). It is free at point of access to all staff and students in further and higher education institutions in the United Kingdom and to BUFVC members.
and ephemera
) from the original news production files. Additionally, the database can be used to access some 40,000 British Pathe newsreel
items online. The BUND also carries information on content delivered as Cinemagazines - longer form single subject items included in British cinema programmes and some which were only shown to overseas audiences. This resource is delivered open access as part of the News On Screen section of the website (see http://bufvc.ac.uk/newsonscreen).
The BUFVC has also published several books related to this area including Yesterday's News: The British Cinema Newsreel Reader (2002, ISBN 0901299731) edited by Luke Mckernan; Filming History: The memoirs of John Turner, newsreel cameraman (2001, ISBN 0901299723) and Projecting Britain: The Guide to British Cinemagazines (2008, ISBN 9780901299789) edited by Emily Crosby and Linda Kaye.
's classic behaviourist film, Obedience.
Compulsory education
Compulsory education refers to a period of education that is required of all persons.-Antiquity to Medieval Era:Although Plato's The Republic is credited with having popularized the concept of compulsory education in Western intellectual thought, every parent in Judea since Moses's Covenant with...
interests in the UK.
History
Founded in 1948 as the British Universities Film Council, the BUFC was established by a group of academic staff from various subject disciplines across the arts, humanitiesHumanities
The humanities are academic disciplines that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences....
and science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
s. In the 1960s the BUFC was allocated core funding from government as a grant-in-aid
Grant-in-aid
A grant-in-aid is money coming from central government for a specific project. This kind of funding is usually used when the government and parliament have decided that the recipient should be publicly funded but operate with reasonable independence from the state.In the United Kingdom, most bodies...
body of the British Film Institute
British Film Institute
The British Film Institute is a charitable organisation established by Royal Charter to:-Cinemas:The BFI runs the BFI Southbank and IMAX theatre, both located on the south bank of the River Thames in London...
(BFI). In 1982 the Council left the BFI with the remit to engage with UK higher education
Higher education
Higher, post-secondary, tertiary, or third level education refers to the stage of learning that occurs at universities, academies, colleges, seminaries, and institutes of technology...
, changed its title to British Universities Film & Video Council and obtained recurrent core grant direct from the Department for Education and Science. In the early 1990s, with the re-organisation of UK higher education funding, the BUFVC's PES line was moved to the Higher Education Funding Council for England
Higher Education Funding Council for England
The Higher Education Funding Council for England is a non-departmental public body of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills in the United Kingdom, which has been responsible for the distribution of funding to Universities and Colleges of Higher and Further Education in England since...
(HEFCE) and was paid over via The Open University. On 12 February 2007 the BUFVC became a 'related body' of HEFCE receiving core grant under Section 65 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992
Further and Higher Education Act 1992
The Further and Higher Education Acts 1992 made changes in the funding and administration of further education and higher education within the United Kingdom. The most visible result was to allow thirty-five polytechnics to become universities. In addition the Act created bodies to fund higher...
with oversight from the JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee
Joint Information Systems Committee
JISC is a United Kingdom non-departmental public body whose role is to support post-16 and higher education and research by providing leadership in the use of ICT in learning, teaching, research and administration...
). It now has more than 200 subscribing member institutions in the UK.
Governance
The BUFVC is governed by a board of fourteen TrusteeTrustee
Trustee is a legal term which, in its broadest sense, can refer to any person who holds property, authority, or a position of trust or responsibility for the benefit of another...
s comprising at least ten elected names and up to four appointed names including one Trustee appointed by HEFCE. At least one third of the Trustees step down and/or are re-elected each year. Trustees are normally nominated and elected from the subscribing membership.
The BUFVC employs 16 staff and operates in a mixed economy of earned income (from subscriptions, publication
Publication
To publish is to make content available to the public. While specific use of the term may vary among countries, it is usually applied to text, images, or other audio-visual content on any medium, including paper or electronic publishing forms such as websites, e-books, Compact Discs and MP3s...
s sales, events, courses and screenings), from core grant-in-aid support, and from research grants and sponsorship. It is an independent body with its own self-contained offices in central London
Central London
Central London is the innermost part of London, England. There is no official or commonly accepted definition of its area, but its characteristics are understood to include a high density built environment, high land values, an elevated daytime population and a concentration of regionally,...
.
BUFVC Services and Databases
The BUFVC offers a range of specialist services under the soubriquet Moving Image and Sound, Knowledge and Access and aims to know more about moving image and sound content, its meaning, context and scholarly value, than any other UK-based educational body. Some BUFVC services are delivered online worldwide without charge, whereas other services are only offered under authenticated access to users in the UK or to staff in BUFVC member institutions.At the heart of the BUFVC is a specialist Information Service. This is the source of much of BUFVC's information which is published online and in print. details of the BUFVC's print publications can be found via http://bufvc.ac.uk/publications/ and the BUFVC's quarterly magazine Viewfinder is described at http://bufvc.ac.uk/publications/viewfinder
The main online databases/online resources currently delivered by the BUFVC are:
TRILT–Television and Radio Index for Learning and Teaching which offers the best online information describing broadcast content received from some 350 channels of radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
and television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
and delivered in the UK since 2001. The service currently carries some 13 million records and accumulates data at a rate of 1.3 million records per year. Data is delivered 10 days in advance of transmission and TRILT offers a customisable alert service for users. Users from UK licensed educational establishments which are BUFVC members, may also order copies of programmes on DVD or CD post-transmission. See http://bufvc.ac.uk/tvandradio/trilt (under authenticated access only). You may also try the Demonstration version, which is in open access.
The Researcher’s Guide to Screen Heritage is an online directory to UK archives and collections of artefacts relating to the history of moving image and sound. This resource is delivered in open access (see http://bufvc.ac.uk/archives)
Moving Image Gateway is a links database for websites delivering moving image and sound and related media content which might be of value for use in UK further and higher education. This resource is delivered in open access (see http://bufvc.ac.uk/gateway/)
The British Universities Newsreel Database (BUND) carries information on more than 180,000 cinema newsreel
Newsreel
A newsreel was a form of short documentary film prevalent in the first half of the 20th century, regularly released in a public presentation place and containing filmed news stories and items of topical interest. It was a source of news, current affairs and entertainment for millions of moviegoers...
stories released into British cinemas between 1911 and 1979. This resource is delivered open access as part of the News On Screen section of the website (see http://bufvc.ac.uk/newsonscreen).
Three large-scale online resources, which are archive collections of Independent Local Radio
Independent Local Radio
Independent Local Radio is the collective name given to commercial radio stations in the United Kingdom. The same name is used for Independent Local Radio in Ireland.-Development of ILR:...
recordings, are delivered to bona fide users in UK higher and further education in collaboration with Bournemouth University
Bournemouth University
Bournemouth University is a university in and around the large south coast town of Bournemouth, UK...
via http://bufvc.ac.uk/tvandradio/independent-radio
Newsfilm Online is a resource which was prepared for online delivery by the BUFVC in collaboration with ITN and Reuters Television. A sample site can be accessed without authentication at http://newsfilm.bufvc.ac.uk/ The larger resource, which amounts to some 65,000 movie items in two file formats for progressive download, is only available to staff and students of UK higher and further education institutions from the data centre EDINA (see http://www.nfo.ac.uk/)
Another significant collection of moving image and sound content which is delivered online and that was selected and prepared by the BUFVC is Film and Sound Online. This resource is delivered under authenticated access only to staff and students in sub-licensed universities and colleges in the UK (see http://www.filmandsound.ac.uk).
BUFVC Television and Radio Services
BUFVC Off-Air Recording Back-Up Service - the BUFVC records and retains, under licence and copyrightCopyright
Copyright is a legal concept, enacted by most governments, giving the creator of an original work exclusive rights to it, usually for a limited time...
exception, some 44,000 hours per year of UK television and radio content. More than a decade of these recordings are held from June 1998 onwards. The channels recorded are: BBC One
BBC One
BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...
, BBC Two
BBC Two
BBC Two is the second television channel operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It covers a wide range of subject matter, but tending towards more 'highbrow' programmes than the more mainstream and popular BBC One. Like the BBC's other domestic TV and radio...
, BBC Three
BBC Three
BBC Three is a television network from the BBC broadcasting via digital cable, terrestrial, IPTV and satellite platforms. The channel's target audience includes those in the 16-34 year old age group, and has the purpose of providing "innovative" content to younger audiences, focusing on new talent...
, BBC Four
BBC Four
BBC Four is a British television network operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation and available to digital television viewers on Freeview, IPTV, satellite and cable....
, ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
, Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
, and Five (TV channel). BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...
and BBC Radio 7 are also now recorded and retained. Copies may only be supplied to staff in subscribing member institutions which also hold an Educational Recording Agency (ERA) licence. See http://bufvc.ac.uk/tvandradio/offair
Box of Broadcasts (BoB) this is a shared online service for universities and colleges in the UK which also have current ERA+ licences. It offers staff and students the opportunity to record and retain streamed copies of programmes (and extracts from programmes) in their own personal online play-lists. It is a form of scholarly 'see it again/hear it again' service which retains programme copies as long as the users require them to be retained (unlike most broadcasters' equivalent online services which retain copies for a relatively short time only). See http://bobnational.net/
TV Times Index (TVTip) provides a unique searchable index to the London edition of the TVTimes, the listings magazine for ITV broadcasts, from September 1955 to March 1985. TVTiP allows users to search for programmes, production staff and performers. It contains approximately 250,000 records.
This Week was a leading ITV current affairs series, running from January 1956 to December 1992. From 1978-1986 it was known as TVEye. The This Week database is a record of the entire production history of the series. It has been enhanced by the contributions of expert researchers and information shared with the project by FremantleMedia and used with their permission. This Week is accessed via the BUFVC Website and is authenticated by Athens jointly with the TV Times Project database (TVTiP). It is free at point of access to all staff and students in further and higher education institutions in the United Kingdom and to BUFVC members.
News on Screen
The BUFVC is responsible for the world’s leading resource for the study of newsreels and cinemagazines, at the heard of which is a central database holding over 180,000 records. Associated with these records are 80,000 downloadable documents offered as PDFs taken from original documentation (scripts, running orders, dope sheetsExposure sheet
An exposure sheet is a traditional animation tool that allows an animator to organize his thinking and give instructions to the cameraman on how the animation is to be shot. It consists of five sections, and is a bit longer and a bit narrower, than A4...
and ephemera
Ephemera
Ephemera are transitory written and printed matter not intended to be retained or preserved. The word derives from the Greek, meaning things lasting no more than a day. Some collectible ephemera are advertising trade cards, airsickness bags, bookmarks, catalogues, greeting cards, letters,...
) from the original news production files. Additionally, the database can be used to access some 40,000 British Pathe newsreel
Newsreel
A newsreel was a form of short documentary film prevalent in the first half of the 20th century, regularly released in a public presentation place and containing filmed news stories and items of topical interest. It was a source of news, current affairs and entertainment for millions of moviegoers...
items online. The BUND also carries information on content delivered as Cinemagazines - longer form single subject items included in British cinema programmes and some which were only shown to overseas audiences. This resource is delivered open access as part of the News On Screen section of the website (see http://bufvc.ac.uk/newsonscreen).
The BUFVC has also published several books related to this area including Yesterday's News: The British Cinema Newsreel Reader (2002, ISBN 0901299731) edited by Luke Mckernan; Filming History: The memoirs of John Turner, newsreel cameraman (2001, ISBN 0901299723) and Projecting Britain: The Guide to British Cinemagazines (2008, ISBN 9780901299789) edited by Emily Crosby and Linda Kaye.
Shakespeare in Film, Television, Radio and Online
One of the BUFVC's main educational resources is its International Database of Shakespeare on Film, Television and Radio. This authoritative online database of Shakespeare-related content is continually growing and is international in scope. It holds over 6,500 records dating from the 1890s to the present day (see http://bufvc.ac.uk/shakespeare/). The BUFVC has also published two books on the subject: As You Like It: Audiovisual Shakespeare (ISBN 0901299634) edited by Cathy Grant (1992) and Shakespeare on Film, Television and Radio: The Researcher's Guide (ISBN 978 0901299796) edited by Olwen Terris, Eve-Marie Oesterlen and Luke McKernan (2009).BUFVC Publishing and Distribution
The BUFVC publishes the quarterly journal Viewfinder, reference books such as The BUFVC Handbook and distributes documentaries on DVD, including such as The Origins of Scientific Cinematography and Stanley MilgramStanley Milgram
Stanley Milgram was an American social psychologist most notable for his controversial study known as the Milgram Experiment. The study was conducted in the 1960s during Milgram's professorship at Yale...
's classic behaviourist film, Obedience.