Film Academy MK

07/01/2025

🎥 Are you passionate about creating films that motivate? At FAMK, we welcome all—whether you're just starting out or an experienced filmmaker seeking to expand your expertise. Join our upcoming intake in February 2025 and advance your filmmaking adventure.

Visit the website at www.famk.co.uk to register

06/01/2025

🌟 Milton Keynes Film Academy stands as the city’s ONLY accredited institution dedicated solely to the art of filmmaking. Our experienced instructors provide practical training and offer a flexible timetable, ensuring we support you in realizing your aspirations. Hurry, February 2025 courses are quickly reaching capacity!

Course, clubs and camps available for anyone from age 9 years and above.

Register NOW at www.famk.co.uk

05/01/2025

'This course has been one of the most fun educational experiences I’ve ever been on, and the luxury of it being free made it all feel surreal and ‘too good to be true’ at first. However, it has not been, and far from it. I gathered lots of connections, lots of skills and lots of opportunities to advance my pre-existing skills'. From a learner at Film Academy Milton Keynes'

Learner on the Film Institute Short course run by Film Academy Milton Keynes.

Find out more about our new courses and clubs on our website.

04/01/2025

1. 🎥 Get ready to shine! Enrollment for our February 2025 program is now LIVE! If you're a beginner or aiming to enhance your skills, Film Academy Milton Keynes provides both accredited courses and non-accredited film clubs and camps, all tailored to guide you through the filmmaking process—from brainstorming ideas to pre-production and beyond. Seize the moment and sign up today!

Programs are available for ages 9 and up.

Visit us at www.famk.co.uk

27/11/2024

There is a petition to stop the closure of the very vital post office in Central Milton Keynes.

Please sign it to help prevent this.

Save The Milton Keynes Post Office From Closure

26/11/2024

The young people on the BFI short course at Film Academy Milton Keynes have completed their face to face training with an editing session on Sunday.

With their film now in the can and a start made on their edit, they can now focus on their final online sessions and completing their portfolios and learning logs to support their submissions for accreditation by the BFI and NCFE.

A really creative, focused and driven group of young people.

Find out more about Film Academy Milton Keynes at www.famk.co.uk

16/10/2024

This is a reminder the BFI short course starts on the 22nd of October online. The course is a hybrid of online and face to face training.

On completion, participants receive an accredited NCFE level 2 certificate and become alumni of the British Film Institute with access to free courses, and other opportunities.

I only have 2 spaces left so if you know or have a young person aged 16 to 19 years interested in the creative sector then head over to our website at www.famk.co.uk to register



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20/09/2024

Reminder!!! Registration is open for the BFI short course at Film Academy Milton Keynes.

Open to young people aged 16 to 19 years.

Get your Level 2 NCFE Accreditation in filmmaking.

Register at www.famk.co.uk

20/09/2024

I have completed my review of articles in the field on 'AI in Education' (AIED). Although I only reviewed six articles one of them was a review of more than 400 articles and another was a review of 47 articles. I feel the scope of the articles provided the required bird's eye view of the field to allow me to reach relevant, actionable conclusions about AIED in the UK right now.

Thus my conclusions were:

The language by authority figures and organisations regarding AIED must be more balanced to enable people to be less trepidatious of using AIED:

There must be training provided to educators on the types of tools available and this must be ongoing to ensure their skills are updated:

Policy makers and government must create the rules and regulations within which EdTech companies must operate which could include accreditation. This will create confidence for users and assure authorities of the safety of the tools being used. These policies must be produced as a matter of urgency to streamline design and use of AIED:

Stakeholders such as educators, designers, policy makers, parents, young people must all be in constant communication to ensure effective provision of AIED tools:

The pedagogical framework within which AIED is designed and used should move towards the inclusion of other frameworks such as constructivist and transformative learning methods:

The context within which AIED is designed must take cognisance of social, cultural, economic and political contexts within which they are used:

Learning institutions like universities are slow in developing a robust response to the abuse of AI, like plagiarism, within their institutions and efforts must be stepped up to create and develop policy and practice for AIED. Consideration must be given to holding vivas or in person exams for students:

Finally, there is an urgent requirement for research on the impact of AIED in terms of how users respond to it psychologically, mentally, intellectually, emotionally and so on. In the review of all the literature none of them provided any information on the impact of AIED on the learner and several of them call for this research to take place.

My full article can be read here: https://lnkd.in/eH6zbEsf

My course on 'How to use AI in your Creative Practice' is available at www.famk.co.uk

Department for Education British Film Institute (BFI) Council of the European Union There's An AI For That AI for Education Generative AI Generative AI Tutorials, Prompts & Use Cases | ChatGPT Central

17/09/2024

Press release on the achievement of 15 young people in acquiring British Film Institute accreditation for the first time in Milton Keynes published on both the MK citizen and MKFM.

New course starts on October 15th. Limited spaces this time and already 50% booked so if you have young ones aged 16 to 19 years interested in filmmaking then head over to www.famk.co.uk to book.

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FAMK provides an enriched learning environment that has helped countless students thrive and nurture their creativity. Founded in 2012, our Academy is located in Milton Keynes and reflects the diverse backgrounds, cultures and creative capacity of the area. We’re extremely proud of our students an...

08/09/2024

This Friday some of the students who took part in the BFI short course picked up their NCFE Level 2 certificates from the Mayor of Milton Keynes, Cllr Marie Bradburn.
All the 15 students Film Academy Milton Keynes put forward for accreditation passed , so well done to everyone and to the tutors.
Registration is now open for the second cohort at www.famk.co.uk
Open to anyone aged 16 to 19years. Next course starts in October. Places are limited. So book early to access this opportunity.

British Film Institute (BFI)

08/09/2024

My review of 'Storytelling in the Age of Artificial Intelligence' by Ali Khosh is complete and can be read on my blog here: https://www.nanaoguntola.me/.../a-review-of-storytelling...
Following the reviews I just completed on the Council of Europe's report and the Department of Education's call for evidence, this was an easier and lighter read.
This article by Ali Khosh was written in 2017 so it provides a hindsight look at how AI in storytelling was viewed. Most of what was seen as novel then are now common place. The only thing that stood out and continues to be a thread in the literature I have reviewed so far is the expectation that AI would be a leveler and reduce inequalities which it has not accomplished and remains challenged to do so.

The article is a basic but helpful overview for anyone interested in how people used and predicted the use of AI in storytelling.
Read more reviews on AI in education on my blog here:
https://www.nanaoguntola.me/blog

02/09/2024

If you are a creative practitioner and want to know how to make sense of AI in your creative practice: If you are a lecturer within the creative space looking for answers on how to guide your students through the AI landscape: If you are an institution looking to provide structure for your learners around AI and creativity: Then this course is useful for you.

Take the six part course to effectively situate, structure, scaffold your creative practice within the AI space now and for the future.

'How to use AI in your Creative Practice, is available at www.famk.co.uk

26/08/2024

Do you like editing?

25/08/2024

The certificates for all 15 of the learners Film Academy Milton Keynes put forward for the NCFE Level 2 Award by the BFI have arrived.
I'm so happy for our learners and grateful to our trainers Faye Gilbert and Segun Oguntola and our team for supporting the learners through the process.
We are FAMK
www.famk.co.uk

Know a young person aged 16 to 19 who wants a filmmaking qualification, head to our website.

23/08/2024

The holidays are coming to an end and the BFI short course starts on October 15th and ends on November 26th 2024.

The course is a mixture of online and face to face sessions open to young people aged 16 to 19 years.

Participants receive a Level 2 NCFE qualification and become alumni of the British Film Institute.

The course is absolutely free.
Register at wwwfamk.co.uk

16/08/2024

Film Academy Milton Keynes will be taking part in Heritage Open Days for the third time as part of 250 activities planned this September to celebrate MK's heritage, past, present and future.

We will be exhibiting stories of individuals or organisations from MK's Indian community who were featured in films produced by our young people.

The exhibition will be up at Milton Keynes Library from the 6th of September and celebrates Indian contribution to various areas such as politics, sports, community engagement and the NHS.

The original project was produced in collaboration with DREAMSAI Milton Keynes and funded by MK Community Foundation.

The films themselves can be watched on our YouTube channel Film Academy Milton Keynes.

https://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/250-events-are-planned-to-celebrate-heritage-of-milton-keynes-4741966

Residents and history enthusiasts are invited to celebrate Milton Keynes’ fascinating heritage with more than 230 free activities planned next month.