My student experience! A busy semester at University of Nicosia

Fall 2013,  lessons started on the 30th of October.

I was very excited about my new start since it is my 2nd year! The courses that I have selected this semester are Video Production and Multimedia which are practical courses, Newswriting , Film and Public Relations Methods which are theoretical courses. Lets not forget Mediazone Lab Assistant Training!

The first 2 weeks, professors gave us an introduction about the subjects, showed us the themes, the equipment and actually what is going to follow this semester. At the end of October we had our first midterm. The material that the teacher examined us on was based on understanding the first steps of the introduction, which was easy. At the same time, we had to submit 2 essays in one week (2 different lessons). Continue reading →

November 12, 2013 /  

Vines? What’s up with them?

If you have a Facebook account, or a Twitter, or  if you have just logged into any social network site in the last five months I’m quite sure that you’ve seen one of those Vines videos.

If you haven’t,  just log again into your social network account and I guarantee you that in your news feed there will be more than one vine for you.

Vines are humoristic short videos (mostly 3 to 7 seconds) that anyone can post on the internet, and may be the laugh of the day for many viewers. Vine is a mobile app owned by Twitter. It can be downloaded to all Android and iOS platforms. In order to create a vine you had to open the application and shoot a vine from your camera. Now vines evolved and they may come from more detailed cameras, and may also be edited.  Vines became popular so quickly that now it’s an everyday hobby for the creators because of their everyday viewers. Also, vines had their television time by Dunkin Donuts who was the first company to use a single Vine as an entire advertisement. Continue reading →

November 4, 2013 /  

How to Achieve a Good Panoramic Photo!

Have you ever asked yourself how the photographers manage to catch beautiful landscapes with  great detail?

But every time you try it, there is something missing. It happens many times to me. Either my photos were overexposed, lacking of details, or in most of the cases  I just couldn’t find the reason for my failure. One day I just sat in front of my computer and started a small research on this topic. What I found was that there are a certain techniques or even “secrets” for a successful panoramic image. I would like to share them with you and save you some extra time surfing the internet. Continue reading →

November 1, 2013 /  

Radiocracy: local radio & democracy

On the 23rd of July I had the chance to visit Northampton (England) to participate in a European youth exchange project named ‘Radiocracy’. This project was aimed at developing radio skills and content from local governments and train young people on how to produce and spread radio content in their localities. The goal of this attempt was to improve youth awareness on how different democratic systems work. The teams consisted of five participants from Cyprus, England and France.

Each group had a ‘leader’ with experience and involvement in radio. The members of my team (Cyprus) were Andreas Rocopos, Evie Hartsioti, Antonia Filippou, Christiana Palaonta and our leader Dr. Mike Hadjimichael. The first part of the project started in France, then continued in Cyprus and finished in England. I only had the chance to participate to the trip in England. On their staying in Cyprus members from the three groups decided to create a song, in French and English language with the help of Med Dred. Continue reading →

October 31, 2013 /  

Why You Should Join The Communications Society! It’s Not Too Late, Join Us Tomorrow!

As a Communications student and a Mediazone Lab Assistant, I have come to realize how many opportunities we can create for ourselves here at the University of Nicosia but for some reason no one is attempting to do so which is why it all changes here!

At the beginning of the semester a fellow student/lab assistant and myself came up with one idea, to bring the Communications Society back to life. Our mission is to create a 5 minute show with announcements, news, updates, reminders and in general entertainment related topics, all to do with the University. Continue reading →

October 29, 2013 /  

Cyprus International Film Festival, 18-28/10/13

Θα προβληθούν συνολικά 80 ταινίες μεγάλου και μικρού μήκους, ανεξάρτητες παραγωγές από 26 χώρες, από τις 18-28 Οκτωβρίου στις αίθουσες UNESCO και CINE STUDIO στο Πανεπιστήμιο Λευκωσίας. Οι προβολές είναι με ελεύθερη είσοδο 5μμ-8μμ στην αίθουσα UNESCO, ενώ στο CINE STUDIO προβάλλονται δύο ταινίες μεγάλου μήκους καθημερινά 8μ.μ. και 10μ.μ. με ημερήσιο εισιτήριο 5 ευρώ. H κάρτα γενικής εισόδου στοιχίζει 25 ευρώ. Οι ξενόγλωσσες ταινίες έχουν ελληνικούς υπότιτλους.

A showing of 80 long and short films, which will be independent productions from 26 countries, starting from the 18th-28th of October and will take place at UNESCO and CINE STUDIO at the University of Nicosia. The entrance for short film screenings is free,  from 5pm-8pm in UNESCO,  while  two long films which will take place in the CINE STUDIO from 8pm-10pm daily,with a €5.00 entrance. A 25Euro- all -screenings pass for CINE STUDIO is also available. English speaking films will be shown with greek subtitles.

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October 11, 2013 /  

Updating Datavideo SE-3000 Vision Mixer – Procedure

 

Datavideo SE-30000 Vision Mixer

Datavideo SE-30000 Vision Mixer

Although Datavideo provides a detailed tutorial on how to update the firmware of SE-3000, there are problems you could face during the updating procedure. After a discussion I had with Datavideo Service dept. & Tech. Product support, they mentioned to me a few points that are not recorded in their tutorial.

In case you try to update from an earlier version like V0.9 to V1.0.1 or V1.02 it is better to disconnect the main frame and controller (CAT5 cable) during the update. This is very important because if you try to update using Datavideo tutorial you may receive a critical error in the Control Panel which says: “Application Se3000 Panel.exe encountered a serious error and must shut down”. Continue reading →

October 10, 2013 /