MA Film

Meet your Librarian – Lauren Elmore

About Lauren

Lauren Elmore is the Subject Librarian responsible for year 0 and taught postgraduate courses. She studied English at University of Leicester and has a MA in Library and Information Management from Loughborough University.

How Can I Help You?

You can book one to one tutorials with me to help you with your research or referencing, please contact me via email or you can drop into the library office (DS103) to have a chat!

I work Monday – Friday, 9am-5pm.

As a team, we also provide research and referencing drop in sessions to assist you in the run up to written work hand-ins, keep an eye on Instagram (@norwichuni_library) for times and dates.

Print Books

Film books

Film books (including moving image and sound) are found at Dewey Decimal number 759.

With the exception of short loan books, everything can be borrowed for three weeks. The collection is broken down into more specific subject areas like this:

  • Main collection
  • Film theory: 759.1
  • Cinematography: 759.42
  • Film sound: 759.45
  • Animation: 759.6
  • Music theory: 780
  • Other useful areas
  • Research study skills: 370.72
  • Academic writing: 808

Useful Sources of Information

Reading lists

Here are the reading lists set for each unit of your study, these will provide links to the resources that your tutors wish you to look at.

Online Resources

As well as printed materials, the Library also has a wide selection of online resources to help you with your research.

Useful Online Resources for MA Film:

TV, Video and Sound
Access: On and Off-campus

BFI Player

BA ActingBA AnimationBA Animation and Visual EffectsBA Film and Moving Image ProductionBSc User Experience DesignMA FilmYear 0

Stream new, cult and classic films – instant access to exceptional movies hand-picked for you by people with a passion for cinema. 

To create a new account follow the link and sign up using your university email address.

Step by step guidance to create an account can be found here.

 

TV, Video and Sound
Access: Free Online

East Anglian Film Archive

BA Film and Moving Image ProductionMA FilmMA Performing Arts Enterprise

The East Anglian Film Archive website includes over 200 hours of film from EAFA’s extensive collection. The collection itself is held at the Archive Centre at Norwich County Hall.

TV, Video and Sound
Access: On and Off-campus

British Library Sounds

BA Film and Moving Image ProductionBSc User Experience DesignMA Film

Access to over 90,000 recordings from the British Library collections, which come from all over the world and cover the entire range of recorded sound: music, drama and literature, oral history, wildlife and environmental sounds. Free for UK educational users.

E-Books
TV, Video and Sound
Access: On and Off-campus

Screen Studies

BA ActingBA Film and Moving Image ProductionMA FilmMA Performing Arts Enterprise

Screen Studies is a database of award-winning screenplays, critical and contextual books on film from the late nineteenth century to the present, and an interactive timeline of cinema history.

E-Books
Access: On and Off-campus

VLeBooks

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You can find eBooks specifically bought for NUA students on VLeBooks.

Information on how to download VLeBooks.