{"id":5585,"date":"2021-06-18T00:26:56","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T23:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/2021\/06\/18\/festival-run-students-back-things-are-bit-different-year\/"},"modified":"2021-06-18T00:26:56","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T23:26:56","slug":"festival-run-students-back-things-are-bit-different-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/festival-run-students-back-things-are-bit-different-year\/","title":{"rendered":"The festival run by students is back but things are a bit different this year\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Art School Live<\/a> (ASL) has returned but with a twist as the festival will be live-streamed on 25 and 26 June, hosting an array of talent from across the North West.<\/p>\n

Students from both MMU and the Manchester School of Art are leading the production duties on the event, focusing on three key areas of event planning, marketing, and technical roles.<\/p>\n

Many have never taken on responsibilities like these before, allowing them to learn a range of new skills in camera operation, vision mixing, sound engineering, and brand management.<\/p>\n

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Most of the production duties are done by students (Credit: Joel Schaegis)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Aidan Mckellar, a filmmaking student doing live vision mixing for ASL, said: \u2018We\u2019ve not had a lot of time on-campus; so when the call came out to actually come in and do some physical work on set, I just jumped on it straight away.<\/p>\n

\u2018It\u2019s so fun, and really good to be around people who are actually involved in the industry.\u2019<\/p>\n

For several freshers, this is their first experience of being on-campus at university since teaching moved to online-only<\/a> in October last year, due to the increased cases of COVID-19 across Manchester.<\/p>\n

Previously, ASL has been a series of gigs and events hosted in the Holden Gallery<\/a> and the new studios<\/a> in the MMU School of Digital Arts.<\/p>\n

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A snapshot of previous Art School Live events (Credit: Evan Wilson)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Before the start of the first lockdown in March, ASL was rescheduled as the new rules implemented by the government meant there could not be a live audience present during the event.<\/p>\n

However, this was only a minor hurdle as ASL has now grown into an online festival, featuring a blend of live and pre-recorded performances in the line-up.<\/p>\n

Sam Heitzman, one of the festival\u2019s directors, said: \u2018We\u2019ve learned and adapted to the different bands throughout, and I think there\u2019s been continuous improvement all the way through.<\/p>\n

\u2018I think every group we\u2019ve spoken to this week have talked about the return to playing live music being really positive; even though it\u2019s a bit of a strange setting for them for their first shows back, I think they\u2019ve really enjoyed it.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Introducing the line up for Art School Live festival 2021 (Credit: Nicola Broadbent)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There are nine artists and bands performing in the festival, each collaborating with a visual artist to create a backdrop of graphics and film during their set.<\/p>\n

Each artist brings their unique style ranging from bold, almost psychedelic like sequences to bold and colourful anime-inspired illustrations that complement the live music.<\/p>\n

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