Register and be a lifesaver
Throughout the week a ‘Register and Be a Lifesaver volunteer’ will be delivering sessions at Confetti to talk about blood, organ and bone marrow donation. On Wednesday 18 January from 11am – 3pm in the Student Café an Anthony Nolan Trust representative will be on hand to answer any questions you might have. If you’re interested in blood and organ donation, you’ll be able to sign up for the register and start saving lives! If you missed the presentations this week have a look at who Anthony Nolan Trust are and why you should sign up… Who are Anthony Nolan? …

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Look at what we got up to at Christmas
We hope you had a good Christmas and new year because we definitely did here at Confetti. Many of our students went to the Confetti Christmas Nightmare social at Rescue Rooms and had an amazing time. The party couldn’t have happened without our very own talented Level 3 Technical Event students, working hard to plan, organise and bring the event to life! From all the technical & sound requirements to venue dressing and stage design, they turned Rescue Rooms into a Christmassy Nightmare Tim Burton would be proud of! The night was full of awesome music from legendary DJ producer …

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Meet our student ambassador Rowena
From the best place to grab a bite to eat, Nottingham’s coolest bars, to how you can get the best out of your time at Confetti, we’ve got the inside scoop from our student ambassador Rowena below... ROWENA BRETT BSc Television Production Technology My 'go-to' person at Confetti Tough question as they’re all great! But it would have to be Sam Wheatley – we are both geeks when it comes to anything camera and tech related. All of the tutors are extremely easy to approach and will go out of their way to help you. Best bar Das Kino or …

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Top Confetti Moments of 2016
Well what a year it’s been at Confetti! To celebrate an amazing 2016 we asked our students to vote for their Confetti highlights from 2016. So without further ado, let’s have a look at the best moments… Industry Week During the first week of March Confetti had 49 of the UK’s most influential practitioners from Film, TV, Music and Games provide a week of workshops, lectures and masterclasses. Nathan Hird, an FdSc Music Tech student spoke to us about his favourite moments from #IW16: “My best Confetti moment was meeting Mikey Demus at Industry Week! He was one of the coolest …

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Who’s your top Christmas scary movie character?
December is finally here and it's not long until the Confetti Christmas Nightmare so to get you in the mood and give you ideas for fancy dress, we've got our top 5 scary Christmas characters from some iconic films!  Have a look at who we've chosen... via GIPHY Krampus Krampus is a horned creature often described as ‘half-goat, half-demon’ who, during the festive season, punishes children who have been bad. The creature has recently appeared in 'A Christmas Horror Story' where it stalks a family through a winter wonderland as a student documentary becomes a living nightmare. Where’s Santa to slay …

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Film & TV student directs his first short film ‘Catharsis’
Here at Confetti we openly encourage students to work on and get creative with their own projects in their free time. We caught up with second year Film & TV student Jay Martin who has just finished directing his first short film ‘Catharsis’, to find out how it went. Jay, can you give us a brief outline of the plot? J: Catharsis follows the story of Sandra, a thirty something business woman, who, after the loss of her first born child Megan, begins a drug and alcohol fueled decent into her own mind as she desperately tries to relive the lost …

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Confetti Christmas Nightmare Line Up
It’s almost December, we’re half way between Halloween and Christmas, so what better time to get hyped about the Confetti Christmas Nightmare Social! We’ve got the line up ready and we’re super hyped to announce that Ca$h Mun€¥, members of one of Nottingham’s best loved bands D.I.D (Joss and Trev) will be headlining! These guys are so money that they give Dre payday loans, so money that their DVDs are made of solid gold (rendering them completely unplayable). So if you like the most crunk tunes the world has to offer by such artists as R. Kelly, Tupac, Biggie, Nelly, Lil …

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What are your top Confetti moments from 2016?
So, with the year coming to a close, we want to find out YOUR best Confetti moments from 2016! Maybe it was being backstage at Splendour Festival; directing the music video for a breakthrough artist; or even meeting Ian Livingstone, co-founder of iconic games company Games Workshop, at Industry Week. Whatever the moment, we want you to tell us your favourites – all you need to do is fill out the form below with your best highlights!
Need ideas for a Halloween costume?
Not sure what to dress up as for Halloween and need some ideas? Lucky for you we’ve pulled together a few costumes you can easily create yourself - you won’t need more than a fiver! Creepy Pop Art Make yourself look like a 2D comic book character with a bit of face paint and hair spray. Use white to fade your skin tone while adding black lines to create your 2D edges, finishing off with coloured hairspray to create a solid hair colour. The Joker Look like The Joker with a wide bloody smile, green hair and a whiter than usual face using face …

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Halloween Fright Fest!
On Monday 31 October we’ll be hosting a Halloween Fright Fest so join us for an amazing afternoon full of horrors as the Student Café is transformed into Confetti's own haunted house!   From Noon until 3pm, you're invited to listen to live sets from your resident Confetti DJs while enjoying the Halloween themed activities, food and drinks - taste the hot dogs and burgers, or tuck into our spooky Halloween cupcakes! Turn up in your best fancy dress and meet professional prosthetic & make up artists who’ll aim to make you the scariest student in the city - the best fancy dress will receive an amazing …

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We’ve Got New Neighbours – Professional Music Technology
On Saturday 1 October Professional Music Technology opened their brand new store in Nottingham and guess what?! It’s right across the road! To celebrate the new store opening the lovely folk at PMT are offering you the chance to win an SE Electronics X1 Vocal Pack which includes a large diaphragm condenser mic with shock mount and pop shield. Check out all the specs. All you’ve got to do to be in with a chance of winning is like our Facebook page and let us know who you would most like to record with the mic (past or present) on our competition …

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An amazing day at the Hockley Hustle

The Hockley Hustle returned and saw thousands of music enthusiasts dance the night away across 25 venues. Many students from Confetti were involved with the festival – filming, performing or stage managing – hear about their experience.