mollie gawain frank
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Educational background:
BSc. Communications: Film & Broadcasting (2000, DIT/Trinity College Dublin)
MSc. Multimedia Systems (2003, Trinity College Dublin)

Current position:
Head of Section of Creative Media, Dundalk Institute of Technology

Module delivery has included:
Introduction to Camera & Lighting, Production Management, Video Production, Camera & Lighting, Digital Production & Editing, Advanced Multimedia, Documentary Production: Theory & Practice, Introduction to Editing.

Research Interests:
- Media representations of the Northern Ireland conflict with particular reference to border towns;
- Interactive Documentary & the role of the director;
- Ethnographic documentary & volunteerism.

Research supervision has included:
Final-year practical projects for students on the BA/BA (Hons) in Video & Film Production, final projects/dissertations for students on the BA/BA(Hons) in Communications in Creative Multimedia, along with dissertations for students on the BA in Applied Cultural Studies (all DKIT).

Conference Papers:
Shooting the Messenger? Whistle-blowing & the case of Fairytale of Kathmandu - presented at the inaugural Picteilin conference, September 2011, Dundalk Institute of Technology & the Creative Media Research Colloqium, May 2011, Dundalk Institute of Technology.

Funded Research:
Development Study: Cubed – May 2006-Dec 2006
Authority: Louth County Enterprise Board
This study focussed on the possible development of a multimedia concept (interactive 3D painting – see publications section) into a marketable product.

Online Film Distribution & Educational Resource, Part I
March 2009-June 2009
Authority: Enterprise Ireland (Innovation Voucher scheme)
This study examined the possibilities of an online educational film distribution resource in Ireland with particular focus on assessing the need for such a resource.

Online Film Distribution & Educational Resource, Part II
July 2009-Dec 2009
Authority: Enterprise Ireland (Innovation Voucher scheme)
This study continued to examine the possibilities of an online educational film distribution resource in Ireland with particular reference to the practical aspects  and technical requirements of such a resource.

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