Images, film and music

Below, you will find information on the University’s Image and Media Bank, how to proceed when working with images and film, and templates and support for film production.

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Music

Music in film production

Legislation and rules

When using images, you must comply with applicable laws. For example, material retrieved from the internet may be subject to legislation, and all images and videos containing personal data are covered by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Read more about:

• Copyright and consent for images and film
• How you may use purchased as well as free images – and how to search for them

Images

Images contribute to shaping how wider society perceives Lund University, and must therefore always be of high quality. Do use one of our procured photographers, but remember to check the University’s Image and Media Bank first.

Whether you engage a photographer or take the photographs yourself, the images are to be characterised by Lund University’s image style. This helps to distinguish us from other higher education institutions.

Image style

Image and Media Bank

The University’s Image and Media Bank contains several thousand images. Each image is accompanied by information on how you may use the image, who the photographer is and whether there is a consent to the image. Log in with your Lucat ID.

Image and Media Bank

Historical images

Are you interested in historical images? Take a look in the University Library’s image database. 

The University Library image database

Ordering images from a photographer

Lund University has agreements with three photographers. New images must always be commissioned from one of them.

Procured photographers

Buying images from an agency

Sometimes it can be necessary to buy existing images from an agency, for example where genre images and images of other geographical locations are concerned.

Examples of image agencies

Film

Film production and animations 

Do you need help to produce a video or an animation to, for example, present research environments or courses/programmes? If so, you can contact the University’s internal production team or the University’s procured film production agency:

The University’s production team

Communications agencies

Filming and streaming at events

If you need help with filming and streaming at your event, LU Conferences can provide assistance. 

Conference services

Video for teaching purposes

The Unit for Educational Services has gathered practical advice, inspiration, and reading tips about video as a pedagogical tool:

Creating videos (education.lu.se) 

Book an in-house film studio

The video and podcast studio at the Botanical Museum

Do you have a complete concept with all resources in place, but need a studio? If so, you are free to use the video and podcast studio. Contact the production team to make a booking. 

More about the video and podcast studio and about the production team

The media studio at Campus Helsingborg

All employees at Lund University can use the media studio at Campus Helsingborg, for SEK 600 per hour. The studio is fully equipped for professional media productions. Here you can, for example, live broadcast or record lectures, webinars, interviews, panel discussions, etc. You can also participate in various live broadcasts/webinars in an LU-like setting.

Read more and book the media studio at Campus Helsingborg (in Swedish)

Lund University on YouTube 

The Lund University YouTube channel is a University-wide channel, intended for public-facing video and livestream content. The content is mainly focused on student recruitment, research news, innovations and events. The channel mixes Swedish and English-language content.

Channel access

Only one member of staff per faculty, division, or equivalent area can be granted access to upload and manage video content on the Lund University YouTube channel. In order to become a Designated User for your area, you must submit the following form:

Application form – Lund University YouTube channel access

Questions? To discuss any issues relating to the management of the Lund University YouTube channel, please email the Editorial Group at yt-editor [at] er [dot] lu [dot] se (yt-editor[at]er[dot]lu[dot]se) 

Lunds universitet on Youtube

The YouTube channel Lunds universitet consists entirely of Swedish-language content related to national student recruitment.

Questions? Contact tove [dot] eriksson [at] er [dot] lu [dot] se or anna [dot] sparrenblad [at] er [dot] lu [dot] se at External Relations. 

Sharing internal videos

If you need to share a video internally within the University, you can use Canvas for this purpose. If you need to share a video with a closed group, you can use services like LU Box or SharePoint. 

For advice on how to share videos via Canvas, please contact Anna Mansfeld at Corporate Communications: anna [dot] mansfeld [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (anna[dot]mansfeld[at]kommunikation[dot]lu[dot]se) 

Tips for producing your own material

Video templates

To facilitate your work, there are prepared Photoshop templates for things like logo, name tags, film outro. The templates are available for download in the Image and Media Bank, where you can also download the University’s presentation video.

• Go to the Image and Media Bank to download clips and templates for film production
• Go to the Image and Media Bank to download the University’s presentation video

Music

Lund University has specially composed music that can be used in all types of films produced on the University’s behalf. The University owns the rights to the music, so any copyright problems are avoided while ensuring the quality of the music used.

• Music in film production
• Download music files from the Image and Media Bank

Fonts

If you are to produce a video that includes text, remember to use, the University’s profile fonts Adobe Garamond Pro or Frutiger LT Std or the alternative fonts, Times and Arial.

Animations

If you work with animations, the university's cohesive style for illustrations, infographics and animations are available:

Illustration style

Accessible video

Remember that your video must comply with the "Law on accessibility to digital public service" if it is to be published online. On the Drupal web accessibility quick guide pages you can find tips on how to make your video accessible to as many people as possible, regardless of impairment for example. It is also important to create subtitles for your video.
 
How to create accessible videos

Permission

NB! Always be careful to check that you have permission to use the material which you include in your film production. 

Images and film – copyright and consent