Camera & Equipment Exhibition at Watershed

Calling all Camera Crews

As you are aware, Wildscreen 2008 the world’s largest and most prestigious festival of wildlife & environmental film commenced in Bristol this weekend running from Sunday 19th until Friday 24th October 2008.

Cineformation Camerapersons and their Camera Crew and who are not Wildscreen delegates, are warmly invited to a Camera and Equipment Exhibition in Waterside Rooms 1, 2 & 3 at The Watershed, Bristol on Tuesday 21st October from 5pm until 7pm.

Exhibitors include : Panasonic, On Sight, Aerial Camera Systems, Visual Impact, Lake Image Systems, Polecam, Panalux Bristol (for Panavision Europe), Quadlogic, Big Squid, ARKive, Earth-Touch, Films at 59 (supported by Top Tex), Wild Film History and Arri GB.

A wide range of new film and HD cameras will be on display including two new Panasonic cameras straight from the UK Press launch that morning, the Arri Super 16mm 416 and the very recent Arri D21 HD camera.

Space is limited and you will need a pass to get in. If you are genuinely interested in attending please e-mail martinjohnhammond@mjhmedia.co.uk<mailto://martinjohnhammond@mjhmedia.co.uk> so that an Exhibition Pass can be made up for you. Please supply Martin with your Name, Job Title and Company or Freelance status”.

Full details can be obtained via www.wildscreen.org.uk<http://www.wildscreen.org.uk>

Best Regards,

Martin

Tel: 01442 381593 Mobile : 07805 039 290

Pitch Your Idea to some of the film industry's movers and shakers

7.30pm Thursday 20th November 2008, Delegates Area, Watershed Media Centre

Would you like to get your script read by the movers and the shakers of the film industry? Can you keep the panel and audience entertained for two minutes and get them begging to hear more. Well then come along to our Cineformation Pitching event during the Encounters Short Film Festival. We’ll have a panel made up of producers, directors and funders all keen to seek out new talent, have you got what it takes or will you be asked to stop before your time is up. This is Pop Idol for filmmakers.

Sign up by emailing: info@cineformation.com or turn up on the night. This is your chance to shine.

TRAINING FOR CREATIVE INDUSTRIES ADVISORS

18th November – The Forum, Cheltenham

27th November – The Innovation Centre, Exeter University

Fee £45 including lunch

Are you an advisor, coach or mentor working with artists and creative individuals?

Arts Compass is a practical training course to develop advisors’ skills in helping artists and creative enterprises navigate their way to

business and creative success. It offers you a chance to develop your skills and knowledge in a fun and relaxed environment and network with peers from across the region.

You will come away from this course with innovative methods for artists’ professional development planning and for supporting the growth of creative businesses, an understanding of the economic impact of the creative industries in the South West, and an introduction to developments in key issues affecting creative businesses. The day also provides an overview of the range of support agencies, advice services (generic and art-form or business-specific) and training opportunities available to creative businesses locally and nationally.

The course is suitable for anyone working with creative businesses and artists in an advisory capacity, whether formally or informally.

To receive further information and a booking form please contact Maddie at madeline@artsmatrix.org.uk or call 0117 915 0190.

Booking deadline for Cheltenham: 11th November

Booking deadline for Exeter: 20th November

Places for this event are strictly limited and booking is essential.

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (on bicycle) - Launch!

7:30pm – 11:30pm Friday, October 17, 2008
The Cube Microplex, Dove Street South, Bristol, UK
Music/Arts – Performance

Shot in a frantic week in September 2007, and only recently finished ‘The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner (on bicycle)’ is a travelogue that cycles in the footsteps of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge whilst also somehow being lost at sea with The Ancient Mariner.

Armed with a photocopy of the poem four intrepid Artists travel a route that Coleridge would of regularly walked, from Nether Stowey to Bristol. Along the way they drew as many people as they could into The Mariner’s plight.

The team worked with a primary school, a school for people with learning difficulties, several community groups, two homes for elderly people and a pub.

The film knits together The Mariner’s tale with drama, reminiscence, writing & animation, to make a psychedelic yet perfect mix between entertainment, community outreach and human interest.

Directed by Tom Stubbs, co-directed by Jay Kerry, Jon Nicholas and Joff Winterhart. Produced by Wolf + Water. Running time 50 minutes.

The film is preceded by a couple of shorts.
‘Shape UP!’ by Biggerhouse Film + Video and
‘Light and Dark’ by Michael Smith and Tom Stubbs

Afterwards there will be some live music by local Bristol bands My Two Toms and Bucky.

Admission £6 (£5 concession)
Friday 17th October 2008
Doors open 7.30

Board Members for ArtsMatrix

ArtsMatrix wishes to recruit two new Board Members

ArtsMatrix is the skills and enterprise development agency for the creative industries in the South West. Our mission: to foster a highly skilled workforce, equipped to sustain a living in the arts and creative industries.

With a staffing complement of eleven working across the region, our role is to provide, directly and through partnership, a programme of services that develops skills, encourages enterprise, nurtures creative talent and improves access to learning opportunities.

To complement our existing Board of six, we are seeking two new Board members, including someone interested in taking the Treasurer role, to contribute to our future planning and development.

Contact us for full a board recruitment pack today.
Call Madeline on 0117 915 0190
email info@artsmatrix.org.uk
or write to ArtsMatrix Ltd, Board Recruitment, Unit 4.3 Paintworks, Bath Road, Bristol, BS4 3EH
Full details: http://www.artsmatrix.org.uk/Downloads/Forms/tabid/171/Default.aspx,

Closing date: noon 31st October 2008.

Chief Executive Job at ArtsMatrix

*Arts Matrix looking to recruit a Chief Executive *

ArtsMatrix is the skills and enterprise development agency for the creative industries in the South West. Our mission: to foster a highly skilled workforce, equipped to sustain a living in the arts and creative industries.

We wish to recruit a Chief Executive to take forward our ambitious business plan and take the lead on strategic partnerships in a high achieving organisation with a team of motivated, effective staff and Board. You will be an experienced leader, fundraiser, advocate and manager looking for a new challenge where you can have a real impact.

Full details: http://www.artsmatrix.org.uk/Downloads/Forms/tabid/171/Default.aspx, email info@artsmatrix.org.uk or call Madeline on 0117 915 0190. Closing date: noon 10th October 2008. Interviews in Bristol, 23rd October 2008.