Film Financing Course

Atlantic Film Group’s Film Financing Course

17-18 April 2008, London

Atlantic Film Group’s popular, two-day film financing course is back. The course provides an overview of how to finance feature films, from low/micro budget features that break all the rules to multi-million pound co-productions. Presented by producer and financier Alan Harris, with guest industry speakers, this intensive but informal course will enable you to understand the current film marketplace and the key factors essential to getting feature films made, including:

Financing overview: finance plans; recoupment schedules; packaging; rights

Sources of finance: what’s available, how to increase your film’s chance of getting it; how to combine it; Case studies of recent micro and medium budget films

International co-production; Sales, marketing and distribution; Key legal issues: closing the deal.

Guest speakers include leading producers, distributors and fund executives.

For producers, writers, directors and anyone who wants to understand film financing fundamentals and learn how their work fits into the business of making films.

17-18 April 2008, 9.30 – 5.30pm, Central London Course Cost: £195 + vat

To book or for more details: Go to http://www.filmfinancing.co.uk/training.php Call 07834 173429 Email nicole.dade@atlanticfilmgroup.com

You may be eligible for up to 80% off this course through a Skillset Screen Bursary.

Volunteers for new Knowle West Media Centre

Call for volunteer stewards to help out at the brand spanking new Knowle West Media Centre at the beginning of March.

The exhibition, Greenhouse Britain: Losing Ground, Gaining Wisdom, is running at KWMC from March 7 until April 2 as a joint venture with Arnolfini. The exhibition is by two of America’s foremost ecological artists, The Harrisons, and comprises a large relief map of the United Kingdom onto which a series of videos is projected, showing how Britain may change if, as predicted, climate change causes sea levels to rise. One element is a video showing the local effects of tidal change on the river Avon and Bristol.

If you’re interested in helping out or would like more info, please contact Katie Taylor at katie@kwmc.org.uk or call 01179030444

www.kwmc.org.uk

www.knowlewest.co.uk

February Dorkbot

February Dorkbot

19 February | Pervasive Media Studio | 7pm

An informal skills swap and exchange event for ‘people who do interesting things with electricity’. This months speakers will be talking about music related subjects.

Mike Harris on D.R.O.I.D. (an event being held at Trinity and simultaneously in Second Life on 23 February)

The aim of D.R.O.I.D is for two audiences, the physical and the digital, to come together, meet each other, interact, and know each other. How many technophobes out there have never spoken to their virtual brothers and sisters? How many of the new-wired generation have never left the confines of their virtual reality interfaces to interact with the rest of us? Greater understanding is what we seek, together we shall stand, shoulder to digitized shoulder….

Nat Gavin on Circuit Bending

Circuit bending is the creative short-circuiting of devices such as low voltage, battery-powered guitar effects, children’s toys and small synthesizers to create new musical instruments and sound generators. Bring a toy which makes an electronic sound to dismantle and indulge in some sonic invention…

Please note – from this month Dorkbot will be held at our new home at the Pervasive Media Studio in Anchor Square (above Firehouse Rotisserie). Directions available from wwww.dorkbot.org/dorkbotbristol

Share your films & get noticed!

Do you want to share your short films, exchange ideas & get your work noticed?

These are the steps you filmmakers need to take:

1. Upload your film onto youtube

2. Email info@cineformation.com with the link & some more info about your work

3. We’ll get it up here for all to see

And who knows where it might lead…. so, get in touch & let’s get the ball rolling.

Bristol Music Foundation Seminar

Bristol Music Foundation Seminar: – Investment; Financing Your Career

10.00am – 4.00pm, Thursday 21 February 08, The Folk House, Park Street, Bristol.

The Bristol Music Foundation is happy to present, in association with Arts Matrix, a one-day seminar and intensive workshop providing specialist knowledge on aspects of income from within the music industry, and accessing income from outside the industry.

Thursday 21st February 08 The Folk House, Park Street, Bristol. 10.00am – 4.00pm. Lunch provided.

Speakers already confirmed:

Emma Collins – Gallery Creative Business Consultancy Facilitator

Craig Williams – BMF and MWM Industry Accountants

Moragh Brooksbank – Arts Council SW

Matt Booth – Chair of BMF, Artist Manager

Tom Bywater – Power Amp

Cindy Dalgleish – HERDA

Steve Satterthwaite – BMF, Hope Management

John Pocock – Crazeltown (Investor)

The day will begin with a seminar style presentation on the work of each individual speaker, plus a general discussion between speakers on current issues facing finance in the music industry. Break-out groups will then focus on each specific area with the committed aim of helping each attendee to assess and re-evaluate their own existing career situation and attain clear skills and knowledge to progress careers over the long-term.

Topics will include: • Areas of income within the music industry; royalties, performance fees, synchronization and branding • Digital; income within the online market place • Managing accounts; effective use of income to maintain, and sustain, a long-term career • Investment; specialist investment brokers and local and national venture capitalists to focus on approaches to investment and developing effective relationships with investors and financial mentors • Collaboration; building local and national partnerships, sharing costs and co-promotion

For more information visit www.bristolmusicfoundation.com

Booking in advance; £15 Please email Sophie or Ellie at mail@bristolmusicfoundation.com if you would like to book a place.

D.R.O.I.D

D.R.O.I.D.

8pm, 23 February 2008, Trinity Community Arts Centre, Bristol

Xtreamlab presents an extraordinary event featuring a stellar cast of 21st century dance music from top draw live guests, DJs and some virtual avatar stars:

- Luke Vibert: (Warp / Rephlex)

- Various Production dj (Deep dub / Spooky beats / Dubstep)

- Bass Clef (Dub / 2-step / Electronica)

- Vexkidy (Experimental / Acoustic / Electronic)

D.R.O.I.D will take place simultaneously in the digitised world of Second Life, and as a consequence of this, across the known world. At the Trinity huge suspended, back-projected screens will show the audience the virtual world of Second Life.

The aim is for the two audiences, the physical and the digital, to come together, meet each other, interact, know each other.

Xtreamlab have been funded under the South West Screen Convergence alliance scheme to organise D.R.O.I.D;

Get your (£6.75!) ticket now” or get one on the door.

Map of venue

For more info http://xtreamlab.net/droid/