Creative Manchester

Multi-Platform App Developer Mission to San Francisco

Wed, 02 May 2012 15:21:23 +0000

Planning to attend Apple WWDC or Google I/O?

UK Trade & Investment plans to host a Multi-Platform App Developer Mission during the week of 18-22 June 2012 conveniently scheduled in the week between Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference (10-15 June) and Google’s I/O Developer Conference (27-29 June).

This is an opportunity to send a developer to San Francisco to learn from the best and showcase your app during this week long mission of master classes and workshops. These tech-talks will be specifically tailored for technical architects or developers of already launched business-to-consumer or business-to-business mobile apps.

Request to join the UKTI Linkedin Group - Multi-Platform App Developer Mission to learn more about the programme as it unfolds and share your ideas on what you think would make this a GREAT mission for your company.

For more information and details on how to apply, please visit: http://uktimadmission2012.eventbrite.com/

Have your say on the BFI's five-year Future Plan for UK film

Wed, 02 May 2012 15:19:28 +0000

This is your chance to take part in the British Film Institute's (BFI) consultation to discuss its proposals in support of the future of UK film.

New Horizons for UK Film outlines the BFI's proposals for investing Lottery support for UK film and sets out a fresh agenda to capitalise on British creativity and talent. The proposals cover a wide range of activities for supporting filmmaking, production, development, distribution and exhibition, education, skills development and film heritage – with a central focus on building audiences across the UK and on all platforms.

On 14 May the BFI will launch a UK-wide consultation on these proposals and they welcome your comments. Do you agree with our priorities? Are the proposals right? How can the final plan be improved?

For more information or to RSVP for a consultation event (the Manchester event will take place on 31 May 2012), please register though Eventbrite.

The consultation document will be available online from 14 May at bfi.org.uk/future. The consultation closes at midnight on 10 June.

Creative England rolls out networking crew nights

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:18:31 +0000

Creative England is planning a nationwide programme of networking evenings for professionals in film, TV and digital media, which will take in seven regional hubs in seven months.

For more information click here.

Student Design Brief #2: A new flag for the UK - the results

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:23:12 +0000

The second instalment of the Creative Times’ Student Design Brief series, challenged Nick Wan (Manchester Metropolitan University), Chantelle King (Manchester Metropolitan University) and David Yates (University of Chester) to redesign the Union Jack.

Click here to see the final designs and supporting material, and find out more about what informed the students’ solutions.

iFeatures low budget feature initiative launches

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 13:11:14 +0000

iFeatures, the UK’s most exciting low budget feature film initiative, re-opens for submissions today, with new partners and an enhanced offer to the brightest upcoming filmmaking talent.

Creative England is leading the expansion of the original Bristol-based venture by joining with BFI Film Fund and BBC Films to support the development and production of a further 3 full-length features, all to be set within the English regions.

The BBC is also pre-buying UK Free TV rights to the completed films.

Open to writer, director and producer teams who can already demonstrate a strong body of work, each film will be produced on a budget of £350,000. They will be greenlit from a slate of 16 projects, which the partners will help steer through an intensive six-month creative and commercial development process, starting in July 2012.

For more information click here.

Time machine: New iPhone app to bring Manchester's history to life with archive video

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 10:03:00 +0000

The North West Film Archive and Manchester Metropolitan University has launched a revolutionary new free iPhone application Manchester Time Machine - the iPhone app that combines archive film footage and GPS.

This is the first ever app for the iPhone which merges archive film with GPS to create a street level tour of Manchester’s streets and people over the last 100 years.

For more information click here.

Doctoral studentships opportunities now open

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:21:58 +0000

Studentship opportunities at the University of Sunderland for 2012/13 are now open for applications, including D4 Fine Art (Curating New Media Art).

Research proposals are welcome on any of a range of current issues for curating art – including the work's production, exhibition, reception, documentation and historicisation.

Ideas Fund Innovators now open for submissions

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:43:34 +0000

If you're aged between 16-25 and have a creative project that could do with a cash injection, this is the fund for you. We’re offering 10 projects £1,000 each to help get them off the ground.

This round of Innovators is open until 22 March 2012, so make sure you get your entries in before then.

In the past we've funded everything from dance and film projects to music videos and photography collectives. Whatever creative field you work in, we'll consider your application.

We're looking for projects that are inspiring, original, innovative and that we think you can deliver. Visit the website and read application tips from previous winners and download our PDF about creating a project budget.

So here’s the boring bit. You MUST read the Ts&Cs in full before you apply – we get loads of applications we have to make ineligible because people haven’t read the terms.

You must be aged 16 to 25 on the closing date (22 March 2012) and be resident in the UK. Your project must take place between April and December 2012. For more information and details on how to apply click here.

BBC Writersroom Future Talent Award extended to 01/02/12

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:33:55 +0000

Are you the next Debbie Horsfield or Paul Abbott? BBC North Developing Talent in partnership with BBC Writersroom is delighted to present this development opportunity for student/recent graduate drama writers.

We would like to invite students from all departments at each of the BBC North Developing Talent partner organisations to submit their TV drama scripts, to be read and considered by our team of professional readers. We want you to THINK BIG and tell the Northern Story in a TV script that could be stand-alone, or the first part of a bigger series. From Tyneside to Merseyside, take us to worlds and workplaces that we haven’t seen before.

One student will be awarded the BBC Writersroom Future Talent Award for Writers and will be given development opportunities and mentoring within the BBC, including taking part in our Headspace Writer in Residence scheme.

The Criteria:

• Scripts must be between 30 and 90 minutes long
• Scripts must be by students/recent graduates from one of the BBC NorthDeveloping Talent partner organisations in the North of England
• Scripts must be written for TV Drama
• Submissions will be considered as per our usual guidelines http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/writing/submissions.shtml they should not have been submitted previously to BBC writers room
• There is no limit on the number of scripts that can be submitted from each partner organisation. These can also be scripts by students who graduated in 2010
• Scripts can be submitted either by the writer or the organisation. Alongside the script please include the name of the partner organisation, contact details and a few lines about the writer
• There is a maximum of one script entry per writer
• The deadline for submissions is December 15th at 5pm
• The award will be announced to the shortlisted writers at The Partnerships event in early 2012

Scripts should be posted to:
Future Talent Award for Writers Writersroom North,
4th Floor, Dock House,
Mediacity UK, Salford M50 2LH

The deadline for the WRITERSROOM / FUTURE TALENT award has been extended until 1st Feb 2012.

Student designers wanted for new Creative Times Design Brief series

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 08:39:57 +0000

Creative Times is looking for articulate and ambitious student designers to take part in a series of five design features, devised and coordinated by Manchester-based graphic designer Dan Shannon, to be published on the site in the first half of 2012.

The deadline for expressions of interest is Friday 3rd February, 2012. For more information click here.