New multiplatform bursaries

Skillset has released bursaries for multiplatform courses from June of up to 80% of the cost for experienced TV freelancers, and 50% for employees (including travel and accommodation expenses where relevant).  Apply to Skillset beacuse you need to do so at least 5 days before the course…

Multiplatform: Joined-up Production 08.07.10 London
A one-day workshop to help production companies and digital interactive agencies work
together to create cross platform content
Who’s it for? Producers, APs, project and operations managers, and other production team-members. This workshop has been planned in partnership with Pact
Price: ITF Member £100 / Pact or freelance £150 / Corporate £200

Cross-platform Storytelling 15.07.10 London
A full-day workshop to develop the writing and storytelling skills of TV and digital media production teams over a range of platforms and to review the latest trends in cross-platform scripted content
Who’s it for? TV & digital media content development teams, producers, directors and writers. Delegates will be asked to select and submit before the course a single page content proposal (new or existing) that you would like to develop in the workshop
Price: ITF Member £100 / Pact or freelance £150 / Corporate £200

Cross-platform: Generating New Projects and Markets 14.10.10 London
A one-day workshop to encourage TV, digital media and interactive producers to develop their skills and business by creating, planning and pitching cross-platform projects for different markets
Who’s it for? Producers, APs, project and operations managers and other team members of TV and/or digital media and interactive companies looking to devise and deliver cross-platform projects for all markets; also freelancers wanting to create digital productions.This workshop has been planned in partnership with Pact
Price: ITF Member £100 / Pact or freelance £150 / Corporate £200

Mutiplatform: Making Money from Digital Platforms and Rights 18.11.10 London
A half-day introductory workshop to help production companies and interactive agencies understand how to make money from digital platforms, and to exploit the content rights in both broadcast and corporate markets.
Who’s it for? Designed as an introductory course for TV and digital media production companies this course will benefit those requiring an overview of exploiting content on TV, digital media, interactive and 360 platforms. This workshop has been planned in partnership with Pact
Price: ITF Member £100 / Pact or freelance £150 / Corporate £200

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So what’s all this multiplatform business?

ITF Open Forum

in association with Film London

When? Wednesday 18th March 2009 at 18.00

Where? Framestore Cinema, 19-23 Wells Street, London W1T 3PQ

Price? Free

In the current tough financial climate, TV & digital media production companies are exploring different ways of surviving the storm, including the use of branded and commercial platforms as well as broadcast ones.

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• Why is this important, especially for the future of digital Britain?

• Who’s commissioning what, and for which platforms?

• How does a digital project differ from a TV commission?

• What is wanted for different platforms, and how is it funded?

• How do you develop & make successful projects?

• Can you make money out of cross-platform production?

• How can you make the most of digital rights?

• Starting with digital interactive content rather than TV?

• The importance of collaboration and joined-up production for TV and digital media teams

Contributors:

Andrew Chitty (Illumina Digital Managing Director) – Chair

Peter Cowley (Endemol UK Director of Digital Media)

Louise Brown (Channel 4 Head of Cross-platform Commissioning)

Jonathan Jackson (Digital Rights Group Chief Operating Officer)

Anthony Lukom (MySpace UK Managing Director)

This is one of a new series of free ITF Open Forum evening discussions when leading industry figures will talk about the latest hot topics in our business. TV, film and digital media professionals are all welcome, and those attending will have a chance to share their experiences and network with each other.

Agenda

1800 Registration, light refreshments & networking

1830 Forum session begins

Followed by open discussion & questions

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Online registration at www.filmlondon.org.uk/seminars

Please note that this event is now fully subscribed, and already has a large waiting list

NB: Contributors are subject to change and will be updated on this page.

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ITF goes Multiplatform in 2009!

The Indie Training Fund is getting into the digital marketplace by launching new workshops about multiplatform in 2009 planned together with Pact. They are aimed at both TV production people and digital media specialists so that they can learn, share their knowledge and network in partnership with other delegates in these interactive events. The session leaders are top expert practitioners in this fast-moving new area of content production.

Joined-up Production (Wednesday 18 February): Kirsty Hunter, Head of Interactive at Lion TV, will share her experiences of making Britain from Above, this year’s big cross-platform hit for the BBC. She believes a key part of its success was planning and scheduling it from the start as a multiplatform project, and working as one joined-up team of TV production people and digital interactive specialists under one overall producer. She will also use examples from some of the other 360 degree productions she has made like Rough Guide (five), Britain’s Best (UKTV), Egypt’s Golden Empire (PBS), History Detectives (PBS), The Hajj (C4), Time Commanders (BBC), and Playing It Straight (C4).

Joining her in conducting this workshop will be Tim Morgan, co-founder of Mint Digital, the makers of cross-platform projects like Radio Pop (BBC), Orange unsignedAct for Sony Ericsson & Orange, Skins Life (E4), Osama Loves (C4), and Buried Alive for which he won MIPTV’s first BBC Content 360 award in 2006. He will discuss how his partnerships with TV indies create innovative entertainment that fuses the excitement of TV with the interactivity of the web.

Another new ITF multiplatform workshop in March (Tuesdsay 24) will be Making Money from Digital Platforms & Rights led by Peter Cowley, Head of Digital Media at Endemol, makers of many innovative cross-platform successes from Big Brother to reality strand Gap Year on Bebo, mobile drama Cell for 02, Upstaged and interactive drama Signs of Life for the BBC, and the new online drama pilot Kirill for MSN. In these tough economic times many enterprising producers in both interactive and TV production companies are looking to the web, digital content and rights exploitation for financial rewards.

Also contributing to this session will be Justin Judd, founder of i-Rights, which is one of the leading companies in the international distribution and exploitation of new and existing content on digital platforms like social networks, IPTV and mobile.

And following soon after in the spring will be another inspiring new ITF workshop on Developing & Winning Multiplatform Commissions ….

So contact ITF bookings soon to reserve your places on our new workshops because they’re bound to be popular and will get filled up quickly….

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