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Encounters Short Film Festival's Animation Symposium - EA Games on 20-Dec-07 00:00
Henry LaBounta, Director of Art at Electronic Arts, talks about trends in online gaming, covering areas including multiplayer gaming, social networking, and the games development process. Henry also touches on casual/family gaming, emerging international markets, mobile gaming and user generated content.
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Made in the South West - BBC, Richard Klein on 27-Sep-07 00:00
BBC's Richard Klein, Commissioning Editors (Documentaries) explains what the BBC are currently looking for with regards to drama programming.
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Made in the South West - Channel 4, Liza Marshall on 30-Aug-07 00:00
Channel 4's Liza Marshall - Commissioning Editor, Drama - explains what Channel 4 are currently looking for with regards to drama programming.
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Made in the South West - UKTV and National Geographic on 02-Aug-07 00:00
Andy Whitman (Commissioning Executive, UKTV) and Edwina Thring (Head of Acquisitions and Co-productions, National Greographic) discuss what they are looking for when commissioning TV programmes.
Edwina highlights 'what you get from us as a distributor', explaining the additional support services they offer, including marketing and development. Andy talks about the programme ideas and styles they may be looking for across all channels, with a rough indication of how much they may be willing to pay.
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Made in the South West - Steve Jones, Commissioning Editor from Sky on 05-Jul-07 00:00
Steve Jones explains what Sky look for when commissioning entertainment and factual TV shows. Steve explains the importance of entertainment, access, talent, and 'jeopardy' to Sky; and outlines Sky's brand values: big popular, original and disruptive.
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Funding Your Feature - Film Tax Credits on 07-Jun-07 00:00
Nigel Burke (Tenon, London) outlines the new Film Tax Credit mechanism.
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Funding Your Feature - Legal Pitfalls - Miles Ketley, Wiggin LLP on 09-May-07 00:00
Miles Ketley outlines potential legal pitfalls when developing a feature.
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Funding Your Feature - Julien Temple interview on 24-Mar-07 00:00
In the frame: Julien Temple discusses his career and films with esteemed journalist Nick Roddick.
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International Film Markets - Top tips, final thoughts on 23-Mar-07 00:00
Top tips and final thoughts from the panel.
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International Film Markets - Q & A Part 2 on 23-Mar-07 00:00
Discussion includes:
Which genres and narratives 'travel', or work best 'at the moment' in international markets?
Is the Director attachment more important than the Cast attachment?
Funding, comments on The Film Council.
TV, Ancillary rights, books, DVDs.
Acquisition deals for finished films.
Where would producers look for information on potential value of film international markets?
Gathering sales data, research. Funding for research.
Sales estimates and TV distributors?
Is a letter of intent enough to move forward with a project?
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