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What is going on in (I)TV-Land?
Thursday, March 5th, 2009Film and Intellectual Property Course – FDMX
Thursday, January 8th, 2009Monday 26th January to Tuesday 27th January 2009 at the University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield.
Arm yourself with the contractual tools needed to make an independent film. FDMX present a 2-day overview of film clearances, rights and contracts. You will learn from expert media lawyers about Intellectual Property and how it affects you. More details on are on the flyer attached.
This course is £130 for the two days, the course is subsidised by the Skillset Film Skills Fund
New Year New You
Wednesday, January 7th, 2009Welcome to 2009, so far a year of biting cold and recessionary angst. What a crackerjack start!
You’ll hear more from us in the coming days regarding events and initiatives, but for now we leave you with this tidbit – an interesting article on how 3-D may come to fruition in 2009, a year in which films may have to pack a harder punch to get people out from under their duvets…. Guardian Film Blog
Film Finance
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008Those of you interested in the changing face of film finance should check out the article US broker plans bourse for movie futures from yesterday’s FT.
Privatisation of the Scottish Arts Council?
Sunday, December 7th, 2008A mail out hit my inbox today about Creative Scotland:
a proposed merger of the public bodies, the Scottish Arts Council, Scottish Screen, and Scottish Cultural Enterprise, into a private company
(Variant Magazine, 26 November 2008)
I’ve done a bit of research, and it all does look quite worrying: here’s the PDF of email correspondence and much else relating to the setting up of the Cultural Commission (the interim agency which would then, if I have this right, segue into Creative Scotland): http://www.scotland.gov.uk/About/FOI/19260/CCPDF2
But, the core concern seems to be here, in a page I’ve pulled verbatim from the above PDF (See last bullet point in particular):
Skillset Business Skills Seminars
Saturday, December 6th, 2008Today marked the final installment of our Business Skills Seminars for Film Professionals, delivered with the kind and invaluable support of Skillset, and in association with the Film Business Academy at Cass Business School.
A huge thank you to Skillset, and all our speakers and attendees both.
And in case you couldn’t make it, all the presentations delivered, which looked at Legal, Financial, Marketing and Strategy Issues respectively are now available for Stellar members to view in the Community portion of the site, under Discussions, then Resources.
Trendwatching: Consumer Trends for 2009
Thursday, December 4th, 2008The creative industries could be accused of not paying much (enough?) attention to the broader trends that inspire and motivate big business. That said, those of you who attended the Skillset supported Marketing Seminar – and likely most of you that didn’t – will understand the importance of knowing how consumers are behaving.
Trendwatching is an amazing resource for tapping into the ongoing research being done in this area. Though much of their content is premium and costs the big £££, they’ve just announced their annual prediction of top consumer trends for next year.
They include: 1) Nichetributes 2) Luxyoury 3) Feedback 3.0 4) ECOngierge 5) Mapmania AND 6) Happy Ending
Relevant food for thought for thouse of you launching new creative projects, products or businesses next year.
For full information see: trendwatching.com
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