All Blog Posts Tagged 'film' (10)

Looking for new avenues to explore, I entered the competition to design and produce the Glasgow Film Festival's trailer which, all going well, will be presented to cinema goers across Scotland and northern England in the weeks leading up to the GFF. After succesfully being shortlisted(woohoo!), I embarked on a c… Continue

Clarity Productions award-winning documentary “Christmas with Dad” has been nominated as Best British Short Film in the 12th British Independent Film Awards 2009. Directed by Conor McCormack and produced by Sarah Tie… Continue

This week's featured member is Tim Maguire, the Edinburgh-based Director of Roll Titles, a brand new company working on some initial, secret projects in the world of 'uncorporate films'. Tim's previous work reflects his 'in-your-face', bold style, produced on tight budget… Continue

CREATIVE INDUSTRIES INNOVATIONS SUCCESS The Dept Culture, Arts & Leisure announced a funding scheme called the 'Creative Industries Innovations Fund' [CIIF] last year. It was hugely popular and was a great insight into how many creative companies & individuals there are in N.Ireland. Filmtrip have been fortunate enough to have both of it's projects awarded : 'Holosuite', which is the partnership with Queens University's Sonic Arts Research Centre, investigating emotional respon… Continue

Belfast-based Filmtrip has recently completed a 2D Barcode pilot for N.Ireland government's Innovation Division. The 2D barcode takes you through to a demo of a mobile site for the new NI Direct service, the web version of which is to centralise government data for N.Ireland citizens. We focused on services that would be of most use whilst on the move, so looked at transport, traffic data, health, police, & public holidays. You can check out the demo site at www.ni-direct.mobi or scan the… Continue

Several people have asked me to post detailed information on the various Channel 4 new talent film initiatives: All the relevant information is in the Channel 4 Group discussion, here's the highlights 3 Minute Wonder is… Continue

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Gary Hustwit, director of Helvetica, debuted his second feature film, Objectified, last week at the SXSW Film festival.… Continue

Fluid Eye Productions is sponsoring and judging this year’s 60 Second Shorts Competition run by the Scottish Institute for Enterprise. The challenge this year is to make some kind of campaign/awareness raising film (could be scripted drama or documentary). The prize is a brand spanking new Apple MacBook plus a free place on any of our Fluid Eye Productions industry training courses. Details of the competition here http://www.sie.ac.uk/makeadiffe… Continue

Just thought I would say something, as I always like to say something, even if it’s brief lol. Ok, well, my name is Frank McGowan, I am a young entrepreneur from Glasgow currently studying the Creative Industries but also having successfully having launched my own BAD PONY PRODUCTIONS in 2008 I am looking to network, meet new people and spread the word about who we are and what we do. Who we are: a collection of producers and film-makers eager to spread our creative wings in Scotland. I work w… Continue

Imagine watching Celebrity Jungle and you (as the viewer) had the choice not to watch David or Timmy. Whilst watching the live stream you then decide to include them in your programme viewing. Read it again - you watch who, where, when - and change it whilst it's being streamed LIVE. A… Continue