Animated Exeter March e-bulletin
ALL CHANGE AT ANIMATED EXETER
This month sees the departure of two team members. Lesley-Ann Eaton joined the festival for six months, working as Education Co-ordinator. Her achievements while she was with us include co-ordinating school’s week at the festival, increasing our network of schools and youth groups across the South West and developing the Youth Futures concept, taking it in new directions.
Rosie Jones, who joined the festival in 2008, will also be moving on. Rosie helped to launch a new festival website, recruiting, training and managing volunteers, and promoting the festival in the local media and within local businesses. She also supported Animated Exeter through the transition from an Exeter Council initiative to an independent company.
They will both be sorely missed and we wish them both the best of luck in their professional and personal endeavours.
YOUNG+ANIMATED - NEW SERIES OF WORKSHOPS - Easter break ideas session
Young+Animated is a group of young people between 8 and 18 who are really interested in animation. They meet from time to time to work on short projects, In 2009, the team created the Animated Exeter Festival Trailer – you can't have missed it, the fabulous Animated Exeter Moonwalk, screened at the festival around 20 times!
The plan for 2010/2011 is to run a series of workshops for young people to learn practical animation skills.
An ideas session is planned for the Easter holidays, not to be missed! The existing team and any new potential members should contact us to confirm the best date for a half-day session: either Tuesday 6th April or Monday 12th April.
Animated Exeter is also supporting the Exeter Phoenix's great new Saturday Animation Club for 8-12's, see below. We are working on combining ideas for workshops later in the year.
If you would like to join Young+Animated we want to hear from you too
Contact: Susannah.shaw@exeter.gov.uk / 01392 265208
 NEW SATURDAY ANIMATION CLUB
6 week sessions starting 24 Apr & 12 Jun, 10am-12pm, £48, 8–12 yrs
Explore animation in this weekly club that gives you the chance to develop and experiment with Stop Motion animation.Book through Exeter Phoenix Box Office 01392 667080 http://www.exeterphoenix.org.uk/young_people.php
SWAG MEETING TUESDAY MARCH 30th 7.30pm-10pmOddfellows, New North Road, Exeter.
Spring is in the air, that or the drains are blocked again. Time to dust off the cobwebs and come out for a quick drink and a chat with your fellow animators.To find out more about South West Animators, go to: http://southwestanimators.ning.com/
GREAT NEW COMPETITION FROM SHOOTING PEOPLE
Last month, Shooting People pulled out all the stops to encourage their filmmakers to enter Mofilm's Barcelona Ad Competition. It paid off, with eight Shooting People members winning prizes, two coming top and one winning the Grand Prize; this filmmaker is now off to make an ad with ‘Avatar’ producer Jon Landau.
As one competition ends, another opens - this time, winners will be flown to New York for Tribeca Film Festival and pick up a host of cash prizes. To enter, filmmakers must make an ad of less than 90 seconds for one of six brands including Nokia, Nature Valley and Best Buy.
Mofilm have again offered Shooting People members an EXCLUSIVE PRIZE- all members who enter go into a draw to win a fabulous Apple Macbook. Not a member? No problem. Claim your free trial membership at shootingpeople.org/mofilm.
DEADLINE: 6 April 2010
CALLING ALL SOUTH WEST FILMMAKERS
Every year Spacex hosts a night of artist film in the gallery, screening a cross-section of current practice from regional artists working with the moving image.
This year Spacex will be showcasing the work of emerging filmmakers from across the South West, with a public screening event taking place on Friday 30 April, 7pm at Spacex.Deadline for receipt of submissions is: Friday 9 April.For submission requirements, and an application form, go to:http://www.spacex.org.uk/p190.html
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IDEAS FUND SHORTS (for film-makers aged 16-25): Call for applications
Recognising the wealth of talented young filmmakers in the UK, IdeasTap is offering eight awards of £5,000 each for the most original, engaging ideas. Entries must be for films no longer than five minutes and can include documentaries, conceptual pieces, trailers for features, music videos, fashion films and animated shorts.
Aiming to make the funding process easier for young people, the Ideas Fund is dedicated to providing opportunities for up-and-coming talent.
Deadline for applications: 29th March 2010
Ideas Fund Shorts is part of IdeasTap’s annual £150,000 Ideas Fund that first launched in June 2009. The awards are open to 16-25-year-old UK filmmakers.
The latest round of Ideas Fund Innovators also launches today: ten awards of £1,000 each for ideas from any creative discipline. This fund is now open year-round, with four deadlines for submissions. Innovators is open to 16-25s and aims to help those at the beginning of their creative careers to take their projects to the next stage.
Deadline for applications: 29th March 2010 (at which point the next round of Innovators will open)
For more information, please visit: http://www.ideastap.com
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