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Short Film Comp: £10k Prize

Posted by archifCLICarchive from National - Published on 24/08/2010 at 10:03
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BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, has launched its Digital Revolutions film competition run in conjunction with Sheffield Doc/Fest, the biggest documentary film festival in the UK, and Crossover, an international digital media and content programme. For the competition, members of the public as well as film professionals can enter short films about how information or technology has changed their lives. The winners of the amateur category will receive a cash prize of up to £10,000.

To give Welsh entrants the best chance of winning the top prize, a free one day film making workshop has been planned for 1st September at the Wales Millennium Centre.

Only fifty places are available at the workshop on a first come first served basis. To register interest click here.

The workshops will be run by Crossover and provide an opportunity for anyone entering the competition to get their questions answered by the experts first hand, as well as get advice and tips on every aspect of their entry from communicating their idea to marketing their material.

The Institute is offering a 16GB iPad as an added incentive for individuals to submit material by mid September. Anyone entering before then will automatically be entered into a prize draw for the gadget.

To enter the Digital Revolutions competition, films must be uploaded to YouTube and tagged ‘digitalrevolutions’, and accompanied by a completed application form which can be found on the Digital Revolutions home page.

The final two judges for the “Digital Revolutions” short film competition have also been announced: Kevin Macdonald, Oscar winning director of One Day In September and The Last King of Scotland, and David Bond, director of the award winning and critically acclaimed documentary, Erasing David.

Outline of the workshop day
Crossover Team: Mark Atkin, Frank Boyd, Sean Coleman

The purpose of the introductory mini-labs is:

* to provide potential competitors with information about the competition, its scope and how to enter;
* to stimulate debate about the impact of digital technology on society, politics, the economy, education, culture, etc;
* to inspire participants to generate ideas for subjects and topics to cover;
* to give practical tips and advice on making, digitising and posting their films.

Agenda

10:30 Coffee and Registration
11:00 Introduction to the competition
11:30 Mapping the Digital Landscape - Breakout Groups
12:00 Plenary Feedback
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Devising a short film
14:30 Brainstorming Session
15:15 Feedback
16:00 Practical and Production Questions
16:30 Final Q&A
17:00 Wrap