Chew TV’s blog

YourFilm are running their second free media event for young people - 'Make YourFilm'.

 'Make YourFilm' will be held at Create Studios, Wyvern Theatre, Theatre Square, Swindon SN1 1QN from 10am - 4.30pm

over the weekend of 

Saturday 30 June

and

Sunday 1st July

To take part in this event you must be around 11 to 21 years old. You don't need any experience in filmmaking, just an interest in digital arts and lots of enthusiasm!

YourFilm is a project run by young people and supported by Creative Partnerships South West, South West Screen and Mobile Media.

We aim to get more young people like you, from in and around Wiltshire involved in the digital arts and film-making.

To apply for a place, or for more information on the event, contact YourFilm via mfitzgerald2@swindon.gov.uk.  Please leave your name, age, contact details and media experience if any or text on 07824 550338.

Please remember to bring a packed lunch on both days!
 
Hope you can come, look forward to hearing from you.

YourFilm members

Chew TV

www.chewtv.com 

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Chew TV 

Chew TV is running a national music and music video tour

We are taking three bands from the southwest on tour along with a team of video makers and VJs.

By day the tour will visit schools and deliver workshops and in the evening we will be performing in local music venues.

Young people up and down the country will have the chance to get involved with Chew TV with opportunities to learn how to make music videos.

The tour is being filmed by Chew TV as a documentary so you might even see yourself and your school on Chew TV.

To find out more email chewtvmusictour@yahoo.co.uk

This webpage will be updated as the tour develops so watch this space
 

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Chew TV - the UK’s premier Web TV channel run by young people is hungry for your work. Our channel displays short films made by young people, students and independent filmmakers as part of a targeted programme schedule as well as being available on demand in a more familiar Web TV format. But this is no YouTube. Happy slapping and favourite boxing knockouts are not what we are after. Not just anything gets on the channel, your work will have to be considered by our youth led content group before being approved for inclusion in the schedule. Chew TV offers a serious showcasing opportunity for budding filmmakers/journalists/artists. We allow all filmmakers to retain copyright of their work unlike some money grabbing, video sharing sites.

We are currently looking for short films in 6 categories:

Documentary
Send us your short documentaries to let us know your take on
•    Religion
•    Love
•    Politics
•    The Environment
•    Racism
•    Health
•    Culture & Art
•    Human interest
•    Your unique story

Fiction
Storyteller? We are in need of your short dramas and comedies. If you can make us laugh or cry then there’s a good chance of getting your work selected for the channel.

Animation
Think you’ve got what it takes to become a professional animator? Why not try out your skills and see what response you get from our large regular audience.

Music
We need your music videos. Use this outlet as a way to promote your band/career or show off your skills as a video producer.

Experimental
This one is up to you!

Opinions
Got something to say? Let us know in the form of a video diary/blog/rant or report on something you want to talk about.

Sign up at www.chewtv.com to upload video or post submissions on mini DV or as a AVI/QuickTime file on a disc (not an encoded DVD) to Chew TV Submissions, 21b Pydar St, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 2AY. One submission form to be completed with every entry.
Info – greg.davies@chewtv.com

 Chew TV

DepicT! ‘07 - Call for entries now open for 90 second film competition

DepicT! short film competition, part of the renowned Encounters International Short Film Festival (Wed 21 – Sun 25 Nov ‘07), once again challenges filmmakers from across the globe to come up with a compelling, imaginative idea and distil it into 90 seconds of cinematic originality.

Not only will shortlisted films gain priceless industry exposure at Encounters, “‘The UK's most important short film festival’” (The Guardian), but they’ll be in the running for the top cash prize of £2000.

As in previous years, the judges (who last year included Slinky filmmaker Chris Shephard and Aardman Animations founding director David Sproxton) are on the lookout for well-crafted, imaginative and engaging mini-masterpieces.  We encourage films from all over the world and are open to all production techniques; last year we received a record number of entries from 25 countries, ranging from animation and experimental to documentary and drama.  It couldn’t be easier to submit your films – simply visit the new DepicT! Website at depict.org to upload them via our online entry system.

New this year: the DepicT! ‘07 shortlisted entries will be made available for theatrical screenings in cinemas across the UK through the Digital Screen Network in ‘08*, thanks to a new partnership with Arts Alliance Media.  All shortlisted filmmakers will also receive an Encounters Network Delegate pass with all the trimmings, as well as a free place in the popular Encounters Film School.

Leigh Hodgkinson, winner DepicT! ‘06 Animation and Audience Awards with ‘Flighty’:
Being included in the DepicT! shortlist was a brilliant experience. It is great that the DepicT! competition exists, as it gives these bite-sized creations a reputable home and gives the films exposure. I love the way DepicT! also serves as a platform that actively encourages comments online (good and bad) - as anything that allows an exchange of ideas about film and animation can only ever be a good thing.

Ruth Meehan, winner DepicT! '06 Live Action Award with ‘And the Red Man Went Green’:
The whole experience of DepicT! '06 has been fantastic from beginning to end. It was great to participate online with such an interesting and diverse range of short films. I had a blast at Encounters meeting both the filmmakers and the judges.

Maddy Probst, DepicT! Co-ordinator says:
'DepicT! offers a brilliant opportunity for filmmakers across the globe to challenge themselves to come up with a strong, imaginative idea and work out a way to engage audiences in just 90 seconds, whether it’s a drama, a comedy, a documentary or something much more abstract. As short film on the web is increasingly about the cult of the amateur, DepicT! - the original ultra short film competition in Britain - offers a space for quality and ambition, giving short-listed filmmakers a prime industry window and networking opportunities at the UK’s leading short film festival Encounters.'

For more information, to submit your films and to view our gallery of previously shortlisted films, visit DepicT!’s brand new website at depict.org

Deadline for submissions: Mon 3 Sept ‘07, 1700hrs (GMT)

DepicT! is a Watershed project as part of Encounters International Short Film Festival supported by Aardman Animations, Films@59 and Arts Alliance Media.
watershed.co.uk — encounters-festival.org.uk — myspace.com/depict07

*subject to cinema bookings, further agreements re: BBFC classification and filmmakers’ approval 

Chew TV 

The Engine Room and the Young People's Film Council (YPFC) were lucky enough to receive a Media Box award giving young people in the South West the opportunity to make new creative work in media between now and March 08. We
Are looking for freelance filmmakers to work with us bringing mentoring and film-making skills to young people in Somerset. Big Media will run until March 08 offering groups of young people eight bursary awards with pitching events, workshops including two make a film in a day, music for film, young women in film day, animation day and out of school productions. Young people have to apply for these opportunities and schools may apply. This is a fantastic opportunity for young people in Somerset and freelancers.
 
Please send CV's and a paragraph about your self, the work you have done with young people and what you feel you can offer to Big Media.
Please send info to:
 
Email: laurasfilms@hotmail.co.uk
The Engine Room,
52 High Street,
Bridgwater,
Somerset, TA6 3BL
 
Many thanks
 
Laura Hylton
YPFC Co-ordinator
Mob:07742885477
www.ypfc.org

Chew TV

Channel 4 are  scouring the country for the UK's hottest new creative talent for the 4Talent  Awards 2007. Spanning the whole of the creative industries, from filmmakers to fashion designers, screenwriters to illustrators, architects to actors, writers to web designers.

For More info...

http://www.channel4.com/4talent

www.chewtv.com

Celebration of Student Film

Wednesday June 6^th

b-bar, Barbican Theatre, Plymouth

7pm

Call for submissions

Students from colleges and relevant courses at the Universities in the South West are invited to submit their final year pieces which we will screen in front of an audience of fellow students, lecturers and professionals within the creative industry. This is a great opportunity to showcase your final piece and show the city the talent emerging within the area.

We are also putting together a showreel: The Best of Student Film to be submitted to the BBC for screening at The Big Screen Event in the city centre during Wimbledon fortnight. So, if you submit your work to the Celebration of Student Film and your work meets the BBC’s family viewing criteria you could see your film on the big screen.

How to…

To ensure your film is shown at the best quality please submit it as avi or QuickTime data DVD to:

Openreel

Celebration of Student Film

c/o PL9 Design

PO Box 338

Plymouth

Devon

PL9 7XG

Along with the following details:

Name

College or university and Course title

Email address

Brief description of your film for programme (no more than 100 words)

Whether you will be present and if you are prepared to introduce your work yourself (although this may sound scary to some we make sure that it’s all very relaxed and friendly and there are advantages) 

If your submitted piece is interactive or needs showcasing differently please include details of your requirements or contact us at info@openreel.co.uk

Deadline for submissions 25^th May 2007

www.openreel.co.uk

Chew TV

The former manager of The Specials and The Damned is helping Plymouth's young rock musicians plan a national tour. In a groundbreaking initiative backed by Creative-Partnerships, the Chew Music Tour took its first steps to stardom last week in an inaugural session where hopefuls were selected to be part of the tour preparations.
Rick Rogers and Matt Booth, of Dartington Creative Enterprise, were amongst the mentors helping young people to plan and execute a rock music tour of schools and venues nationally.
Matt Booth is Chair of the Bristol Music Foundation and as a live promoter in Bristol, he has previously put on around 200 shows a year, including Coldplay and Travis. He was also Music Coordinator for Bristol’s Ashton Court Festival, and ran labels through Vital and Universal.
Rick Rogers started his career in the music industry with his own PR company Trigger in the late 1970s, guiding the early campaigns for Stiff Records (former home of Madness and Elvis Costello). He quickly expanded in to management with UK punk pioneers The Damned and launched the career of The Specials, running Two Tone Records with their astonishing succession of Top Ten hits.
Both Rick and Matt are helping young people from Plymouth to learn about the music industry – and showcase South West bands at the same time.

Young people from Plymouth will be taking part in the innovative and audacious Chew Music Tour project, thanks to support from Creative Partnerships and the Real Ideas Organisation (RIO), Dartington Creative Enterprise, Plymouth Music Zone and Chew TV – the internet TV channel.

The young people will be masterminding the Chew Music tour of UK schools and venues, booking hotels, taking care of the bands, setting up PA systems and working with lighting and video technical operators. The tour is due to take place in July this year.

To mastermind the tour, they will be working with South West-based mentors from the music industry, including Rick Rogers, former manager of the Specials, and Matt Booth, both based at Dartington Arts, Oli James, from Plymouth Music Collective and Plymouth Music Week and Katie Thompson, musician and PR person.

The selected young tour managers will be responsible for coordinating the tour, including booking venues for evening performances and booking schools for daytime performances and workshops, speaking to young people’s groups and local media throughout the UK to do so.

They will also be responsible for the technical operations of the tour, including transport and accommodation, press and PR, the uploading of music and videos to the supporting website www.chewtv.com, and facilitation and monitoring of the online voting process.

Creative Partnerships’ project manager TC Jefferson, himself a drummer in city jazz outfit The Half Quartet, said: “The idea is to empower young people from a variety of backgrounds to organise a tour that exports the finest young musical talent from Plymouth and Cornwall to the rest of the country - reinforcing the far South West as the place to be for young creative individuals.” He added that the the project will provide a platform for young people from the South West to work collaboratively with other groups of young people across the country.

Tour to get internet-TV coverage
The tour managing project is to be documented and shown on Chew TV – a South West-based internet TV channel run by and for young people, which is hoping to expand into a radio station and music label.
Chew TV is online at www.chewtv.com

The bands that will feature
Music mentors – recruited from the South West’s music industries - will provide a shortlist of bands and artists from Plymouth and Cornwall, representing various genres of music.

The selected tour managers will then select three bands/artistes from three distinct genres to take part in the Chew Music tour.

The Tour itself
The selected young tour managers have to arrange for the project to tour nationally.
The tour will focus on areas that have either Creative Partnerships or Youth Music Action Zone presence, allowing the managers to tap into local networks.

Whilst on tour, the bands will be carrying out workshops and performances in schools during the day. In the evening, bands will perform at public music venues. Some of these venues will be for over-18s only; others will be for all ages. In each town or city the bands will perform alongside local guest musicians.

People nationwide will have the opportunity to vote for a band that they liked the most – online at www.chewtv.com.

Said TC: “The quality of the music combined with the local and national coverage of the tour will ensure that slots in top venues can be secured. The fact that the tour is visiting top venues means that Plymouth will be recognised as the centre of this innovative, creative approach of musicians working with young musicians and artists.”

Arts Awards

The Chew Music Tour also aims to boost the profile of the Young Persons Arts Awards, and the young tour managers, musicians and artists will be gaining qualifications through the organisation and delivery of this tour.

www.chewtv.com

Deadline: 22 May 2007
Are you passionate about developing the documentary form to tell your story? Do you have an innovative documentary idea with a strong environmental core, rooted in the South West? Are you ready to work with a broadcaster to deliver that idea to a national audience? We are looking for individuals who have the ambition and passion to produce a compelling documentary which will raise the profile of the region and develop their careers. South West Screen, in partnership with Community Channel and Available Light, are providing up to three opportunities for directors based in the region each to make innovative half-hour TV broadcast documentary programmes about environmental issues within South West communities.

(e) arilda.tymko@swscreen.co.uk (w) www.swscreen.co.uk

www.chewtv.com