Perhaps the greatest output of quality films from the Yorkshire area come from the brilliant “Warp films”, though they won’t help you make films they are a lesson in great local film making, using very regional actors/crew to create enjoyable yet challenging films with international appeal.
warp films include...
this is england
bunny and the bull
donkey punch
dead mans shoes
4 lions
among many others
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
northern exposure
“Northern Exposure” is a partnership between “Northern Film and Media”, Northwest vision” and “Screen Yorkshire”. It is another talent and networking site that shows crew and companies operating in the North. It’s slick website promotes the higher end of Northern film and TV production such as “Married, single, other” ITV’s new high budget sitcom.
BBC Films
“BBC Film Network” is more a showcase than a funding body but is worth a mention here because of the social networking style profile you can set up. Their guide to making film - http://www.bbc.co.uk/filmnetwork/filmmaking/guide is almost ridiculous in the rudimentary the advice it gives.
british film council
“British Film Council” have a site called www.BritFilms.com , there is more information here about larger productions, and funding for features. It is also a UK wide organisation, and is more useful for its list of festivals than funding opportunities.
shooting people
“Shooting people” is a UK wide organisation for film makers that is essentially a network where people can share jobs, ideas and listings. The organisation helps users by devising networking events and putting forward opportunities. Like Propeller4film it costs to join - £30 per year here, though there are obvious disadvantages to this, in some ways the fee is good because it means people are serious about film when they join it.
propeller tv
“Propeller4Film” are an interesting company (that were based in Leeds) in that they charge for the information they give out, though at £9.50 for 3 months the fee is nominal when set against the standard cost of most shorts being about £20,000. I have not paid to join this mailing list as yet so have little information about it, though what they claim to do is to categorise funding lists so that one can see the funding available from certain organisations or for certain types of film maker etc.
Propeller is also a TV channel which used to play short films and music videos on Freeview, now though it is on Sky 195 and has been bought out by Mr Ye Maoxi, and while channel will continue to play indie short films…
“Propeller TV will also promote cultural exchange and mutual understanding between the UK and China”
Liu Kerui, Director General, Propeller TV.
We’ll see how that one works out.
http://www.propeller4film.com/about
Propeller funding site
http://www.propellertv.co.uk/
Propeller short film and Chinese relations channel site
Propeller is also a TV channel which used to play short films and music videos on Freeview, now though it is on Sky 195 and has been bought out by Mr Ye Maoxi, and while channel will continue to play indie short films…
“Propeller TV will also promote cultural exchange and mutual understanding between the UK and China”
Liu Kerui, Director General, Propeller TV.
We’ll see how that one works out.
http://www.propeller4film.com/about
Propeller funding site
http://www.propellertv.co.uk/
Propeller short film and Chinese relations channel site
screen yorkshire
The most famous film organisation in Yorkshire is undoubtedly “Screen Yorkshire”. Screen Yorkshire funds short films through it’s “Digital Shorts” programme which has run since 2003 and helped make several award winning films.
They also run a “Business Investment Fund” which is to help assist in setting up new business’ in film and the motion sector. Through this there is plenty of advice and some grants/cheap loans. To make a short film is a considerable investment and setting up a company around a project is a good to way to move on after toward further projects and create a buffer between the project and personal bankruptcy.
What Screen Yorkshire does very well is in supporting film-makers with such information as the tenability of locations, crewing and logistical help, I talked to them recently and though they weren’t about to give me any money they were certainly enthusiastic, and by the end of the call I had a long list of names and websites to visit.
One of those sites was SYFN - “South Yorkshire Film Network” a cheap and cheerful site that links South(/)Yorkshire film makers. It seems like a great place to find local crew and talent, particularly for short films. They run their own competitions from time to time and invite industry professionals to come and give talks locally.
Another is “Bradford City of Film” which funds films made around Bradford. Bradford is UNESCO’s “First City of Film” and boasts the National Media Museum. They offer £1000 a year to local projects (filmed in Bradford, though this is divided between all the projects) and links to other funding bodies. It seems quite disappointing in terms of what they say and what they offer – in the most part it is links to other organisations – national and local, though they have some strong sponsors and some great venues to show film.
They also run a “Business Investment Fund” which is to help assist in setting up new business’ in film and the motion sector. Through this there is plenty of advice and some grants/cheap loans. To make a short film is a considerable investment and setting up a company around a project is a good to way to move on after toward further projects and create a buffer between the project and personal bankruptcy.
What Screen Yorkshire does very well is in supporting film-makers with such information as the tenability of locations, crewing and logistical help, I talked to them recently and though they weren’t about to give me any money they were certainly enthusiastic, and by the end of the call I had a long list of names and websites to visit.
One of those sites was SYFN - “South Yorkshire Film Network” a cheap and cheerful site that links South(/)Yorkshire film makers. It seems like a great place to find local crew and talent, particularly for short films. They run their own competitions from time to time and invite industry professionals to come and give talks locally.
Another is “Bradford City of Film” which funds films made around Bradford. Bradford is UNESCO’s “First City of Film” and boasts the National Media Museum. They offer £1000 a year to local projects (filmed in Bradford, though this is divided between all the projects) and links to other funding bodies. It seems quite disappointing in terms of what they say and what they offer – in the most part it is links to other organisations – national and local, though they have some strong sponsors and some great venues to show film.
http://www.northernmedia.org
“Northern Film and Media” is another Regional development funded project, also funded by Film Council/Lottery funding. An interesting sponsor they have is “Skill Set” who are a creative sector skills funding organisation – i.e. to fund training and skills advancement, career development etc.
“Northern Film and Media” seem very similar to “Vision+Media” but with a less attractive website. They also seem more interested in commercial success
“Northern Film & Media will be looking to invest in projects with commercial potential.”
They offer £7000 toward a feature in a programme called a “Film Development Package”. They donate lots of different amounts; upon downloading their funded projects form - http://www.northernmedia.org/?pageid=108 you can see the variety of projects they’ve funded – from £130.30 to Clayport Film Club to £200,000.00 to Optimum’s “Rafta Rafta”.
It is interesting how geared toward commercial success this organisation is, though this makes economic sense in the depression, it is not necessarily the best way to fund the arts. Creative new work is a gamble; and success is never guaranteed, though when these things work they open a lot more doors than predictable, money spinning projects – such as “The Full Monty” in comparison with Emmerdale.
“Northern Film and Media” seem very similar to “Vision+Media” but with a less attractive website. They also seem more interested in commercial success
“Northern Film & Media will be looking to invest in projects with commercial potential.”
They offer £7000 toward a feature in a programme called a “Film Development Package”. They donate lots of different amounts; upon downloading their funded projects form - http://www.northernmedia.org/?pageid=108 you can see the variety of projects they’ve funded – from £130.30 to Clayport Film Club to £200,000.00 to Optimum’s “Rafta Rafta”.
It is interesting how geared toward commercial success this organisation is, though this makes economic sense in the depression, it is not necessarily the best way to fund the arts. Creative new work is a gamble; and success is never guaranteed, though when these things work they open a lot more doors than predictable, money spinning projects – such as “The Full Monty” in comparison with Emmerdale.
“Vision+Media” are a private company funded by “Northwest regional development agency” (a government/EU funded business support organisation), the “UK Film Council” (which is funded by the “Lottery”/distributes “Lottery” funding), and the “European development agency”. Essentially they fund creative projects and businesses. They offer several strands of funding.
- “Seed funding” is to fund projects with a written feature script, a budget and cashflow, a team and interest in the project. It seems to be for larger productions – such as feature films. Funding is up to £5000, though there is a possible maximum of £20000 (with 30% match funding).
- “Completion Funding” which seems to be to distribute a nearly completed short film – such as getting it into film competitions/short film market.
- “Digital Shorts” is perhaps the most useful to a beginner short film maker – as it is a simple fund to support a short film.
- “GreenShoots” is very similar to the Digital Shorts funding, only with less funding.
- “Development Funding” is to fund projects in the early phase of production – such as to help writers or producers.
It all sounds very exciting, though the amounts they offer would not cover even a modest production, they seem to be a place to get additional funding from but mainly they offer advice and provide events to network at and surgeries for productions already in progress.
http://www.visionandmedia.co.uk/index.aspx
Vision+Media home page
- “Seed funding” is to fund projects with a written feature script, a budget and cashflow, a team and interest in the project. It seems to be for larger productions – such as feature films. Funding is up to £5000, though there is a possible maximum of £20000 (with 30% match funding).
- “Completion Funding” which seems to be to distribute a nearly completed short film – such as getting it into film competitions/short film market.
- “Digital Shorts” is perhaps the most useful to a beginner short film maker – as it is a simple fund to support a short film.
- “GreenShoots” is very similar to the Digital Shorts funding, only with less funding.
- “Development Funding” is to fund projects in the early phase of production – such as to help writers or producers.
It all sounds very exciting, though the amounts they offer would not cover even a modest production, they seem to be a place to get additional funding from but mainly they offer advice and provide events to network at and surgeries for productions already in progress.
http://www.visionandmedia.co.uk/index.aspx
Vision+Media home page
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