Creative Lancashire and They Eat Culture are working together on Screen Opps to look at the current local landscape for screen related media and the potential to develop the industry in Lancashire. You’ll be able to access development sessions and talks from regional, national, and international screen specialists. From indie film to digital agencies to transmedia to event & marketing moving image to broadcast commissions to artists film, we’re finding out what would help you develop your work here in Lancashire.
Screen Opps needs your input as industry professionals, to feed in about what is needed to help develop more opportunities in Lancashire. Overall, the events represent a fantastic opportunity for those seeking networking, conversations and industry opportunities to gain vital insight, network, and rub shoulders with screen practitioners.
Creative Lancashire is a service provided by Lancashire County Council through its economic development company – Lancashire County Developments Ltd (LCDL). They support creative and digital businesses and work with all sectors to realise creative potential
Four events across the county over autumn and winter will benefit anyone in Lancashire working in film, TV or broadcast media, alongside creative talent working on storytelling & brand marketing, events, and artists films – budding and established alike – offering development and networking sessions and talks from regional, national, and international screen and storytelling specialists.
If you have any recent / current work in development you would like to bring as part of Show and Tell please send an outline and ideally a link (where possible) to film@theyeatculture.org
Screen Opps will also be creating a report, and needs your input as industry professionals, to feed in about what is needed to help develop more opportunities in Lancashire.
Overall, the events represent a fantastic opportunity for those seeking networking, conversations and industry opportunities to gain vital insight, network, and rub shoulders with screen practitioners.
Working with Broadcast
Date TBC
6pm Drinks / sandwiches / networking
6.30pm Show & Tell – screenings & chat
7.30pm Industry leader showcase & Q&A – Developing talent & working with broadcasters
booking information coming soon
For more information about future events please email film@theyeatculture.org
Past events:
Diversity Representation
how do we make our work more diverse? & Glory screening
In partnership with Creative Lancashire, alongside the BFI national programme Black Star we presented our Screen Opps event, and introduce an ongoing dialogue around creative practice and diverse voices.
Thursday 26th Jan 2017
6.30pm Screen Opps Round Table discussion: how do we make our work more diverse?
Hosted by Ruth Heritage on behalf of Screen Opps, and led by Chantal Oakes (artist & moving image), Lynn Shorter (Reading the World UCLan), and Adrian Murrell (Windrush Initiatives)
We hosted a conversation around diversity alongside creative practice, broadcast, writing & screen-art, with a special focus on a black voice perspective as part of the Black Star programme.
We invited all interested in diversity and representation to come along and take part in a wide discussion about how best to nurture a commitment to diversity and representation across our wide ranging communities, inclusive of BAME, disabilities, neurodiversity, LGBTQ, gender, age, class & socio-economic conversations.
8.10pm Screening: Glory
Director: Edward Zwick
Writers: Kevin Jarre (screenplay), Lincoln Kirstein
Stars: Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman & Matthew Broderick,
Cet 15, 1989
Glory is the story of the fate of one of the first army units to be made up of black soldiers during their fight for freedom and dignity in the American Civil War. Colonel Robert Gould Shaw (Matthew Broderick) is tasked with recruiting men to the regiment, starting with gravedigger John Rawlins (Morgan Freeman) and slave escapee Silas Trip (Denzel Washington in a thoroughly deserved Oscar winning performance). What follows is a stirring depiction of the struggles of the Civil War told through the eyes of the black recruits, from the harsh conditions within the unit to the racist threats of the Confederacy, capturing both the epic scale of the war and the reality of the men that fought in it.
Black Star is supported by the Independent Cinema Office and FilmHub NWC, part of the BFI Film Audience Network, awarding funds from the National Lottery.
BFI Black Star is the UK’s biggest ever season of film dedicated to celebrating the range, versatility and power of black actors in some of the finest performances ever committed to film. The season puts stars of the past and present back on the big screen, recognising the vital role black actors have played in the history of cinema.
Read more at http://www.bfi.org.uk/black-star
#BFIBLACKSTAR
Sustaining Yourself: Working Freelance & Christmas Drinks
December 8th
The Continental, South Meadow Lane, Preston, Lancashire PR1 8JP
This session, Surviving and Thriving as a Freelancer, sees us host a panel discussion with 4 North-West based screen professionals who have worked across international music video, broadcast, writing & screen-art. They’ve all seen the hard times and the good, and will talk about different stages, aspects, nurturing, and creative choices their careers have so far seen.
To start the event off, our ‘Show & Tell’ sessions hosts 3-5 short pieces of recently produced or work in progress, to get feedback from a critically and creatively engaged group of professionals and a test audience. You can screen your work now or in future by emailing a synopsis and links (where possible) to film@theyeatculture.org
6.30pm Show & Tell
7.30pm Panel Discussion with:
Erinma Ochu is a Lecturer whose creative endeavours span art, science and social justice
Chris Krupa is an animator, filmmaker, and creates gig visuals for world famous artists including the Rolling Stones & Madonna
Dan Brereton is a director who works across music videos, commercial brands, and narrative film. He’s also an illustrator.
8.30pm Christmas Networking Drinks
Book here
Screen Opps: Making Films in Lancashire, with The Violators (15) screening and Q&A
takes place at The Continental on Wednesday 12th October.
Show and Tell hosts 3-5 short pieces of recently produced or work in progress, to get feedback from a critically and creatively engaged group of professionals and test audience.
7.15pm THE VIOLATORS (15)
When Shelly meets Rachel, two dysfunctional girls from radically opposed backgrounds set off on a collision course that will leave one of them shattered, the other reborn.
9pm Q&A with: Writer/Director Helen Walsh, Producer David Hughes, Actress Brogan Ellis.
Members of the general public can purchase tickets to October 12th’s film screening – those working in the media in any capacity can register for the entire Screen Opps event on Eventbrite.
Book here
Presented in collaboration with Red Union Films & Bulldog Film Distribution
Thurs 25th June 2015 – 6.30-8.30pm
The Continental, South Meadow Lane, Preston
This fourth event allowed members of the network to share their work and gather feedback from other film-makers. Three members of the network showed their work and all were discussed as a group after each screening. Susanna Boccaccio from Brilliant Trees Media then spoke about her career and work within television and radio; opening up thIS presentation to the group for discussion. There was a lot of time dedicated to discussion amongst the group and the end of the event was dedicated to networking and socialising amongst the network.
Thurs 23rd April 2015 – 6.30-8.30pm
The Continental, South Meadow Lane, Preston
This third event was designed to continue and expand upon the conversation we have had up until now.
The purpose was to connect the current film businesses working in and around Preston in order to create a stronger presence for film and culture within our city. Our aims are to develop the opportunities for film in Lancashire by connecting the talent already here. By bringing current professionals together we aim to increase knowledge about the current landscape of film in Lancashire in order to allow our film and broadcasting businesses to work from Lancashire whilst competing, collaborating and producing their work on a global scale.
Event included interview with comedy writer Stuart Kenworthy
Thurs 29th January 2015 – 6-8pm
The Continental, South Meadow Lane, Preston
This second event was designed to continue and expand upon the conversation we have had up until now.
The purpose was to connect the current film businesses working in and around Preston in order to create a stronger presence for film and culture within our city. Our aims are to develop the opportunities for film in Lancashire by connecting the talent already here. By bringing current professionals together we aim to increase knowledge about the current landscape of film in Lancashire in order to allow our film and broadcasting businesses to work from Lancashire whilst competing, collaborating and producing their work on a global scale.
Weds 26th November 2014 – 5-7pm
The Continental, South Meadow Lane, Preston
Our panel of emerging and developing film based businesses discussed their journeys from start up, growing their businesses from a base in the county, to working nationally and internationally in the world of film and media.
The following questions were discussed – What needs to be in place to develop strong film making opportunities in Lancashire? What support do small film businesses need to thrive and survive here? What are the pro’s and cons of being based so close to the major productions centre of Media City for a small Lancashire business?
