Are you 16-19? Studying Media? Passionate about film? Want a career in the film industry?
If so, the BFI Film Academy at the Nerve Centre is for you!
Now in it’s fifth year, this highly successful, industry focused film programme has mentored over 80 young people towards a career in the film industry. By studying all aspects of film and having award winning professionals as mentors, successful students have gone on to study, train and work in the film industry in Northern Ireland and further afield.
Young filmmakers from across the UK talk about the experiences on the last BFI Film Academy – UK Network Programme.
The BFI Film Academy, a scheme that offers a real chance for talented 16-19-year-olds to be part of our future film industry. For more information, visit http://www.bfi.org.uk/filmacademy.
Found yourself with students who have a talent for media but aren’t sure what to do with it? This is the presentation for them; dispelling the myths about studying a creative course and looking at a range of topics including: subjects, student life and opportunities. This is an eye opening talk into how exciting and rewarding the media world can be and how university can help.
CHOOSING A MEDIA COURSE
If your class are unsure about which subject to pursue or where to direct their interest, this session will put their mind at ease and offer them practical advice. Finding a media course involves a specific set of criteria that they may not know about. Looking at the specific subjects we can help them find their ideal course.
APPLYING TO MEDIA
When it comes to writing your media application you really want to get it right first time and some students just won’t know where to start. So why not get Jack to come in and talk them through some of the criteria that our media academics look for when sifting through those personal statements?
CAREERS IN MEDIA
It’s never too early to start thinking about life after university, especially when you’re planning a career in the world of media. Illustrating the many career paths available to students, this talk is filled with advice about finding careers and tips for how to get your foot in the door.
Below is a link to the blog created by Tim Woodcock, presenter of the 'Making Film Opening Sequences' workshop Yr 12 & 13 students attended on Thursday 19th November.
On the blog are the presentations and resources used on the day. I have also included links to Corin Hardy Director of The Hallow who came to talk to the assembled students in the afternoon about his latest realease and his route in to film.
We are looking for committed, talented young people between the
age of 16 and 19 to be a part of the BFI Film Academy 2015/16 Network Programme
delivered by Film Oxford.
Are you 16-19? Passionate about film? Want a career in the film
industry? If so, the BFI Film Academy is for you. This course offers you the
chance to be part of our future film industry.
As a student of the Film Academy:
You will get hands-on
filmmaking experience with industry standard equipment which will help you
to develop practical knowledge and skills.
You can explore your own
creativity and passions in a supportive and dynamic environment.
You will gain invaluable
experience working alongside industry professionals who are respected
practitioners in their field.
You will watch a range of
cinema from British Independent to specialised films and develop
critiquing skills.
You will visit a leading film
studio and school to see the industry in action.
You will also have the opportunity to complete a Silver Arts Awardqualification on the course.
What is Arts Award?
- Arts Award
Arts Award inspires
young people to grow their arts and leadership talents
The Arts Award is a recognised qualification
amongst employers, colleges and universities.
Once you have completed the Network course, you will become part
the growing BFI Film Academy alumni network with access to events such as BAFTA
career talks.
The cost to participate in the BFI Film Academy is £25. If
you will struggle to pay the course fee, don’t be put off as you will be able
to indicate this once you are accepted on the course and this fee can be
waived. Bursaries will also be made available if you require assistance
with travel, child care or other costs. For more information about who can
apply for bursaries follow the link at the bottom of the page.
The course will run over 10 days throughout October and November
2015, spread over weekends and the half term. It is important that you are able
to attend each session, download the course datesHERE.
Take a look at some of the great short films made by previous
participants at the BFI Film Academy on YouTube by clicking HERE
Location: Film Oxford, 54 Catherine Street, Oxford, OX4 3AH
Eligibility: You need to be between the ages of 16 and 19 on the first day of
the Academy programme (17th October 2015). You must be a UK resident and able
to commit to the programme for its duration.
The director of the infamous This Is Not A Movie has filmed features while the Iranian authorities prohibit him from doing so – and has underlined the importance of free speech.
The film-maker Jafar
Panahi, currently banned from making films in his native Iran, has
issued a statement underlining the spiritual and political importance of free
creativity.
He was convicted of spreading anti-government propaganda after the
Iranian government took umbrage at the content of his films, and sentenced with
a film-making ban, as well as a jail sentence which he has so far managed to
avoid. Despite the threat of imprisonment being held over him, he has made
three films since: This Is Not A Movie (smuggled to Cannes on a USB hidden in a
cake), Closed Curtain, and Taxi, which will debut at the Berlin film festival
this year.
Opening up about the ban, Panahi said in a statement:
'Nothing can prevent
me from making films since when being pushed to the ultimate corners I connect
with my inner-self and, in such private spaces, despite all limitations, the
necessity to create becomes even more of an urge. Cinema as an art becomes my
main preoccupation. That is the reason why I have to continue making films
under any circumstances to pay my respect and feel alive.'
Panahi may no longer be under house arrest, as he documented in This Is
Not A Movie, but he is not allowed to leave the country. He therefore won’t be
in Berlin for the premiere of Taxi, in which a taxi driver played by Panahi has
a series of encounters with passengers in his cab.
The BFI Future Film Festival returns with an exciting line-up of events and screenings, to help you develop your own unique pathway into the world of film.
Each day will have a different focus (fiction, animation and documentary) and you can expect in-depth masterclasses, hands on workshops, screenings of the best new films by young, emerging filmmakers and inspirational Q&As.
Whether you are looking for a kick-start to your film career or you just want to try your hand at something new, the BFI Future Film Festival is here to inspire you.
David Buckingham giving his talk on media, marketing and Young people
Friday 13th December saw the Institute of education hold Media Magazines' annual media conference. the conference was attended by over 500 media students who had the opportunity to listen and talk to a range of media professionals attend engaging workshops and to network with other students.
To find out more about the event and about Media magazine please use the links below.
The Jewson Film Foundation provides a total overview of how to make a professional feature film. The JFF is also a nest bed from which Jewson Film Productions hopes to discover new talent, whether it be directors, writers or cinematographers.
Why was the Foundation set up?
The Jewson Film Foundation was established by Vicky Jewson to help aspiring actors, camera crew, directors and producers to enter the film industry.
As Vicky Jewson explains: "I was always interested in films from a very young age and was determined to be a part of this exciting and vibrant industry and to make my own films, but it wasn't easy to meet the right people, assemble a crew, find a cast and most importantly of all, raise the necessary money. The whole purpose behind this course is to open up a far more accessible route into a job / career in the film industry. Therefore we can only offer five places as any more would jeopardise the intensity of the training and one-on-one attention we are advocating.
The Foundation was set up to create a direct access route into the film industry, to give new talent a platform for getting their dream job in the film industry or to write and direct their first feature film. Jewson Film Productions plans to produce industry professionals and to make up to five features per year from up and coming talent identified during our programme."
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