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Calling All Members From Amy Minyard
BAFTA Events And Membership Officer
Happy New Year to you all. I hope you had a wonderful holiday season. We have some exciting events planned for 2002, but I would like to have your input as well on what events you would like to see at the Academy. Who do you want to hear from, what debate would you like to see taking place on our stage, what new talent excites you, which creative leg- end do we need to learn from?
The BAFTA events programme is for you and so your input is invaluable. Please write to me and let me know who or what you want to see at BAFTA this year.
In order to allow more time to be spent on planning events, we will not be issuing tickets for events this year. If you email or send a booking form in for an event then you can assume you have been assigned a space unless we contact you to let you know otherwise.
You can book for events by emailing events@bafta.org or by filling out the booking form on the monthly programme. It would help us if all bookings were by email or form rather than by phone. When booking, please include your
name, membership number, and contact details (phone, email) and also let us know if you have a guest card if you are booking more than one ticket.
Upcoming Events: CF r e a t i v e A l c h e m y
ebruary sees the launch of this new series of events produced with New Media
Knowledge.
As the panoply of digital
devices continues to evolve and proliferate at a startling pace to embrace mobile phones, PDAs, the web, broadband internet and interactive TV, so the oppor- tunities to create immersive inter- active multicast programming multiply - at least in theory!
According to some commen- tators, the winning formula is to deliver the three WYWs - what you want, when you want and where you want - while others suggest you need to take a device specific approach whilst everybody agrees you can’t do anything until you’ve worked out a profitable business model.
But none of that matters if you haven’t got compelling immer- sive content which will engage and/or entertain and/or educate an audience in the first place.
The Creative Alchemy pro- gramme will focus on the genera- tion and development of original interactive ideas and their deliv- ery across multiple digital plat- forms. In particular, the seminars will address the complex issues surrounding non-linear narrative structures and the fragmentation and blurring of genre boundaries that will result from this.
The first event in the series takes place on February 25, enti- tled Christians and Lions – the Future of Reality Programming.
So far the most successful and high profile examples of interac- tive cross-platform programming across the world have been in the field of reality entertainment shows - mainly consisting of a primetime television series with an interlinked website featuring live webcam feeds on a 24/7 basis.
In particular, the massive inter- national success of Big Brother has predictably spawned a raft of similar shows such as Jailbreak and Touch The Truck, with more in the pipeline.
Gary Carter, Executive Director of Endemol International, will give a keynote address offer- ing a post-ironic vision of a future wired world in which we interact
via our personal “brands” with the expectation of free access to everyone without commitment or personal responsibility.
A panel discussion will follow the keynote speech, in which four invited guests will respond to Gary’s case as well as consider- ing current and future develop- ments in the interactive “reality TV” genre asking what kind of shows we are likely to see in the near future, as well as addressing the ethical questions which arise from the phenomenal growth in this newly emerging genre.
The next event in this series will be Deconstructing Narrative. The seminar will look at various approaches to storytelling across different genres and media and consider the future opportunities afforded by emerging digital platforms to develop multi-strand- ed and non-linear narrative approaches.
The final event in the series will take place early in the summer, titled Pushing the Envelope – Fusing Art, Games and
Entertainment. Further details will be published on www.bafta.org as soon as they are known.
On February 28 we will be hold- ing an event entitled Teenagers and the Media produced by Ben Robinson of Isis Media,
We see the return of the Italian Film Festival on March 15 with a preview screening of one of the festival’s best films.
The BECTU History Project will celebrate 500 interviews with leg- ends of the film and television industry on March 18.
Nearly 20 years to the day after he won the Academy Award for Best Picture with Chariots of Fire, Lord Puttnam will address BAFTA members on March 25 with a lecture on the past 20 years in British Film and a look at what the next 20 might hold.
Lord Puttnam has also pro- duced such auspicious films as Local Hero, The Killing Fields, Midnight Express, The Mission and Memphis Belle.
In 1982 BAFTA presented him with its prestigious Michael Balcon Award for his Outstanding Contribution to the British Film Industry.
Once again Kodak is inviting short films to be submitted to the Kodak Short Film Showcase which will be held in April at BAFTA in London. The short listed films will
be
screened before an invited industry audience who will vote on their favourite film. The winner will be announced on the night.
The winning Producer and Director will be invited to join Kodak on an all expenses trip to the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. Criteria for entry:
1. Originated on Kodak film stock 2. 15-minutes or less
3. Completed in the last 18 months
4. Have a 16mm or 35mm print available.
If you fit the criteria and would like an entry form please e-mail
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