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Today Elaine chats with director/writer Kelly Holmes. They discuss all things horror, the process of getting a film made and their love of cinema. Both Kelly and Elaine happened to be wearing the same t-shirt when they met via zoom. The brilliant Eat The Patriarchy tees from the great The Spark Company Kelly Holmes Director | Writer Kelly Holmes is inspired to make genre films that have a real emotional connection with her audience. She has developed an aesthetic approach to cinema, focussed on creating detailed worlds. Kelly is also interested in stories that push the boundaries of psychological reality and/or fit in her macabre view of the world. Her shorts have won multiple awards at international film festivals and she has received Creative England/BFI funding, Creative Skillset funding, the Rafford Scholarship, television commissions, and won prizes in competitions such as the Enter the Pitch, and has been chosen for talent development on several schemes including the Reykjavik International Film Festival Talent Lab and BFI Network X BAFTA Crew. Kelly has just completed her Creative England Emerging Talent/BFI and France 3 funded short ATTRITION, a WW1 supernatural drama set in the 1915 gas attacks. The film stars Edward Hogg (Taboo), Jack Roth (Bohemian Rhapsody), Lewis MacKinnon (Victoria) and Jack Parry-Jones (Our Girl). ATTRITION was broadcast on Armistice weekend on national French television in 2018. Her Scottish short FAMILY PORTRAIT, a Victorian family drama about death portrait photography won the Paris Courts Devant postproduction prize, including being broadcast 3 times on France 3 television. And it has screened in over 50 film festivals winning 12 international film awards. Kelly has also been mentored by director James Kent (Testament of Youth) and by director/writer Peter Strickland (Berberian Sound Studio, Duke of Burgandy) and also shadowed Douglas McKinnon (Doctor Who, Outlander) on Sherlock: The Abominable Bride. Kelly is attached to two feature scripts, the first a 1960s menopausal body horror in development with BFI Network, and second a dystopian plague drama set in the far north of Scotland. She is also in development with Blazing Griffin on a single TV drama based on a true-life story. She holds a BA and MA in Film Theory and MFA in Advanced Film Directing. She has also taught film theory and practice for 14 years as a Senior Lecturer at institutions including the University of Derby and works on BFI Film Academy Residentials in Edinburgh teaching filmmaking to 16-19 year olds. Website: kellyholmesdirector.com Twitter: @kellydirector Instagram: @kelly_director PLANNED PARENTHOOD DONATE DONATE ABORTION SUPPORT NETWORK UK ASN.COM- DONATE LINKTREE P&N Linktr PayPal https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/persistentandnasty for those who can donate. A million thanks and love. Resources https://www.samaritans.org/?nation=scotland http://www.rapecrisisscotland.org.uk/ https://rapecrisisni.org.uk/ https://rapecrisis.org.uk/ https://www.artsminds.co.uk/ https://www.bapam.org.uk/ https://freelancersmaketheatrework.com/sexual-violence-support-services/ Stonewall UK Trevor Project Mermaids UK Switchboard LGBT+ GATE WeAudition offer: For 25% off your monthly subscription quote: NASTY25 Backstage Offers: Get a free 12 months Actor Subscription: https://join.backstage.com/persistentnasty-uk-12m-free/
In this episode, Rhian John of Norwich University of the Arts joins the podcast, to explore the world of UK art schools. Creative Skillset, mentioned in the podcast, has now changed its name to Screen Skills with a website at https://www.screenskills.com/. Also check out the NUA Instagram page at https://www.instagram.com/norwichuniarts/?hl=en
Welcome to the iFeatures Podcast in association with Creative England, BFI, BBC Films and Creative Skillset. Over 8 episodes, we're going to take a closer look at this year's iFeatures programme, as we follow the journeys of 12 teams of emerging filmmaking talent , who successfully navigated their way through several rounds of applications, as well as pitching to a panel of industry executives who will help guide them through the entire programme, from workshop to workshop and all the road bumps in between. This podcast is brought to you by Creative England, a national body that invests in creative talent and businesses across film, TV, games and digital media, to help turn ideas into reality. This series was created and produced by Tonality Media, and hosted by me, Andy Johnson. iFeatures is led by Creative England and supported by BBC Films, ScreenSkills, and made possible through National Lottery funding from the BFI. You can find more information about the programme and the final 12 filmmaking teams on the iFeatures and Creative England websites. creativeengland.co.uk ifeatures.co.uk Subscribe on Apple Podcasts here: bit.ly/iFeaturesiTunes
In this episode we are joined by Simon Barros who is the coordinator at Hiive, which is a professional network for creative people set up by Creative Skillset. Creative Skillset is a UK wide strategic skills body working with the UK’s screen based creative industries to develop skills and talent from classroom through to boardroom. MORE INFORMATION For more information on this episode, and to view accompanying images and videos, visit the episode web page at: http://www.slinkyproductions.co.uk/backlight/16-creative-skillset-simon-barros-hiive/ You can find out more about Creative Skillset and Hiive at: https://creativeskillset.org https://app.hiive.co.uk ABOUT BACKLIGHT Backlight is a podcast for marketing people, video and film producers, and anyone who has an interest in applying media and digital marketing techniques to their own businesses or careers. Each episode brings you a one-to-one interview with an industry expert from a variety of media, marketing and video production topics - to help you explore how to enrich your video content, and how to maximise distribution channels and audience reach. * Backlight (noun); Illumination from behind which helps to give depth to an image. * Backlight is brought to you by Slinky Productions - a video production company based in Birmingham UK - http://www.slinkyproductions.co.uk
Introduction to the IWA Cardiff Media Summit 2017 "The Sustainable Media Workforce" session from Sian Gale, BECTU. Followed by Dr. Caitriona Noonan, Lecturer in Media and Communications, Cardiff University chairing a session with David Donovan, Negotiations Officer, BECTU; Gareth Powell, COO, BBC Cymru Wales and Alex Martin, Senior Project Manager, Creative Skillset in discussion. #IWAMedia
This Sheffield Doc/Fest 2016 session explores the ways that filmmakers and artists are combining archive and new technologies to engage audiences across TV, cinema, VR, galleries and exhibition spaces, and what the future holds for film heritage. The panel was chaired by Rebekah Polding (BAFTA) and included Dr Stephen Smith (USC Shoah Foundation), Catherine Allen (Easter Rising: Voice of a Rebel) and Lindsey Hanlon (BBC). The session was supported by Creative Skillset.
Making the Jump from Producer to Series Producer for most can be a challenge. Former Head of the BBC Academy talks to The TV Collective about the new Series Producer Programme powered by the broadcasters.
Archive is an essential tool in the documentarians’ toolbox. In this masterclass from Sheffield Doc/Fest 2016 we hear from filmmakers from both film and television who have creatively used archive footage to tell their stories. Chaired by Katy McGahan from the BFI, the panel included Aaron Brookner (Director, Uncle Howard), Paul Bell (Archive Producer, Amy and Senna) and Simon Young (National Geographic). They discussed how archive can be used in storytelling, how to make archive footage resonate with an audience and explored the relationship between director and archive producer. Supported by BAFTA and Creative Skillset.
Following the launch of The Production Co-ordinator Training Programme, Creative Skillset and BBC Academy are delighted to announce an Information Evening in conjunction with RTS Futures. Production Coordinator Training Programme Information Event The Introduction event will feature: A panel of some the industry’s best production management practitioners who will explain the different roles and what you need to succeed Films showcasing the day-to-day roles involved in production management Scenario working – test your creative problem solving skills! Networking with key industry players Opportunities to ask about production management and the programme. Panellists: Jude Winstanley Vivia Togneri Trevor Lopez de Vergara Derek Donohoe Laura Kennedy
Culture Secretary John Whittingdale is facing calls to withdraw from involvement in regulation of the press following the disclosure that he had a relationship with a prostitute. Four newspapers knew he'd had a relationship with a woman who he later found out was a sex worker, but they didn't publish the story. Steve Hewlett talks to one of the journalists who had been investigating the claims - former political correspondent of the Independent James Cusick, and asks him his views about why he thinks the story didn't run. MPs from across political parties will debate diversity at the BBC in the House of Commons tomorrow. The MP David Lammy is leading the debate - he claims the BBC is falling short when it comes to maintaining its commitment to represent the UK and its nations and regions. Broadcasters have long acknowledged that diversity is a problem, both on and off screen. Steve Hewlett talks to Seetha Kumar, the CEO of Creative Skillset, which works with broadcasters to promote diversity. Formally a BBC Executive, she talks to him about the challenge of attracting BAME employees, and the problem in retaining them. TV dramas form an important part of how channels like ITV and BBC retain and grow audiences. Following the move of BBC controller of drama Polly Hill to ITV, we explore the long standing rivalry between the BBC and ITV; from "Howards Way" and "The Jewel in the Crown" to "Call the Midwife" and "Downton Abbey". Joining Steve Hewlett to discuss the ebbs and flows of TV drama since the 1980s are former BBC1 controller Jonathan Powell, and creator of "Holby City" Mal Young. Producer: Katy Takatsuki.
Charlie Hebdo, the satirical French magazine, was attacked in January over its cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. Two gunmen stormed its offices shooting dead several people including the magazine's editor Stephane Charbonnier and four of its cartoonists. Witnesses said they shouted "Allahu Akbar" and "we have avenged the prophet". The attack followed a number of serious threats and a 2011 firebombing for Charlie Hebdo's satire on Islam. Gérard Biard has worked at the magazines since 1992, and has been editor in chief for the past 10 years. Steve talks to him about how the magazine can continue to publish in the same way, and whether free speech can exist alongside the threat of extremism. A petition calling on the BBC to abandon its plans for a series, 'Britain's Hardest Worker' which will pitch unemployed and low paid people against each other for a cash prize, now has over 25000 signatures. It's been dubbed by critics as 'poverty porn' and a 'Hunger Games style game show'. Steve Hewlett talks to Labour MP Louise Haigh who fears the programme will demonise working class people, and to executive producer Tim Carter from Twenty Twenty.A workforce survey by Creative Skillset, the creative industry skills body, has found that just five percent of the TV workforce considers themselves to have a disability, compared to eleven percent of the wider UK working population. It's calling on broadcasters and indies to 'urgently' improve the number. Amongst its other findings, it revealed a marked rise in the number of people doing unpaid work in the creative industries. Steve talks to Dr Kion Ahadi, Head of Research at Creative Skillset about the findings and what needs to be done. Producer: Katy Takatsuki.
Trevor Dann meets IPE Systems who built the BBC radio studios at New Broadcasting House. Stuart Clarkson reports on Creative Skillset's workplace survey and speaks to a man who left Global Radio to drive trains.
This week we hear from executive producer of BBC Two's Peaky Blinders, Jamie Glazebrook. The session was recorded in Birmingham at the BBC Academy and Creative Skillset training day,‘Get your next job in drama.' Jamie tells host Marverine Cole about the key ingredients that have made both series such critical successes and gives his insights into how the crew, from production designer Grant Montgomery to directors Otto Bathurst and Colm McCarthy, shaped the look, feel and sound of the series. He also highlights and discusses the vital relationship of trust between writer Steven Knight and production company Tiger Aspect who respected his vision.
If you're dipping your toe into the turgid waters of a freelance career, Sound Women have the event for you: a free freelancer training day on 21st November, in association with Creative Skillset and the BBC Academy. Keep an eye on http://soundwomen.co.uk to find out how to reserve your place. As a freelancer myself, I've spent ten years alternating between joy and terror. So for this month's podcast, I assembled a crack squadron of freelancers to share their self-propelled wisdom: • Nicky Patrick, current breakfast show presenter at Radio Jackie and previous official Mrs Potato Head http://nickypatrick.com/ • Ellie Davis, producer of the likes of Jo Whiley and Steve Lamacq and deliberate avoider of staff jobs http://thisisellie.com • Matt Hill, producer of podcasts for the Guardian, BAFTA, and Broadcast, as well as the power behind the Media Podcast and Spark London audio thrones http://rethinkdaily.co.uk We're all available for hire! You can find me at http://twitter.com/helenzaltzman and http://helenzaltzman.com. This episode was produced by Penny Bell, Cheeka Eyers, Maria Williams and me. Many thanks to Somethin' Else for kindly lending their studios, and to Martin Austwick for the theme tune. To find out more about Sound Women - events in your area, training, and membership - visit http://soundwomen.co.uk and/or tweet http://twitter.com/soundwomen. You can also email podcast@soundwomen.co.uk if you'd like to get involved with this show. Back in November! Helen Zaltzman helenzaltzman.com Subscribe to the Sound Women podcast on iTunes: http://tinyurl.com/SWPitunes
In another episode of The Tech Show Podcast, your hosts Chris Taylor and Matt Johnston discuss a digital hub for the province, Creative Skillset, Parity, YouView, Piracy, Android PDK, workspaces and data centres.