Spring Social

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The Show and Tell Spring Social will be on 15^th April. The event will be held at 23 Romilly Street, a brand new private members club in Soho. This will be the first media networking event to be held in this venue. If you would like to join the Show and Tell invites list please send an e mail to lucy@showandtellfilms.com giving details of your name and what you do in media. 

Media Partners: Shots, Stellar Network, WFTV

MONEY: New Business Models in Film, TV and Advertising

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Supported by:

 

Show and Tell Films Presents

MONEY: New Business Models in Film, TV and Advertising

(In association with the Film London and the BKSTS) 

There are still places for the event tomorrow, 27^th November from 7pm till late at Under the Westway (Westbourne Studios).

Confirmed Panellists:

Peter Buckingham (Head of Distribution and Exhibition, UK Film Council)

Louise Brown (Head of New Media, Channel 4)

Ed Warren (Creative Strategist, Mother)

Mark Pytlik (Head of Digital, Stink Digital)

Cauri Jaye (Operations Manager, WYSIWYG Films)

Michael Lionello Cowan (Founder, Spice Factory)

Media Partners: Film London, Skillset and Shots Magazine

This multimedia event will provide essential learning for anyone working in film, TV and Advertising. The evening will begin with networking and drinks. Then speakers will discuss the topic, ‘Money: New Business Models in Film, TV and Advertising’ with an opportunity for Q and A and debate. The discussion will be followed by a late night party and opportunity to mingle with other attendees. Lots of other treats, freebies, surprises and prizes on the night!

Please scroll down for details of discussion topics

Tickets are £25 (if bought in advance) You can buy tickets here, and collect on the door

Click on the link below, or on the Buy Now button

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=545542

 

You can pay by Paypal or by cheque:

Paypal:

To pay, click on the Buy now button below. You do not need a paypal account to buy a ticket, if you don’t have Paypal just go to the bottom left of the payment screen where it says ‘Don’t have a Paypal account?’ and Click ‘continue’. You can select the number of tickets you require.

When you have purchased a ticket your name will be added to the guest list. Please print out your e mail confirmation to ensure easy entry.

Cheque

Please post a cheque for £25 made out to Show and Tell Films and give details of the names of the people you would like to buy tickets for to the following address

Lucy Macleod, Show and Tell Films, 64 Squires Lane, London N3 2AP

 

 Agenda

The discussion will include the following topics:

Brand Funded Content and other new models: Creating, pitching, producing

Financing and Distribution

Audience Behaviour in an Evolving Digital World

The Internet, Social Networks and Cross-platform

The Changing Landscape of The Industry

The Credit Crunch

Case Studies

Other Media Partners:

 

 

Biogs

Peter Buckingham (Head of Distribution & Exhibition, UK Film Council)

Peter Buckingham is Head of Distribution & Exhibition at the UK Film Council and as such is tasked with increasing the breadth and diversity of film audiences across the UK, as well as assisting audience appreciation of UK films. He heads up a range of schemes to support this strategy, which aim to broaden the choice of films available to UK audiences and to increase admissions for a wider range of film; these include the P&A Fund (prints & advertising) and the world’s first 2k Digital Screen Network in over 200 cinemas. He is leading on digital strategy for the UK Film Council and has given many lectures on this subject. He is currently also on a number of boards and advisory boards including Cass Business School in London and AIM (The All Industry Marketing agency for the UK film industry) Buckingham was previously Deputy Chief Executive of FilmFour Limited Buckingham was named Video Distributor of the Year in 2000. Prior to FilmFour, he was MD of Chris Blackwell’s Oasis Cinemas building up a specialised cinema chain. He has also worked as Director of Film Distribution for Virgin Vision.

Louise Brown, Head of New Media, Channel 4

Prior to joining Channel 4, Louise was the Portal Business Manager of MSN.co.uk, leading local editorial and product planning teams for Microsoft’s UK content site. Originally recruited as Search Business Manager at MSN UK , Louise was also responsible for launching and managing Microsoft’s first local search engine outside of the US .

Previously Louise worked within the Business Development team at Associated New Media (now Northcliffe Digital). Her career and interest in online media started, however, at Websters Multimedia publishers as the Content Manager for Encarta Encyclopedia when in her spare time she also wrote some of the UK ’s first website reviews for magazines such as Future’s .net directory.

Ed Warren (Creative Strategist, Mother)

Ed is a creative and a strategist at Mother London where he has worked for the last two years. At Mother he works as a creative on PG tips, Frank, Amnesty, Pimm’s, Time Out and Pot Noodle. He conceived of and was one of the writers on ‘Pot Noodle the Musical’ - the full length comedy show produced by Mother Vision that was at this years Edinburgh Fringe Festival. He is also one of the writers on ‘Four Feet From a Rat’ –Mother’s London-themed graphic novel that is distributed through Time Out. In his spare time he writes scripts for film and television, practices his Mandarin and searches for a restaurant in London that makes dim-sum like they do in Taiwan.
Mark Pytlik (Head of Digital, Stink Digital)

As the former Associate Editor for Boards Magazine and a frequent contributor to the new media publication Contagious, recovering writer Mark Pytlik brings years of advertising and new media experience to his post at interactive production company Stink Digital. In his role as head of digital, Mark oversees the production of film and animation projects as well as the creation of website builds and other digital initiatives for clients including Nokia, Nike, Samsung and Fiat. Mark is also a former music journalist and author of the internationally-released Bjork biography Wow & Flutter.

Michael Cowan (Founder, Spice Factory)

Since starting in 1994, producers Jason Piette and Michael Cowan have built Spice Factory into one of the UK’s leading independent film production businesses.

To date, Spice Factory has actively produced, co-produced and co-financed over 50 films. While many of their films have attracted top directors and star casts, Jason and Michael have also broken out new writing, directing and acting talent. Their films span many genres and budget levels and have a combined spend of over US$650M worth of production.

Included in their list of accomplishments as producers and financiers are films such as The Merchant of Venice directed by Michael Radford with Al Pacino, Joseph Fiennes and Jeremy Irons, Head in the Clouds starring Charlize Theron and Penelope Cruz, futuristic vampire thriller PERFECT CREATURE with Dougray Scott and Saffron Burrows, and quirky romantic comedy Plots With A View (a.k.a. Undertaking Betty) starring Brenda Blethyn, Christopher Walken, Alfred Molina and Naomi Watts, LORD OF WAR starring Nicholas Cage.

Other production highlights include A Different Loyalty starring Sharon Stone and Rupert Everett directed by Marek Kanievska, The Bridge Of San Luis Rey featuring a stellar cast including Robert De Niro, Kathy Bates, Harvey Keitel and Gabriel Byrne, $teal by Gérard Pires (Taxi) with Stephen Dorff and Natasha Henstridge and The Statement, directed by Norman Jewison starring Michael Caine, Tilda Swinton and Charlotte Rampling.

As well as having theatrical releases, Spice Factory productions have also featured in numerous film festivals as well as winning awards. PLOTS WITH A VIEW was awarded a Welsh BAFTA, BOLLYWOOD QUEEN was selected for Sundance 2003, André Téchiné’s STRAYED (aka LES ÉGARÉS) was selected for competition in Cannes 2003, MR IN-BETWEEN won best feature at Raindance 2001 and Best Actor for Andrew Howard at Tokyo Film Festival, and children’s time travel drama AN ANGEL FOR MAY has picked up 14 awards since 2001.

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July 30, 2008 on 11:13 am | In Uncategorized | No Comments

We are currently getting ready for the next big Show and Tell event at the end of November.

If you are an established professional working in Film, Television, Advertising or New Media and would like to be added to the Show and Tell invites list please send an e mail to lucy@showandtellfilms.com with details of what you do for a living.