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Screen Yorkshire Annual Report 2007 — 2008
Screen Yorkshire Studio 22 46 The Calls Leeds LS2 7EY United Kingdom
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Screen Yorkshire Annual Report 2007 — 2008
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Front cover images Top left: Hush courtesy of Optimum Releasing
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Screen Yorkshire Staff 2007 – 08
Top centre: Spooks:Code 9 courtesy of BBC Top right: 1920 courtesy of ASA Films Middle left: Overslept Screen Yorkshire Digital Short Middle centre: Brideshead Revisited courtesy of Miramax Films Middle right: Broken Sword courtesy of Revolution Software Bottom left: Lost in Austen courtesy of ITV
Sally Joynson Chief Executive
Bottom centre: War, Love, God and Madness courtesy of Human Films Bottom right: Hammerhead Screen Yorkshire Digital Short
Craig Albeck Game Republic Co-ordinator
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Jay Arnold Cultural Sector Development Manager
Top left: Damned United courtesy of Sony Pictures Top centre: Louis Theroux Sheffield Doc/Fest 2007 Middle left: Into the Woods Screen Yorkshire Digital Short Middle centre: Broken Sword courtesy of Revolution Software Middle right: A Complete History of my Sexual Failures courtesy of Optimum Releasing. Bottom left: Protect Me From What I Want Screen Yorkshire Digital Short Bottom centre: Worms courtesy of Team 17 Bottom right: Leeds Young People’s Film Festival
Nicky Ball Crew and Freelance Development Manager Nicola Bowen Business Skills Manager Emma Cheshire Head of Business Development Anna Cousins Production Liaison Co-ordinator
Kim Heeramun Industry Development Co-ordinator Hugo Heppell Head of Production Katy Irwin PA to CEO Tom Joy Finance Director Will Massa (Maternity Cover) Production Co-ordinator Sophie Matthewman Funding & Awards Officer
Andrew Craske Head of Communications
Rachel McWatt Marketing and Communication Officer
Tony Dixon Emerging Talent Manager
Tony Parker Head of Industry Development
Carole Drake Receptionist/Administrator
Helen Ronayne Finance Officer
Kaye Elliot Production Liaison Manager
Joan Whale Project Monitoring Manager
Design: Peter and Paul Print: Evolution
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Screen Yorkshire Annual Report 2007 — 2008
Top centre: Spooks:Code 9 courtesy of BBC Top right: 1920 courtesy of ASA Films Middle left: Overslept Screen Yorkshire Digital Short Middle centre: Brideshead Revisited courtesy of Miramax Films Middle right: Broken Sword courtesy of Revolution Software Bottom left: Lost in Austen courtesy of ITV Bottom centre: War, Love, God and Madness courtesy of Human Films Bottom right: Hammerhead Screen Yorkshire Digital Short
Back cover images Top left: Damned United courtesy of Sony Pictures Top centre: Louis Theroux Sheffield Doc/Fest 2007 Middle left: Into the Woods Screen Yorkshire Digital Short Middle centre: Broken Sword courtesy of Revolution Software Middle right: A Complete History of my Sexual Failures courtesy of Optimum Releasing. Bottom left: Protect me from what I want Screen Yorkshire Digital Short Bottom centre: Worms courtesy of Team 17
Screen Yorkshire’s mission is to inspire, promote and support the development of a successful long-term film, television, games and interactive media sector, to grow the economic, social and cultural wealth of the region. We put Yorkshire on the map...
Bottom right: Leeds Young People’s Film Festival
MISSION STATEMENT
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Celebrating Success
Key Statistics
This is England winning Best British Film at the BAFTAs may have been one of the highlights of our year but the film was not the only award winner that was Yorkshire based. Many of these projects and productions also received Screen Yorkshire funding and support.
During 2007/08 Screen Yorkshire:
Invested in the skills of
368 people
This is England — won Best British Film at the BAFTAs; Best Film and Most Promising Newcomer at the British Independent Film Awards; and the Special Jury Award at the Rome Film Festival. Exhibit A — won Best UK Feature at the Raindance Awards. Also nominated for the Bradley Cole Award for Most Promising Newcomer, Best Achievement in Production and The Raindance Award, all at the British Independent Film Awards. Marble Worlds — Limelight Software won a Yorkshire Digital Award for Marble Worlds, their game for mobile platforms. Moth to the Flame — won the Best Director Award at Leicester International Film Festival. The film was also in competition at Cineglobe in Geneva. On the Job — was selected for the International Short Film Festival Paris, Sao Paolo Animation Festival Brazil and Art Film Festival in the Slovak Republic. The Curse of Skull Rock — Red Star Studios won Best Children’s Animated Film at Stuttgart Animation Festival. Private Life — The film was accepted into the Palm Springs Short Film Festival which is an Academy Award (OSCAR) qualifying festival. The film has won the HBO Audience Award for Best Short Film at Provincetown International Short Film Festival, a jury award at the Montecatini Film Festival in Tuscany, was in competition at the Dublin Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, and screened at Newfest, New York City.
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It also won the first Jury prize in the Connecticut Gay and Lesbian Film Festival; Best Girl’s Short at GAZE; screened at the 15th Dublin International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival; won the Skillset Award for Best UK Short Film at the Iris Prize; won the Audience Award Best Female Short Film – Fire Island Film and Video Festival, New York, USA; Audience Award Best Short Film – Fresno Reel Pride Film Festival, USA; Special Jury Mention – Pink Apple Awards, Pink Apple Film Festival, Switzerland; Coelhos de Prata (Silver Rabbits) Audience Award for Best Foreign Short Film Mix Brasil Film and Video Festival, Brazil; Audience Award for Best Short Film – Outflix International Film Festival, Memphis, USA; Audience Award for Best Short Film Hamburg Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. Me Head’s a Shed — screened at Brief Encounters Film Festival, Bristol. King Ponce — screened at Brief Encounters Film Festival, Bristol and the Manhattan Short Film Festival Joy — was selected for Raindance Film Festival. Dog Altogether — received a BAFTA for Best Short Film. War, Love, God, Madness — claimed second place in the audience awards at Rotterdam. Hidden Children — by Screenhouse Productions received a Cine Golden Eagle in Washington D.C.
Attracted
£33m
Supported
260 businesses
of inward investment
Supported Created
223
826
individuals in finding employment
jobs
AWARDS/KEY STATISTICS
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Funders and key partners
During 2007/08 Screen Yorkshire worked with a number of key partners in the film, TV, games and interactive media industries. We’d like to thank them all. Below is just a sample of them:
Screen Yorkshire is funded by three major partners. We would like to thank them for all their support throughout 2007/08 and look forward to working closely with them during 2008/09. Regional Development Agency Yorkshire Forward has committed £10.2m over four years (2006-10) into Screen Yorkshire’s Digital Media Content Programme, which aims to build and grow the film, television, games and interactive media industries.
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In 2007/08 Screen Yorkshire distributed £300k Grant in Aid awards and £263k Regional Investment Fund for England (RIFE) Lottery awards on behalf of the UK Film Council. Screen Yorkshire signed a new three year contract with UK Film Council in early 2008
Screen Yorkshire received £127K Funding from Skillset during 2007/08 to run a number of training and new talent development programmes .
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Warp X Sheffield-based Warp X, which is partly funded by Screen Yorkshire, achieved major success with their first two films being selected for the Sundance Film Festival and receiving rave reviews. Pictured: A Complete History of my Sexual Failures.
Contents 10. 12. 14. 24. 32. 40. 46.
Patrons Message Chair and CEO’s Message We Build Business We Grow Production We Inspire Talent We Develop Audiences We Showcase Yorkshire
50. Financial Statements 56. Appendix A – The market opportunity: Why invest in the creative industries? 58. Appendix B – Yorkshire: Making the most of creative industries growth 60. Appendix C – Screen Yorkshire: Building the screen media industries in Yorkshire 62. Board members 63. Staff
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Putting a city, region or country on a screen can be one giant advert for its people, culture, businesses and destinations.
A message from our Patron Patrick Stewart
Our industries have the advantage of not only being important economically, socially and culturally but also being industries which people aspire to, and dream of working in. In 2007/08 Screen Yorkshire experienced both the profile and publicity which our industries can bring but more importantly the solid economic benefits that can also be delivered. This is England – made by Yorkshire based Warp Films and partly funded by Screen Yorkshire, and which employed crew from Yorkshire and the Midlands and partly shot in Yorkshire – won Best British Film at the BAFTAs, something of which I’m immensely proud. However, last year I talked about the inward investment Screen Yorkshire had brought to the region within one year of its new four year plan. This year we have delivered over £30m of inward investment to Yorkshire and Humber meaning we have already reached our four year target of £50m within two years. Of course this is only one of our targets - jobs, skills development, employment support are just a few of the other ways we evaluate our role.
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It is important to remember though the less tangible benefits our industries can bring, the profile and publicity. Putting a city, region or country on a screen can be one giant advert for its people, culture, businesses and destinations. It can affect the perceptions of not only those looking to visit, for business or pleasure, but also those who live there and their perception of their own home. A film like Brideshead Revisited, which Screen Yorkshire funded and supported in many ways, can benefit Yorkshire and Humber in a very straightforward way; we will hopefully have visitors from all over the world flocking to Castle Howard for many years to come, as happened after the TV series. But some of our more gritty, cutting edge TV and film can also show to the UK and world that we are a creative, modern region with all that 21st century life has to offer. Not only that, but the skills fundamental to the creative industries are now widely recognised as being critical to the success of all industries’ survival in future years. We’ve seen some excellent projects being based in Yorkshire and Humber over the last year and I’m sure this will continue. I also know that Screen Yorkshire will do its best to support these projects and to bring more to our region. Whatever story they tell, all will be helping to tell the world about Yorkshire. Patrick Stewart
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Steve Abbott
A message from our Chair and CEO
Chair, Screen Yorkshire.
Yorkshire and Humber continues to be one of the leading regions in the UK for production and is now also a hub for interactive media and games companies. Sally Joynson
In the last year we have really started to see the benefits from our Digital Media Content Programme flow into the region. We are half way through the project now and are well on our way to hitting all of our targets, as well as achieving the ultimate outcome of a stronger screen media industry in Yorkshire and Humber. We still face major challenges though – the hunger for TV and film production and the benefits it can bring is resulting in regions and nations across the globe developing new tax incentives, funds and support structures. Combined with the continued fragmentation of audiences away from traditional TV and the resulting effect on revenues we know we will have to work hard to ensure that our industries can face these challenges. Yorkshire and Humber continues to be one of the leading regions in the UK for production and is now also a hub for interactive media and games companies. Many of the initiatives and events that our Industry Development Team have worked on in the last year have been about ensuring these sectors work together so they are all able to benefit from this new multi-platform world. We’ve also strengthened national relationships both with broadcasters such as Channel 4 and with national development schemes such as the BBC’s Innovation Labs, ensuring the region’s companies can access the benefits and networks which such programmes offer. Our Business Investment Fund offers the region’s companies investment at key points to allow them to grow and create jobs and revenue.
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In 2007/08 investments were made across all platforms, from games (Broken Sword for the DS/Wii developed by Revolution) to mobile (IMP’s mobile interaction tools). An investment to True North/Quba hit the screen every Sunday in the form of the BBC commissioned Sunday Life, based in Keighley. Our Meet the Commissioner events brought all the major broadcasters across terrestrial and cable/satellite to the region to discuss with our producers what they were looking for and how to gain further business. Bringing production to the region from across the UK and the world is a key source of jobs and inward investment in this highly mobile and freelance sector. Our films have gained national recognition with a BAFTA for This is England and by the time you read this, Brideshead Revisited will have hit the cinemas. However, ongoing drama production in the region continues to be a major aim for us due to the job creation and spend which these longer shoots can bring. Developing long term partnerships with successful production companies and ensuring they have the best experience possible of the region, can ensure we are the first point of contact for future productions. Over the last year our Production Fund invested in Kudos’ Spooks:Code 09 for BBC3 and Mammoth Screen’s Lost in Austen for ITV1, which both filmed throughout the region over several months. We also launched a number of initiatives to increase homegrown drama including scriptwriters’ schemes and the Yorkshire Drama Network.
Chief Executive, Screen Yorkshire. Photo courtesy of The Yorkshire Post
Our industries are international and targeting new markets to sell what Yorkshire has to offer is high on our agenda. The hosting of the Indian International Film Awards (IIFAs) in June 2007 gave Yorkshire and Humber a head start in encouraging the Indian film industry to bring production to the region. India makes more films per year than any other nation and the economic value of these films is increasing rapidly. Screen Yorkshire hosted an event for key Indian producers attending the IIFAs and another event at the industry’s major trade show in Mumbai, allowing us to gain our first major production within six months of the IIFA awards. 1920 shot for twenty days at four major Yorkshire locations and we’re already in discussions with several other productions to encourage them to shoot in the region. Developing audiences and film education are major policy priorities at national level and Screen Yorkshire was a major contributor to both recently launched national strategies. The region already has major strengths in these areas as Yorkshire has two of the UK’s leading children’s festivals: Showcomotion in Sheffield and the Leeds Young People’s Film Festival. Our short film scheme continued to give opportunities to the region’s new talent with a number of films being selected for festivals and winning awards. The new Northern Routes trainee scheme also saw us working across the North with our fellow Regional Screen Agencies.
A MESSAGE FROM OUR CHAIR AND CEO
We continued to adapt as an organisation and progress with a number of staff changes and board additions. To reach out further nationally we brought in media commentator and consultant Steve Hewlett, Jon Kingsbury who is Head of The Creative Economy Innovation Programme at NESTA, as well as one of Yorkshire’s great writing talents and founder of the Hull Truck Theatre Company, John Godber. We gained a new three year funding plan from the UK Film Council and were one of only 15% of companies who achieved the Customer First kitemark first time – a superb achievement which really shows we put our diverse range of customers at the heart of all we do. We’d like to thank all our staff, board members, partners, funders and stakeholders for working with us in what has been an incredibly successful year of continuing to inspire, promote and support the screen media industries in Yorkshire and Humber. Steve Abbott Chair, Screen Yorkshire Sally Joynson Chief Executive, Screen Yorkshire
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We Build Business Building businesses in the screen industries is at the heart of our activity and creating economic wealth for Yorkshire and Humber guides all our work. The team works with businesses from the film, TV, games and interactive media sectors including mobile content companies, corporate production and animation companies. It also encompasses Game Republic which builds and supports Yorkshire’s computer games companies. Our Industry Development Team continued to grow the region’s screen media industries with three key strands of activity: Development, Market intelligence, and Investment. River Aire, Leeds Photo by Simon Warner.
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Development
Case Study:
Crossover Labs Diarmid Scrimshaw
In the run-up to the Sheffield Doc/Fest, Screen Yorkshire funded Crossover Labs in partnership with the London Development Agency, Doc/Fest and Unexpected Media. The Labs brought ten film and TV producers together with ten interactive media and games producers, all based in Yorkshire or London.
“It was an intense and inspiring week–long series of masterclasses and exercises designed to get people from different sectors working together to develop crossplatform projects,” says Diarmid Scrimshaw. Diarmid is one of Sheffield-based Warp Films’ producers and has produced a number of award–winning pop promos for the Arctic Monkeys and other bands. He recently won a BAFTA for Paddy Considine’s first short, Dog Altogether, starring Peter Mullan and is now working on features with Daisy Donovan, Julian Barratt, Ben Ross and Paddy Considine.
Numiko This Yorkshire based web agency took part in Crossover Labs.
“At the Crossover Lab we formed teams with those who we gelled with creatively, developed a project idea and then pitched it to a panel of commissioners at the end of the week. My group developed and pitched our idea again at Doc/ Fest and won their £10,000 prize of development money. This has enabled us to take it further and get it in for consideration by Channel 4,” continues Diarmid. Diarmid’s cross-platform idea Here Today asked whether museums will exist in the future to conserve things that we take for granted today, such as meat-eating, marriage, cars or war. The public will vote on what they agree will or won’t end up in a museum and suggest their own thoughts on what will become redundant. Those suggestions will become a real museum that tours around the country. Screen Yorkshire is now investing in three Crossover Labs covering children’s content, factual and alternative narrative (drama) and is partnering with London Development Agency, NESTA, Skillset and The Wellcome Trust.
“We’re delighted to have been able to participate in this ground-breaking event. The Sheffield Doc/Fest has in the past couple of years become the leading focus in Europe for innovation in documentary and factual media. The festival’s vision combined with Screen Yorkshire’s commitment to supporting the development of new media will make the region a key source of new ideas and new talent in the UK’s audio visual industries over the next decade.” Frank Boyd of Unexpected Media, Creative Director of Crossover Labs UK.
The screen media industries are largely made up of small to medium companies which find it hard to access the type of development schemes which can be critical to creative companies. Not only does Screen Yorkshire offer up to 50% funding for employees to access skills development, we also work closely with the region’s leading creative businesses to identify appropriate national and international development schemes and ensure they come to the region or that our companies can access them. During 2007/08 we partnered with Sheffield’s Doc/Fest and the London Development Agency to bring Crossover Labs to the region, where companies from Yorkshire and London developed cross-platform projects.
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Two Yorkshire companies, Screenhouse and Real Life Media Productions, also accessed The Research Centre’s (TRC) Cross Creatives programme with funding and support from Screen Yorkshire. This nine-month programme supports companies in expanding their knowledge and networks beyond their own specialism and connecting with senior professionals from across different sectors to develop partnerships.
Fact
NEARLY 5000 PEOPLE ARE NOW EMPLOYED IN THE INTERACTIVE MEDIA SECTOR IN YORKSHIRE. Source: Skillset Census 2006
Screen Yorkshire also partnered with Northern Film and Media/Codeworks to bring the BBC Innovations Labs to Yorkshire and the North East. The Labs deliver creative workshops over five days to inter-disciplinary teams from Yorkshire’s independent TV and interactive media companies. Projects are developed and then pitched to the BBC for further development funding. Four Yorkshire companies took part in the Lab during 2007/08: DESQ, The Workshop, Rattle and the Community Media Association.
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Market Intelligence Colin Jackson and Louise Minchin Presenters of True North’s Sunday Life
Steve Hewlett, media commentator and Screen Yorkshire Board member says:
“Yorkshire has a long-standing history in television production and we’ve also seen a hub of innovative new media companies emerge from the region in recent years. This is a really exciting time for film and television production and I look forward to working with Screen Yorkshire to position the region at the heart of the industry in the UK.”
Case Study:
A key area where Screen Yorkshire can add value to the region’s screen media businesses is by facilitating access to market intelligence. Our monthly Meet the Commissioner sessions have received excellent feedback as they provide TV and new media companies with access to senior broadcasters, such as Channel 4’s Stuart Cosgrove, the BBC Controller of Drama, John Yorke, and Head of Factual at Five, Steve Gowans. In the last year we have had sessions from all the major broadcasters as well as cable and satellite companies, increasing our companies’ access to the people who actually commission content, as well as allowing them to network. We are now extending these sessions to Meet the Buyer for the corporate/advertising sector and Meet the Drama Commissioner for the drama community. Meet the Publisher events offer the same advantages for Yorkshire’s games companies, with games publishers involved such as Ignition Entertainment and Oberon Games. Our Industry Development Team also takes Yorkshire’s companies to key national and international trade shows, markets and exhibitions to improve access to international commissioners and buyers. In February 2008 we took two independent TV companies, Splash Consumer Products and Blue August Creations, along with two new media companies, Quba and IMP Media, to MIPTV in Cannes.
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Developing Drama – Yorkshire Drama Network As part of our strategy to increase drama production in the region we recognise that the long-term development of skills and talent in this area is crucial to having successful home-grown writers, who are more likely to base their stories here. We therefore established and launched the Yorkshire TV Drama Network, which provided events, training and networking opportunities for writers and Yorkshire’s drama production community. We aim to put Yorkshire’s drama writers and production community on the map at a national level and ensure they have the maximum opportunity to flourish. We brought a two-day Script Factory workshop to Yorkshire, developed a script editors’ scheme, developed and launched a Meet the Drama Commissioner strand, sponsored the major national Broadcast TV Drama Forum and implemented a marketing campaign to promote Yorkshire to the UK’s major drama producers. The first Broadcast TV Drama Forum sponsored by Screen Yorkshire sold out and allowed us to connect Yorkshire with all the major players in the UK drama community, such as Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies, Skins’ producers and leading screenwriter Andrew Davies. The conference was attended by 150 of the UK’s leading drama producers. Creating national opportunities for regional talent is what we do.
Reaching International Audiences True North
Working closely with Glasgow’s Training and Research Centre (TRC) led to two Yorkshire companies - True North and Yap - gaining places on their International Programme which supports companies in developing an international marketing strategy.
“To meet such an array of international broadcasters and production partners has been eye opening and now means we have a real chance of getting direct international commissions over the next 2-3 years rather than just selling our programmes abroad” says Glynn Middleton, CEO of True North, now the UK’s eighth biggest factual producer.
Screen Yorkshire funded and supported True North’s place on the Training and Research Centre’s International Programme to develop international markets. Eighteen months ago True North was employing 30 people and making 29 hours of TV. They’re now employing 70 people and producing 100 hours per year with BBC1’s Sunday Life being produced every week in Keighley. “Screen Yorkshire has worked and grown with us for the last five years, from funding training and development schemes to inputting editorially to our work and really being there to discuss strategy and give us an early warning on what direction we should be moving in. We’ve recently spent a year working with a business mentor, funded by Screen Yorkshire, which gave us the skills and knowledge to handle such a fast growing business. We’ve now restructured and are much more professional and geared towards building a sustainable business for the region.”
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Investment
Case Study:
Taking content to mobiles IMP Media
IMP Media is a new business focusing on developing a range of audience interaction tools on mobile phones. IMP Media already provided a range of services to mobile network operators in the UK, but came to Screen Yorkshire looking to grow their business.
“The investment from Screen Yorkshire has allowed IMP to develop these tools in a way that will allow TV producers and broadcasters to engage with audiences directly through their mobile phones. These services could include interactive applications, downloads of additional video content from shows, competitions and voting applications and inviting audiences to contribute directly to programmes by sending their own home-made content directly from their mobiles,”says Tony Cuthbertson, founder of IMP Media. Tony also welcomes the support Screen Yorkshire has offered IMP beyond investment:
Code Monkeys Limited
Revolution
Leading Huddersfield games company, Code Monkeys, regularly attend Game Republic networking and publisher events.
Screen Yorkshire invested in Revolution’s Broken Sword for the Nintendo DS and Wii.
“Screen Yorkshire has helped fund some of the development of the IMP technology but, as importantly, has opened up a series of business development conversations and partnerships with Yorkshire based TV producers. The Screen Yorkshire Industry Development Team invited IMP Media to attend this year’s MIPTV in order to target new customers and partners. They provided a small grant to help with this and support included several planning and orientation sessions before the market, which provided useful background and context for anyone new to MIPTV. Without them it would have been far too easy to have been lost in the sea of delegates at the fair.”
Russell Neale Dever, Managing Director of Splash Consumer Products Ltd, said:
“With Screen Yorkshire’s investment and support I’ve been able to develop a series of projects in partnership with other Yorkshire companies. We jointly own the intellectual property of the animated content from these projects and we’re now selling it around the world, bringing jobs and investment back to Yorkshire.”
Fact
YORKSHIRE IS HOME TO FOUR OF THE WORLD’S TOP 100 GAMES STUDIOS. Develop 100, 2008
Building Yorkshire’s Games Industry - Game Republic Our Business Investment Fund offers companies based in the region investment at key points in a company’s development, with the aim of bringing economic growth to the region. During 2007/08 we developed a new investment strategy and moved away from grant distribution to ensure all investment funds are returned at an agreed point of success, thus re-investing public funds into Yorkshire’s screen industries. When an agreed level of profit is reached Screen Yorkshire’s investment is returned, whilst the company has created jobs and brought revenue to the region. Investments can be in TV or film productions, games or interactive media projects, with a focus for investment during 2007/08 being cross-platform projects as this is a major growth area. Key investments during the past year include investing in Revolution’s Broken Sword for the Nintendo DS and Wii and investing in IMP Media’s mobile interaction tools.
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Fact
THE CREATIVE ECONOMY NOW EMPLOYS 1.8 MILLION PEOPLE. THE UK’S CREATIVE INDUSTRIES NOW OUTPERFORM EVERY OTHER EUROPEAN STATE AND ARE NOW CENTRE STAGE IN THE UK ECONOMY. THE UK HAS THE LARGEST CREATIVE SECTOR IN THE EU. DCMS figs 2006
Yorkshire’s computer games association, Game Republic, has always worked closely with Screen Yorkshire, but during 2007/08 it became fully integrated into Screen Yorkshire in order to further support and build this key sector in the region. Sitting within our Industry Development Team, Game Republic’s core activity is to create new business opportunities for the region’s computer games companies. Its networking events bring leading industry speakers, publishers and buyers to Yorkshire, so our games development companies can access them to network and develop business within the region. Games is an international business so supporting our companies in developing their international contacts is a vital role. Three Yorkshire companies were escorted to GDC in San Francisco with a full schedule of business meetings organised – Limelight Software, Creative North Studios and Media Mill all met publishers including Lucas Arts, Warner Bros and THQ.
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Yorkshire Digital Awards Limelight Software collect their award.
Fact
THE UK HAS A 12.2% SHARE OF WORLD GAMES SOFTWARE SALES Source: ELSPA
Fact Case Study:
Networking events for Yorkshire’s games community Limelight Software
Since 1990, Limelight Software has been developing games for mobile platforms including the pocket PC and smartphone in Ealand near Scunthorpe.
“We really just worked in a bubble before; we had no contact with the wider game studio community in the region. Now we’ve started attending the Game Republic networking events and it has been invaluable for information and ideas. The chance to talk to other games producers about problems and issues has really broadened our horizons and given us a new vigour and energy.” Limelight Software also benefited from a Game Republic grant and support package to visit the world’s major games trade show, GDC in San Francisco. “Not only did the grant really help us get out to GDC but Game Republic also set up a series of meetings with major publishers such as Warners, Disney and Apple, something we just wouldn’t have been able to do. We’re now a developer for the Nintendo DS and recently won a Yorkshire Digital Award for Marble Worlds. Our involvement with Game Republic has really inspired us to take the business to another level.”
THE UK IS THE THIRD LARGEST MARKET FOR GAMES IN THE WORLD WITH 12% OF GLOBAL SALES Source: ELSPA
Case Study:
Creating Collaboration Devil’s Details
Steve Oldacre and his business partner had worked in the games industry for over 15 years for major players such as Sony when they chose Yorkshire to set up a new business to exploit non-traditional games markets.
“There’s a real feeling of community in the games sector in Yorkshire and I’ve no doubt this is largely due to Game Republic. We’re based in Sheffield and the infrastructure is excellent to establish a new business. There’s more openness amongst the business community, and a start-up has more opportunities.” Steve feels that having a central point of contact is critical when getting a business off the ground:
Case Study:
Bringing publishers to the region JAW (Just Add Water)
“I can get in touch with virtually anyone in the games community via Game Republic. There’s a central repository of knowledge that is unbiased and can disseminate back out to companies creating new business opportunities. Having a central organisation that can bring major publishers to the region is exactly what we need, sessions organised with players such as Eidos or MumboJumbo are extremely useful.”
Otley-based JAW produces video games for the Playstation 2/3 and the Nintendo Wii and DS. Their CEO, Stewart Gilray, is in no doubt of the benefits Game Republic has offered his company:
“It’s fantastic to have such a network in the region; we’ve gained three new business opportunities purely thanks to Game Republic’s networking events. We’ve also given work to freelancers so the network can really support the whole supply chain in Yorkshire’s games sector.” Stewart is also a big fan of how Game Republic brings major publishers to the region: “We’ve been able to speak to major companies from around the world such as Oberon, the casual gaming company – this just wouldn’t have happened without Game Republic.”
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Brideshead Revisited Shot at Castle Howard near York and was produced by Ecosse Films with support from the Screen Yorkshire Production Fund.
To sustain and grow the screen media industries in Yorkshire and Humber we need a consistent level of production. Productions create jobs for the largely freelance TV and film crew base in the region. If production levels fall, skilled and talented crew can be forced to move from the region which then makes it very difficult to attract future production, a vicious or virtuous circle, depending on which way production levels are heading. We sustain and increase production in two main ways: the Screen Yorkshire Production Fund, which can encourage production to the region, or to stay in the region; and through our Production Liaison Team which supports all productions with locations, crewing, local authority liaison and other logistical support. We aim to grow production from Yorkshire-based companies and also to bring national and international productions to the region.
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Fact
THE FILM INDUSTRY HAS A GVA OF £3.2BN Source: DCMS figs 2006
This Is England Was awarded the BAFTA Best British Film Award in February 2008.
Fact
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IN THE LAST TWO YEARS SCREEN YORKSHIRE HAS CREATED OVER £50M INWARD INVESTMENT.
Brideshead Revisited - out autumn 2008 The Damned United - out 2009 Red Riding Trilogy - out 2009 Wuthering Heights - out 2009 Unforgiven - out 2009
The Cottage Directed by Paul Andrew Williams of London To Brighton fame. Received support from the Screen Yorkshire Production Fund.
Spooks: Code 9 A Kudos production for BBC Three.
Increasing drama production is one of Screen Yorkshire’s strategic goals, resulting in two major drama productions being invested in – Kudos’ Spooks: Code 9 and Mammoth Screen’s Lost in Austen – both screened in 2008. War, Love, God and Madness was Yorkshire-based Human Films’ documentary of the making of their own first feature film Ahlaam. Set during the Iraq war it was selected for Rotterdam and Tribeca and received Screen Yorkshire production funding. Access to Finance: Screen Yorkshire Production Fund
War, Love, God and Madness Leeds-based Human Films shot this documentary in Iraq during the filming of their feature Ahlaam. The documentary was selected for the Rotterdam and Tribeca festivals and had Screen Yorkshire Production Fund support.
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Our Production Fund invests in productions which bring major benefits to the region, such as production spending and inward investment, jobs and profile for Yorkshire. It invests in homegrown development and production and brings major external productions to the region to ensure ongoing production levels. During 2007/08 the Screen Yorkshire Production Fund activities resulted in over £15m of inward investment for the region. However, major film and TV drama production also bring profile and publicity. They put Yorkshire on the map. Whether promoting the amazing Yorkshire countryside and stately homes or positioning the region as a contemporary and modern place to live where cutting-edge content is developed, our Production Fund has invested in different projects that achieve these aims. And, the fund is an investment – commercial success will mean we have funds to re-invest to continue to build the industry.
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We’ve started to see some major critical success from our investments. In February 2008 This is England was awarded the BAFTA Best British Film Award to add to its British Independent Film Award, as well as recently becoming the second most watched film ever on Film Four. The Warp X low budget slate of films, of which Screen Yorkshire is a partner and funder, are already causing a stir – the first two films were both selected for the Sundance Film Festival – no mean feat for Sheffield-based Warp X. Other key productions which hit the cinema during 2007/08 included Mrs Ratcliffe’s Revolution by Assassin Films, starring Catherine Tate, and The Cottage by Steel Mill Pictures and directed by award winning Paul Andrew Williams. Major development investments were awarded to three Yorkshire-based companies for future projects: Studio of the North/Barzo in Sheffield, Leeds-based Human Films and Tempo Productions from Skipton, North Yorkshire.
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1920 Indian production 1920 shot at four different Yorkshire locations including Allerton Park near Knaresborough. Screen Yorkshire supported the production with crewing and locations support.
IIFA Case Study:
Bringing major TV brands to Yorkshire Spooks: Code 9
When Kudos Productions were looking for a location for an off-shoot of their major drama success Spooks they contacted Screen Yorkshire to see what our region had to offer. Produced for BBC3, Spooks: Code 9 is set in 2013 after a nuclear bomb forces the evacuation of London, the country’s power base shifts north with MI5 establishing its new headquarters in Yorkshire. Chris Fry, producer of Spooks: Code 9, says:
“ Yorkshire had the variety of locations, ease of getting around, high quality crew and a great infrastructure. Screen Yorkshire worked with us right from the start to ensure the production shot in the region – we couldn’t have asked for more support.” Screen Yorkshire also invested in the production through its production fund, knowing that this major drama production would shoot in the region for around three months resulting in major regional spend and job creation. Developing long-term relationships with the UK’s major production companies such as Kudos, who have established TV brands such as Spooks and ensuring those companies have a very positive experience of shooting here, can result in them bringing back productions year after year. Screen Yorkshire put a package of support and incentives together including production investment, negotiating the use of Bradford’s old police station as studio space, locations support, liaising with local authorities and finding crews and trainees.
The IIFA Awards came to Yorkshire in June 2007
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“The house is one of the key characters in the film – as soon as I saw Allerton Castle, I knew it was the perfect location. The shoot went very smoothly and the crew really enjoyed their time in Yorkshire. Hopefully this film will show other Indian filmmakers what Yorkshire has to offer and we will see many more films here in the future.” The production then re-built the interiors of Allerton Park in a studio in Mumbai. Vikram is now looking to bring his next two films to Yorkshire and Humber to shoot them back-to-back and Screen Yorkshire is in talks with several other Indian producers.
Chris says: “I’d recommend Yorkshire as a production base to any drama producer. We all had a great experience and I’d definitely look to shoot there again.”
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Within six months of Yorkshire hosting the International Indian Film Academy Awards the region was the location for its first major Indian film production. Producer of over 20 films Vikram Bhatt brought his supernatural love story 1920 to Yorkshire for 20 days at four locations: Bolton Abbey, Bramham Park, Ripon Castle and most importantly, Allerton Park. As Vikram says:
A growing market Indian Production
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Some of the major productions our Production Liaison Team supported during 2007/08 include:
Lost in Austen
Hush
Filmed at Oakwell Hall, Batley in summer 2007. Produced by Mammoth Screen and commissioned by ITV with support from the Screen Yorkshire Production Fund.
Brideshead Revisited Ecosse Films
The third production from the Warp X low budget slate, Hush, shot around Sheffield in autumn 2007.
White Girl Tiger Aspect Hush Warp X Britz Mentorn Productions Spooks: Code 9 Kudos Lost in Austen Mammoth Screen 1920 ASA Productions
Michelle Buck, Managing Director of Mammoth Screen says:
“Screen Yorkshire’s Production Liaison Team were crucial to Lost in Austen shooting in the region. They worked closely with us to source regional crew and find the variety of locations we needed. We’re now working on our second production in Yorkshire.”
Production Liaison & Crewing Our Production Liaison Team is the first point of contact for all filming enquiries. We can then support a production by finding locations, sourcing crew and facilities, liaising with local authorities and negotiating hotel deals. The more support we can offer, the more production we can secure for the region. In 2007/08 our team had 362 filming enquiries which resulted in 149 projects shooting in Yorkshire and Humber, including six feature films. We now also have over 1200 freelancers and 150 facilities on our Crew and Facilities Database, allowing us to be the first port of call for any production looking to crew up in Yorkshire and Humber. We also continue to work closely with Yorkshire’s ongoing productions, such as The Royal Today, Emmerdale, Heartbeat and A Touch of Frost in order to source crew and new talent.
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Film Friendly Partnership In December 2007 we launched our Film Friendly Partnership. The aim is for all the region’s local authorities and tourism partnerships to sign up to the Screen Yorkshire Film Friendly Partnership Charter in 2008. It will ensure all partners understand the benefits of filming and work together to support production and make it a smooth experience for productions with things like road closures and other permissions. The partnership will enable Screen Yorkshire to market Yorkshire and Humber to the world as a region that understands filming and offers filmmakers the best support possible.
Fact
OUR PRODUCTION LIAISON TEAM BROUGHT £17,158,196 OF INWARD INVESTMENT TO THE REGION DURING 2007/08.
Below is a list of Yorkshire’s local authorities which are all signing up to the Screen Yorkshire film friendly partnership: Fact
INDIE PRODUCTION REVENUES GREW BY 10% IN 2007 TOPPING £2BN FOR THE FIRST TIME - £2.14BN. PROFIT MARGINS GREW FROM 6% TO 9.3%. Source: Pact production survey 2007
Barnsley City Council Bradford City Council Craven District Council Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council Harrogate Borough Council Visit Hull and East Riding East Riding of Yorkshire Council Leeds City Council North East Lincolnshire Council
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Richmondshire District Council Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council Ryedale District Council Scarbrough Borough Council Selby District Council City of York Council Visit York North Yorkshire County Council Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
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We Inspire Talent
Developing homegrown talent is at the heart of Screen Yorkshire’s mission. We offer support ranging from careers talks at the region’s colleges and universities to 70% funding for experienced freelancers who may need to update their skills on the latest High Definition camera. Accessing opportunities for regional talent can provide a stepping stone at crucial times in an individual’s career. For example, in partnership with Channel 4 we provided a new media bursary with a leading interactive company in Sheffield – Quba. We also run trainee schemes and fund short films to develop Yorkshire’s next generation of award winning producers and directors. Our innovative Guerrilla Careers Day offered 150 of Yorkshire’s media students short, sharp 10 minute career talks from a full range of companies from every screen media sector. We established the Game Republic Academy with three of the region’s leading universities.
Overslept Funded under Screen Yorkshire’s Caught Short digital shorts scheme. Filmed in Leeds
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Game Republic Academy
Short Film across new platforms
Keeping the top talent in the region is a must if Yorkshire is to continue to have four games development companies in the world’s top 100. To address this issue the Game Republic Academy was created to bring together the region’s top companies with its top games talent. Although a pilot, this virtual academy gave eight students on three of Yorkshire and Humber’s leading games MSc courses (Hull University, Bradford University and Sheffield University) bursaries and linked them up to mentor companies from the Game Republic. The Game Republic Academy also organised a Student Showcase, where top developers judged the work of 38 students from five local universities.
Prizes were awarded for the best game art, technology and design. Jonathan Purdy, Director of Games Studies at the University of Hull, said: “We are very pleased to be involved in the Game Republic Academy and are particularly pleased to have the support and backing of the games industry. This collaboration should ensure that the brightest talent is given the training and resources required to pursue a career in the computer games industry.”
Sourcing new film talent is high on Screen Yorkshire’s agenda and our new Blink mobile shorts scheme gave seven new filmmakers the opportunity to create a short film on a mobile phone as an introduction to the creative process. Our Caught Short digital shorts scheme, funded by the UK Film Council, continues to be a fundamental stepping stone for the region’s new filmmaking talent. This year’s scheme selected nine filmmaking teams from several hundred applications. Screen Yorkshire then funds each project with £9000 and Executive Produces the films along with offering crewing and locations support and ongoing advice. The support does not end there; a screening in Cannes of last year’s digital shorts was booked out and regional screenings were also held.
Game Republic Academy
Hammerhead
Game MSc Students showcase their work to games companies at the Game Republic Academy
Funded under Screen Yorkshire’s Caught Short digital shorts scheme. Filmed in Bridlington
A number of the films were selected for festivals and won awards, including King Ponce along with Me Head’s a Shed winning the Yorkshire Short Film Award. Our Up-Short scheme is the next stage for new talent providing £20,000 to make a 20 minute film. Last year’s film, Private Life, continued to clean up at awards ceremonies during 2007/08, being screened at 80 festivals and winning 14 awards internationally. During 2007/08 Mother, Mine received Up-Short funding, was filmed and will be screening at festivals throughout 2008.
Fact
DURING 2007/08 SCREEN YORKSHIRE SUPPORTED 826 INDIVIDUALS IN FINDING EMPLOYMENT.
Case Study:
Skillset Media Academy Bradford University & East Coast Media/ Grimsby Institute
In 2007/08 the region was successful in gaining a Skillset Media Academy, thanks to a partnership between Bradford University and East Coast Media/Grimsby Institute being recognised at a national level as providing some of the UK’s leading media education. The partnership was rewarded with Skillset Media Academy status due to offering excellent facilities, distinctive courses and wide-ranging opportunities for students to engage with media education. Ian Palmer, Dean of Bradford University’s School of Informatics said:
“Achieving Skillset Media Academy status really shows that, along with East Coast Media, we are at the cutting edge of media education in the UK. It tells students that we can offer them an education that is world class and we’re very proud to have achieved it.” Screen Yorkshire is a partner and supporter of the Skillset Media Academy and is working closely with the institutions to strengthen relationships between the academy and industry.”
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From Leeds to Cannes and Manhattan Sam Donovan Director of King Ponce
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Not only was Sam Donovan’s King Ponce one of only 12 films to play at the Manhattan Shorts Film Festival, it has also recently sold to a distributor – Network Ireland TV – which is rare for a short. Sam Donovan, based in Leeds, directed King Ponce, a short film commissioned as part of last year’s digital shorts scheme. King Ponce played at over 200 venues in 33 countries worldwide. The film also played at the prestigious Encounters film festival in Bristol last November as part of the Best of British programme. Sam says:
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Regional Filmmaker’s first feature makes Edinburgh Martin Radich
Martin Radich’s first feature Crack Willow was recently screened at the Edinburgh Film Festival through the ‘Under the Radar’ strand for cult cinema. His relationship with Screen Yorkshire goes back many years, from being a camera trainee on Like Minds via Screen Yorkshire’s Fast Track trainee scheme, to directing his first short Wake Up, on the Digital Shorts scheme.
“The support I’ve received has been invaluable and in almost every area and at every stage of my career. I’ve had funding for camera training at the start of my career and more recently received £25000 production funding for my first feature, Crack Willow. I really hope to continue a working relationship with Screen Yorkshire as I want to build my career in the region.”
“Screen Yorkshire’s Digital Shorts scheme was a great opportunity, helping me to develop my confidence as a director as well as allowing me to showcase my work to large audiences at prestigious international events such as Cannes and The Manhattan Short Film Festival.”
The Ilkley-based director has also recently been sharing some of the knowledge and skills he has developed by mentoring short filmmakers on Screen Yorkshire’s Caught Short Focus scheme.
Crack Willow Martin Radich’s first production feature received Screen Yorkshire funding.
King Ponce Funded under Screen Yorkshire’s Caught Short digital shorts scheme.
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Spark Scriptwriting Scheme Case Study:
A new trainee scheme across the North of England was developed with funding from Skillset. Screen Yorkshire worked with its partner Regional Screen Agencies – North West Vision and Northern Media – to develop and manage the scheme which allowed 22 trainees to attend a paid three month work placement with northern production companies. They also attended a series of workshops, bespoke training days and received one-to-one mentoring. Hair and make-up trainee, Nadine Al-Samarraie, described her joy at being selected from 500 applicants:
Northern Routes Developing new talent across the north
“I honestly can’t believe I got chosen, but I am so happy and excited. This is such a fantastic opportunity and I am really lucky. The first couple of weeks have been really good, I am learning so much and just taking in as much as I can.”
Our Spark scheme for new scriptwriters continues to grow in popularity, with 150 writers attending this year’s three day introductory workshop run in conjunction with BBC Writer’s Room. This resulted in 200 submissions for 15 places on the scheme. The successful writers then take part in a number of round table discussions and residentials in order to hone their scripts with the opportunity of then receiving £10,000 development funding from Screen Yorkshire to take their scripts to market.
Fact
368 PEOPLE WERE GIVEN SKILLS DEVELOPMENT BY SCREEN YORKSHIRE IN 2007/08.
Other Yorkshire-based talent leading the way:
John Hunter won a place on our Script Editor scheme and is now working for Rollem Productions Olubukola Abiodun made a short film on the Global Stories project and is now working on Mammoth Screen’s Wuthering Heights Robin Cramp was successful in gaining a Channel 4/Screen Yorkshire new media bursary to work with interactive media company Quba.
Michael Grade, Chief Executive of ITV and Skillset Patron, said:
“If we are to stay in touch with our audience demands we need an ongoing supply of fresh ideas, creativity and diverse perspectives. Structured trainee schemes like Northern Routes are one of the key industry responses to this issue and I’m very pleased to give ITV’s support to this scheme.”
Hammerhead was funded under Screen Yorkshire’s Caught Short digital shorts scheme and filmed Bridlington.
Nadine Al-Samarraie Hair and make-up trainee on Northern Routes
Vigilante was funded under Screen Yorkshire’s Caught Short digital shorts scheme and filmed in North East Lincolnshire.
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Sheffield Doc/Fest Louis Theroux with filmmaker fan photographed at Sheffield Doc/Fest 2008.
We Develop Audiences Access to media at all ages is now recognised at government level as vital to education, culture, social mobility and a skilled workforce. National strategies have now been developed for film education and screen heritage in recognition of their importance culturally for the UK. Screen Yorkshire invests in and supports a wide range of activity and initiatives across the region to increase access, celebrate diversity and foster community cohesion.
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Showcomotion Leeds Young People’s Film Festival Making Sheffield a centre for children’s media
Children take part in workshops at LYPFF.
Nick Fraser (Commissioning Editor of BBC’s Storyville) said of Doc/Fest 2007 event:
“This festival has transformed to become the best documentary festival in Europe.”
Michael Carrington, Creative Director, Cbeebies:
“Showcomotion has become the must-attend media event for anyone doing business in the UK kids’ media marketplace”
Fact
IN 2007 YORKSHIRE AND HUMBER HAD 292 SCREENS WITH 13.3M ADMISSIONS. 13 OF THESE WERE SPECIALISED SCREENS Exhibition Yorkshire continues to the lead the way in its range of successful film festivals. From Leeds Film Festival, which had 23,000 admissions in 2007 (second only to London and Edinburgh) to ArtERY touring cinema in the East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire’s diversity of film activity is a major strength, offering numerous opportunities for citizens to view a vast array of content. Screen Yorkshire funded eight of the region’s festivals during 2007/08, including Sheffield’s Doc/Fest which continues to go from strength to strength attracting 1200 delegates last year, the Glimmer Film Festival in Hull, Bradford Animation Festival and two of the UK’s leading children’s film festivals: Showcomotion in Sheffield and the Leeds Young People’s Film Festival. We also invested core funding into a number of independent urban cinemas, such as the Showroom in Sheffield and the National Media Museum in Bradford, whilst rural access was increased by investment in the Yorkshire Group of Film Societies.
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UKFC statistics 2008
Case Study:
Children’s Media Showcomotion Conference and Young People’s Film Festival
In July 2007, 335 delegates attended the fourth Showcomotion Children’s Media Conference, based in Sheffield and now the leading UK conference for all those working in the children’s media industry including producers, buyers and regulators from around the world.
“This year we had delegates from throughout Europe, the US, Jamaica, Israel and from different sectors including TV, interactive media, advertising, game and film. The conference now attracts leading speakers and this year we had Jana Bennett, Director of BBC Vision who opened up the debate about the future of kids media and how we all address recent difficulties around funding,” said Kathy Loizou, Showcomotion Director.
Education and Screen Heritage Screen Yorkshire has been a part of the development of the UK Film Council’s new Education and Screen Heritage strategies, ensuring the region’s leading work in these areas is represented and best practice can be shared throughout the UK. Yorkshire Film Archive online is the first online archive provision in England which broadens access to a range of diverse collections and material. Other key projects during 2007/08 included being a key partner in Bradford’s bid to become UNESCO City of Film and ensuring Yorkshire gained £466,716 of investment in youth media via the Mediabox programme.
Showcomotion Young People’s Film Festival runs in parallel to the media conference and lasts for 15 days, giving kids the opportunity of viewing 175, films including 101 made by young people. Kathy added: “Six thousand people watched 12 features and 163 shorts from 23 different countries this year and feedback from delegates and the public audience was incredibly positive. The combination of the Showcomotion festival and conference is positioning Yorkshire as a major player in children’s media.”
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Leeds Young People’s Film Festival Youngsters take part in the ‘Zombie Gathering’ to launch the festival.
Fact
ArtERY
THERE ARE NOW 246 DIGITAL SCREENS IN THE UK. 16% OF THESE ARE 3D DIGITAL
A touring rural cinema programme.
Screen Digest
Case Study:
Starting them young Leeds Young People’s Film Festival
In its ninth year the Leeds Young People’s Film Festival attracted its highest total audience since it began with 1000 young people attending workshops, masterclasses and other events.
“The purpose of LYPFF is to introduce young people to the moving image and stimulate their hunger for a variety of films. It also leads many to start thinking about possible future careers in screen media, so increasing the audience at all our screenings and events is really important as it means we’re giving more young people these opportunities”, said Debbie Maturi, Head of Leeds Young Film.
Case Study:
Film for everyone ArtERY
ArtERY is a touring scheme serving rural communities in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
“With Screen Yorkshire’s support we’ve been able to establish a network of film provision in an area not served by traditional cinema. The scheme empowers communities to programme their own choice of film from a menu, and draws on local networks and knowledge to bring in new audiences,” says Ellen Thorpe, Manager of ArtERY. Building on the success of a live arts programme supported by Arts Council and East Riding of Yorkshire Council, ArtERY has provided a rich film programme available to people on their doorstep. ArtERY is a low-cost, sustainable model working with new venues and users.
The Film Festival attracted more industry guests than previous years including Bob The Builder creator, Curtis Jobling and acclaimed writer Frank Cottrell Boyce, allowing young people to get a real taste of the industry:
Ellen added: “To date, the scheme has involved over 20 venues across an area of 500 square miles, presenting 36 film screenings to a total audience of over 1,000 people. We’ve also got a further 66 screenings to look forward to before the end of the programme.”
“It was a fantastic opportunity to hear talented people talking about their roles in the industry,” said Eric, 14, who attended the Curtis Jobling workshop. However, the festival isn’t resting on its laurels, consistently trying new approaches to get kids involved: “We actually launched the festival this year outdoors with an attempt to break the world record for the largest zombie gathering alongside an outdoor screening of Zombies in Love. Although we didn’t break the record we did have 500 zombies dancing in Millennium Square, Leeds!” says Debbie. Leeds Young People’s Film Festival now continues its work year-round with the launch of Film Academy, a media hub for young people in the city.
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Castle Howard, Yorkshire Photo by Simon Warner.
We Showcase Yorkshire
Showcasing our region is central to what Screen Yorkshire does. We shout about what Yorkshire has to offer and about the creative and talented individuals and companies we have based in the region. We believe Yorkshire and Humber is one of the best places in the UK to grow your career, build a business or base a production. We want people to agree with us.
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Advertising, Events, Design and Print:
Screen Yorkshire media coverage 2007/08
Total number of press cuttings: Trade press cuttings: National and International press cuttings: (non-trade): Regional press cuttings: Advertising equivalent rate: PR value : TV coverage: Radio coverage: On-line video: 1
227 64 10 163 £292,108 £876,325 7 news items 7 news items 4 news items
Note: these figures are only for coverage which directly mentions Screen Yorkshire and are dwarfed by the other coverage for Yorkshire locations, companies, productions and individuals which we facilitate and support. 1: Calculated by the Institute of PR as 3x advertising equivalent value.
In 2007/08 we developed a new communication strategy to get our message out there. We invested in a new website which is central to all our marketing and communications. The site has new functionality such as video podcasts, blogs, 360 degree locations shots and RSS feeds. Visitors to the site increased by 20% in the first three months after launch. Our new email newsletter is now distributed to over 2000 individuals – up by 53% in the first three months. One of our key objectives in the past year was to ensure more of the UK’s industry is aware of our region, of what Screen Yorkshire can offer and of all the cutting edge content that is being created here. We did this by increasing our trade press coverage by 58% in the latter six months of 2007, undertaking advertising in key issues of the trade press and developing a new suite of marketing and promotional materials.
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To support our strategy to increase drama production in the region we sponsored the first major TV Drama conference by Broadcast magazine. The conference sold out and allowed us to align Yorkshire and its drama production with the industry’s major drama conference and its key players. We also ensure Yorkshire has a presence at all key industry events such as trade shows and exhibitions, national and international film festivals, interactive media and games conferences. Trade advertising in industry papers such as Broadcast, Screen International, Variety and Televisual was undertaken in key issues, such as prior to a major festival or when a major feature promoting the UK takes place. This ensures Yorkshire is seen as a region where major productions and companies can access what they need.
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Income and Expenditure Account for the year ending 31 March 2008 2008 (£) 4,020,638 3,292,977 727,661 739,150 (11,489) 24,390 12,901 4,878 8,023
Income Expenditure Gross Surplus Administrative expenses Operating (deficit) / surplus Interest receivable Surplus on ordinary activities before taxation Tax on surplus on ordinary activities Surplus for the financial year
2007 (£) 3,705,310 3,104,829 600,481 593,232 7,249 9,077 16,326 1,725 14,601
Balance sheet at 31st March 2008 2008 (£)
2008 (£)
2007 (£)
2007 (£)
Fixed assets Tangible assets
60,607
54,471
Current assets
Financial Statements Lost in Austen Filmed at Oakwell Hall, Batley in summer 2007. Produced by Mammoth Screen and commissioned by ITV with support from the Screen Yorkshire Production Fund.
Debtors
887,447
69,566
Cash at bank and in hand
174,795
1,314,116
1,062,242
1,383,682
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
918,987
1,257,238
Net current assets
143,255
126,444
Total assets less current liabilities
203,862
180,915
Non–current liabilities Government grants
51,466
35,967
152,396
144948
Income and expenditure account
152,396
144,948
Members’ fund
152,396
144,948
Reserves
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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Exhibition and Education (Grant in Aid)
Lottery
Organisation
Project Title
Organisation
Project Title
Bradford Film Ltd
Bradford Film GIA 2008
69,000
Arts in Richmondshire
Audience and Programming
12,000.00
Showroom
Showroom GIA 2008
69,000
National Media Museum
Bite The Mango
15,000.00
Yorkshire Film Societies
Yorkshire Film Societies GIA 2008
5,000
National Media Museum
Bradford Animation Festival 2007
10,000.00
Showcomotion
Showcomotion GIA 2008
12,000
Showroom
2008 Sheffield Adventure Film Forum
10,000.00
Leeds International Film Festival
LIFF GIA 2008
17,500
C Media Productions Ltd
Dreams South Yorkshire Experimental Shorts
Sheffield Doc/Fest
Sheffield Int. Documentary Festival GIA 2008
18,000
Hull Film
Hull Film
Sheffield Independent Film
Sheffield Independent Film GIA 2008
30,000
Leeds Bridge Ltd
Leeds Dreams
Cube Media
Cube Media GIA 2008
18,000
Leeds International Film Festival
The Citywide Film Festival
Yorkshire Film Archive
Yorkshire Film Archive GIA 2008
45,000
York Film Trust
Film Alfresco 2007
Hull Film
Hull Film GIA 2008
7,000
Tara-Dawn Baldwin
Story
Leeds International Film Festival
Leeds Film Quarter GIA 2008
7,500
Blink
Shorts/Movies Mentoring
16,000.00
Whitgift Cinema
Whitgift GIA 2008
2,000
Leeds Young People’s Film Festival
9th Leeds Young People’s Film Festival
20,000.00
National Media Museum
14th Bradford International Film Festival
20,000.00
C Media Productions Ltd
Dreams - Jui Jitsui Documentary shorts
4,970.00
Steven Cape
This Coffee Shop Ain’t Big Enough For the Both Of Us
1,700.00
Seven
Screen Seven
6,600.00
Richard Stickland
This Old House
1,890.00
Leeds Bridge Ltd
The Dreams Project
4,900.00
C Media Productions Ltd
Dreams - Fighting for Barnsley
4,970.00
Joint Activities Service
Digital Heritage
4,970.00
Gaffer Tape Productions
The Tourists
3,750.00
Lumen
Composure
6,724.00
Simon Hall
Arm Wrestle of the Sexes
1,925.00
Jo Morris
Taps Script Editing Course
Lovebytes Ltd
Lovebytes Film Programme 2008
7,500.00
Connexions Humber Partnership
Scunthorpe Young Peoples Film Festival
9,000.00
Sheffield Doc/Fest
The Truth is – Out There
Barton Film Group
Wider Screen Project
Showcomotion
Showcomotion Young People’s Film Festival 2008
Sheffield Mencap & Gateway
Colours in a Rainbow
4,200.00
Sheffield Independent Film
Dr Kitch
1,620.00
John Hunter
THE END IS NIGEL
John Watts
Mobile Music
1,960.00
Derville Quigley
Hiccup!
2,000.00
Total
Award Amount (£)
300,000
Production Organisation Human Film Brideshead Films Ltd Warp Films Barzo/Studio Of The North Productions Ltd Warp X Limited Mammoth Screen (Austen) Ltd Kudos (Liberty) Limited Warp X (ATP) Limited Tempo Productions Limited Human Film Warp X (Bunny) Limited Mammoth Screen (WH) Ltd Total
Project Title ‘Um-Hussein’ working title ‘The Mother’ Brideshead Revisited Paintballing (previously War Paint) The Baby and Fly Pie Hush Lost In Austen Liberty ATP Untitled Witches Project War, Love, God, Madness Bunny and the Bull Wuthering Heights
Award Amount (£) 20,000.00 12,500.00 16,000.00 9,630.00 149,092.67 187,000.00 320,000.00 95,745.00 17,519.00 25,000.00 76,460.00 132,000.00 1,060,946.67
Digital Shorts Organisation Picture Palace North Ltd Shoot Productions Magic Bean Productions Ltd
Name Picture Palace North Ltd Shoot Productions Gambit Productions Ltd
Aine Parkinson David Johnson Aimee Bowen Diane Whitley Blueprint: Film Natasha Arciniega Total
Gemma Ferguson David Johnson Aimee Bowen Diane Whitley Blueprint: Film Natasha Arciniega
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Award Amount (£) 9,000.00 9,000.00 9,000.00 4,000.00 9,000.00 4,000.00 9,000.00 8,000.00 9,000.00 70,000.00
Total
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Award Amount (£)
5,000.00 17,500.00 4,900.00 15,000.00 9,541.50 885.00
250.00
15,000.00 2,850.00 20,000.00
840.00
263,445.50
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Business Development Organisation Channel 4 Mandrill Television The Research Centre for Television and Interactivity Real Life Media Productions Ltd True North Productions The Code Monkeys Red Star Studios CDS-Studio The Mob Film Co (North) Ltd. Daisybeck Productions True North Productions Revolution Software Television Ruby Ltd Channel 4 Quba Chameleon Television Ltd Splash Consumer Products Limited Daisybeck Productions BBC Future Media & Technology Sheffield Doc/Fest Best Front Seat Red Studios Numiko Screenhouse Productions Chameleon Television Ltd Screenhouse Productions Daisybeck Productions Rollem Productions Mandrill Television IMP Media Screenhouse Productions Quba New Media IMP Media Mezzo Films Quba New Media Tuna Technologies Ltd. Media Mill Pit Stop Productions Creative North Kavcom Ltd Chemistry Kerrupt Animation Limelight Software Bradford Film Ltd Willy With His Boots On Productions Red Star Studios Splash Consumer Products Limited Blue August Creations Ltd. Sheffield Doc/Fest Unexpected Media Numiko Total
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Company Training Project Title Award Amount (£) Richard Whitely Bursary 5,000.00 Development into Terrestrial Markets 18,048.00 Sponsorship Agreement for RDP, International Programme, & Cross Creative 68,000.00 The One Show: Development Funding 14,991.00 Support for ‘Life from the Loft’ BBC Pitch 8,000.00 GDC 2007 120.00 IAAPA Trade Show and Marketing Campaign Consultancy for Strategic Business Development 2,970.00 12 Month Marketing Strategy 8,565.22 Development Funding: Two Queens and a Castle 6,000.00 Channel 4 Company Development Fund 27,000.00 Broken Sword: Production & Business Development 35,000.00 Bad Mothers 2 Development 8,200.00 Quba New Media Bursary Bad Mothers 2 Cross Platform Proposal 2,500.00 Script Development Funding: Coe versus Ovett 17,625.00 Boy & The Dinosaur Production Funding 25,000.00 ITV Daytime Opportunities 6,000.00 Innovation Labs 2008 27,000.00 Digi-Docs Programme Doc/Fest 2007 5,000.00 Development Projects 30,000.00 Follow up Mentoring Session (2) with Pembridge 750.00 Follow up Mentoring Session (2) with Pembridge 881.25 Attendance at World Congress of Science Producers 904.66 Nat Geo Content Development 1,263.12 Initial 3 month development into new markets 9,975.00 Sarah Allen - Extended contract 5,250.00 Developing Established Northern Writers 25,000.00 Start up Costs Training 20,882.26 Cross Operator Platform Development 41,125.00 C4 Sisters in Crime Taster Tape 1,000.00 MIPTV08 New Media Support Package 500.00 MIPTV08 New Media Support Package 500.00 MIPTV08 New Media Support Package 500.00 Development Projects 2008 16,600.00 GDC 2008 500.00 GDC 2008 1,000.00 GDC 2008 500.00 GDC 2008 1,000.00 GDC 2008 500.00 GDC 2008 500.00 Channel 5 Pilot 4,112.50 GDC 2008 1,000.00 Industry Weekend at Bradford International Film Festival 2008 5,000.00 Willy With His Boots On Script Development 15,000.00 The Curse of Skull Rock Digital Cinema Package 750.00 MIPTV Support Package 2008 1,500.00 MIPTV Support Package 2008 1,644.97 Sponsorship Development Doc/Fest 2008 5,000.00 Crossover UK 2008/2009 90,000.00 CBBC Newsround Development 13,739.00 £596,896.98
Organisation
Award Amount (£)
Little Northern Light Production
325.25
Slackjaw Films
140.00
Andrew Vickers Duchy Parade Films Ltd Mezzo Studios Ltd NMTV Ltd (Trading as Mandrill Televisoin)
88.12 340.00 73.44 485.00
Human Film
41.40
Macunicate Films
84.15
Jeep Productions Limited
60.00
Janet Howe Casting
60.00
Sense Internet Ltd Sumo Digital Ltd The Business Affairs Consultancy Ltd
1,145.62 499.50 60.00
Human Film
271.80
The Business Affairs Consultancy
275.63
Splash Consumer Products Limited
60.00
Teabag Studios Ltd
60.00
Teabag Studios Ltd
60.00
Classlane Media
60.00
Yorkshire Film Archive
60.00
Futurate
60.00
Imagineaction
60.00
True North Productions
75.00
The Big Picture (Europe) Ltd
224.50
Zone UK/Yorkshire Locations
60.00
Kerrupt Animation
60.00
Debbie Owczarek Numiko
162.50 1,055.15
Jonathan Morgan
162.50
Cathianne Hall
162.50
John Hunter
162.50
Abigail Lynn Rolling
325.00
Really Good Productions
100.00
Quba New Media
309.98
Screenhouse Productions
50.00
Screenhouse Productions
263.79
Human Film Total
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
89.00 7,635.33
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Appendix A: The market opportunity Why invest in the creative industries?
Will Hutton: “Staying ahead: the economic performance of the creative industries”:
“Staying ahead: the economic performance of the creative industries”:
“The size of the creative industries sector is comparable to the financial services sector. They now make up more than 7.3% of the economy and are growing at 5% per year.”
The creative economy now employs 1.8 million people including those who work in creative occupations (1m creative industries 800k creative occupations).
THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES HAVE A TOTAL GVA OF £60.8BN.
THERE ARE 120,700 BUSINESSES IN THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES IN THE UK.
DCMS figs 2006
DCMS figs 2006
The UK’s creative industries now outperform every other European state and are now centre stage of the UK economy. The UK has the largest creative sector in the EU and, relative to GDP, probably in the world. Digitisation presents opportunities for businesses to offer their creative products through different channels, tailoring their products to different customers’ needs.
DCMS ESTIMATES CREATIVE INDUSTRIES ACCOUNT FOR 8% OF GVA.
FILMS DEPICTING THE UK ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ATTRACTING ABOUT 1 IN 5 OVERSEAS TOURISTS, SPENDING AROUND £1.8BN A YEAR, ESTIMATED TO BE WORTH £900M TO UK GDP Visit Britain
Television
Interactive Media
• Indie production revenues grew by 10% in 2007 topping £2bn for first time - £2.14bn. • Profit margins grew from 6% to 9.3%. • Overall TV revenue was 10.8bn in 2006. • Spend on original programming - £2.7bn.
• The Interactive Media sector now employs 48,600 people across the UK. Skillset Census 2006
• youtube now has 100m users each day. • myspace now has 100m users.
Ofcom Yearbook 2007 (figs for 2006)
Film
• In 2007, 747m was spent on making British films. 904m was taken at box office – 8% growth. British films made up 28% of this, up from 19% in 2006. • 7 UK titles appeared in the top twenty, and the UK was involved in the making of 112 films; 60 UK feature films, 28 inward investment films and 29 UK co-productions.
Games
• The UK produces 15% of the world’s video games output. • The UK has 12.2% share of world games software sales. • The UK is the third largest market for games in the world with 12% of global sales. ELSPA
• Inward investment films brought £532m into the UK. 58 UK films spent £141m along with 28 co-productions spending £73.8m • The film and video industry employs 38,634 people in the UK. • The film industry has a GVA of £3.2bn. UKFC stats book 2008
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Appendix B: Yorkshire Making the most of creative industries growth
The screen media industries employed the following in Yorkshire:
Television Radio Film Facilities Computer Games Interactive Media Other Content Creation Performers
1,800 300 100 1,100 700 5,600 100 1,200
We do Television
We do film
ITV Yorkshire: Emmerdale, Heartbeat, The Royal, The Royal Today True North: One Man and His Canoe: John Darwin, Animal Rescue, My Fake Baby Chameleon: Dispatches: Angry, Young and Muslim, Panorama: Young Gunmen Mandrill: Sex Change, Baby Days Daisybeck: ONE Life: For One Night Only, Really Wild at Heart Screenhouse: Timewatch:The Hidden Children Real Life: The Real Dick Turpin VeryMuchSo Productions: The John Akii-Bua Story
Warp Films: This is England; Dead Man’s Shoes Warp X: Hush; A Complete History of my Sexual Failures Ecosse Films: Brideshead Revisited** Working Title: Wild Child** Steel Mill Pictures: The Cottage** ASA films: 1920**
We do Games Skillset census 2007
IT IS FORECAST THAT THE ‘SCREEN SECTOR’ WILL CONTRIBUTE £913.2M TO REGIONAL ECONOMY BY 2016 Yorkshire Forward 2005
YORKSHIRE HAS THE FASTEST GROWING CREATIVE AND DIGITAL SECTOR OUTSIDE OF LONDON WITH 13,000 COMPANIES BASED HERE. Yorkshire Forward figs 2005
The Code Monkeys: International Athletics for Sony PSP and Nintendo DS Team 17: Worms series for Nintendo DS / PSP and Xbox; Lemmings for PSP / PS2 Rockstar Leeds: Grand Theft Auto Gamerholix: Little Britain Alternative Software: Frank Dettori Racing Zoo Digital Publishing: Premier Manager Sumo Digital: Virtua Tennis Revolution Software: Broken Sword series
**Filmed on location in Yorkshire
We do Interactive Media
Numiko: BBC: Doctor Who – website BBC: Eastenders ‘Ghosts of Walford’ and Family Tree – website BBC: The State Within – website BBC: Britain from Above – website BBC: Waking The Dead – website Quba: BBC: Sunday Life – website IMP Media: Orange: Mobile Gameshow IOKO: Channel 4, BskyB, ITV – Web Based Video On Demand DESQ: Skillswise for BBC Learning – website First aid for BBC Health – website Life Quest for BBC Jam – website
YORKSHIRE
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Appendix C: Screen Yorkshire Building the screen media industries in Yorkshire
Grand total: HAMBLETON
£750 Screen Yorkshire’s direct award investment in each council district:
1
£4,032,127 Summary 2007–2008 (Including Overheads)
RICHMONDSHIRE
SCREEN YORKSHIRE FUNDED TRAINING ACTIVITY FOR 425 INDIVIDUALS DURING 2007/08.
£10,000
WE FUNDED 7721 HOURS OF SKILLS DEVELOPMENT DURING 2007/08.
CRAVEN
£17,519 YORK
£139,820
HARROGATE
£264
WE SUPPORTED NINE FESTIVALS DURING 2007/08.
Total 1 ,169,256 1 ,546,340 436,998 656,748 222,785 4 ,032,127
We build business We grow production We inspire talent We develop audiences We showcase Yorkshire Total
6% 29%
16%
Key LEEDS
WE BUILD BUSINESS
HULL
£924,195
£60,000
WE GROW PRODUCTION WE INSPIRE TALENT
11%
WE DEVELOP AUDIENCES WE SHOWCASE YORKSHIRE
SELBY
£26,500
38%
BRADFORD
N.E. LINCOLNSHIRE
£138,970
£3,500
WAKEFIELD
£1,812 NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE
£2,850
CALDERDALE
£9,740
IN 2007/08 OUR TEAM HAD 362 FILMING ENQUIRIES WHICH RESULTED IN 149 PROJECTS SHOOTING IN YORKSHIRE AND HUMBER, INCLUDING SIX FEATURE FILMS. THIS RESULTED IN 1,117 FILMING DAYS IN YORKSHIRE FROM THESE PRODUCTIONS.**
DONCASTER BARNSLEY
£3,500
£15,320
**Note: this figure is based on those productions which return paperwork, an ongoing challenge for Screen Yorkshire, therefore the actual figure is much higher.
KIRKLEES
£20,273
ROTHERHAM
£500 SHEFFIELD
£564,009 SCREEN YORKSHIRE ANNUAL REPORT 2007-08
1. This figure is total expenditure and includes delivery costs for all projects across the whole region
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
IN 2007/08 WE INVESTED £4,032,127 IN 150 PROJECTS.
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Screen Yorkshire The Board
Screen Yorkshire Staff 2007 – 08
Steve Abbott (Chair) Born and raised in Bradford, Steve has spent most of his career working in film and TV with members of the Monty Python team. Steve’s producing credits include A Fish Called Wanda and Brassed Off whilst his companies, Prominent Features and Prominent Television, have won may awards, including an Oscar, a Ceasar and several BAFTAs. He was recently Executive Producer on Michael Palin’s New Europe TV travel series and is presently working with Palin on a 20th Anniversary special for BBC1.
Bill Lawrence Bill is the Creative Director at Showroom Workstation in Sheffield, one of the UK’s leading independent cinemas and base for many successful companies in the creative industries. He was the Head of Film at the National Media Museum in Bradford until April 2008, where over 16 years he developed the film delivery to include Bradford International Film Festival, Bradford Animation Festival and Bite the Mango Film Festival. He is also on the partnership board for Bradford City of Film and a director of York Film Trust.
John Surtees John is Director of Site Services for ITV in Leeds and Manchester and Chairman of 3sixtymedia, an ITV/BBC joint venture operating studios and post production. Previous roles within ITV include news operations, Controller of Production (YTV), Director of Resources (North) and MD of Provision.
Steve Hewlett Steve currently works as a broadcasting consultant, with clients including Ofcom, DCMS, Channel 4 and BSkyB. He is a Guardian columnist and also runs Big Pictures Ltd, a television production company with commissions from Channel 4, the BBC and the PBS Network in the USA. Previously held positions include Head of Factual Programmes at Channel 4 and Managing Director of Carlton Productions, as well as being a former editor of Panorama and BBC One documentary strand, Inside Story.
Cameron McCracken Cameron McCracken is Managing Director of Pathe, one of the UK’s leading feature film production and distribution companies. He is a member of the British Screen Advisory Council and has co-produced or executive produced over 20 films including Girl With a Pearl Earring and The Queen. Charles Cecil Charles is Managing Director of Revolution Software, Europe’s leading developer of narrative driven video games. Responsible for writing a string of hugely successful adventure games including Broken Sword, the company has also developed games based on major TV and film franchises. Ruth Pitt Ruth Pitt is an executive producer with Century Films, a company specalising in long-form documentaries and series. She is a former Creative Director of documentaries in BBC Religion and Ethics and also spent two years helping the BBC develop its plans for network TV production outside London. Ruth was previously Head of Documentaries at Granada Television, founder and Managing Director of Real Life Productions and reporter and presenter at Yorkshire Television. She lives in Ilkley, West Yorkshire.
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Jon Kingsbury Jon Kingsbury runs the Creative Economy Innovation Programme at NESTA, with a remit to encourage growth in creative businesses by developing successful models for innovation. He previously worked at the BBC as Head of External Supply, Future Media & Technology where his role was to improve the organisation’s engagement with external creative suppliers. Before becoming interested in driving creative business growth, Jon held a number of senior editorial commissioning roles at the BBC and Channel 4, always in the space where linear TV broadcasting meets interactive content.
Sally Joynson Chief Executive
Craig Albeck Game Republic Co-ordinator Jay Arnold Cultural Sector Development Manager Nicky Ball Crew and Freelance Development Manager Nicola Bowen Business Skills Manager Emma Cheshire Head of Business Development Anna Cousins Production Liaison Co-ordinator Andrew Craske Head of Communications Tony Dixon Emerging Talent Manager Carole Drake Receptionist/Administrator Kaye Elliot Production Liaison Manager
John Godber John Godber is a trained teacher with an M.A. from Leeds University and was a PHd research student for five years. His career in the theatre has been has been littered with awards. In 1984 he won a Laurence Olivier Award for Up N Under and he has written over fifty full length stage plays as well as adaptations and children‚s plays including the recent adaptation of the best selling series of children's books Horrid Henry. He is currently working on a Radio Drama Series for Radio Four and writing a new play to open the new £15 million theatre for Hull Truck.
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Kim Heeramun Business Development Co-ordinator Hugo Heppell Head of Production Katy Irwin PA to CEO Tom Joy Finance Director Will Massa (Maternity Cover) Production Co-ordinator Sophie Matthewman Funding & Awards Officer Rachel McWatt Marketing Officer Helen Ronayne Finance Officer Joan Whale Project Monitoring Manager
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Screen Yorkshire Staff 2007 – 08
Top centre: Spooks:Code 9 courtesy of BBC Top right: 1920 courtesy of ASA Films Middle left: Overslept Screen Yorkshire Digital Short Middle centre: Brideshead Revisited courtesy of Miramax Films Middle right: Broken Sword courtesy of Revolution Software Bottom left: Lost in Austen courtesy of ITV
Sally Joynson Chief Executive
Bottom centre: War, Love, God and Madness courtesy of Human Films Bottom right: Hammerhead Screen Yorkshire Digital Short
Craig Albeck Game Republic Co-ordinator
Back cover images
Jay Arnold Cultural Sector Development Manager
Top left: Damned United courtesy of Sony Pictures Top centre: Louis Theroux Sheffield Doc/Fest 2007 Middle left: Into the Woods Screen Yorkshire Digital Short Middle centre: Broken Sword courtesy of Revolution Software Middle right: A Complete History of my Sexual Failures courtesy of Optimum Releasing. Bottom left: Protect Me From What I Want Screen Yorkshire Digital Short Bottom centre: Worms courtesy of Team 17 Bottom right: Leeds Young People’s Film Festival
Nicky Ball Crew and Freelance Development Manager Nicola Bowen Business Skills Manager Emma Cheshire Head of Business Development Anna Cousins Production Liaison Co-ordinator
Kim Heeramun Industry Development Co-ordinator Hugo Heppell Head of Production Katy Irwin PA to CEO Tom Joy Finance Director Will Massa (Maternity Cover) Production Co-ordinator Sophie Matthewman Funding & Awards Officer
Andrew Craske Head of Communications
Rachel McWatt Marketing and Communication Officer
Tony Dixon Emerging Talent Manager
Tony Parker Head of Industry Development
Carole Drake Receptionist/Administrator
Helen Ronayne Finance Officer
Kaye Elliot Production Liaison Manager
Joan Whale Project Monitoring Manager
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