BFN June Session: Documentary Special with Jeremy Humphries

Where: Watershed Bar

When: 8pm,

Date: Tuesday 29th June

Price: Free

Bristol Film Networking’s June session –run in association with Bristol Media- takes place on Tuesday 29th June in the Watershed Bar (outside Waterside 3). Our guest this month is award-winning Director of Photography Jeremy Humphries of Skills2Film, who will be talking about his career and experience in TV and Film, in particular in Documentaries, Observational Documentaries and Drama Documentaries.

Jeremy will be sharing his knowledge of creative and technical storytelling techniques in the documentary genre – informed by a prestigious career shooting a wide variety of high-end factual and drama projects.

In addition, he will also be discussing the practicalities of becoming and working as a professional in the TV and Film industry, including thoughts on how to survive and thrive in today’s harsh economic climate.

Jeremy also provides training workshops in camera and production skills, so is well practiced at working with Filmmakers of all levels. You can read more about Jeremy and Skills2Film here

The event is designed as a follow-on from Bristol Media’s Media Tuesday Top 100 Launch Party but can be visited stand-alone if you prefer.

Shooters In The Pub – Tues 4th April

Shooting People are running their recently-started ‘shooters in the pub’ session again next Tuesday the 4th May at The Ship Inn on Lower Colston St from 6pm.

As far as I’m aware you can attend even if you aren’t a shooting people member – but that’s nit for definite.

This was the facebook invite I received:

“Shooters in the Pub – May” on Tuesday, May 4 at 6:00pm.

Event: Shooters in the Pub – May
What: Club/Group Meeting
Start Time: Tuesday, May 4 at 6:00pm
End Time: Tuesday, May 4 at 11:00pm
Where: The Ship Inn, 10 Lower Park Row, Bristol, Avon BS1 5BJ

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=10150103192140355&ref=ts

April session: New Approach

This month’s BFN session tonight (8pm, Bar Ha Ha) is going to be slightly different – instead of a single guest speaker we are just going to split the time between those attending and give everyone a chance to talk about their projects, career and plans so that those listening can offer their thoughts / advice etc on the best way to push things forward. This session should be productive even if there’s only a few people in attendence: ‘Whoever comes is the right people’.

Oliver

BBC ‘South West Voices’ – TV writing opportunity – deadline 21st April

To all the writers out there: this looks like a top opportunity – well worth checking out:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/opportunity/south_west_voices.shtml

Cineme Event and Screening – Thursday April 15th

2nd ever Cineme short film night (£5 door charge) at the Picture House on Whiteladies Rd at 8pm on the 15th – sounds promising…

http://mycineme.co.uk/cineme-event-and-screening-thursday-april-15th-2010-2/

Haiti Kids Kino Project / Tues 13th April – Hurt Locker

If you haven’t heard about it already, the Haiti Cube Cinema Haiti Kids Kino Project is awesome:

http://nanoplex.cubecinema.com/haiti_kids_kino.php

you can donate using details on the site – or support it by attending one of their many fundraising events – next one is this Tuesday 8pm @ the Cube – a screening of The Hurt Locker.

30th March BFN Session: Follow up

Another great session last night – Conor talked with real passion about his life and work, incorporating a documentary-style eye for bringing the stories of under-represented groups to a wider audience, and a desire to create poetic visual films.

He showed us a couple of clips of his documentary work – the award-winning ‘Christmas with Dad’ and one of the ‘War Stories’ featurettes that are airing on BBC Points West this week (including tonight at 6.30pm – they can also be viewed via the website after airing for a limited time here).

We wish him and his team luck for the next and biggest stage of iFeatures!

30th March BFN session – Conor’s iFeatures team is in the final 6!

Big congratulations to tomorrow nights guest speaker Conor McCormack who’s made it through to the final 6 of the awesome iFeatures scheme!

Come along tomorrow to hear him talk about the process so far and his plans as regards getting into pole position to be one of the three films that gets made…

8pm. Bar Ha Ha.

Also in the final six are Bristol Film Networking alumni Matt Golding Smith and Alison Sterling – well done guys!

30th March BFN Session: Conor McCormack

When: Tuesday 30th

Where: Bar Ha Ha

Time: 8pm

Cost: Free (as always)

Our guest speaker for March is March’s guest speaker is acclaimed director Conor McCormack, who was bifa-nominated last year for ‘Christmas with Dad’, and this year won a place in the final 12 projects in the prestigious iFeatures scheme. Conor will be talking about his career to date, up to and including the iFeatures experience.

I’ve known Conor for years – he’s a really smart, likable bloke, always with interesting projects on the go. And he’s not quite as stern as this photo suggests  : )

Bristol Film Networking sessions, run in association with Bristol Media, are free to attend and are designed to facilitate the interaction of filmmakers of all disciplines (shorts / features / animation / TV / documentary etc) through lively debate and ideas sharing.

The Event is designed to be a ‘follow on’ from Media Tuesday which starts at 6.15pm at the Square bar a few yards away, but can be visited stand-alone also.

The event is at Bar Ha Ha just off the triangle and will be hosted by Oliver Purches.

If you have any questions please email: oliver.purches@gmail.com

http://www.bbc.co.uk/filmnetwork/films/p004r1f8

http://www.bristolmedia.co.uk/diary/2010/2/23/media-tuesday-at-the-square-bar

http://www.hahaonline.co.uk/bristol/

Symphonic Studios Free Film Networking Event Thurs 25th

Just had this in from a BFN alumni Louis Sherman (his studios are rather nice…):

We are holding a Film Networking Event here at Symphonic Studios on Thursday 25th March at 7 p.m.

The idea is to give those creative types who have produced their own films or videos the chance to showcase their work infront of an audience (max of 15 mins per film).

Should be a fun, interesting evening, perhaps with a final round in the local !

No charge, this is a free event, but numbers are limited, so please email me if you wish to come or are interested in showing your work.

Those with work to show are also invited to give a short (5 min) talk of the background behind the work.

Louis Sherman, Symphonic Studios, 56 Staple Hill Road, Fishponds, Bristol BS16 5BS

0117 33 00 123, www.symphonic.uk.net (map at ‘Contact’ tab)