Moving Image Arts Careers
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INDUSTRY PARTNERS & STAKEHOLDERS CCEA’s Moving Image Arts qualification was conceived in parallel with the development of Northern Ireland Screen’s Wider Literacy strategy, our vision for moving image education for all our young people in Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland Screen has been supporting this exciting qualification since its inception through specialist teacher training in Northern Ireland’s three Creative Learning Centres (CLCs) – the Nerve Centre in Derry/Londonderry, Nerve Belfast and the Amma Centre in Armagh. Northern Ireland Screen has also been closely involved in supporting the BFI’s Film Academy scheme that focuses on identifying, training and nurturing young filmmaking talent in Northern Ireland. The programme is delivered in partnership with the three CLCs and Cinemagic. Work experience for MIA students and BFI Academy participants Northern Ireland Screen helps source work experience opportunities for 16-18 year olds on Northern Ireland Screen funded productions. The programme provides work experience opportunities for 16-18 year olds who are either studying Moving Image Arts (MIA) at AS or A level or are already selected for the BFI Academy (BFIA) in Northern Ireland. MIA and BFIA students will gain meaningful real world industry experience guided by industry professionals. Work experience opportunities will be on live action or animated factual or fiction projects across film, television or digital content. Work experience opportunities in writing, directing, producing or acting are not offered. Work experience opportunities will be timed to suit each production’s schedule and may be offered during schools holiday periods or other busy periods during the academic year. Schools, BFIA delivery organisations, teachers and students should allow for this possibility when applying for placements. How to apply Applications will be in the form of nominations by the school where the pupil is studying MIA or by the BFI Academy in Northern Ireland. Nominations will only be accepted by email on Northern Ireland Screen’s Work Experience Nomination Form which can be found at http://www.northernirelandscreen.co.uk/about/faqs/ Northern Ireland Screen will only accept up to 2 nominations per school and 2 nominations per Northern Ireland based BFI Academy delivery organisation (Cinemagic, The Nerve Centre, Nerve Belfast, The AmmA Centre) per academic year (September to August). http://www.northernirelandscreen.co.uk/ The Foyle Film Festival launched CCEA’s Moving Images Arts Awards Showcase in 2003, with the support and sponsorship of Michael Bond from City of Derry Crystal. The showcase was conceived as a way of marking and celebrating the work produced by students undertaking the new Moving Image Arts subject. Since its introduction 14 years ago, this annual student showcase has gone from strength to strength, and has become one of the highlight events of the Foyle Film Festival’s Education Programme. The festival is delighted to highlight and celebrate the talent, imagination, and creativity of the MIA students by awarding the beautiful City of Derry Crystal Awards for the best films. It is with a great deal of pride and pleasure that Foyle Film Festival provides a platform for the work of these budding young filmmakers. The festival looks forward to be accepting the work of MIA students into the Light In Motion (LIM) Competition - which are Oscar® and BAFTA affiliated - in future years. In order to capitalise on Foyle Film Festival’s unique position as an Oscar® affiliated festival through its Light In Motion (LIM) Short Film Competition, the Festival launched its Shorts to Features Conference in 2014. Shorts To Features brings award-winning industry professional to the city in order to inspire and upskill the next generation of filmmakers. Up and coming filmmakers have the chance to learn how they can make the transition ‘From Shorts To Features’ through an exciting programme of panels, workshops, case studies and special screenings. Past guests have included Oscar® and BAFTA award winning director Andrea Arnold, Oscar® winning producer Mia Bays. Other conference events have included script writing and pitching sessions with Slumdog Millionaire associate producer Ivana MacKinnon and London-based producer Tristan Goligher. Other previous conference highlights have included a case study on biopic Good Vibrations with local producer Chris Martin and director Glenn Leyburn. Moving Image Arts students and BFI Academy students are given direct access to all conference events, and if possible special guests will also provide additional talks and support. Foyle Film Festival’s Shorts To Features Conference provides local students with another step up in the ladder - after studying filmmaking through the Moving Image Arts qualification and BFI Academy - to gaining direct advice and tips from industry professionals. The Light In Motion Short Film Competition completes the circle by giving filmmakers a platform to showcase their work and potentially win a LIM Award - enabling the winning film to be submitted for Oscar® consideration. This year marks the 15th Anniversary since Foyle Film Festival launched the Moving Image Arts Showcase, in association with CCEA, and sponsored by City of Derry Crystal. To celebrate this important milestone, the festival has introduced the Moving Image Arts Programme at this year's Shorts To Features Conference (Saturday 24 November). The programme aims to give a platform to successful students to screen their work and network with top film industry professionals on the day. The festival looks forward to accepting the work of MIA students into the Light In Motion (LIM) Competition - which is Oscar® and BAFTA affiliated - in future years. The introduction of MIA students' work into the annual Shorts To Features Conference goes a long way towards ensuring such a result. https://foylefilmfestival.org/ The Nerve Centre is Northern Ireland’s leading creative media arts centre. More than 120,000 people a year benefit from the Nerve Centre’s wide-ranging programme of arts events, cutting edge projects, creative learning centres, training opportunities, and state- of-the-art production facilities. A successful social economy enterprise, the Nerve Centre employs more than 40 staff at sites in Derry/Londonderry and Belfast. The Nerve Centre Creative Learning Centre fuses the industry strengths of the Nerve Centre, as an Oscar and BAFTA nominated Film and Television production centre, with over 20 years of experience in working with teachers and schools around creative digital skills. The Creative Learning Centres jointly work with over 5000 teachers per year in providing CPD, resources and advice around embedding digital creativity at all Key Stages and across a range of subjects within the NI Curriculum. At the Nerve Centre CLC we connect industry practitioners with education to ensure that the skills and technology used in the classroom matches that used in the workplace as far as possible. Our work goes beyond specific skills development to look at cross-cutting themes such as Critical Thinking, Problem-Solving, Collaborative Working and Communication and reaches beyond film and moving image into digital fabrication, design, coding and music. For the last 5 years we have led the delivery of the BFI Film Academy in Derry~Londonderry, working with almost 100 young filmmakers to prepare them for careers in the Film and TV Industries through a programme of accredited learning which connects them with filmmakers and industry figures from across Northern Ireland and the UK. Through programmes such as the BFI Film Academy and our industry experience scheme we seek to provide direct pathways into creative industries careers and further study opportunity for young people across Northern Ireland. We are very proud to have led on CPD and Resource support for teachers and students of Moving Image Arts for over a decade, and of the impact that it has already had on the film and television industry here. For further information on support for Moving Image Arts and wider opportunities visit: www.nervecentre.org Nerve Belfast Creative Learning Centre is a welcoming, supportive and fun place where young people, teachers and youth/community workers can explore how new technologies can be used in creative and inspiring ways. Working with the education sector and the creative industries in Northern Ireland, we are committed to promoting and developing the effective use of ICT in teaching and learning. We provide opportunities for training, in- school and community programmes in a wide range of multi-media areas including film making, use of mobile technology, animation, web-design, games design, music technology, coding, 3D design and fabrication. BFI Film Academy at Nerve Belfast offers a unique opportunity to young people already studying Moving Image Arts at higher level to participate in a skills-based academy of workshops and masterclasses delivered by industry professionals such as Greg Spence, post-production producer on Game of Thrones and John McClean, director of Slow West. Every September Nerve Belfast seeks talented young people aged between 16 and 19 years of age to join our acclaimed BFI Film Academy programme. As Project Coordinator Jennifer McAlorum explains: 'We are looking for enthusiastic and very committed young people to participate in this unique programme. This course brings together students and industry professionals in order to help young people interested in a career in the film industry