10 March 2010
Countdown to MEDIA Development deadline: a seminar with Eamon O’Reilly
Central London, Thursday 25 March 2010
The afternoon session focuses on MEDIA support for interactive works. The MEDIA scheme provides financial support for the early concept development of innovative digital media projects with a strong narrative element, where the navigation of end users can influence the story-telling. The fund is limited to interactive projects that complement a traditional film or TV project, be it an existing one or one being concurrently developed (rules apply, full details are in the guidelines).
Agenda
10.30am – 11am Registration and coffee
11.00 am – 1pm MEDIA Development funding for single and slates of projects (Eamon O’Reilly and Agnieszka Moody)
• scheme presentations including:
o Who is eligible?
o Which scheme is for me - Single Project or Slate Funding?
o What is the most important thing to get right?
o What are the most common mistakes made?
o How do UK applications compare with the rest of Europe?
o How do the application and selection process work?
o Who is it really that assesses MEDIA applications?
o Why is so much paperwork required? compete
o Why does it take a long time to get a decision?
• Q & A session
1.00pm – 2.30pm Networking lunch
2.30pm – 4.30pm MEDIA Interactive scheme presentation (Eamon O’Reilly)
• The history of the scheme and how it’s evolved
• What kind of projects MEDIA is looking to fund
• How to make a successful application
• Example projects and Q & A session
Full details of how to register for the seminar, etc, are here.