Ricky gevais cemerty junction a brit flick with a poster that looks like an american rights of passage movie! Intreasting.

kickass if u like tarantino and johnwoo u r gonna dig this, a cool uk'ish film , with the lock stock gang!

first buses salford manchester again full and now driving past school children on lower broughton, 93 route a disgrace to salford council.

filmonik meet 2nite at madlab northern quater, manchester 2 discuss 5day film challenge. RT

King eric cantana ex manchester manutd is in the cornerhouse manchester nxt to me!

save6music the right to protest

I am a big fan of 6music on the BBC its great value, great music and great conversation, i joined the save6music campaign on FACEBOOK, some 72,000 members, and there was growing chatter on all the social networks to stage a protest in London, a few people suggested doing one in MANCHESTER at BBC Oxford rd where most of the shows are broadcast one, Craig Charles 'Funk n Soul' being one of them....

this suggestion was put by me to the group leader.... this is the reply.... SCARY!!!

Legal protest????????? 10 days,

L?????????? March 20 at 9:20pm Report Hi Mark, I had a message about this from a couple of students from Manchester University. I would advise getting in touch with them to see whats happening. I don't however think they're taking it any further - we offered advice but heard no more. Please bear in mind that you need to give the police 10 days' notice before staging a protest. If the Manchester students already have approval that's of course fine, but it's not just a case of turning up on the day - you will be moved on at the very least. We now have the BBC's approval too as this is a fully legal protest. Without support from both these bodies you risk creating a great deal of bad press for the cause. In all honesty, unless the student team have already started working on this, I would strongly advise against trying to arrange this at such a late date. We have been working on this for the past few weeks and it is a LOT of work. But do get in touch with Alex - if they are working on something already then we are happy to let people know. Regards, L????????

The real state of the UK Film Industry

THE REAL STATE OF THE UK FILM INDUSTRY -

New Lords report from the UK House of Commons

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200910/ldselect/ldcomuni/37/3706.htm#a40

Embrace change

Http://www.futureartists.co.uk

come to our next event on April 30th 2010 and meet the Salford, Media city pioneers changing the way we do business in the digital world..

E-mail MD Mark.ashmore@futureartists.co.uk for exclusive content....

Future artists head to northern ireland, anyone know a good place to eat in ulster

futureartists are going to be resident artists at zion in hulme manchester 4 2months! Say hi.

Filmonik Awarness Night

Filmonik Awareness Night, MadLab, 44 Edge Street, Monday March 22nd, 6.30 - 8.30 (or whatever time we decide???) FILMONIK KABARET 2010 IS COMING IN APRIL! Over a week of flat out, peddle-to-the-metal 24/7 filmmaking, where fortune favours the brave, the quick-witted and the fast-working, where only the strong survive and the crazy obsessives flourish. If you’ve always dreamed of making “that little movie”, if only you had the time / talent / equipment, now is your chance to watch that dream crash and burn, and see something else come stumbling from the ashes.  But BEFORE then, we’re having a special “Filmonik Awareness Night” at MadLab. This is your chance to find out for yourselves who we are and what we are about; to see work from previous screenings, and in particular work produced during previous Kabarets. It is a chance to register an interest and get involved; to show your support for the region’s independent film scene.  The event is free, but we will be taking donations for the beer and any nibbles provided. Any money taken will go towards funding the Kabaret. Remember, this is all about pooling resources: Filmonik does well with nothing, but it will do better with something!  FILMONIK KABARET 2010: April 9th - 18th  THREE SCREENINGS: April 11th at Deaf Institute, April 14th at Cornerhouse Annexe, April 18th at Deaf Institute For more details check out the Kabaret page on our website www.filmonik.com or contact: info@filmonik.com event page is at: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=app_2344061033&ref=ts&gid=270812434052#!/event.php?eid=393250090298&index=1

Project 'Praxis' project overview

This is the project BRIEF for a massive online experiment!!!!!!

Future Artists Experiment 1^st Communiqué Monday 8^th March 2010 : a lot to read but worth it!!!!

 

http://www.futureartists.co.uk

Present

Film @ Fac 251

Innovation via Praxis

April 30^th 2010

 

 

Manchester, Birthplace of the Industrial Revolution in 1789

 

Manchester, Birthplace of the Digital Revolution in 1948

 

Manchester, Home of Factory Records 1978

 

Film @ Fac 251 : project ‘Praxis’

April 30^th 2010

By FutureArtists.co.uk

 

Join the Facebook Group and get involved

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=371357134017&ref=ts

Not on facebook, time to join and get involved…

 

Project Overview:

 

Outcomes:

 

On Friday April 30^th in collaboration with FAC 251 (Factory Records communications HQ, Manchester) , the Fans of Factory Records and the Fans of Manchester, will together create a unique once in a life time happening at the venue.

 

Documentary films, made by FANS will be shown, on the themes of Factory, Praxis and Manchester

Buskers will Busk to record companies and to you…

Print/photography/paint/drawing/streetart will be shown on massive projectors, you can buy what you see…

A sound scape created by FANS of factory featuring archive interviews and music, remixed, mashed up and recycled… will pass through your ears,

Artists will meet, happenings will happen and networks will become meshwork’s….

 

How to achieve these outcomes:

 

Working with existing networks, 24/7 theatre festival, NW vision and media, Raindance, Shooting People, Mobifilm, Map Festival, Filmonik, Salford Film Festival, Not Part Of, Fac 251, Actingclass.co.uk, Kinofilm, Facebook, Youtube, Myspace, Blogger, Linkdin, Twitter, Current TV, Salford University, Manchester University (more to be announced)

 

We will put a call out asking artists to join us for this exploration for what is possible, in a short space of time, in fact the production side of this project has to take place during the Filmonik Kaberet in April (5 days), but all pre-production will be done before hand, artists and creatives will be encouraged to work online via a communications hub that will be set up on media-city.tv (coming soon) of course all social networks will be a place to meet and discuss ideas,

 

Facebook, Myspace, Youtube, Twitter, Blogger, Bebo,

 

The use of SKYPE, Instant messaging, video conference and e-mail will also be used as a tool to communicate, we will also rely on blind faith and maybe even a public meet up!

 

The program of content for the event will evolve, the more people that get involved the more content that will be created, and the idea of this project is that the whole building (fac251) will become a ‘media circus’ of creativity, directed/curated by Mark Ashmore from future artists,

 

1)Documentaries will be created using found footage online, the tools to retrieve this footage and get it into the edit will be shared by the group,

 

2)Soundscapes will be created using samples found online, music and interviews and existing factory recordings, or Original compositions by Manchester bands, or silence?

 

3)Musicians will be invited to busk, time slots will be given, FAC 251 will become the London underground for the night!

 

4)The spoken word… actors will recite found memories of Factory past, from postings on social networks, to magazine articles, books, or they might make it up!!!!

 

A DJ will play, so we can string this all together, ANDY WOODs Manchester Legend and Record company owner…

 

Plus what ever else the group comes up with….

 

HOW

 

Over the next 2 weeks a call for artists across all disciplines will be called for, and its up for everyone involved to tell 10 people they know who will be interested in participating from anywhere in the world, all they need is an internet connection. while this is happening I (Mark Ashmore) will set up various groups and social networks and then create a MAP so you know we it all is!!,

our first port of call will be our facebook group until MARCH 21st

 

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=371357134017&ref=ts

 

here we can see who is onboard, and who wants to do what, groups like this will be set up on myspace, twitter (lists), Linkdin, youtube (playlists) to start with, but users can set up new groups, as long as they tell the hub (facebook group) where it is,

 

The aim of the project is to see how much user generated content can be created across the world, in a short space of time that echo the ethos of Factory, Manchester and Praxis, how this is done, and its outcomes will be seen on the night.

 

This user generated collaboration if successful will be seen as a watershed moment in the creative industries, and we at future artists will learn how to approach such an edevour,

 

The project will be managed by a series of producers,

 

The Overall project will be managed by Future Artists,

 

But we head of departments to cover the following, and we NEED them NOW!!!!

 

Documentary – oversee documentary subjects

Soundscape – oversee creation of music within the venue

Busking space – manage artists and give timeslots (NW UK BASED)

Spoken Word – manage artists and give timeslots (NW UK BASED)

Art for projection – collect images and manage their compilation for projection,

Poster art – work with creatives to make a range of unique art for the event.

 

So go to our facebook group and write on the ‘Discussion tab’ who you are and why you should manage a department.

 

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=371357134017&ref=ts

 

don’t e-mail me!!!! I will read everything in the group!!!

 

Within each area we will need a number of PRODUCERS to create content, these can be solo projects or team work, the details of this will be announced once the HOD have been found, as they will be able to influence the call for content.

 

Costs

 

All costs will be the artists own, this project is done under a creative commons agreement, as laid out on the facebook group, our outcomes are clear, and it’s a collaborative project, money generated via ticket sales will go into the night,

Fac 251 run a cool ticket system which means that you can become an online ticket agent for the event, which means we have the better chance to sell out (wouldn’t that be cool!!) so every ticket agent will get £1 for every ticket they sell, so a few friend invites on facebook and your quids in, more on this to be announced, so even if you don’t want to create anything for the night, you can still promote it. In which ever country you are in!!!!

 

This event is not being funded by anyone at present, its an experiment by Future Artists to see what is possible by the creative community online.

 

Everything that is being created will go into an archive on myebook.com and also on a limited edition DVD (200 will be made, each unique),

 

 

 

 

A Film within a Film – lets make a film in one night

 

On the night Film-makers and artists will be encouraged to document the night in their own unique way, and then after the event post it back on the facebook wall where it all began…. This will be the end of the project, so in 20 years time, the archive of the night can be cut up, mashed up and remixed so future generations can create their own project ‘Praxis’.

 

Join the group

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=371357134017&ref=ts

 

Come to the EVENT April 30^th, Fac 251, Manchester

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=337069011086&index=1

 

Or get your limited edition DVD / Artwork / etc

http://www.futureartists.co.uk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BBC growth of the internet

check out this cool map by the BBC on the internet from 1998 to 2008

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8552410.stm

#tackfilm worlds biggest user generated Virral film

http://en.tackfilm.se/

Englandstore.com what else do they sell umbro kit, fish and chips, bank bailouts and music by simon cowell!

If i keep tweeting about how cool the england red away kit is will umbro reward a true football fan with a shirt.

Love the new umbro away kit, retrotastic england, esp in hd 50inch. england to win!