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Screen Yorkshire Annual Report 2007 — 2008

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Front cover images

Top left:Hush courtesy of Optimum Releasing

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 Failurescourtesy 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

Sally JoynsonChief Executive

Craig AlbeckGame Republic Co-ordinator

Jay ArnoldCultural Sector DevelopmentManager

Nicky BallCrew and Freelance Development Manager

Nicola BowenBusiness Skills Manager

Emma CheshireHead of Business Development

Anna CousinsProduction Liaison Co-ordinator

Andrew CraskeHead of Communications

Tony DixonEmerging Talent Manager

Carole DrakeReceptionist/Administrator

Kaye ElliotProduction Liaison Manager

Screen YorkshireStaff 2007 – 08

Kim HeeramunIndustry Development Co-ordinator

Hugo HeppellHead of Production

Katy IrwinPA to CEO

Tom JoyFinance Director

Will Massa (Maternity Cover)Production Co-ordinator

Sophie MatthewmanFunding & Awards Officer

Rachel McWattMarketing and Communication Officer

Tony ParkerHead of Industry Development

Helen RonayneFinance Officer

Joan WhaleProject Monitoring Manager

Design: Peter and PaulPrint: Evolution


2/3MISSION STATEMENT

Screen Yorkshire’s mission is to inspire,promote and support the development of a successful long-term film, television,games and interactive media sector, togrow the economic, social and culturalwealth of the region.

We put Yorkshire on the map...


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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



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Attracted

£33mof inward investment

It also won the first Jury prize in the Connecticut Gay andLesbian Film Festival; Best Girl’s Short at GAZE; screened at the 15th Dublin International Lesbian and Gay FilmFestival; won the Skillset Award for Best UK Short Film at the Iris Prize; won the Audience Award Best Female ShortFilm – Fire Island Film and Video Festival, New York, USA;Audience Award Best Short Film – Fresno Reel Pride FilmFestival, 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 FilmHamburg Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.

Me Head’s a Shed — screened at Brief Encounters FilmFestival, 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 theaudience awards at Rotterdam.

Hidden Children — by Screenhouse Productions received a Cine Golden Eagle in Washington D.C.

4/5AWARDS/KEY STATISTICSSCREEN YORKSHIRE ANNUAL REPORT 2007-08

Celebrating Success

This is England winning Best British Film at the BAFTAsmay have been one of the highlights of our year but thefilm was not the only award winner that was Yorkshirebased. Many of these projects and productions alsoreceived Screen Yorkshire funding and support.

During 2007/08 Screen Yorkshire:

This is England — won Best British Film at the BAFTAs; Best Film and Most Promising Newcomer at the BritishIndependent 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 Productionand The Raindance Award, all at the British Independent Film Awards.

Marble Worlds — Limelight Software won a Yorkshire DigitalAward for Marble Worlds, their game for mobile platforms.

Moth to the Flame — won the Best Director Award atLeicester International Film Festival. The film was also incompetition at Cineglobe in Geneva.

On the Job — was selected for the International Short FilmFestival Paris, Sao Paolo Animation Festival Brazil and ArtFilm Festival in the Slovak Republic.

The Curse of Skull Rock — Red Star Studios won BestChildren’s Animated Film at Stuttgart Animation Festival.

Private Life — The film was accepted into the Palm SpringsShort Film Festival which is an Academy Award (OSCAR)qualifying festival. The film has won the HBO Audience Awardfor Best Short Film at Provincetown International Short FilmFestival, a jury award at the Montecatini Film Festival inTuscany, was in competition at the Dublin Lesbian and GayFilm Festival, and screened at Newfest, New York City.

Supported

260businesses

Supported

826individuals in findingemployment

Invested in the skills of

368people

223Created

jobs

Key Statistics


6/7FUNDERS AND KEY PARTNERSSCREEN YORKSHIRE ANNUAL REPORT 2007-08

During 2007/08 Screen Yorkshire worked with anumber of key partners in the film, TV, games andinteractive media industries. We’d like to thankthem 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 supportthroughout 2007/08 and look forward to workingclosely with them during 2008/09.

Regional Development AgencyYorkshire Forward hascommitted £10.2m over fouryears (2006-10) into ScreenYorkshire’s Digital MediaContent Programme, whichaims to build and grow the film, television, games andinteractive media industries.

In 2007/08 Screen Yorkshiredistributed £300k Grant in Aidawards and £263k RegionalInvestment Fund for England(RIFE) Lottery awards on behalfof the UK Film Council. ScreenYorkshire signed a new threeyear contract with UK FilmCouncil in early 2008

Screen Yorkshire received£127K Funding from Skillsetduring 2007/08 to run a numberof training and new talentdevelopment programmes .

Funders and key partners


Contents

10. Patrons Message12. Chair and CEO’s Message14. We Build Business24. We Grow Production32. We Inspire Talent40. We Develop Audiences46. We Showcase Yorkshire

50. Financial Statements56. 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 industriesin Yorkshire

62. Board members63. Staff

Warp X

Sheffield-based Warp X, which ispartly funded by Screen Yorkshire,achieved major success with theirfirst two films being selected for theSundance Film Festival and receivingrave reviews. Pictured: A CompleteHistory of my Sexual Failures.

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It is important to remember though the less tangible benefitsour industries can bring, the profile and publicity. Putting acity, region or country on a screen can be one giant advert for its people, culture, businesses and destinations. It canaffect the perceptions of not only those looking to visit, forbusiness or pleasure, but also those who live there and their perception of their own home. A film like BridesheadRevisited, which Screen Yorkshire funded and supported in many ways, can benefit Yorkshire and Humber in a verystraightforward 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 ourmore 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 widelyrecognised as being critical to the success of all industries’survival in future years.

We’ve seen some excellent projects being based in Yorkshireand Humber over the last year and I’m sure this will continue.I also know that Screen Yorkshire will do its best to supportthese projects and to bring more to our region. Whateverstory they tell, all will be helping to tell the world aboutYorkshire.

Patrick Stewart

Our industries have the advantage of not only being importanteconomically, socially and culturally but also being industrieswhich people aspire to, and dream of working in. In 2007/08Screen Yorkshire experienced both the profile and publicitywhich our industries can bring but more importantly the solideconomic 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 fromYorkshire 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 theinward investment Screen Yorkshire had brought to the regionwithin one year of its new four year plan. This year we havedelivered over £30m of inward investment to Yorkshire andHumber meaning we have already reached our four yeartarget of £50m within two years. Of course this is only one of our targets - jobs, skills development, employment supportare just a few of the other ways we evaluate our role.

A message from our PatronPatrick Stewart

Putting a city, region or country on a screencan be one giant advert for its people,culture, businesses and destinations.


12/13A MESSAGE FROM OUR CHAIR AND CEOSCREEN YORKSHIRE ANNUAL REPORT 2007-08

A message from our Chair and CEO

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 everySunday in the form of the BBC commissioned Sunday Life, based in Keighley. Our Meet the Commissioner eventsbrought all the major broadcasters across terrestrial andcable/satellite to the region to discuss with our producerswhat 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 inthis highly mobile and freelance sector. Our films have gainednational recognition with a BAFTA for This is England and by the time you read this, Brideshead Revisited will have hitthe cinemas. However, ongoing drama production in theregion continues to be a major aim for us due to the jobcreation and spend which these longer shoots can bring.Developing long term partnerships with successfulproduction companies and ensuring they have the bestexperience 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:Code09 for BBC3 and Mammoth Screen’s Lost in Austen forITV1, which both filmed throughout the region over several months. We also launched a number of initiatives to increasehomegrown drama including scriptwriters’ schemes and the Yorkshire Drama Network.

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 inencouraging the Indian film industry to bring production tothe region. India makes more films per year than any othernation and the economic value of these films is increasingrapidly. Screen Yorkshire hosted an event for key Indianproducers attending the IIFAs and another event at theindustry’s major trade show in Mumbai, allowing us to gainour first major production within six months of the IIFAawards. 1920 shot for twenty days at four major Yorkshirelocations and we’re already in discussions with several otherproductions to encourage them to shoot in the region.

Developing audiences and film education are major policypriorities at national level and Screen Yorkshire was a majorcontributor to both recently launched national strategies. The region already has major strengths in these areas asYorkshire has two of the UK’s leading children’s festivals:Showcomotion in Sheffield and the Leeds Young People’sFilm Festival. Our short film scheme continued to giveopportunities to the region’s new talent with a number of films being selected for festivals and winning awards. Thenew Northern Routes trainee scheme also saw us workingacross the North with our fellow Regional Screen Agencies.

In the last year we have really started to see the benefits fromour Digital Media Content Programme flow into the region.We are half way through the project now and are well on ourway to hitting all of our targets, as well as achieving theultimate outcome of a stronger screen media industry inYorkshire and Humber. We still face major challenges though– the hunger for TV and film production and the benefits itcan bring is resulting in regions and nations across the globedeveloping new tax incentives, funds and support structures.Combined with the continued fragmentation of audiencesaway from traditional TV and the resulting effect on revenueswe know we will have to work hard to ensure that ourindustries can face these challenges.

Yorkshire and Humber continues to be one of the leadingregions in the UK for production and is now also a hub for interactive media and games companies. Many of theinitiatives and events that our Industry Development Teamhave worked on in the last year have been about ensuringthese sectors work together so they are all able to benefitfrom this new multi-platform world. We’ve also strengthenednational relationships both with broadcasters such asChannel 4 and with national development schemes such asthe BBC’s Innovation Labs, ensuring the region’s companiescan access the benefits and networks which suchprogrammes offer. Our Business Investment Fund offers theregion’s companies investment at key points to allow them to grow and create jobs and revenue.

We continued to adapt as an organisation and progress witha number of staff changes and board additions. To reach outfurther nationally we brought in media commentator andconsultant Steve Hewlett, Jon Kingsbury who is Head of The Creative Economy Innovation Programme at NESTA, aswell as one of Yorkshire’s great writing talents and founder ofthe Hull Truck Theatre Company, John Godber. We gained anew three year funding plan from the UK Film Council andwere one of only 15% of companies who achieved theCustomer First kitemark first time – a superb achievementwhich 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 hasbeen an incredibly successful year of continuing to inspire,promote and support the screen media industries in Yorkshireand Humber.

Steve Abbott Chair, Screen Yorkshire

Sally Joynson Chief Executive, Screen Yorkshire

Sally Joynson

Chief Executive, Screen Yorkshire.Photo courtesy of The Yorkshire Post

Steve Abbott

Chair, Screen Yorkshire.

Yorkshire and Humber continuesto be one of the leading regions inthe UK for production and is nowalso a hub for interactive mediaand games companies.


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River Aire, Leeds

Photo by Simon Warner.

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 IndustryDevelopment Team continued to grow the region’s screen media industries with three key strands of activity: Development, Market intelligence, and Investment.


16/17WE BUILD BUSINESS

In the run-up to the Sheffield Doc/Fest, Screen Yorkshire fundedCrossover Labs in partnership with the London DevelopmentAgency, Doc/Fest and Unexpected Media. The Labs brought tenfilm and TV producers together with ten interactive media andgames producers, all based in Yorkshire or London.

“It was an intense and inspiring week–long series of masterclasses and exercisesdesigned to get people from different sectors working together to develop cross-platform 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.

“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 furtherand 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 toconserve 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 theirown thoughts on what will become redundant. Those suggestions will become a real museumthat tours around the country.

Screen Yorkshire is now investing in three Crossover Labs covering children’s content, factualand alternative narrative (drama) and is partnering with London Development Agency,NESTA, Skillset and The Wellcome Trust.

SCREEN YORKSHIRE ANNUAL REPORT 2007-08

Fact

NEARLY 5000 PEOPLE ARE NOW EMPLOYED IN THEINTERACTIVE MEDIA SECTOR IN YORKSHIRE.Source: Skillset Census 2006

Case Study:

Crossover LabsDiarmid Scrimshaw

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 creativecompanies. 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 creativebusinesses to identify appropriate national and internationaldevelopment schemes and ensure they come to the regionor that our companies can access them. During 2007/08 we partnered with Sheffield’s Doc/Fest and the LondonDevelopment Agency to bring Crossover Labs to the region,where companies from Yorkshire and London developedcross-platform projects.

Development

“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 focusin Europe for innovation in documentary and factual media. The festival’s visioncombined with Screen Yorkshire’s commitment to supporting the developmentof new media will make the region a key source of new ideas and new talent inthe UK’s audio visual industries over the next decade.” Frank Boyd of Unexpected Media, Creative Director of Crossover Labs UK.

Two Yorkshire companies, Screenhouse and Real Life MediaProductions, also accessed The Research Centre’s (TRC)Cross Creatives programme with funding and support fromScreen Yorkshire. This nine-month programme supportscompanies in expanding their knowledge and networksbeyond their own specialism and connecting with seniorprofessionals from across different sectors to developpartnerships.

Screen Yorkshire also partnered with Northern Film andMedia/Codeworks to bring the BBC Innovations Labs to Yorkshire and the North East. The Labs deliver creativeworkshops over five days to inter-disciplinary teams fromYorkshire’s independent TV and interactive media companies.Projects are developed and then pitched to the BBC forfurther development funding. Four Yorkshire companies tookpart in the Lab during 2007/08: DESQ, The Workshop, Rattleand the Community Media Association.

Numiko

This Yorkshire based web agencytook part in Crossover Labs.


18/19WE BUILD BUSINESSSCREEN YORKSHIRE ANNUAL REPORT 2007-08

A key area where Screen Yorkshire can add value to theregion’s screen media businesses is by facilitating access to market intelligence. Our monthly Meet the Commissionersessions have received excellent feedback as they provideTV and new media companies with access to seniorbroadcasters, such as Channel 4’s Stuart Cosgrove, the BBCController of Drama, John Yorke, and Head of Factual at Five,Steve Gowans. In the last year we have had sessions from allthe major broadcasters as well as cable and satellitecompanies, increasing our companies’ access to the peoplewho actually commission content, as well as allowing them tonetwork. We are now extending these sessions to Meet theBuyer for the corporate/advertising sector and Meet theDrama Commissioner for the drama community. Meet thePublisher events offer the same advantages for Yorkshire’sgames companies, with games publishers involved such as Ignition Entertainment and Oberon Games. Our IndustryDevelopment Team also takes Yorkshire’s companies to keynational and international trade shows, markets andexhibitions to improve access to international commissionersand buyers. In February 2008 we took two independent TVcompanies, Splash Consumer Products and Blue AugustCreations, along with two new media companies, Quba andIMP Media, to MIPTV in Cannes.

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 successfulhome-grown writers, who are more likely to base their storieshere. We therefore established and launched the Yorkshire TV Drama Network, which provided events, training andnetworking opportunities for writers and Yorkshire’s dramaproduction community. We aim to put Yorkshire’s dramawriters and production community on the map at a nationallevel and ensure they have the maximum opportunity toflourish. We brought a two-day Script Factory workshop toYorkshire, developed a script editors’ scheme, developed andlaunched a Meet the Drama Commissioner strand, sponsoredthe major national Broadcast TV Drama Forum andimplemented a marketing campaign to promote Yorkshire tothe UK’s major drama producers. The first Broadcast TVDrama Forum sponsored by Screen Yorkshire sold out andallowed us to connect Yorkshire with all the major players inthe UK drama community, such as Doctor Who showrunnerRussell T Davies, Skins’ producers and leading screenwriterAndrew Davies. The conference was attended by 150 of theUK’s leading drama producers. Creating nationalopportunities for regional talent is what we do.

Steve Hewlett, media commentator and Screen Yorkshire Board member says:

“Yorkshire has a long-standing history in televisionproduction and we’ve also seen a hub of innovativenew media companies emerge from the region inrecent years. This is a really exciting time for filmand television production and I look forward toworking with Screen Yorkshire to position theregion at the heart of the industry in the UK.”

Working closely with Glasgow’s Training and Research Centre (TRC)led to two Yorkshire companies - True North and Yap - gaining placeson their International Programme which supports companies indeveloping an international marketing strategy.

“To meet such an array of international broadcasters andproduction partners has been eye opening and now means we

have a real chance of getting direct international commissions over the next 2-3 yearsrather than just selling our programmes abroad” says Glynn Middleton, CEO of TrueNorth, now the UK’s eighth biggest factual producer.

Screen Yorkshire funded and supported True North’s place on the Training and ResearchCentre’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 employing70 people and producing 100 hours per year with BBC1’s Sunday Life being produced everyweek in Keighley.

“Screen Yorkshire has worked and grown with us for the last five years, from fundingtraining and development schemes to inputting editorially to our work and really beingthere to discuss strategy and give us an early warning on what direction we should bemoving in. We’ve recently spent a year working with a business mentor, funded byScreen Yorkshire, which gave us the skills and knowledge to handle such a fast growingbusiness. We’ve now restructured and are much more professional and geared towardsbuilding a sustainable business for the region.”

Case Study:

Reaching International AudiencesTrue North

Colin Jackson and Louise Minchin

Presenters of True North’s Sunday Life

Market Intelligence


Investment


Building Yorkshire’s Games Industry - Game RepublicYorkshire’s computer games association, Game Republic,has always worked closely with Screen Yorkshire, but during2007/08 it became fully integrated into Screen Yorkshire in order to further support and build this key sector in theregion. Sitting within our Industry Development Team, Game Republic’s core activity is to create new businessopportunities for the region’s computer games companies. Its networking events bring leading industry speakers,publishers and buyers to Yorkshire, so our games developmentcompanies can access them to network and developbusiness within the region. Games is an internationalbusiness so supporting our companies in developing theirinternational contacts is a vital role. Three Yorkshirecompanies were escorted to GDC in San Francisco with a full schedule of business meetings organised – LimelightSoftware, Creative North Studios and Media Mill all metpublishers including Lucas Arts, Warner Bros and THQ.

Fact

THE CREATIVE ECONOMY NOWEMPLOYS 1.8 MILLION PEOPLE. THE UK’S CREATIVE INDUSTRIESNOW OUTPERFORM EVERY OTHEREUROPEAN STATE AND ARE NOWCENTRE STAGE IN THE UK ECONOMY.THE UK HAS THE LARGEST CREATIVE SECTOR IN THE EU.DCMS figs 2006

Our Business Investment Fund offers companies based in the region investment at key points in a company’sdevelopment, with the aim of bringing economic growth to the region. During 2007/08 we developed a newinvestment strategy and moved away from grant distributionto ensure all investment funds are returned at an agreed point of success, thus re-investing public funds intoYorkshire’s screen industries. When an agreed level of profit is reached Screen Yorkshire’s investment is returned, whilstthe company has created jobs and brought revenue to theregion. Investments can be in TV or film productions, gamesor interactive media projects, with a focus for investmentduring 2007/08 being cross-platform projects as this is amajor growth area. Key investments during the past yearinclude investing in Revolution’s Broken Sword for theNintendo DS and Wii and investing in IMP Media’s mobileinteraction tools.

Code Monkeys Limited

Leading Huddersfield games company, CodeMonkeys, regularly attend Game Republicnetworking and publisher events.

Revolution

Screen Yorkshire invested in Revolution’sBroken Sword for the Nintendo DS and Wii.

Fact

YORKSHIRE IS HOME TO FOUR OF THEWORLD’S TOP 100 GAMES STUDIOS.Develop 100, 2008

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 Yorkshirecompanies. We jointly own the intellectual property of the animatedcontent from these projects and we’re now selling it around the world, bringing jobs and investment back to Yorkshire.”

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 mobilenetwork operators in the UK, but came to Screen Yorkshirelooking 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 audiencesdirectly through their mobile phones. These services could include interactiveapplications, 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:

“Screen Yorkshire has helped fund some of the development of the IMP technologybut, as importantly, has opened up a series of business development conversationsand partnerships with Yorkshire based TV producers. The Screen Yorkshire IndustryDevelopment Team invited IMP Media to attend this year’s MIPTV in order to targetnew customers and partners. They provided a small grant to help with this andsupport included several planning and orientation sessions before the market, whichprovided useful background and context for anyone new to MIPTV. Without them itwould have been far too easy to have been lost in the sea of delegates at the fair.”

Case Study:

Taking content to mobilesIMP Media



Fact

THE UK IS THE THIRD LARGEST MARKET FORGAMES IN THE WORLD WITH 12% OF GLOBALSALES Source: ELSPA

Fact

THE UK HAS A 12.2% SHARE OFWORLD GAMES SOFTWARE SALES Source: ELSPA

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’vegained three new business opportunities purely thanks toGame Republic’s networking events. We’ve also given work to

freelancers so the network can really support the whole supply chain in Yorkshire’sgames 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 asOberon, the casual gaming company – this just wouldn’t have happened withoutGame Republic.”

Case Study:

Bringing publishers to the regionJAW (Just Add Water)

Steve Oldacre and his business partner had worked in the gamesindustry for over 15 years for major players such as Sony when theychose Yorkshire to set up a new business to exploit non-traditionalgames markets.

“There’s a real feeling of community in the games sector inYorkshire and I’ve no doubt this is largely due to Game Republic. We’re based inSheffield and the infrastructure is excellent to establish a new business. There’s moreopenness 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:

“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 outto companies creating new business opportunities. Having a central organisation thatcan bring major publishers to the region is exactly what we need, sessions organised with players such as Eidos or MumboJumbo are extremely useful.”

Case Study:

Creating CollaborationDevil’s Details

Since 1990, Limelight Software has been developinggames for mobile platforms including the pocket PCand smartphone in Ealand near Scunthorpe.

“We really just worked in a bubble before; we had no contact with the wider game studiocommunity in the region. Now we’ve started

attending the Game Republic networking events and it has been invaluable forinformation and ideas. The chance to talk to other games producers about problemsand 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 visitthe world’s major games trade show, GDC in San Francisco. “Not only did the grantreally help us get out to GDC but Game Republic also set up a series of meetingswith major publishers such as Warners, Disney and Apple, something we justwouldn’t have been able to do. We’re now a developer for the Nintendo DS andrecently won a Yorkshire Digital Award for Marble Worlds. Our involvement withGame Republic has really inspired us to take the business to another level.”

Case Study:

Networking events for Yorkshire’sgames communityLimelight Software

Yorkshire Digital Awards

Limelight Software collect their award.


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We Grow Production

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 TVand film crew base in the region. If production levels fall, skilled and talented crew canbe forced to move from the region which then makes it very difficult to attract futureproduction, a vicious or virtuous circle, depending on which way production levels areheading. We sustain and increase production in two main ways: the Screen YorkshireProduction Fund, which can encourage production to the region, or to stay in theregion; and through our Production Liaison Team which supports all productions withlocations, crewing, local authority liaison and other logistical support. We aim to growproduction from Yorkshire-based companies and also to bring national andinternational productions to the region.

Brideshead Revisited

Shot at Castle Howard near York and wasproduced by Ecosse Films with supportfrom the Screen Yorkshire ProductionFund.


26/27WE GROW PRODUCTIONSCREEN YORKSHIRE ANNUAL REPORT 2007-08

Access to Finance: Screen Yorkshire Production FundOur Production Fund invests in productions which bring major benefits to the region, such as production spendingand inward investment, jobs and profile for Yorkshire. It invests in homegrown development and production andbrings major external productions to the region to ensure ongoing production levels. During 2007/08 the ScreenYorkshire Production Fund activities resulted in over £15m of inward investment for the region. However, major film andTV drama production also bring profile and publicity. Theyput Yorkshire on the map. Whether promoting the amazingYorkshire countryside and stately homes or positioning theregion as a contemporary and modern place to live wherecutting-edge content is developed, our Production Fund hasinvested in different projects that achieve these aims. And,the fund is an investment – commercial success will meanwe have funds to re-invest to continue to build the industry.

We’ve started to see some major critical success from ourinvestments. In February 2008 This is England was awardedthe BAFTA Best British Film Award to add to its BritishIndependent Film Award, as well as recently becoming thesecond most watched film ever on Film Four. The Warp X low budget slate of films, of which Screen Yorkshire is apartner and funder, are already causing a stir – the first twofilms were both selected for the Sundance Film Festival – nomean feat for Sheffield-based Warp X. Other key productionswhich hit the cinema during 2007/08 included Mrs Ratcliffe’sRevolution by Assassin Films, starring Catherine Tate, andThe Cottage by Steel Mill Pictures and directed by awardwinning Paul Andrew Williams. Major developmentinvestments were awarded to three Yorkshire-basedcompanies for future projects: Studio of the North/Barzo inSheffield, Leeds-based Human Films and Tempo Productionsfrom Skipton, North Yorkshire.

The Cottage

Directed by Paul Andrew Williams ofLondon To Brighton fame. Receivedsupport from the Screen YorkshireProduction Fund.

Fact

IN THE LAST TWO YEARS SCREENYORKSHIRE HAS CREATED OVER £50MINWARD INVESTMENT.

Coming soon

Brideshead Revisited - out autumn 2008 The Damned United - out 2009 Red Riding Trilogy - out 2009 Wuthering Heights - out 2009Unforgiven - out 2009

Increasing drama production is one of Screen Yorkshire’sstrategic goals, resulting in two major drama productions beinginvested in – Kudos’ Spooks: Code 9 and Mammoth Screen’s Lostin Austen – both screened in 2008. War, Love, God and Madnesswas Yorkshire-based Human Films’ documentary of the makingof their own first feature film Ahlaam. Set during the Iraq war itwas selected for Rotterdam and Tribeca and received ScreenYorkshire production funding.

War, Love, God and Madness

Leeds-based Human Films shot thisdocumentary in Iraq during the filming of their feature Ahlaam. The documentary was selected for the Rotterdam and Tribeca festivalsand had Screen Yorkshire ProductionFund support.

Fact

THE FILM INDUSTRY HAS A GVA OF £3.2BNSource: DCMS figs 2006

This Is England

Was awarded the BAFTA Best BritishFilm Award in February 2008.

Spooks: Code 9

A Kudos production for BBC Three.



IIFA

The IIFA Awards came to Yorkshire in June 2007

When Kudos Productions were looking for a location for an off-shootof their major drama success Spooks they contacted Screen Yorkshire tosee what our region had to offer. Produced for BBC3, Spooks: Code 9is set in 2013 after a nuclear bomb forces the evacuation of London,the country’s power base shifts north with MI5 establishing its newheadquarters 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 inmajor regional spend and job creation. Developing long-term relationships with the UK’s majorproduction companies such as Kudos, who have established TV brands such as Spooks andensuring those companies have a very positive experience of shooting here, can result in thembringing back productions year after year. Screen Yorkshire put a package of support andincentives 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.

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.”

Case Study:

Bringing major TVbrands to YorkshireSpooks: Code 9

1920

Indian production 1920 shot at four differentYorkshire locations including Allerton Park nearKnaresborough. Screen Yorkshire supported theproduction with crewing and locations support.

Within six months of Yorkshire hosting the International Indian FilmAcademy Awards the region was the location for its first major Indian film production. Producer of over 20 films Vikram Bhatt brought hissupernatural 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:

“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 reallyenjoyed their time in Yorkshire. Hopefully this film will show other Indian filmmakerswhat 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 nowlooking to bring his next two films to Yorkshire and Humber to shoot them back-to-back andScreen Yorkshire is in talks with several other Indian producers.

Case Study:

A growing marketIndian Production


Michelle Buck, Managing Director of Mammoth Screen says:

“Screen Yorkshire’s Production Liaison Team were crucial to Lostin Austen shooting in the region. They worked closely with us tosource regional crew and find the variety of locations we needed.We’re now working on our second production in Yorkshire.”


Production Liaison & CrewingOur 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 moresupport we can offer, the more production we can secure for the region. In 2007/08 our team had 362 filming enquirieswhich resulted in 149 projects shooting in Yorkshire andHumber, including six feature films. We now also have over1200 freelancers and 150 facilities on our Crew and FacilitiesDatabase, allowing us to be the first port of call for anyproduction looking to crew up in Yorkshire and Humber. We also continue to work closely with Yorkshire’s ongoingproductions, such as The Royal Today, Emmerdale, Heartbeatand A Touch of Frost in order to source crew and new talent.

Lost in Austen

Filmed at Oakwell Hall, Batley insummer 2007. Produced by Mammoth Screenand commissioned by ITV with supportfrom the Screen Yorkshire ProductionFund.

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INDIE PRODUCTION REVENUES GREWBY 10% IN 2007 TOPPING £2BN FORTHE FIRST TIME - £2.14BN. PROFITMARGINS GREW FROM 6% TO 9.3%.Source: Pact production survey 2007

Fact

OUR PRODUCTION LIAISON TEAMBROUGHT £17,158,196 OF INWARDINVESTMENT TO THE REGIONDURING 2007/08.

Film Friendly PartnershipIn December 2007 we launched our Film Friendly Partnership.The aim is for all the region’s local authorities and tourismpartnerships to sign up to the Screen Yorkshire Film FriendlyPartnership Charter in 2008. It will ensure all partnersunderstand the benefits of filming and work together tosupport production and make it a smooth experience forproductions with things like road closures and otherpermissions. The partnership will enable Screen Yorkshire tomarket Yorkshire and Humber to the world as a region thatunderstands filming and offers filmmakers the best supportpossible.

Below is a list of Yorkshire’s local authorities which are allsigning up to the Screen Yorkshire film friendly partnership:

Barnsley City CouncilBradford City CouncilCraven District CouncilDoncaster Metropolitan Borough CouncilHarrogate Borough CouncilVisit Hull and East RidingEast Riding of Yorkshire Council Leeds City CouncilNorth East Lincolnshire Council

Hush

The third production from the Warp Xlow budget slate, Hush, shot aroundSheffield in autumn 2007.

Richmondshire District CouncilRotherham Metropolitan Borough CouncilRyedale District CouncilScarbrough Borough CouncilSelby District CouncilCity of York CouncilVisit YorkNorth Yorkshire County CouncilWakefield Metropolitan District Council

Some of the major productions our Production Liaison Team supported during 2007/08 include:

Brideshead Revisited Ecosse Films

White Girl Tiger Aspect

HushWarp X

Britz Mentorn Productions

Spooks: Code 9 Kudos

Lost in Austen Mammoth Screen

1920 ASA Productions


Developing homegrown talent is at the heart of Screen Yorkshire’s mission. We offer supportranging from careers talks at the region’s collegesand universities to 70% funding for experiencedfreelancers who may need to update their skills on the latest High Definition camera. Accessing

opportunities for regional talent can provide a stepping stone at crucialtimes in an individual’s career. For example, in partnership with Channel 4 we provided a new media bursary with a leading interactive company inSheffield – Quba. We also run trainee schemes and fund short films todevelop Yorkshire’s next generation of award winning producers anddirectors. Our innovative Guerrilla Careers Day offered 150 of Yorkshire’smedia students short, sharp 10 minute career talks from a full range of companies from every screen media sector. We established the GameRepublic Academy with three of the region’s leading universities.

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Overslept

Funded under Screen Yorkshire’sCaught Short digital shorts scheme.Filmed in Leeds

We InspireTalent


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Short Film across new platformsSourcing new film talent is high on Screen Yorkshire’s agendaand our new Blink mobile shorts scheme gave seven newfilmmakers the opportunity to create a short film on a mobilephone as an introduction to the creative process. Our CaughtShort digital shorts scheme, funded by the UK Film Council,continues to be a fundamental stepping stone for the region’snew filmmaking talent. This year’s scheme selected ninefilmmaking teams from several hundred applications. ScreenYorkshire then funds each project with £9000 and ExecutiveProduces the films along with offering crewing and locationssupport and ongoing advice. The support does not end there;a screening in Cannes of last year’s digital shorts was bookedout and regional screenings were also held.

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DURING 2007/08 SCREEN YORKSHIRESUPPORTED 826 INDIVIDUALS INFINDING EMPLOYMENT.

Hammerhead

Funded under Screen Yorkshire’s CaughtShort digital shorts scheme. Filmed inBridlington

A number of the films were selected for festivals and wonawards, including King Ponce along with Me Head’s a Shedwinning the Yorkshire Short Film Award. Our Up-Short schemeis the next stage for new talent providing £20,000 to make a20 minute film. Last year’s film, Private Life, continued to cleanup at awards ceremonies during 2007/08, being screened at80 festivals and winning 14 awards internationally. During2007/08 Mother, Mine received Up-Short funding, was filmedand will be screening at festivals throughout 2008.

Game Republic AcademyKeeping the top talent in the region is a must if Yorkshire is tocontinue to have four games development companies in theworld’s top 100. To address this issue the Game RepublicAcademy was created to bring together the region’s topcompanies with its top games talent. Although a pilot, thisvirtual academy gave eight students on three of Yorkshire andHumber’s leading games MSc courses (Hull University,Bradford University and Sheffield University) bursaries andlinked them up to mentor companies from the GameRepublic. The Game Republic Academy also organised aStudent 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 atthe University of Hull, said: “We are very pleased to beinvolved in the Game Republic Academy and are particularlypleased to have the support and backing of the gamesindustry. This collaboration should ensure that the brightesttalent is given the training and resources required to pursue acareer in the computer games industry.”

Game Republic Academy

Game MSc Students showcase their work to games companies at the GameRepublic Academy

In 2007/08 the region was successful in gaining a Skillset MediaAcademy, thanks to a partnership between Bradford University andEast Coast Media/Grimsby Institute being recognised at a nationallevel as providing some of the UK’s leading media education. Thepartnership was rewarded with Skillset Media Academy status due tooffering excellent facilities, distinctive courses and wide-rangingopportunities for students to engage with media education. IanPalmer, Dean of Bradford University’s School of Informatics said:

“Achieving Skillset Media Academy status really shows that, along with East CoastMedia, we are at the cutting edge of media education in the UK. It tells students thatwe can offer them an education that is world class and we’re very proud to haveachieved it.”

Screen Yorkshire is a partner and supporter of the Skillset Media Academy and is working closelywith the institutions to strengthen relationships between the academy and industry.”

Case Study:

Skillset Media AcademyBradford University & East Coast Media/ Grimsby Institute


Martin Radich’s first feature Crack Willow was recently screened atthe Edinburgh Film Festival through the ‘Under the Radar’ strandfor cult cinema. His relationship with Screen Yorkshire goes backmany years, from being a camera trainee on Like Minds via ScreenYorkshire’s Fast Track trainee scheme, to directing his first shortWake 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.”

The Ilkley-based director has also recently been sharing some of the knowledge and skills he hasdeveloped by mentoring short filmmakers on Screen Yorkshire’s Caught Short Focus scheme.

Case Study:

Regional Filmmaker’s firstfeature makes EdinburghMartin Radich


Crack Willow

Martin Radich’s first production feature received Screen Yorkshirefunding.

Not only was Sam Donovan’s King Ponce one of only 12 films toplay at the Manhattan Shorts Film Festival, it has also recently soldto a distributor – Network Ireland TV – which is rare for a short.Sam Donovan, based in Leeds, directed King Ponce, a short filmcommissioned as part of last year’s digital shorts scheme. King Ponceplayed at over 200 venues in 33 countries worldwide. The film alsoplayed at the prestigious Encounters film festival in Bristol lastNovember as part of the Best of British programme. Sam says:

Case Study:

From Leeds to Cannes and ManhattanSam Donovan Director of King Ponce

“Screen Yorkshire’s Digital Shorts scheme was a greatopportunity, helping me to develop my confidence as adirector as well as allowing me to showcase my work tolarge audiences at prestigious international events such as Cannes and The Manhattan Short Film Festival.”

King Ponce

Funded under Screen Yorkshire’s CaughtShort digital shorts scheme.


Michael Grade, Chief Executive of ITV and Skillset Patron, said:

“If we are to stay in touch with our audience demands weneed an ongoing supply of fresh ideas, creativity and diverseperspectives. Structured trainee schemes like NorthernRoutes are one of the key industry responses to this issueand I’m very pleased to give ITV’s support to this scheme.”


Spark Scriptwriting Scheme Our Spark scheme for new scriptwriters continues to grow inpopularity, with 150 writers attending this year’s three dayintroductory workshop run in conjunction with BBC Writer’sRoom. This resulted in 200 submissions for 15 places on thescheme. The successful writers then take part in a number ofround table discussions and residentials in order to hone theirscripts with the opportunity of then receiving £10,000development funding from Screen Yorkshire to take theirscripts to market.

Other Yorkshire-based talent leading the way:

John Hunter won a place on ourScript Editor scheme and is now working for RollemProductions

Olubukola Abiodun made a shortfilm on the Global Stories projectand is now working on MammothScreen’s Wuthering Heights

Robin Cramp was successful in gaining a Channel 4/ScreenYorkshire new media bursary to work with interactive mediacompany Quba.

Hammerhead

was funded under Screen Yorkshire’sCaught Short digital shorts scheme andfilmed Bridlington.

A new trainee scheme across the North of England was developedwith funding from Skillset. Screen Yorkshire worked with its partnerRegional 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 northernproduction 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:

“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 beenreally good, I am learning so much and just taking in as much as I can.”

Case Study:

Northern RoutesDeveloping new talentacross the north

Vigilante

was funded under Screen Yorkshire’sCaught Short digital shorts scheme andfilmed in North East Lincolnshire.

Fact

368 PEOPLE WERE GIVEN SKILLSDEVELOPMENT BY SCREENYORKSHIRE IN 2007/08.

Nadine Al-Samarraie

Hair and make-up trainee onNorthern Routes


Sheffield Doc/Fest

Louis Theroux with filmmaker fan photographed at Sheffield Doc/Fest2008.

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Access to media at all ages is now recognised at government level as vital to education, culture, social mobility and a skilled workforce. Nationalstrategies have now been developed for film education and screen heritagein recognition of their importance culturally for the UK. Screen Yorkshireinvests in and supports a wide range of activity and initiatives across theregion to increase access, celebrate diversity and foster communitycohesion.

We DevelopAudiences


In July 2007, 335 delegates attended the fourth ShowcomotionChildren’s Media Conference, based in Sheffield and now theleading UK conference for all those working in the children’smedia industry including producers, buyers and regulators fromaround the world.

“This year we had delegates from throughout Europe, the US, Jamaica, Israel and from different sectors includingTV, 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 mediaand how we all address recent difficulties around funding,” said Kathy Loizou,Showcomotion Director.

Showcomotion Young People’s Film Festival runs in parallel to the media conference andlasts for 15 days, giving kids the opportunity of viewing 175, films including 101 made byyoung 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 wasincredibly positive. The combination of the Showcomotion festival and conference is positioning Yorkshire as a major player in children’s media.”

Case Study:

Children’s MediaShowcomotionConference and YoungPeople’s Film Festival

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Education and Screen HeritageScreen Yorkshire has been a part of the development of the UK Film Council’s new Education and Screen Heritagestrategies, ensuring the region’s leading work in these areas is represented and best practice can be shared throughoutthe UK. Yorkshire Film Archive online is the first online archiveprovision in England which broadens access to a range ofdiverse collections and material. Other key projects during2007/08 included being a key partner in Bradford’s bid to become UNESCO City of Film and ensuring Yorkshiregained £466,716 of investment in youth media via theMediabox programme.

ExhibitionYorkshire 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 toLondon and Edinburgh) to ArtERY touring cinema in the EastRiding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire’s diversity of film activity is amajor strength, offering numerous opportunities for citizens toview a vast array of content. Screen Yorkshire funded eight of the region’s festivals during 2007/08, including Sheffield’sDoc/Fest which continues to go from strength to strengthattracting 1200 delegates last year, the Glimmer Film Festivalin Hull, Bradford Animation Festival and two of the UK’sleading children’s film festivals: Showcomotion in Sheffieldand the Leeds Young People’s Film Festival. We also investedcore funding into a number of independent urban cinemas,such as the Showroom in Sheffield and the National MediaMuseum in Bradford, whilst rural access was increased byinvestment in the Yorkshire Group of Film Societies.

Leeds Young People’s Film Festival

Children take part in workshops at LYPFF.

Showcomotion

Making Sheffield a centre forchildren’s media

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-attendmedia event for anyone doing business in theUK kids’ media marketplace”

Fact

IN 2007 YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERHAD 292 SCREENS WITH 13.3MADMISSIONS. 13 OF THESE WERESPECIALISED SCREENS UKFC statistics 2008


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 anetwork 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 newaudiences,” says Ellen Thorpe, Manager of ArtERY.

Building on the success of a live arts programme supported by Arts Council and East Ridingof Yorkshire Council, ArtERY has provided a rich film programme available to people ontheir doorstep. ArtERY is a low-cost, sustainable model working with new venues and users.

Ellen added: “To date, the scheme has involved over 20 venues across an area of 500square 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 theprogramme.”

Case Study:

Film for everyoneArtERY

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ArtERY

A touring rural cinema programme.

In its ninth year the Leeds Young People’s Film Festival attracted itshighest total audience since it began with 1000 young peopleattending workshops, masterclasses and other events.

“The purpose of LYPFF is to introduce young people to themoving 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 eventsis really important as it means we’re giving more young people these opportunities”,said Debbie Maturi, Head of Leeds Young Film.

The Film Festival attracted more industry guests than previous years including Bob TheBuilder creator, Curtis Jobling and acclaimed writer Frank Cottrell Boyce, allowingyoung people to get a real taste of the industry:

“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 anattempt 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.

Case Study:

Starting them youngLeeds Young People’sFilm Festival

Leeds Young People’s Film Festival

Youngsters take part in the ‘ZombieGathering’ to launch the festival.

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THERE ARE NOW 246 DIGITAL SCREENSIN THE UK. 16% OF THESE ARE 3DDIGITALScreen Digest


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Castle Howard, Yorkshire

Photo by Simon Warner.

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 believeYorkshire 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.

We Showcase Yorkshire

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Screen Yorkshire media coverage 2007/08

Total number of press cuttings: 227Trade press cuttings: 64National and International press cuttings: (non-trade): 10Regional press cuttings: 163Advertising equivalent rate: £292,108PR value : £876,325TV coverage: 7 news itemsRadio coverage: 7 news itemsOn-line video: 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.

48/49WE SHOWCASE YORKSHIRESCREEN YORKSHIRE ANNUAL REPORT 2007-08

To support our strategy to increase drama production in the region we sponsored the first major TV Dramaconference by Broadcast magazine. The conference sold out and allowed us to align Yorkshire and its dramaproduction with the industry’s major drama conference andits 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 amajor feature promoting the UK takes place. This ensuresYorkshire is seen as a region where major productions andcompanies can access what they need.

In 2007/08 we developed a new communication strategy to get our message out there. We invested in a new websitewhich 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 afterlaunch. Our new email newsletter is now distributed to over2000 individuals – up by 53% in the first three months. One of our key objectives in the past year was to ensuremore of the UK’s industry is aware of our region, of whatScreen Yorkshire can offer and of all the cutting edge content that is being created here. We did this by increasingour trade press coverage by 58% in the latter six months of 2007, undertaking advertising in key issues of the tradepress and developing a new suite of marketing andpromotional materials.

Advertising, Events, Design and Print:

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Lost in Austen

Filmed at Oakwell Hall, Batley in summer2007. Produced by Mammoth Screen andcommissioned by ITV with support from theScreen Yorkshire Production Fund.

FinancialStatements

Income and Expenditure Account for the year ending 31 March 2008

2008 (£) 2007 (£)

Income 4,020,638 3,705,310

Expenditure 3,292,977 3,104,829

Gross Surplus 727,661 600,481

Administrative expenses 739,150 593,232

Operating (deficit) / surplus (11,489) 7,249

Interest receivable 24,390 9,077

Surplus on ordinary activities before taxation 12,901 16,326

Tax on surplus on ordinary activities 4,878 1,725

Surplus for the financial year 8,023 14,601

Balance sheet at 31st March 20082008 (£) 2008 (£) 2007 (£) 2007 (£)

Fixed assets

Tangible assets 60,607 54,471

Current assets

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

Reserves

Income and expenditure account 152,396 144,948

Members’ fund 152,396 144,948

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52/53FINANCIAL STATEMENTSSCREEN YORKSHIRE ANNUAL REPORT 2007-08

Exhibition and Education (Grant in Aid)Organisation Project Title Award Amount (£)

Bradford Film Ltd Bradford Film GIA 2008 69,000

Showroom Showroom GIA 2008 69,000

Yorkshire Film Societies Yorkshire Film Societies GIA 2008 5,000

Showcomotion Showcomotion GIA 2008 12,000

Leeds International Film Festival LIFF GIA 2008 17,500

Sheffield Doc/Fest Sheffield Int. Documentary Festival GIA 2008 18,000

Sheffield Independent Film Sheffield Independent Film GIA 2008 30,000

Cube Media Cube Media GIA 2008 18,000

Yorkshire Film Archive Yorkshire Film Archive GIA 2008 45,000

Hull Film Hull Film GIA 2008 7,000

Leeds International Film Festival Leeds Film Quarter GIA 2008 7,500

Whitgift Cinema Whitgift GIA 2008 2,000

Total 300,000

ProductionOrganisation Project Title Award Amount (£)

Human Film ‘Um-Hussein’ working title ‘The Mother’ 20,000.00

Brideshead Films Ltd Brideshead Revisited 12,500.00

Warp Films Paintballing (previously War Paint) 16,000.00

Barzo/Studio Of The North Productions Ltd The Baby and Fly Pie 9,630.00

Warp X Limited Hush 149,092.67

Mammoth Screen (Austen) Ltd Lost In Austen 187,000.00

Kudos (Liberty) Limited Liberty 320,000.00

Warp X (ATP) Limited ATP 95,745.00

Tempo Productions Limited Untitled Witches Project 17,519.00

Human Film War, Love, God, Madness 25,000.00

Warp X (Bunny) Limited Bunny and the Bull 76,460.00

Mammoth Screen (WH) Ltd Wuthering Heights 132,000.00

Total 1,060,946.67

Digital ShortsOrganisation Name Award Amount (£)

Picture Palace North Ltd Picture Palace North Ltd 9,000.00

Shoot Productions Shoot Productions 9,000.00

Magic Bean Productions Ltd Gambit Productions Ltd 9,000.00

Aine Parkinson Gemma Ferguson 4,000.00

David Johnson David Johnson 9,000.00

Aimee Bowen Aimee Bowen 4,000.00

Diane Whitley Diane Whitley 9,000.00

Blueprint: Film Blueprint: Film 8,000.00

Natasha Arciniega Natasha Arciniega 9,000.00

Total 70,000.00

LotteryOrganisation Project Title Award Amount (£)

Arts in Richmondshire Audience and Programming 12,000.00

National Media Museum Bite The Mango 15,000.00

National Media Museum Bradford Animation Festival 2007 10,000.00

Showroom 2008 Sheffield Adventure Film Forum 10,000.00

C Media Productions Ltd Dreams South Yorkshire Experimental Shorts 5,000.00

Hull Film Hull Film 17,500.00

Leeds Bridge Ltd Leeds Dreams 4,900.00

Leeds International Film Festival The Citywide Film Festival 15,000.00

York Film Trust Film Alfresco 2007 9,541.50

Tara-Dawn Baldwin Story 885.00

Blink Shorts/Movies Mentoring 16,000.00

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 250.00

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 15,000.00

Barton Film Group Wider Screen Project 2,850.00

Showcomotion Showcomotion Young People’s Film Festival 2008 20,000.00

Sheffield Mencap & Gateway Colours in a Rainbow 4,200.00

Sheffield Independent Film Dr Kitch 1,620.00

John Hunter THE END IS NIGEL 840.00

John Watts Mobile Music 1,960.00

Derville Quigley Hiccup! 2,000.00

Total 263,445.50



Business DevelopmentOrganisation Project Title Award Amount (£)Channel 4 Richard Whitely Bursary 5,000.00Mandrill Television Development into Terrestrial Markets 18,048.00The Research Centre for Television and Interactivity Sponsorship Agreement for RDP,

International Programme, & Cross Creative 68,000.00Real Life Media Productions Ltd The One Show: Development Funding 14,991.00True North Productions Support for ‘Life from the Loft’ BBC Pitch 8,000.00The Code Monkeys GDC 2007 120.00Red Star Studios IAAPA Trade Show and Marketing CampaignCDS-Studio Consultancy for Strategic Business Development 2,970.00The Mob Film Co (North) Ltd. 12 Month Marketing Strategy 8,565.22Daisybeck Productions Development Funding: Two Queens and a Castle 6,000.00True North Productions Channel 4 Company Development Fund 27,000.00Revolution Software Broken Sword: Production & Business Development 35,000.00Television Ruby Ltd Bad Mothers 2 Development 8,200.00Channel 4 Quba New Media BursaryQuba Bad Mothers 2 Cross Platform Proposal 2,500.00Chameleon Television Ltd Script Development Funding: Coe versus Ovett 17,625.00Splash Consumer Products Limited Boy & The Dinosaur Production Funding 25,000.00Daisybeck Productions ITV Daytime Opportunities 6,000.00BBC Future Media & Technology Innovation Labs 2008 27,000.00Sheffield Doc/Fest Digi-Docs Programme Doc/Fest 2007 5,000.00Best Front Seat Development Projects 30,000.00Red Studios Follow up Mentoring Session (2) with Pembridge 750.00Numiko Follow up Mentoring Session (2) with Pembridge 881.25Screenhouse Productions Attendance at World Congress of Science Producers 904.66Chameleon Television Ltd Nat Geo Content Development 1,263.12Screenhouse Productions Initial 3 month development into new markets 9,975.00Daisybeck Productions Sarah Allen - Extended contract 5,250.00Rollem Productions Developing Established Northern Writers 25,000.00Mandrill Television Start up Costs Training 20,882.26IMP Media Cross Operator Platform Development 41,125.00Screenhouse Productions C4 Sisters in Crime Taster Tape 1,000.00Quba New Media MIPTV08 New Media Support Package 500.00IMP Media MIPTV08 New Media Support Package 500.00Mezzo Films MIPTV08 New Media Support Package 500.00Quba New Media Development Projects 2008 16,600.00Tuna Technologies Ltd. GDC 2008 500.00Media Mill GDC 2008 1,000.00Pit Stop Productions GDC 2008 500.00Creative North GDC 2008 1,000.00Kavcom Ltd GDC 2008 500.00Chemistry GDC 2008 500.00Kerrupt Animation Channel 5 Pilot 4,112.50Limelight Software GDC 2008 1,000.00Bradford Film Ltd Industry Weekend at Bradford International Film Festival 2008 5,000.00Willy With His Boots On Productions Willy With His Boots On Script Development 15,000.00Red Star Studios The Curse of Skull Rock Digital Cinema Package 750.00Splash Consumer Products Limited MIPTV Support Package 2008 1,500.00Blue August Creations Ltd. MIPTV Support Package 2008 1,644.97Sheffield Doc/Fest Sponsorship Development Doc/Fest 2008 5,000.00Unexpected Media Crossover UK 2008/2009 90,000.00Numiko CBBC Newsround Development 13,739.00Total £596,896.98

Company TrainingOrganisation Award Amount (£)

Little Northern Light Production 325.25

Slackjaw Films 140.00

Andrew Vickers 88.12

Duchy Parade Films Ltd 340.00

Mezzo Studios Ltd 73.44

NMTV Ltd (Trading as Mandrill Televisoin) 485.00

Human Film 41.40

Macunicate Films 84.15

Jeep Productions Limited 60.00

Janet Howe Casting 60.00

Sense Internet Ltd 1,145.62

Sumo Digital Ltd 499.50

The Business Affairs Consultancy Ltd 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 162.50

Numiko 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 89.00

Total 7,635.33


Games

• The UK produces 15% of the world’s videogames output.

• The UK has 12.2% share of world gamessoftware sales.

• The UK is the third largest market for games in the world with 12% of global sales.ELSPA


Will Hutton: “Staying ahead: the economic performance of the creative industries”:

“The size of the creative industries sector iscomparable to the financial services sector.They now make up more than 7.3% of theeconomy and are growing at 5% per year.”

“Staying ahead: the economic performance of the creative industries”:

The creative economy now employs 1.8million people including those who work increative occupations (1m creative industries800k creative occupations).

THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES HAVE A TOTAL GVA OF £60.8BN.DCMS figs 2006

THERE ARE 120,700 BUSINESSES IN THECREATIVE INDUSTRIES IN THE UK. DCMS figs 2006

DCMS ESTIMATES CREATIVE INDUSTRIESACCOUNT FOR 8% OF GVA.

FILMS DEPICTING THE UK ARERESPONSIBLE FOR ATTRACTING ABOUT 1 IN 5 OVERSEAS TOURISTS, SPENDINGAROUND £1.8BN A YEAR, ESTIMATED TOBE WORTH £900M TO UK GDP Visit Britain

Appendix A: The market opportunityWhy invest in the creative industries?

The UK’s creative industries nowoutperform every other Europeanstate and are now centre stage ofthe UK economy. The UK has thelargest creative sector in the EUand, relative to GDP, probably in theworld.

Digitisation presents opportunitiesfor businesses to offer theircreative products through differentchannels, tailoring their products to different customers’ needs.

Television

• 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.Ofcom Yearbook 2007 (figs for 2006)

Film

• In 2007, 747m was spent on making British films.904m was taken at box office – 8% growth. Britishfilms made up 28% of this, up from 19% in 2006.

• 7 UK titles appeared in the top twenty, and the UKwas involved in the making of 112 films; 60 UKfeature films, 28 inward investment films and 29 UKco-productions.

• 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

Interactive Media

• The Interactive Media sector now employs48,600 people across the UK.Skillset Census 2006

• youtube now has 100m users each day.• myspace now has 100m users.



Appendix B: YorkshireMaking the most of creative industries growth

YORKSHIRE HAS THE FASTEST GROWINGCREATIVE AND DIGITAL SECTOR OUTSIDEOF LONDON WITH 13,000 COMPANIESBASED HERE.Yorkshire Forward figs 2005

The screen media industries employed the following in Yorkshire:

Television 1,800 Radio 300 Film 100 Facilities 1,100 Computer Games 700 Interactive Media 5,600 Other Content Creation 100 Performers 1,200 Skillset census 2007

We do Television

ITV Yorkshire: Emmerdale, Heartbeat, The Royal, The Royal TodayTrue North:One Man and His Canoe: John Darwin, Animal Rescue, My Fake BabyChameleon: Dispatches: Angry, Young and Muslim, Panorama: Young GunmenMandrill: Sex Change, Baby DaysDaisybeck: ONE Life: For One Night Only, Really Wild at HeartScreenhouse: Timewatch:The Hidden ChildrenReal Life: The Real Dick TurpinVeryMuchSo Productions: The John Akii-Bua Story

We do Games

The Code Monkeys: International Athletics for Sony PSP and Nintendo DSTeam 17: Worms series for Nintendo DS / PSP and Xbox;Lemmings for PSP / PS2Rockstar Leeds: Grand Theft AutoGamerholix: Little BritainAlternative Software: Frank Dettori RacingZoo Digital Publishing: Premier ManagerSumo Digital: Virtua TennisRevolution Software: Broken Sword series

We do film

Warp Films: This is England; Dead Man’s ShoesWarp X: Hush; A Complete History of my Sexual FailuresEcosse Films: Brideshead Revisited**Working Title: Wild Child**Steel Mill Pictures: The Cottage**ASA films: 1920****Filmed on location in Yorkshire

We do Interactive Media

Numiko: BBC: Doctor Who – websiteBBC: Eastenders ‘Ghosts of Walford’ and

Family Tree – websiteBBC: The State Within – websiteBBC: Britain from Above – websiteBBC: Waking The Dead – websiteQuba: BBC: Sunday Life – websiteIMP Media: Orange: Mobile GameshowIOKO: Channel 4, BskyB, ITV – Web Based Video On Demand DESQ: Skillswise for BBC Learning – websiteFirst aid for BBC Health – websiteLife Quest for BBC Jam – website

IT IS FORECAST THAT THE ‘SCREENSECTOR’ WILL CONTRIBUTE £913.2M TOREGIONAL ECONOMY BY 2016Yorkshire Forward 2005

YORKSHIRE



Appendix C: Screen YorkshireBuilding the screen media industries in Yorkshire Grand total:

£4,032,127

YORK

£139,820 CRAVEN

£17,519

CALDERDALE

£9,740

HAMBLETON

£750

HARROGATE

£264

DONCASTER

£3,500

Screen Yorkshire’s direct award investment in each council district:

LEEDS

£924,195

RICHMONDSHIRE

£10,000

KIRKLEES

£20,273

SELBY

£26,500BRADFORD

£138,970

BARNSLEY

£15,320

SCREEN YORKSHIRE FUNDEDTRAINING ACTIVITY FOR 425INDIVIDUALS DURING 2007/08.

WE FUNDED 7721 HOURS OF SKILLSDEVELOPMENT DURING 2007/08.

WE SUPPORTED NINE FESTIVALS DURING 2007/08.

IN 2007/08 OUR TEAM HAD 362 FILMINGENQUIRIES WHICH RESULTED IN 149PROJECTS SHOOTING IN YORKSHIREAND HUMBER, INCLUDING SIXFEATURE FILMS. THIS RESULTED IN1,117 FILMING DAYS IN YORKSHIREFROM THESE PRODUCTIONS.**

**Note: this figure is based on those productionswhich return paperwork, an ongoing challenge forScreen Yorkshire, therefore the actual figure ismuch higher.

IN 2007/08 WE INVESTED £4,032,127 IN 150 PROJECTS. SHEFFIELD

£564,009

WAKEFIELD

£1,812

N.E. LINCOLNSHIRE

£3,500

HULL

£60,000

1. This figure is total expenditure and includesdelivery costs for all projects across the wholeregion

1

Key

WE BUILD BUSINESS

WE GROW PRODUCTION

WE INSPIRE TALENT

WE DEVELOP AUDIENCES

WE SHOWCASE YORKSHIRE

16%

6%

29%

38%

11%

Summary 2007–2008 (Including Overheads)

TotalWe build business 1 ,169,256We grow production 1 ,546,340We inspire talent 436,998We develop audiences 656,748We showcase Yorkshire 222,785Total 4 ,032,127

ROTHERHAM

£500

NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE

£2,850


SCREEN YORKSHIRE ANNUAL REPORT 2007-08

Bill Lawrence Bill is the Creative Director at Showroom Workstation inSheffield, one of the UK’s leading independent cinemas andbase for many successful companies in the creativeindustries. He was the Head of Film at the National MediaMuseum in Bradford until April 2008, where over 16 years hedeveloped the film delivery to include Bradford InternationalFilm Festival, Bradford Animation Festival and Bite the MangoFilm Festival. He is also on the partnership board for BradfordCity of Film and a director of York Film Trust.

Steve HewlettSteve currently works as a broadcasting consultant, withclients including Ofcom, DCMS, Channel 4 and BSkyB. He is a Guardian columnist and also runs Big Pictures Ltd, a television production company with commissions fromChannel 4, the BBC and the PBS Network in the USA.Previously held positions include Head of Factual Programmesat Channel 4 and Managing Director of Carlton Productions,as well as being a former editor of Panorama and BBC Onedocumentary strand, Inside Story.

Jon KingsburyJon Kingsbury runs the Creative Economy InnovationProgramme 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 withexternal creative suppliers. Before becoming interested in driving creative business growth, Jon held a number of senior editorial commissioning roles at the BBC and Channel4, always in the space where linear TV broadcasting meetsinteractive content.

John GodberJohn Godber is a trained teacher with an M.A. from LeedsUniversity and was a PHd research student for five years. His career in the theatre has been has been littered withawards. In 1984 he won a Laurence Olivier Award for Up NUnder and he has written over fifty full length stage plays aswell as adaptations and children‚s plays including the recentadaptation of the best selling series of children's booksHorrid Henry. He is currently working on a Radio DramaSeries for Radio Four and writing a new play to open the new £15 million theatre for Hull Truck.

Steve Abbott (Chair) Born and raised in Bradford, Steve has spent most of hiscareer working in film and TV with members of the MontyPython team. Steve’s producing credits include A Fish CalledWanda and Brassed Off whilst his companies, ProminentFeatures and Prominent Television, have won may awards,including an Oscar, a Ceasar and several BAFTAs. He wasrecently Executive Producer on Michael Palin’s New EuropeTV travel series and is presently working with Palin on a 20thAnniversary special for BBC1.

John SurteesJohn is Director of Site Services for ITV in Leeds andManchester and Chairman of 3sixtymedia, an ITV/BBC jointventure operating studios and post production. Previous roleswithin ITV include news operations, Controller of Production(YTV), Director of Resources (North) and MD of Provision.

Cameron McCrackenCameron McCracken is Managing Director of Pathe, one ofthe UK’s leading feature film production and distributioncompanies. He is a member of the British Screen AdvisoryCouncil and has co-produced or executive produced over 20films including Girl With a Pearl Earring and The Queen.

Charles CecilCharles is Managing Director of Revolution Software,Europe’s leading developer of narrative driven video games.Responsible for writing a string of hugely successfuladventure games including Broken Sword, the company has also developed games based on major TV and filmfranchises.

Ruth Pitt Ruth Pitt is an executive producer with Century Films, acompany specalising in long-form documentaries and series.She is a former Creative Director of documentaries in BBCReligion and Ethics and also spent two years helping theBBC develop its plans for network TV production outsideLondon. Ruth was previously Head of Documentaries atGranada Television, founder and Managing Director of RealLife Productions and reporter and presenter at YorkshireTelevision. She lives in Ilkley, West Yorkshire.












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