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Stanley Kubrick is probably the region’s most distinguished film maker. Based near St Albans for much of his working life, Kubrick made 12 feature films which earned him a reputation as one of the leading film directors of his generation.

Kubrick’s films include:
2001, A Space Odyssey
A Clockwork Orange
Full Metal Jacket
Dr. Strangelove
Eyes Wide Shut

The Museum of St Albans and University of Hertfordshire have teamed up to offer you a summer of film with exhibition, talks, activities and screenings in St Albans and Hatfield.
With support from the Stanley Kubrick Estate and University of the Arts London.

Places are now open for ‘Working the Tax Credit’, The Production Guild's latest day long industry training course covering the complex nature of film funding. Places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis so please do book as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

With the ever growing complexity of film funding, the demands on the production accountant to report to various interested parties in a number of different ways are increasing. For example a UK/Hungarian co-production claiming the UK and Hungarian tax credits requires the same set of information to be presented to auditors in each of the countries in a different but detailed way in order for them to streamline and optimize the tax credits that they can achieve for the production.

Jane Corden and Dan Palmer who have worked with auditors, financiers, completion guarantors and producers on multiple complicated co-productions around the world will present a workshop for the accountant to help them manage the information requirements on all productions from the simple UK tax credit to the more complicated multi partner co-production with multiple tax credit claims.

Save everyone the heartache especially yourselves by setting up a flexible system with all needs considered from the outset. It is all in the detail and preparation.

Full Breakdown of the Training Day:

- Introduction.
- Overview of the UK tax credit and auditors needs from Tenon.
- Analysing the budget for a clear understanding of how budget items should be allocated.
- Setting up your system – use of free fields or locations.
- Data entry getting your team involved.
- Tracking spend.
- Managing expenditure that qualifies under two tax credit schemes.
- Inter company billing and exchange implications.
- The audit and interim claims.

This day long training course will take place at the Production Guild Offices, Pinewood Studios on Monday 27th September 2010.

Places are priced at:

PG Members: £120 (+ VAT)
Non-Members: £200 (+ VAT)

Places can be booked by e-mailing Gareth Blake at Gareth@ProductionGuild.com. Please do also state how you would like to make your payment for the training course within this e-mail as well. The Production Guild can accept debit/credit card payments by telephone, cheques and bank transfers.

Are you a media professional who now finds themselves in a Management position?

Effective Business Management is a 5-day course designed to provide media managers with the skills and know-how needed to manage content projects within a media business. Participants will develop their knowledge across four key areas and apply these to the development of a portfolio.

The course covers 4 broad areas,
- Intellectual Property
- Market Research for your business
- Planning for growth
- Media Project Management

This course is accredited and credits count towards MA in Professional Media Practice. All assignments are practical and provide a good basis for developing your skills.

Who is it for?
Effective Business Management is aimed at media professionals working at producer level in small to medium sized companies who have at least three years experience in a management role.

Tutor
Malcolm Moore – Lead Tutor
Malcolm is a Producer and media consultant specialising in developing professional relationships, independent production and rights exploitation. He is an established training provider with excellent communication skills.
Malcolm has extensive experience relating to a diverse range of emerging and established practitioners involved in development, production and distribution. He is proficient in presenting creative ideas and the commercial aspects of a production to public and private funding sources. Malcolm also has comprehensive knowledge of industry contacts, licenses and assignments in most formats and genres.

Dates: 4th – 8th October 2010

Course duration: 5 days

Venue: University of Hertfordshire

Fees: £695 (subsidies may be available, please enquire for further details)

Eligibility criteria: Minimum 3 year experience of a management role within a media company

Website:go.herts.ac.uk/creativelearning

Contact details: Call us on 01707 285327 or email us at cpd@herts.ac.uk

In an age of social networking, how do you make your content work for you?

Marketing through Social Networks is a 4-day course that will enable participants to understand and deliver marketing and publicity campaigns across digital platforms.

Who is it for?
Anyone involved in content creation who wants to find an audience online.

Course content
Marketing through Social Networks is part instructional, part practical, and includes ‘live’ publishing of content to a public site. It provides participants with the professional level skills needed to devise, build and deliver successful marketing campaigns across different digital platforms. The course shows how to begin using social media and social / professional networks to find an audience, and as a primary method of promoting and marketing film.
The course introduces you to the technologies, services and communities available to anybody wishing to use social media & social networking for commercial purposes. You will learn how to write engagingly and effectively for social media and social networks as well as acquiring an understanding of how Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) and Social Media Optimisation (SMO) work. The course also includes an introduction to blogging, “microblogging” and the differences between doing it for fun and doing it commercially.

At the end of the course will be able to complete a strategic plan addressing audiences and markets. This course is accredited counts towards MA in Professional Media Practice. All assignments are practical and provide a good basis for developing your skills.

Tutor
Colin Birch - After ten years working in media technology magazine publishing and eight as a technology reseller, specialising in media production tools, Colin started Informed Sauce in 2003 with a partner. Together they offer media training and workflow consultancy services and publish booklets on aspects of the media content production business. Apart from his work in Informed Sauce Communications, Colin is also a marketing and communications consultant. He plans and executes strategies and campaigns and writes and produces content to help organisations tell their stories.

Dates: 18th – 21st October 2010

Course duration: 4 days

Venue: University of Hertfordshire

Fees: £600 (subsidies may be available, please enquire for further details)

Eligibility criteria: This course is specifically tailored to people with content that they wish to promote through online marketing and networking.

Website: go.herts.ac.uk/creativelearning

Contact details: Call us on 01707 285327 or email us at cpd@herts.ac.uk

Do you need to update your skills and acumen to lead your media business?

Effective Business Leadership is an exciting 5-day course which will give you an edge in a very competitive market place. The course is designed for the creative media industries and is delivered by experienced professionals who combine strong sector knowledge with robust business skills.

The course covers 4 broad areas,
- Leadership and Development
- Managing Change
- Negotiating and Influencing skills
- Growing your business

This course is accredited and credits count towards MA in Professional Media Practice. All assignments are practical and provide a good basis for developing your skills.

Who is it for?
This course is aimed at CEOs, Owner/Managers and Leaders in small to medium sized Media companies who have at least five years experience in a Management position.

Tutor
Ann Kristen Glenster - Ann Kristin Glenster has considerable expertise from nearly ten years of film financing. As a strategic consultant, Ann Kristin has worked on innovative technology-led business models for the internet-based film company MODFilm, which secured considerable backing from NESTA.
Previously, Ann Kristin held the position as the Managing Director of FilmCamp (The Kautokeino Rebellion, and UK Film Council's Far North), a regional Norwegian film fund with an annual investment budget of £2.5 million.
Ann Kristin trained in law at London University, and has been awarded master degrees from Columbia University in New York and the Media Business School in Spain. She has been a voting member of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) since 2004. She is on the Board of Directors of Women in Film and Television in the UK and a Fellow at the Royal Society of Arts.

Dates: 25th – 29th October 2010

Course duration:5 days

Venue: University of Hertfordshire

Fees: £695 (subsidies may be available, please enquire for further details)

Eligibility criteria: Minimum 5 years experience in a management position in a media company.

Website: go.herts.ac.uk/creativelearning

Contact details:Call us on 01707 285327 or email us at cpd@herts.ac.uk

“The world’s best new shorts” Metro newspaper

In the last seven years Super Shorts has awarded over £35,000 worth of prizes to talented filmmakers and scriptwriters. In that time we've shown around 1,000 incredible short films, from slick 35mm shorts to weird and wonderful experimental films. We've held over 120 events, including seminars, panel discussions and workshops.

This year is set to be better than ever and we are continuing our tradition of providing cash prizes for the top films and scripts.

Entries Now Open
We are now accepting films under 20 minutes and short scripts under 20 pages. Filmmakers and writers can either apply at Withoutabox or via a printed submission (details at www.supershorts.org).

Short Film Competition
All films under 20 minutes are eligible, including live action, documentary and animation with fourteen award categories including Best Direction, Editing, Script, Sound, Cinematography and Producers' Award. This year sees the addition of the 'Low Budget Award' which celebrates the film which achieves the most on a limited budget. The top prize is the Grand Prix which has a £1,000 cash prize .

Short Script Competition
Open to all scripts under 20 pages of any genre and with a top prize of £500 cash. All shortlisted scripts will receive feedback and as our Festival Jury will be made up of industry professionals we hope that this competition will be useful in getting your script read by more people. Submitted scripts will remain private at all times everyone involved will be required to sign a non-disclosure agreement to ensure your script remains protected.

Head of Festival Jury 2010 – Chris Jones
Chris Jones is a filmmaker and author of the internationally bestselling "Guerilla Film Makers Handbook" series. In 2009 his short film 'Gone Fishing' was Oscar shortlisted, won the prestigious Producers Guild of America's Best Short Film and collected over 40 international awards.

"It's a real honour to be heading the jury for the 2010 Super Shorts Film Festival. I'm looking forward to being able to champion filmmaking talent from all over the world" Chris Jones

More information at www.supershorts.org