ScreenSkills chair says there is “no silver bullet” but the industry must “play its part”.
UK training body Creative Skillset is rebranding as ScreenSkills as it looks to more clearly reflect the work it does across the country’s wide-reaching screen industries, including film, television, animation, VFX and games.
Accompanying the organisation’s new identity is new initiative Giving Back, which will aim to increase the UK’s skilled workforce to meet the booming production demand. Through the initiative, it is calling for greater contribution from the industry to skills training.
This will include urging productions to pay into the...
UK training body Creative Skillset is rebranding as ScreenSkills as it looks to more clearly reflect the work it does across the country’s wide-reaching screen industries, including film, television, animation, VFX and games.
Accompanying the organisation’s new identity is new initiative Giving Back, which will aim to increase the UK’s skilled workforce to meet the booming production demand. Through the initiative, it is calling for greater contribution from the industry to skills training.
This will include urging productions to pay into the...
- 10/4/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Panelists spotlighted freedom of movement as one of several concerns about a post-Brexit Britain.
At today’s BFI London Film Festival industry panel, which looked at the potential ramifications of Brexit on the UK’s status as a leading international film and TV location, freedom of movement, Creative Europe funding and the potential impact on the sales and production sectors were flagged as key issues.
While Isabel Davis, head of international at the BFI and moderator for the panel, set out reassurances at the start about the UK tax credit being secure and UK co-production treaties remaining intact, panellists expressed different levels of concern over the UK’s impending departure from the EU.
Alex Hope, managing director of leading VFX house Double Negative, noted that, in order for the UK to remain a leader in the visual-effects field, freedom of movement for workers was of paramount importance.
“We want the brightest and the best coming to the...
At today’s BFI London Film Festival industry panel, which looked at the potential ramifications of Brexit on the UK’s status as a leading international film and TV location, freedom of movement, Creative Europe funding and the potential impact on the sales and production sectors were flagged as key issues.
While Isabel Davis, head of international at the BFI and moderator for the panel, set out reassurances at the start about the UK tax credit being secure and UK co-production treaties remaining intact, panellists expressed different levels of concern over the UK’s impending departure from the EU.
Alex Hope, managing director of leading VFX house Double Negative, noted that, in order for the UK to remain a leader in the visual-effects field, freedom of movement for workers was of paramount importance.
“We want the brightest and the best coming to the...
- 10/7/2016
- by matt.mueller@screendaily.com (Matt Mueller)
- ScreenDaily
Goldcrest and Molinare execs elected to the board of screen industries body.
Patrick Malone, MD of Goldcrest Post Production, and Julie Parmenter, MD of Molinaire, have been voted onto the UK Screen Board.
UK Screen is a trade association that represents companies providing services to the screen industries (film, TV and commercials).
Malone and Parmenter join re-elected directors Paul Bennett, Ivan Dunleavy and Alex Hope in the five available board slots.
The full UK Screen Board now comprises:
Helen Alexander – WB De Lane LeaPaul Bennett – ITV StudiosAdrian Bull – Cinelab LondonIvan Dunleavy – PinewoodNeil Hatton – Nmhc LtdAlex Hope – Double NegativeMike Kelt – ArtemPatrick Malone – Goldcrest Post ProductionLesley Marr – Deluxe MediaJulie Parmenter - MolinareSteve Norris (Chair)
Malone said he aimed to further progress two key initiatives, “the ongoing development and long term security of the UK post business via mutual support and collaborative effort, and the encouragement, training and development of young people into the creative and technical industry leaders of tomorrow...
Patrick Malone, MD of Goldcrest Post Production, and Julie Parmenter, MD of Molinaire, have been voted onto the UK Screen Board.
UK Screen is a trade association that represents companies providing services to the screen industries (film, TV and commercials).
Malone and Parmenter join re-elected directors Paul Bennett, Ivan Dunleavy and Alex Hope in the five available board slots.
The full UK Screen Board now comprises:
Helen Alexander – WB De Lane LeaPaul Bennett – ITV StudiosAdrian Bull – Cinelab LondonIvan Dunleavy – PinewoodNeil Hatton – Nmhc LtdAlex Hope – Double NegativeMike Kelt – ArtemPatrick Malone – Goldcrest Post ProductionLesley Marr – Deluxe MediaJulie Parmenter - MolinareSteve Norris (Chair)
Malone said he aimed to further progress two key initiatives, “the ongoing development and long term security of the UK post business via mutual support and collaborative effort, and the encouragement, training and development of young people into the creative and technical industry leaders of tomorrow...
- 1/7/2015
- ScreenDaily
Prime Focus World makes “significant valuation” for the UK VFX house.
Alex Hope, Managing Director of Double Negative says the facility will expand into India, China and Canada following the merger with Prime Focus World, which is expected to close next week.
The Double Negative brand remains and CEO Matt Holben and MD Alex Hope remain in place as head of the facility as well as taking up positions on the Prime Focus board.
“We’ll be opening a Dneg office in Vancouver and looking to work with Pfw’s existing team in Mumbai and to bring that into the fold over a period of time,” Hope said
“Prime Focus World has focused on 2D to 3D conversion and we will look to grow that business with an integrated visual effects and conversion offer.”
He confirmed Pfw’s investment in Dneg. “We’ve commanded significant valuation which has allowed us to ensure the level of control that we...
Alex Hope, Managing Director of Double Negative says the facility will expand into India, China and Canada following the merger with Prime Focus World, which is expected to close next week.
The Double Negative brand remains and CEO Matt Holben and MD Alex Hope remain in place as head of the facility as well as taking up positions on the Prime Focus board.
“We’ll be opening a Dneg office in Vancouver and looking to work with Pfw’s existing team in Mumbai and to bring that into the fold over a period of time,” Hope said
“Prime Focus World has focused on 2D to 3D conversion and we will look to grow that business with an integrated visual effects and conversion offer.”
He confirmed Pfw’s investment in Dneg. “We’ve commanded significant valuation which has allowed us to ensure the level of control that we...
- 6/26/2014
- ScreenDaily
Former Aardman Features exec Sarah Smith, has launched a UK animation studio with backing from Elisabeth Murdoch and Double Negative.
Sarah Smith, the award-winning producer, writer and director of Arthur Christmas and a former Creative Director at Aardman Features, has set up new animated film company Locksmith Animation in the UK.
It claims to be the first dedicated high-end feature animation studio ever created in the UK, and is focussed on creating a slate of CG animated films for the global marketplace.
Locksmith is backed as principle shareholder by Elisabeth Murdoch while leading UK visual effects house Double Negative are also investors. Double Negative will work closely with Locksmith as they build an animation pipeline in which Locksmith plans to make its films.
The company’s plans also feature an international creative board of animation writers, directors and digital experts, to be announced shortly.
Smith said: “With animated films among the most beloved and successful movies in the...
Sarah Smith, the award-winning producer, writer and director of Arthur Christmas and a former Creative Director at Aardman Features, has set up new animated film company Locksmith Animation in the UK.
It claims to be the first dedicated high-end feature animation studio ever created in the UK, and is focussed on creating a slate of CG animated films for the global marketplace.
Locksmith is backed as principle shareholder by Elisabeth Murdoch while leading UK visual effects house Double Negative are also investors. Double Negative will work closely with Locksmith as they build an animation pipeline in which Locksmith plans to make its films.
The company’s plans also feature an international creative board of animation writers, directors and digital experts, to be announced shortly.
Smith said: “With animated films among the most beloved and successful movies in the...
- 4/10/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Former Aardman Features exec Sarah Smith, has launched a UK animation studio with backing from Elisabeth Murdoch and Double Negative.
Sarah Smith, the award-winning producer, writer and director of Arthur Christmas and a former Creative Director at Aardman Features, has set up new animated film company Locksmith Animation in the UK.
It claims to be the first dedicated high-end feature animation studio ever created in the UK, and is focussed on creating a slate of CG animated films for the global marketplace.
Locksmith is backed as principle shareholder by Elisabeth Murdoch while leading UK visual effects house Double Negative are also investors. Double Negative will work closely with Locksmith as they build an animation pipeline in which Locksmith plans to make its films.
The company’s plans also feature an international creative board of animation writers, directors and digital experts, to be announced shortly.
Smith said: “With animated films among the most beloved and successful movies in the...
Sarah Smith, the award-winning producer, writer and director of Arthur Christmas and a former Creative Director at Aardman Features, has set up new animated film company Locksmith Animation in the UK.
It claims to be the first dedicated high-end feature animation studio ever created in the UK, and is focussed on creating a slate of CG animated films for the global marketplace.
Locksmith is backed as principle shareholder by Elisabeth Murdoch while leading UK visual effects house Double Negative are also investors. Double Negative will work closely with Locksmith as they build an animation pipeline in which Locksmith plans to make its films.
The company’s plans also feature an international creative board of animation writers, directors and digital experts, to be announced shortly.
Smith said: “With animated films among the most beloved and successful movies in the...
- 4/10/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
There has been an overwhelmingly positive response from the UK film industry to the new measures for UK film tax relief included in the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement.
Industry analysts and trade bodies alike have issued statements and made comments applauding the new measures. These follow on from the introduction earlier in the year of the new UK high-end TV tax credit and seem certain to boost everything from co-production to VFX.
“Today’s announcement is more excellent news for the UK’s creative industries,” said Charles Moore, partner at media law firm Wiggin. “The changes will be of particular benefit to the UK post-production/VFX sector, where the increased financial incentive for larger budget films, the reduced minimum UK expenditure level and the expected amendments to the Cultural Test are likely to mean an increased number of films being attracted to the UK to utilise its world-class VFX houses, thereby addressing...
Industry analysts and trade bodies alike have issued statements and made comments applauding the new measures. These follow on from the introduction earlier in the year of the new UK high-end TV tax credit and seem certain to boost everything from co-production to VFX.
“Today’s announcement is more excellent news for the UK’s creative industries,” said Charles Moore, partner at media law firm Wiggin. “The changes will be of particular benefit to the UK post-production/VFX sector, where the increased financial incentive for larger budget films, the reduced minimum UK expenditure level and the expected amendments to the Cultural Test are likely to mean an increased number of films being attracted to the UK to utilise its world-class VFX houses, thereby addressing...
- 12/5/2013
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
UK Chancellor George Osborne’s Autumn Statement has several pieces of good news for the film industry, such as ‘modernising’ the film tax credit, boosting the VFX sector and allocating £5m for the Nfts’ digital village.
Senior figures in the UK film industry have given a hugely enthusiastic response to UK Chancellor George Osborne’s Autumn Statement, calling it “wonderful news.”
Osborne has promised a “modernising” of the UK tax film tax credit which looks set to make the UK a far more attractive co-production partner as well as to boost the UK’s post-production sector. The Statement has also pledged £5 million in funding for National Film & Television School’s Digital Village.
“It’s very positive, especially in terms of our international strategy,” a BFI spokesperson commented. “It’s good news for film. The Government are clearly putting their weight behind film and see it as an area of growth - an industry that performs well both...
Senior figures in the UK film industry have given a hugely enthusiastic response to UK Chancellor George Osborne’s Autumn Statement, calling it “wonderful news.”
Osborne has promised a “modernising” of the UK tax film tax credit which looks set to make the UK a far more attractive co-production partner as well as to boost the UK’s post-production sector. The Statement has also pledged £5 million in funding for National Film & Television School’s Digital Village.
“It’s very positive, especially in terms of our international strategy,” a BFI spokesperson commented. “It’s good news for film. The Government are clearly putting their weight behind film and see it as an area of growth - an industry that performs well both...
- 12/5/2013
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
UK Chancellor George Osborne’s Autumn Statement has several pieces of good news for the film industry, such as ‘modernising’ the film tax credit, boosting the VFX sector and allocating £5m for the Nfts’ digital village.
Senior figures in the UK film industry have given a hugely enthusiastic response to UK Chancellor George Osborne’s Autumn Statement, calling it “wonderful news.”
Osborne has promised a “modernising” of the UK tax film tax credit which looks set to make the UK a far more attractive co-production partner as well as to boost the UK’s post-production sector. The Statement has also pledged £5 million in funding for National Film & Television School’s Digital Village.
“It’s very positive, especially in terms of our international strategy,” a BFI spokesperson commented. “It’s good news for film. The Government are clearly putting their weight behind film and see it as an area of growth - an industry that performs well both...
Senior figures in the UK film industry have given a hugely enthusiastic response to UK Chancellor George Osborne’s Autumn Statement, calling it “wonderful news.”
Osborne has promised a “modernising” of the UK tax film tax credit which looks set to make the UK a far more attractive co-production partner as well as to boost the UK’s post-production sector. The Statement has also pledged £5 million in funding for National Film & Television School’s Digital Village.
“It’s very positive, especially in terms of our international strategy,” a BFI spokesperson commented. “It’s good news for film. The Government are clearly putting their weight behind film and see it as an area of growth - an industry that performs well both...
- 12/5/2013
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
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