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September sees the start of the Branchage School, a week-long residential film course hosted on the Island of Jersey, Channel Islands, immediately before the lively Branchage Film Festival. This years course, Feature Directors Lab, is aimed at filmmakers looking to make their first or second feature film. Directors will be tutored and mentored to develop their own projects and given the opportunity to attend masterclasses with highly acclaimed professionals in development, production, and beyond.

Taking place from 17 – 23 September, accommodation will be at the luxurious 4-star Hotel de France with classes taking place in Jersey’s capital, St Helier. An optional Transcendental Meditation course, to help students unlock and realize their creative ideas, will also running alongside the Film School.

The course is looking for twelve students from all walks of life, from creative graduates, to short film makers and those already working in the industry. Additional places will be available for those who would like to attend our Open Session Masterclasses.

The Tutors:
KATE LEYS – story / script development (Script Factory)
GILLIES MACKINNON – director (HIDEOUS KINKY, REGENERATION, SMALL FACES)
ORLANDO SEALE - actor (SLEEPY HOLLOW, OFF THE HOOK [TV], National Film & Television School tutor)
REBECCA MARK – LAWSON – producer (Executive Producer on UK Film Council short film schemes 2006 – 2010, Production Manager DEADMAN’S SHOES)
CHRIS BARWELL - editor (BETTER THINGS, THE SONG OF LUNCH)
PAT STONE – TM teacher

Costs
£1550.00 Tuition Fees and Shared twin room
£1200.00 Tuition Fees for Non-Residential
£800.00 Unwaged / Low Wage / Student

£250.00 Optional Transcendental Meditation

Festival Pass is Free to All Film School Participants! These fees include tuition, on island transport, all food, soft drinks and accommodation for residential students, including meals out in Jersey’s picturesque Bays. Once you arrive you will not have to put your hand in your pocket, except for alcoholic drinks.

This is a great opportunity for anyone wanting to break into the world of feature filmmaking, so for more information, contact us on: school@branchagefestival.com / 020 7739 1074 / 07854 172 971 / www.branchagefestival.com/school

As part of the upcoming onedotzero_adventures in motion festival, we will once again be running our fantastic cascade programme. onedotzero_cascade will provide a platform for this year’s best and brightest graduates from a range of creative disciplines to take part in a collaborative educational project with their peers, get inspiration and advice from industry practitioners and create some exciting new work!

So what’s the challenge?
This year’s onedotzero_adventures in motion theme takes a utopian approach. In the past mankind’s visions of the future were largely optimistic, full of bright new ideas and technology benefiting social harmony. Now however, a decade into the 21st century, we find there is a propensity for doom and gloom. onedotzero wants the theme of utopia to bring a sense of adventure, hope and positivity about our future world to this years cascade project and the festival.

onedotzero is about experimentation with moving image in any context, so working in multi-disciplinary groups you will produce ideas and concepts for experimental work on this theme. Film, animation, motion graphics, interactive design, product design, architecture, installation, sound scores and live events are all relevant to create a proposal that embodies your collective utopian vision.

View the full brief here

Want to get involved?
If you are interested in being considered to participate in this year’s onedotzero_cascade programme you need apply by sending us your answers to the following:

1. Why should you be chosen for onedotzero_cascade 2010?
[no more than 150 words]

2. What do you hope to get out of the onedotzero_cascade programme?
[no more than 150 words]
*please include images/website/blog links with your answers.

please email your answers before 5pm, Friday 3 September 2010 to Nurjan Nevzat on:
email: education@onedotzero.com with subject heading: onedotzero_cascade 2010 [your full name]

Download the full brief here

To read more about onedotzero_cascade 2010 please visit our educational events page and to view onedotzero_cascade 2009 visit our vimeo channel.

Best of luck and we look forward to hearing from you soon!

As part of the 2010 D&AD student awards, we were proud to sponsor the moving image category, as well as set the following brief that the students would use as inspiration for their projects:

“The city is constantly in transition and mutation, disappearing behind changing environments and shifting identities. create your own ‘adventure in motion’ that explores this.”

We had a fantastic response to the brief with 134 submissions, giving the judges a tough task.

The award ceremony took place last week in the centre of London’s glitzy Spitafields market, and onedotzero director Shane Walter was on hand to present the worthy winners with their D&AD pencils.

First place went to Matthew Young [University of Leeds] for his short animation ‘The City’.

Matthew’s film will now feature in our 2010 onedotzero_adventures in motion festival at BFI Southbank, London from 10-14 of November, and our international tour, as part of the ‘citystates 10′ program.

We were so impressed with the quality and diversity of the work that was submitted, that we awarded two second place pencils.

One went to Rob Francis (London College of Communication) for his short film ‘Project Atlantis’ , and the other went to Aki Chang, Fulya Gulel & Luis R. Serrano (Miami Ad School) for their film which encouraged audience participation.

Congratulations to the winners, and a big thank you to D&AD and all the students who took part in our brief.

adventures in moving image

Branchage School Presents FEATURE DIRECTOR’S LAB 2010 17-23 September

onedotzero_cascade 2010: SIGN UP! Deadline 3 Sept 2010

D&AD Student Award Winners

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