Future Screens NI creative industries partner and not-for-profit technology networking hub Catalyst Inc are offering an event for Global Entrepreneurship Week. The Future of Work in a Post-Covid World will be hosted Online on Wednesday 10th of November 12:30PM. The lunchtime session will explore fresh ways to innovate and grow business in the 'New Normal'.
For more information and to register visit here.
Future Screens NI’s colleagues in the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s Creative Industries Clusters Programme StoryFutures Academy, Royal Holloway, University of London offer an Industry First Virtual Production Course. the National Film & Television School (NFTS) in partnership with WarnerMedia, WarnerMedia Access and StoryFutures Academy, will lead the charge in training participants on the next frontier of filmmaking technology. The NFTS Virtual Production Certificate is a six month blended learning course, designed to provide students with the core skills needed to build and progress a career in the thriving world of Virtual Production.
Participants will be introduced to the core technical and filmmaking required to work on Virtual Production projects driven by Unreal Engine, with the course aimed at creatives from varied technical and creative backgrounds including games, VFX, 3D animation, graphic design and those from camera department backgrounds.
As part of the NFTS’ commitment to strengthening diversity and inclusion within film and television, scholarship funding will be made available, with WarnerMedia and WarnerMedia Access underwriting 75% of the course fee. Additionally, the School will provide further financial assistance to successful applicants from diverse groups who may require the hardware or software upgrades required to participate. Travel grants will also be made available to ensure that the course is accessible to students no matter where in the UK they are based.
The first intake of the 24 week certificate will start at the end of January 2022 with an application deadline of 27 November 2021. Made up of six modules, the course will be delivered via weekly online seminars, with six face to face weekend workshops taking place at the NFTS in Beaconsfield, optimising its newly installed Virtual Production LED Stage.
For more information and details of how to apply, please visit the course page.
StoryFutures Academy, Royal Holloway, University of London part of the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s Creative Industries Clusters Programme has an Open Call for a Creative Practitioner. They are seeking diverse UK-based storytellers to take part in a nationwide immersive project about our past, our future, and belonging. The aim is to create a series of interactive emotional maps and historical mobile AR trails using interviews, 3D scans of people and places, as well as film and TV archives from the BFI and BBC.
No prior immersive experience is required! StoryFutures will provide full training and access to equipment and support throughout the production.
They are looking for transferable skills in at least two of these areas:
Factual storytelling
Narrative development
Working with audio equipment
Working in communities
Archive research
You will receive £15,000 funding to join this training and development programme, taking part in a live UK-wide project to collect and curate stories and hidden histories in one of fifteen locations*. To be eligible, you need a connection to one of these places, and/or to be able to demonstrate your ability to tell stories from communities living there.
Applications close on 15th November 2021
For more information and to apply visit here.
*Blackpool, Bristol, Bradford, Dundee (Scotland), Dumfries (Scotland), Lambeth (London), Lewisham (London), Lincoln, Newport (Wales), Omagh (Northern Ireland), Sheffield, Slough, Swansea (Wales), Swindon, Wolverhampton.
Future Screens NI would like to extend our congratulations, gratitude and profound appreciation to Nuala Toman, who has left the post of Project Manager at Future Screens NI. For those that have worked alongside Nuala or been involved with any of our Research projects, Nuala was a constant source of support and deep knowledge of policy, guidelines, frameworks, financial and networking opportunities in local, regional and national areas; creative industries, Higher Academic Institutions, well-being, community education…the list could go on!
From the perspective of the applicants for R&D calls or project funding, Nuala was a fountain of knowledge, feedback, nurturing support and insight. Future Screens NI witnessed Nuala’s positive, supportive and informative engagement with everyone she engaged with.
Nuala provided a depth of service to Future Screens NI and its associated projects, that went far beyond that of her Project Manager title. Nuala will be greatly missed at Future Screens NI and Ulster University; we wish Nuala continued success in her future career path.
—From all your colleagues and friends at Future Screens NI.
Future Screens NI R&D grant recipient Ulster Touring Opera (UTO) has recently been awarded a post in the XRX Programme. XRX is a new programme aimed at supporting companies working on innovative ideas within the XR industry. The programme, which is being delivered in partnership by Northern Ireland Screen, Future Screens NI and Digital Catapult NI, is seeking 3 start-ups or established companies who have an ambition to make new innovative immersive content, products or services. The programme will provide in-depth support and mentorship for companies that wish to secure seed investment or realise their ambitions to deploy new and emerging tech actively inside their business within the next 12-18 months.
For more information on UTO visit here.