Participants Speed Dating with Industry Guests.
Interviewing Elisabeth Holm Director of Film Program at Kickstarter.
Opening session participants meet.
In April 2012 David Pope delivered Digital Flux: Opportunities For Filmmakers In Online Environments at City University London. Included discussions on Crowdfunding, DIY / Hybrid Distribution and Transmedia.
In February 2012 advance films partnered on Digital Film Camp in Berlin.
The Digital Film Camp (DFC) started as an open conference platform/un-conference to encourage interactivity between its participants. In the course of time the DFC evolved into a high-quality one-day conference, that enabled participants to exchange information about crowdfunding in the film industry.
In February 2012 David Pope collaborated with David Keating (Into The West, Wake Wood, The Last Of The High Kings) on design and delivery of Story Campus, a one day discussion on the nature and future of storytelling for the screen, to be hosted at Jameson Dublin International Film Festival in partnership with FAS Screen Training Ireland and MEDIA. The sold out event took place on 18/02/12. Story Campus is looking for additional international partners to work on developing an annual series of events in different countries.
Keynote speaker Booker prize winner, and co-writer (with Glenn Close) of Albert Nobbs, John Banville in discussion with moderators David Pope and David Keating.
Panel: Writing to scale. Carmel Winters (Snap) Marian Quinn (32A) and Margaret Corkery (Eamon) discuss writing screenplays for low budget production and working as writer directors.
Story Campus designers and moderators David Keating and David Pope.
Panel: Notes and Drafts: Creative Producing. Sarah Dillon (Irish Film Board), David Collins (Once, Snap), Brendan McCarthy (Breakfast On Pluto, Wake Wood) with Story Campus moderators David Pope and David Keating.
David Pope annually acts as consultant / moderator at the Rotterdam Lab CineMart. In January 2012 The Rotterdam Lab hosted 78 producers from around the world and presented speakers, panels and round table discussions on film financing, crowdfunding, digital distribution, creative producing and co-production during CineMart.
http://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/professionals/cinemine/rotterdam_lab/
In January David Pope delivered a concept and communication workshop for participants of the week long feature film development programme Project Hot House in Dublin. Project Hot House is run by Screen Training Ireland and backed by the Irish Film Board. Excellent projects and great hospitality.
Other guests and tutors included David Keating (Wake Wood) Lone Sherfig (An Education) David Magee (Finding Neverland), Matthew Robbins (Mimic) and David Puttnam.
“David is a first rate executive who is highly skilled in organising and delivering workshops, seminars and presentations. I would recommend him without reservation”
Paul Brett. Prescience Film Finance. (The King’s Speech, Bailout, Harry Brown)
“As Industry Development Manager for the BFI London Film Festival I have worked with David on a number of editions of the festival, firstly when he was CEO of the New Producers Alliance and latterly as head of advance films.
I have always appreciated David’s creative input into events we have done together as part of the festival’s industry programme. I can always rely on him to suggest areas of film making which require a new focus or which would benefit from re-visiting via a workshop or panel event.
David has a high degree of knowledge of the industry and the skills to put to this to good use. The festival is keen to offer training and development opportunities for its industry delegates especially those who are just entering the industry for the first time and David has always been very helpful and supportive of anything we do to realise this.
I would also praise his reliability in delivering events – there is never any doubt that when we work with David that there will be any problems in the organising and delivery of them. Furthermore, he also has a large pool of contacts in the industry which means we are able to draw on them to provide top level speakers and participants in anything we choose to do with him.
I would without hesitation recommend David and advance films as a valuable partner and collaborator.”
Nigel Cross. Industry Development Manager. BFI London Film Festival.
“David did a fabulous job for our festival! Such a professional in everything he does.”
Sarah Hoch. Directora Ejectutiva. Festival Internacional De Cine Guanajuato.
‘I think it’s great that David has created a platform for screenwriters to pitch their work to industry professionals since there are not many opportunities to do this here in the UK in comparison to the US. ‘
‘The calibre and variety of the members of the panel was fantastic, coming from different but equally important perspectives. Well selected!’
‘Overall, everyone was really accommodating to us and generous with their honesty and wisdom.’
‘Thanks for hosting the event we need a lot more of these in the UK as so many filmmakers are running around blind compared to the savviness of the indie US producers I encountered in California when I lived there last year.’
David Pope will be running pitching workshop at BFI London Film Festival October 24th.
Second half of the day will include participants pitching to an industry panel.
Pitch panel guests are:
William Tennant
International Acquisitions Executive at Icon.
Nick Taussig
Deputy Managing Director at Revolver Entertainment and Head of Production at Gunslinger.
Martin Carr.
Co-owner of Formosa Films and Senior Partner at AbbotVision.
David Pope from advance films running workshop for British Council YCE. October 2011.
David Pope from advance films delivered a workshop for the British Council Young Creative Entrepreneurs providing an overview of the UK industry and discussing pitching and packaging projects.
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