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MAKING IT WORK

Posted on May 25, 2007 by shawn

UPDATE: Community Media South West have published a new report:

MAKING IT WORK:
An Enquiry into how companies in the Community Media Sector recruit and
retain skilled freelancersPublished by – CMSW / Blueboard – Jan 2007
Research by Ella Bissett Johnson
Edited by Shawn Sobers, and Steve Gear
Synopsis
This report is a timely and original development in the analysis of social [...]

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Selling out from Community Media……

Posted on April 20, 2007 by shawn

…….or bridging the gap?
Click here to watch a programme we (Firstborn Creatives) recently made for BBC1.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/bristol/realmedia/032007/marvin_insideout?size=16×9&bgc=C0C0C0&nbram=1&bbram=1

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Films made for Mobile phones

Posted on November 12, 2006 by shawn

As part of the Fresh 6 Film Festival, Calling the Shots, Firstborn Creatives and MicroFilm teamed up to run a day long workshop on making films for mobile phones. (As I said in an earlier post, I had man-flu so couldn’t be there to help out!!!)
Below are two of the six films that were produced. [...]

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Production Alliances

Posted on November 3, 2006 by shawn

Was part of a good event today organised by South West Screen called Innovation Alliances, which showcased various companies work that they funded from the Alliances funding strand. Firstborn had a stall with Calling the Shots and Knowle West Media Centre to showcase our “Independent State of….” project, which we are working on together.
All [...]

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