I viewed the following website to answer the questions set below.
www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk
What are the nine Regional Screen Agencies (RSAs) that The Film Council funding is delivered through?
The UK Film Council distributed around £7.5 million to the agencies in 2009.
- EM Media
- Film London
- Northern Film and Media
- North West Vision and Media
- Screen East
- Screen South
- Screen West Midlands
- Screen Yorkshire
- South West Screen
Film London – This is one of the largest agencies and is based in London. Film London prides itself for distributing of funds for the various areas of film production. They also provide support for research and location development.
Northern Film and Media – This agency gives support to the North East of England and provides professional help and training to both the individual and companies. These can be through various schemes, workshops, networking events and services provided.
North West Vision and Media – This agency offers a vast range of services including advice and support to both professional and amateur people within the film and media industries. North West Vision and Media offer a grand and large database that contains thousands of crew members and an extensive photograph database, to help individuals or companies choose a location or site where their film can be shot.
Northern Film and Media Screen East - This agency is not only funded by the UKFC, but has the support of the East of England Development agency. The agency promotes its area widely and takes pride to providing locations, facilities and the skills required to the film and television industry.
Screen South – This agency has a great involvement in the digital short film area and offers lots of information to both professional and amateur filmmakers. They are involved with local festivals and can provide locations and crew as well as advice and help.
Screen West Midlands – They offer extensive production support and help. They offer a variety of resources on their website that will benefit most people interested in the industry, educationally and like all the other agencies; they can help with the availability of crew and location.
Screen Yorkshire – This agency has a vast database of crew, location and educational resources and provides help, support and funding to the film and media industry within its area.
South West Screen – This agency takes full advantage of the UK Film Councils various schemes and encourages disadvantaged teenagers through the Media box scheme. The youngsters aged between 13 and 19 are given the opportunity to develop and produce creative media projects for television, radio, film and online. They also provide help and advice to anyone who wants to adventure into a new project and can suggest post university graduates to assist them.
All the aforementioned agencies facilitate a lot of various awards and pride themselves by displaying all their winners on their individual websites. With reference to any application process to any of these agencies appears to be very straightforward. All of them have an internet application process and a paper version is obtainable from them directly. Most agencies will send out a letter of acknowledgement directly after receiving your application; however the length of time you wait for a reply ranges dramatically from four weeks to three months.
As a short filmmaker, what funds could you yourself apply for?
Firstly, I would approach the UK Film Council short film funding for the digital shorts scheme, because the process appears to be more general than other options and schemes. However, I would also approach Screen South as this agency covers my home area of Surrey and I would be able to gain advice and expert help from them after the application process. Also, I would be in a position to view their large database for crew members, but for all this to happen I would need an excellent and solid narrative.
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