BFI/First Light Funding for Flamerunner

Back to News | Posted on 25 Jan 2012

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A series of short comedy films have been green lighted for production in Chippenham by a national film funding agency. The films will be made at Wiltshire College. The project, Flamerunner, has been devised by a group of young people supported by the College’s Creative Wiltshire team. The funding is supporting a series of free training workshops ahead of production.

The project is open to young people under 19 and the team is keen to recruit acting and filmmaking talent. Two free all day workshops will be taking place at the Interactive Media Centre, Wiltshire College Chippenham on Saturdays 4 and 11 February. The workshops are focussed on developing skills with camera, lights and sound. The films will be shot over the February half term.

The comedies are set in a school with an OFSTED inspection in progress, staff and students have gone to the Olympics and somehow a group of students get caught up in the inspection.

The Flamerunner project is supported by the Lottery from the BFI’s First Light initiative. This funding will enable young people to work with professional filmmakers. The team will be working with creatives from Suited and Booted Studios, Big State Theatre Company and Dreambase Studios.

This is a chance to develop skills working alongside an experienced team of professionals

For more information about the project contact Richard White at Creative Wiltshire

contact@creativewiltshire.co.uk

01249 465348

For more information about funding for young filmmakers contact

www.firstlightonline.co.uk

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