17/01/2013 - Four projects to benefit from visual effects workshops

The Cross Channel Film Lab (CCFL) initiative that aims to foster the use of visual effects, computer generated images and Stereo 3D tools for British and French independent cinema at low to medium budget levels, has announced its selection of four projects to participate in the Lab’s yearlong workshop programme in 2013.  The scheme will develop a further four film projects during 2014. 

 

The selected projects are: Reine Du Sabbat (France): writer-director Pablo Agüero, producer Nicolas R. de la Mothe; A Tale From The Deep (France): writer-director David Vital-Durand, producer Ilann Girard; One And All (UK): writer-director Henry Davies, producer Denzil Monk; and The Machine (UK): writer-director Richard Fenwick, producer Caroline Cooper Charles.

 

In 2012, Creative England, Bournemouth University, Falmouth University, Cornwall Council and Arts Centre Trust Cornwall worked with France’s Le Groupe Ouest, Artefacto, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Télécom Bretagne (3D Fovea), Ecole Européenne Supérieure d’Art de Bretagne, the Dinard Film Festival and a range of industry partners to build a collaborative R&D model for the CCFL.

 

The first UK CCFL workshop will take place in March, and writers, producers, directors and visual effects and Stereo 3D practitioners will be able to participate alongside the selected CCFL filmmakers in an immersion week of open sessions, with the support of Creative Skillset’s Regional Fund. Script consultants, VFX and Stereo 3D experts, and specialist researchers will assist the filmmakers in exploring the most effective ways for the projects to utilise technology at a lower budget.