Friday 11 December

BU hosts CIM event exploring how the media writer of today has to hone creative skills to meet the needs of film, television and radio.

This event has now concluded.

Where and when

Date:  20 January 2010
Time: 6.30pm
Venue: Bournemouth University
           W241 (Screening Room)
           Weymouth House
           Fern Barrow, Poole
           Dorset
           BH12 5BB

CIM CPD Hours: 2

Overview

The media writer of today has to hone creative skills which meet the needs of film, television and radio. These are very different mediums of expression from the printed word. The digital age has created new and exciting forms of creative expression.

Media writing students now learn how to write short webisodes for online drama, mobisodes for mobile phones, animation scripts, panels for comics and graphic fiction, digital writing and Twitter Fiction, interactive fiction and cross-platform concepts.

The new digital genres are accessible to everyone and will bring a democracy to creativity and those who can create. As marketers being able to seize the opportunities that these new forms of media can bring are essential - especially when more traditional communication methods are under threat, with ever reducing marketing budgets.

Speaker

John Foster is Screenwriter-in-Residence and Subject Leader of the Screenwriting Programmes in the Media School at Bournemouth University. He is involved in the delivery of screenwriting units at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

This event will start at 6.30pm and finish at 8.30pm.

How to book

To book your place at this event or for further details please contact Sarah Rickaby on 01202 961017 or email srickaby@bournemouth.ac.uk

This event includes light refreshments. Please contact Sarah with any special requirements.