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SECOND WAVE WORKSHOP PROGRAM

Sunday 6th of September:

8.00PM: OPENING & NETWORKING DINNER

Monday 7th of September:

08.30: Welcome and coffee at the venue, Beursschouwburg, rue Auguste Orts 28, 1000 Brussels

09.00:
Start of the group session

  • WELCOME/INTRODUCTION from Neil and Inge Rochette
  • SHORT PRESENTATION BY EACH OF THE SIX EXPERTS
Neil Sieling, Douglas Gayeton, Ben Kempas, Paula Ledieu, Kat Cizek and Cameron Hickey
  • SHORT PRESENTATION BY THE PROJECTS
Each project will be given a maximum of 10 minutes to present their project and their needs.

LUNCH

AFTERNOON WORKING SESSIONS

In the afternoon, we will divide the participants into three groups and will work in small groups, with a rotation of each project with small groups of two experts. The sessions will conclude at 6:30.

FILM

Afterwards, we kindly invite you to attend the screening of the film 'L'argent du Charbon' by Wang Bing.
More info can be found: www.europeanmediaevent.com/docscapes

Tuesday 8th of September:

08.30:

Welcome and coffee at the venue, Beursschouwburg, rue Auguste Orts 28, 1000 Brussels

09.00:

  • SHORT RECAP OF THE PREVIOUS DAY AND SETTING UP TUESDAY’S WORK
  • SMALL GROUP ROTATION

We continue the work in small groups through the whole day and will close at 6:30.pm

FILM

Afterwards, we kindly invite you to attend the screening of the film 'Ruinas' by Manuel Mozos.

More info can be found : www.europeanmediaevent.com/docscapes

Wednesday 9th of September:

08.30:

Welcome and coffee at the venue, Beursschouwburg, rue Auguste Orts 28, 1000 Brussels
The last day of the Second Wave sessions will start with a presentation by Caspar Sonnen from Doclab/IDFA.

SMALL GROUP ROTATION / WORKING SPACE

  • We will complete the process of full consultation between the experts and project participants, as well as providing working space and any more specialized discussions of how to advance the projects
  • Time for the projects to hone down their presentations. This process can carry on after lunch in advance of the presentation of the projects.

LUNCH

PRESENTATION BY PETER WINTONICK

PRESENTATION OF PROJECTS

Participants will be asked to present their projects again, and there will be a final round of feedback from the experts, participants, and observers
The end of this second and intensive day is scheduled at 6.30 pm

FILM

Afterwards, we kindly invite you to attend the screening of the film 'USA vs Al Arian by Line Halvorsen.

More info can be found: www.europeanmediaevent.com/docscapes

9:00 PM:

DINNER WITH THE EXPERTS, PARTICIPANTS, OBSERVERS, AND ORGANIZERS
We'll meet in front of the venue to go together to the closing dinner.

LIST OF THE EXPERTS

The following experts have confirmed their presence: Neil Sieling, Peter Wintonick, Cameron Hickey, Douglas Gayeton, Paula Le Dieu, Katerina Cizek, Ben Kempas, Caspar Sonnen

THE CALL FOR PROPOSALS IS OUT NOW
THE SECOND WAVE (7, 8 and 10 September) will be an immersive and collaborative experience. There will be plenty of useful insights in project development, with plenty of permutations of content, subject matter, old and new media components, and approaches to audiences.
There will also be useful and actionable ideas on where to find funds, how to cut costs, how to research and develop effective partnerships, and how to find and maximize in-kind resources.

In addition, there will be guidance on how to track the best practices in comparable projects and also help on where to go for inexpensive tools and delivery platforms, legal and marketing tips, technical advice, and guidance on levels of interactivity.

THE SECOND WAVE workshop will select up to 20 international (documentary) media projects that seek to be developed, financed, produced and/or distributed in new and innovative ways, using cross media techniques and new distribution platforms.

Are you passionate about your subject, but do you hit a wall when trying to pitch it to a public broadcaster? Are you trying to figure out which entry point in a media company to approach for a pitch and for support? And are you looking for new ways to reach an audience? If so, this workshop is the place to be!

During this three-day workshop, under the guidance of Neil Sieling, from Link TV (www.linktv.org/) and The Center for Social Media (http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/), and Docagora (www.docagora.org/) in the United States, the participants will first be asked to pitch their project in its current form to the gathered experts, organizers and fellow participants before then being given the opportunity to work intensively on the further development of their project, assisted by international experts.

We are looking for innovative filmmakers with excellent stories and visions, who intend to fully and creatively exploit the opportunities offered by the new media and the cross media environment to produce their films and bring them to the audience. If you’re an out- of- the- box thinker, then we’re looking for you.

New media project concepts for development in this Lab are open – an interactive component of a TV series or the next long-form creative documentary, a mobile-doc, a gaming application for e-learning, among others. The options are endless, as long as the project is demonstrated to be practical and ultimately doable by the producing team, and offers a unique contribution to the digital documentary realm.

We will invite a two- persons team for each project selected, but one-person projects are also eligible. The participation fee is 300 € for the first participant + 235 € for the second participant.

This fee covers the technical equipment, coffee breaks and the lunches during the three days workshop, as well as a networking dinner on the first evening and a closing dinner the last evening.

Lodging is not included but assistance will be offered to find reasonably priced accommodation.

Ten observer seats will be made available at 200 €/ seat.

Participants can get a lot of value back for their participation:

* A valuable prize to the best project(s) in the workshop.

* In depth and very functional help for cross-platform projects no matter what the media components are or what stage the project is in before coming to the workshop. The experts for the workshop will be chosen to provide offer the greatest possible breadth and depth for the workshop projects, and are experienced bridges between a variety of media platforms and approaches.

* The value of “the space between” experiences, meaning connecting to the other 19 project teams and the teams of experts and workshop organizers over the course of the sessions.

Participants and experts for the 2008 Second Wave sessions were impressed with the quality of the collaborations and generous sharing of information, experiences, and insights, the ‘The 2009 Second Wave sessions’ also aim to maximize the degree of generosity and collaboration.

Interested? Subscribe on-line + send a two-page presentation of your project to eme@injoyproductions.com (put “second wave” in the subject line ) : The deadline is July 15, 2009   Our final deadline: August 3, 2009

Tell us why your proposal is new, surprising and innovative and how your project will be different from “traditional” projects. And tell us where you and your project team think you need the most help.

You will be informed about being selected or not being selected before August 7, 2009

The workshop will take place on 7,8 and 10 September, but the participants are expected to arrive on Sunday, the 6th of September to attend the Opening Dinner.

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