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Digital Switchover… the revolution will not be televised.

In July 2009 we launched Future Artists, a virtual film studio, with a new set of idea’s and rules, 150 like-minded people came, became inspired and asked us to do it again.

Future Artist’s 2 is back, we are still not part of media city yet? as our tag line suggests, but we are digging a tunnel under the ship canal, past BBC north and right into the heart of media city plaza’s wireless zone with http://www.media-city.tv. The event also co-insides with the digital switchover in the UK, and the Urbis are running a special event. Click here to go to the Urbis ‘Winterhill’ exhibition.

An event for film-makers, actors, crew, people who love movies and you the people of Salford, Manchester and the Northwest. Hey, we are international, you are all welcome!

SATURDAY 28TH NOVEMBER 2009

URBIS

URBIS | MANCHESTER | UNITED KINGDOM

7:00 PM - 2:00 AM

A very big thank you to our sponsor Smith & Smith PR

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Event Info

Future Artists 2 will be celebrating the indie scene in the northwest, so if you’re an actor, writer, director, producer, film or TV crew, web designer….well I could list everything here, but in the transmedia age, if you’re a creative, you work across everything , this event is for you.

From 7.30pm we will be running an unconference, directed by future artists, an unconference is an anti-conference the people decide the content and then the discussion is led in small groups around the room, these discussions are decided online before hand, we will also be bringing some special speakers into the conference for those that like a traditional set up too.

This event will be local (at the Urbis) and global (online via Twitter, Justin.tv) so if you are reading this and can’t make it, we will be experimenting with an online communications tool. Don’t worry its new to us to!, so we’ll all be doing/learning this together.

After the unconference and networking bit, its time to rock out, ‘The Dirty Riffs’ will be opening the party, to be followed by the TheDJSchool.org and the legendary dancers.

Basically for those at the back of a class, a new media talk, done by you, and a massive party after till 2am, everyone that comes also gets free shooting people trial, and that’s worth a few quid.

Unconference Guide

1) FOLLOW US ON TWITTER:

2) BE OUR FRIEND ON FACEBOOK:

3) JOIN OUR FORUM

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4) GET INVOLVED

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Very important you read this, as the event starts when you buy your ticket

1) Go to ‘Buy ticket’ and purchase your ticket, at the event your name will be on a list, say you name, and your in, we don’t do physical tickets, save the trees.

2) Go to the forum and register your details. Click here to go to the forum, click here to register on it. On here you will be able to discuss the unconference, check back a couple of times a week, also hang out on our Fan page on facebook, click here to join that, to get the most out of this event you should, join our twitter here, Fan page here, and forum here.

3) Get involved, an unconference is all about you, the last event we laid on several speakers and workshops, this time, its up to the crowd to create the event, we will help and guide you, but by starting the conversations and event online prior to the event, on the night, networking, partying and collaborations will be a lot easier, think of it as an ice breaker.

4) Get ready to party, after the unconference which will also about an hour and a half, we are laying on a live band, and the dj school will take us into the wee Manchester hours, with their special mix of chaos. It is Christmas after all and a celebration.

Very important you read this, as the event starts when you buy your ticket

Our Partnerships

Future Artists Live events operate as a not for profit, to keep the costs down we have created a number of strategic partnerships, they help us, you learn about them, and at some point, maybe you’ll work together and make bread.
So praise the digital networkers that what makes future artists tick are the following people.

Smith and Smith PR – Nathan, Jane and Tom our PR team.

DNA Actors resource – Darren and the team, our new resource for actors.

AVairplay.com – Christine and her team help us manage the events.

Urbis – Matt Lake and the whole team at Urbis give us a place to play.

TheDJSchool.org – Rob and Chris the entertainment team.

Islingtonmill.com – Bill/Mark/Morry, The original media city, the hub of creative Salford.

Shootingpeople.org – Our fellow like-minded thinkers, helping us connect with film-makers across the world.

Notpartof.org – Beth and Gareth, They are not part of the Manchester international Festival, we are not part of media city, but together we are part of something.

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