in association with The Media Education Networking Group, The Forum Trust & Your Future in Digital

Friday 22 March – FOUR ZONES of hands-on activities: Words, film & broadcasting, creative digital and music.

Saturday 23 March – short talks from industry experts andpeople working in the media, plus information stands.

Come and find out more about how you could get startedon a creative future.

Friday 22 March 2013for school groups & college students.

BOOKING ESSENTIAL

Saturday 23 March 2013for young people, family & carers,

graduates and career changers.DROP-IN 11am-3pm

The Forum, Millennium Plain, Norwichwww.theforumnorwich.co.uk/events/creative-futures

Creative Futures is funded by

Our partners areAccess-to-Music, BBC VoicesCinema Plus at Cinema CityC>Media, Community Music EastFXhome, HexCam Norwich Arts Centre Norwich Sound & VisionNorwich University of the ArtsOutline Magazine, The Forum, UEA Your Future in Digital

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Friday 22 March 2013

Day one : schools day

Information station: There will also be information and people available to talk to who are involved in thecreative industries in Norfolk. And come back tomorrow for some more....

Welcome to Creative Futures

Today you will have the chance to try out two activities with creative professionals helping you. These are in themed zones - Words Music Creative Digital Film & Broadcasting and short talkswhich are in the Curve and your badge will tell you what your activities are.

Please go to the groups you have been allocated to - there isn’t much time and you need to workquickly today. Please note that activities will be filmed and photographed for publicity purposes -please let us know if you do not wish to be recorded.

MORNING SESSION9.30am-10am Registration, get your badge, take a look around then make your

way to The Curve in the lower ground floor10am-10.20am Introduction to Creative Futures in The Curve 10.30am-11.15am Activity One - please go to your 1st zone activity11.15am-12pm Activity Two - 2nd zone activity - you need to relocate quickly12.05pm Summary and what’s next? - in the Music Zone12.15pm End

AFTERNOON SESSION12.30-1pm Registration, as above1pm-1.20pm Introduction to Creative Futures in The Curve1.30pm-2.15pm Activity One - please go to your 1st zone activity2.15-3pm Activity Two - 2nd zone activity - you need to relocate quickly3.05pm Summary and what’s next? - in the Music Zone3.15pm End

WORD ZONE : ATRIUM1 Music journalism and blogging 2 Publishing a magazine

MUSIC ZONE : ATRIUM3 Promoting a gig 4 Marketing a music venue 5 Beats Working6 Soundtrack 7 Making a living out of music

FILM & BROADCASTING ZONE : LOWER GROUND BBC8 The Live Show 9 What’s it like to be a presenter? 10 Take 3 scriptwriting

CREATIVE DIGITAL ZONE : FUSION11 Taste of games design 12 Creative Software 13 Creating digital communications

SHORT TALKS IN THE CURVE14 Professional creatives tell you about how they got to do the job they do and what they likeabout it - find out how to survive as a writer, become a theatrical agent, work as a presenter orearn money from music.

For booked school groups

Saturday 23 March 2013

Creative Futures is funded by Norfolk County Council and UEA and organised by The Media in EducationNetworking Group, The Forum and Your Future in Digital. NB Programme is subject to change.Many thanks to the individuals and companies that have given their time to offer talks and activities for this event

Day two : all welcome

There are literally thousands of creative careers, and many ways of working in the creativeindustries - employed or freelance, specialist or portfolio careers.

Today is intended to give you a glimpse into some of the options, the people that are working increative jobs and what they do.

In FUSION throughout the day – a series of short talks and presentations from individualstelling how they started their own careers and how they have got to where they are now.Many of these people have more than one career to tell you about

11am Lucy Ward, Wavelength Films – documentary film-maker11.15am Claire Chapman, 2C Films – creative industries consultant11.30am Nania Tait, Special Design – graphic design11.45am Elliott Corke, HexCam – remote control aerial photography12pm Ian Johnson, Access-to-Music – music management12.10 Andi Sapey, photographer12.15pm Darren Leader, Studio Two – Graphic Design and Brand Communication12.30pm Kate Roma, Future Radio – presenting and radio12.45pm Future Radio – film, ten people introduce themselves1pm Will Wilson, Laboratory Media – music technology1.15pm Richard Fair, Forum Trust/Fusion – sound social media and blogging1.30pm Gordon Smith, writer/publisher 1.45pm Andy McDonnell, writer – how to survive as a writer2pm Martin Watters, Briefmedia – film, photography and radio2.15pm Milly Hirst, musician – singing, song-writing and earning a living2.30pm Sophie Little, presenter BBC Introducing in Norfolk - How to present a

music radio show2.45pm Adrian Cooke, CME/Norwich Sound and Vision – promoting musicians3pm Jonathan Blagrove, sound engineer3.15pm Tom Wood, Foolproof Ltd – user interface design

In the Atrium - a marketplace of options so that you can see some of the possibilities open topeople for future careers in the creative industries, with representatives from

Short talks & information standsDrop-in 11am-3pm

Future RadioUniversity of East AngliaNorwich University of the ArtsAccess to MusicCity College Norwich

Writers’ Centre NorwichSomewhere_toGreat Yarmouth CollegeUniversity Campus SuffolkHexCam

Gatehouse PressThink Mobile MediaLaboratory MediaUnbrand the Brand Quiz,Studio Two

For young people, families, carers, students, graduates, career-changers. For booked school groups

Many people have given up their time to run activities make this event a success. You can find out more about them here.

Wendy RobyWendy is a freelance journalist, author of comic non-fiction books and ghostwriter who alsoteaches young people how to set up their own business (at Access to Music, Norwich). She iscurrently working with SBTV’s Jamal Edwards on his book. http://about.me/wendyroby

OUTLINE magazineOutline, Norwich's independent free monthly listings magazine burst onto the scene 11 years ago.Every month, they provide the city with a comprehensive lo-down on what's happening inNorwich that month. They interview national and international acts, with an eye on local talenttoo, as well as publishing the go-to listings section that has kept it well-thumbed every month for over adecade. Outline - Norwich Born and Read.. www.outlineonline.co.uk

Norwich Arts CentreA long-established multi-arts centre in Norwich, NAC is a venue for music, theatre, comedy, visual art and alsoruns courses in new media, photography, creative writing, software, film-making and much morewww.norwichartscentre.co.uk

Access-to-Music Access to Music is the UK’s leading popular music college offering learning and employability for all ages of UKand international students. Their mission is to develop a student’s creativity, intellect and vocational ambitionthrough broad, relevant engagement with music and music-related curriculum. Since 1992 Access to Music hasprovided quality music training to thousands of musicians across the UK, while also equipping them withvaluable employability and life skills. They have colleges all over the country including Norwich.www.accesstomusic.co.uk

Community Music East/Norwich Sound and VisionCME run the annual Norwich Sound & Vision festival and conference for anyone who works - or would like to work -in the music, film and multimedia industries. Over 3 days bands, musicians, record labels, managers, presenters, getto meet each other, make new partnerships, see new bands, learn and be inspired in our fine city. www.cme.org

BBC VoicesBBC Voices is a media workshop and production unit based at The Forum in Norwich, working across music,film and radio. Also produces BBC Introducing in Norfolk Saturdays 8 to 9pm BBC Radio NorfolkCheck out the BBC Introducing in Norfolk YouTube site for some great films and features about the local scene:youtube.com/IntroducingInNorfolk and www.bbcvoices.tumblr.com

Cinema Plus at Cinema CityCinema Plus is an educational charity based at Cinema City, a 3-screen cultural cinema in Norwich. Workingwith our partners, Cinema Plus delivers a wide range of film-related activities and courses, both at Cinema Cityand around the county. Activities range from morning screenings, with supporting activities for school groups,to film theory courses for adults. www.cinemaplus.org.uk Email info@cinemaplus.org.uk or call 01603 625145

Norwich University of the Arts (NUA)NUA is a specialist art, design and media university with a 168 year history of providing arts education in thecity. The university attracts talented creative students from across the UK and internationally. In January 2013actor John Hurt CBE became the inaugural NUA Chancellor. NUA offers degree courses in: Animation,Architecture, Fashion, Film and Moving Image Production, Fine Art, Games Art & Design, Graphic Design,Illustration, Photography and Textiles. Seven taught MAs are also available for study. www.nua.ac.uk

FXhome Founded in 2001 by Joshua Davies, FXhome has built a strong reputation for providing cutting-edge technologyto filmmakers and photographers across the world. Current products include PhotoKey 5 Pro and the ground-breaking visual effects software HitFilm Ultimate. www.fxhome.com

Your Future in Digital An interactive event bringing young people together with industry professionals for inspiration and insight intothis fast growing, challenging, exciting industry. Through short talks, discussions and practical activities the dayexplores the huge range of roles available, industry trends, career pathways, opportunities to gain experienceand how to market yourself. Next Your Future in Digital 2013: Thursday 28 November 2013, at the Forum.Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/YourFutureInDigital and follow updates on Twitter @YFiD_ 2013

The Forum NorwichThe Forum Trust is the independent, self-financing, charitable organisation which manages The Forum building.It also delivers a diverse programme of activities and is responsible for The Forum's continued development,growth and innovation.The Forum Trust works with a broad range of partners - businesses, organisations andcommunity groups - to provide new experiences and opportunities both at the building and to the widerNorfolk community. www.theforumnorwich.co.uk

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