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BBC Science Multiplatform Workshop

In November 2009 South West Screen, as part of the Bristol-BBC-Anchor Project , led a BBC Science Multiplatform Workshop. 

Lisa Sargood, Multiplatform Commissioning Executive for Science & Natural History and Rubin Shah, Future Media & Technology from BBC were present along with the 15 local digital and TV companies below:

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AB Design Group
Booth Films
Foot Print TV
Glow Online
Icon Films
Mallinson Sadler Productions
Mobile Pie
Nameless Digital Creatives
Preconstruct
Quickfire Media
Silver Skye Media
ThoughtDen
Touch Productions
TWA Ltd

The aim of the event was to encourage TV and digital companies to work together to come up with new, multiplatform science-based ideas for the BBC.  Following this highly successful brainstorm, the BBC has taken up one of the ideas presented and many of the other attendees have begun work on developing new collaborative projects.

BBC Blast recorded the event and you can catch up with the Lisa Sargood, Rubin Shah, Laura Marshall from Icon Films and Ben Templeton from ThoughtDen here.

See the interviews in their entirety here.

More about BBC Blast...

If you're aged 13 to 19 then BBC Blast is the place for you... Get inspired, discover new talents and sharpen your creative skills with Blast Online, Blast on Tour and Blast TV... Take part in free workshops, upload and discuss your creations and enter competitions to work with big-name talent... Go behind the scenes in the creative industries and apply to take part in loads of innovative projects, work experience and creative placements, all at BBC Blast! This short film was made through Bristol Blast's 'Plan See' project enabling young people to find out more about digital industries.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blast/

More about Anchor Project…

Bristol-BBC-Anchor is the new formal collaboration between the BBC, Bristol City Council, South West England's Regional Development Agency, South West Screen and other local organisations.  Bristol already has an undisputed reputation for the creation of world-class content combined with skills and research strengths in innovative digital media and silicon/mobile technologies. The key aim of this collaboration is to build on this powerful depth of talent to develop a media innovation testbed which underpins this dynamic digital production hub.

http://bristol-bbc-anchor.org/

If you’re a local company interested in doing more work like this, then check out the latest series of Anchor Project-backed sessions run by the BBC Academy into new ways of working and the new tools for a multiplatform world.

BBC Science Multiplatform Workshop

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