Bright Media

Designed by BAVC and produced by Triggerfish Academy, The NEXT GEN: Introduction to Animation 12 week course is a fully sponsored, fully mentored and practical introduction to developing an animation from concept to completion.

The purpose of the Introduction to Animation course is to upskill and provide direction to the next generation of South African animators. The places on the course will be awarded to young South African citizens who show outstanding potential in the creative arts and visual storytelling.

Triggerfish is always looking for great creative and technical artists and this opportunity will put the selected participants on the studio's radar for many more great African projects.

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In Your Element was a project for schools teachers and learners in schools without science labs. We conceptualized and developed a tv series, In your Element, with amazing chemistry and education experts, so that all rural and remote classrooms could access the basics for chemistry experiments. Piloted at the SciBono centre, made with and for southern African school conditions. One of the many Bright Media projects, now taken forward by Brighter Media

Are you looking for freelance illustration work?

We would love to see your portfolio and possibly ask you to submit some samples of what we would typically require. We look for high quality illustrations and would ideally like to see black and white outline, black and white with shading and full colour illustrations included.

A small selection of any of the following with your full name and contact details should be submitted:

Objects
Children and adults
Animals
Maps
Biology
Mechanical/technical drawings
Mathematics
OR a selection from your area of expertise.

Please submit your portfolio as a PDF together with all your contact details to: Sally Dixon at [email protected].

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So sorry about the loss of Aletta, to her friends family and the tv industry.

Covid-19 claims SA's most influential TV tastemaker Aletta Alberts | Channel Aletta Alberts, MultiChoice's head of content and third-party channels and influential TV tastemaker, has died from Covid-19 complications.

Enter the Trialogue Strategic CSI Award 2021

Enter your company’s strategic CSI projects for consideration for the Trialogue Strategic CSI Award 2021. Entries close 31 July. The winner can look forward to a complimentary double-page feature in the next edition of the Trialogue Business in Society Handbook, worth R89 000, as well as extensive media coverage.

Strategic CSI aims to drive positive developmental impact well beyond business
reputational management. A strategic project is one that is implemented to meet social benefits through core business practice.

Learn more about strategic CSI and previous winners, here and download a form here

Call for proposals:

We are taking proposals for children's educational television series: focus is functional literacy (real life use of text and meaning making for preschool kids). The audience is global (not south Africa) and English language.

Send a letter of enquiry,to [email protected]

we will have a bright media webinar in the next week:

We are looking for character driven, funny, new ideas that show diverse and inclusive kids making the world they live in, make it possible to learn grow explore for the next generation.

We are calling for all artists, animators and screenwriters to apply to co-produce for the Southern African market:

We plan to submit 4 x series for development funding and production funding. Are you with us? APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN FOR:

Production and Development

P.S: You need to first download the NFVF funding policy and Sub-Sector definitions before you can register the application.

Submission Date: 16 April - 23 May 2021, 17h00

Link to the NFVF Funding Policy :https://www.nfvf.co.za/home/22/files/2020/NFVF%20Funding%20Policy%202020.pdf

A reminder of the huge impact we have made in the South African education space:

2015 Bright Media Promo Managing My Finances This is the 2015 showreel for the end-of-project report on the Managing My Finances Project. Bright Media was the service provider for the project, developing…

We need to take care of ourselves.

NFVF COVID-19 RELIEF FUND

The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) is an agency of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture that was created to ensure the equitable growth of South Africa's film and video industry.

In light of the national state of disaster declared by the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs in terms of section 27(1) of the Disaster Management Act which resulted in a national lockdown, and the collective national efforts to combat the spread of the Coronavirus virus (COVID-19) The NFVF acknowledges that COVID-19 has significantly impacted the film and television industry as productions were either halted or postponed.

The NFVF has initiated a relief fund aimed to support and assist independent freelance practitioners, technical and production crew in the film and television industry who have been affected and infected by the COVID-19 pandemic, specifically:

Practitioners who are experiencing a loss of income due to cancellations or postponements of confirmed work engagements in South Africa, either as a result of being infected with COVID-19 or due to the National State of Disaster and subsequent lockdown.
The NFVF Relief Fund will prioritise up to 60% of the available funds towards freelance film practitioners, technical and production crew members who have lost income due to the cancellation or postponement of productions. A definition of the crew and a list of what the NFVF will consider as freelance film practitioners, technical and production crew, is given below.
Opening date for submissions: Submission Date: 6 August 2020

Closing date for submissions: Submission Date: 3 September 2020, Midnight

Applicants need to register and complete the online application form using the following link: https://nfvf.praxisgms.co.za/

The Relief fund will provide grants of up to R10,000 (ten thousand rands) per applicant to help alleviate the acute hardships faced by South African freelance practitioners, technical and production crew during this time of economic uncertainty. Whilst emergency relief resources alone cannot address long-term career stability, the intent of this fund is to ensure that freelance practitioners, technical and production crew receive support.

Criteria:


1.1. Emerging or established Practicing freelancers, technical and production crew.

1.2. Applications must be made in the individuals personal capacity.

1.3. At least 21 years of age, with proven work experience of a minimum of 24 months in film and television production.

1.4. South African citizens with valid ID documents, or

1.5. Permanent resident in South Africa with a valid ID/Permit.

1.6. Refugees with a valid ID/Permit.

1.7. Provide proof of loss of income due to the cancellation of work. This can be in the form

of a contract, letter of engagement or call sheet.

1.8. Provide proof of previous work within the film and television industry within the past 12 months.

2. Exclusions:

2.1. Individuals that have been awarded a relief grant from other funds (both public or private funding).

2.2. Non-citizens, permanent residents, refugees or individuals without official status.

2.3. Practitioners who work in front of the camera (Performing artists).

2.4. Practitioners who are permanently employed through companies that are NFVF beneficiaries.

3. How does it work?

Applicants must:

Submit a short motivation letter with all relevant information and a breakdown of the details and loss of income.
Provide valid banking details and statements covering the last 3 months for the account to which any award will be disbursed.
Provide a one-page confirmation letter from the applicant's client/employer with a high-level overview of the cancelled or postponed project, this must be attached when applying for loss of income relief.
Submit proof of previous work/projects engagements in the industry (in the past two years) with an accompanying letter from at one least previous employer. The letter must include contactable references.
Submit their applications through Praxis

4. Incomplete applications will not be processed, which will result in an automatic disqualification.

5. The adjudication panels are made of industry professionals, presided over by NFVF Chairs of panels.
6. Recommendations will be presented to the NFVF Council for final approval. The NFVF funds are capped at R10,000 per applicant.

7. Successful applicants will be published on the NFVF website.

8. Definition of Crew:

A crew is a group of people, hired by a production company, for the purpose of producing a film or motion picture. The crew is distinguished from the cast as the cast are understood to be the actors who appear in front of the camera or provide voices for characters in the film. The crew is also separate from the producers as the producers are the ones who own a portion of either the film company or the film's intellectual property rights. A film crew is divided into different departments, each of which specialises in a specific aspect of the production. Whilst all film practitioners will be considered, crews will be prioritised for this relief funding.

Motion picture projects have three discrete stages: development, production and distribution. Within the production stage, there are also three clearly defined sequential phases — pre-production, principal photography and post-production — and many film crew positions are associated with only one or two of the phases. Distinctions are also made between above-the-line personnel (such as the director, the screenwriter and the producers) who begin their involvement during the project's development stage, and the below-the-line "technical" crew involved only with the production stage.

9. List of non-exhaustive crew titles that will be considered for funding:

Please note that no late applications will be accepted.

For any queries regarding applications please contact:

Thandekile Hlatshwayo

Applications Officer

Email: [email protected].

Telephone: 011 484 0880

Or

Manti Sekwakwa

Applications Officer

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: 011 484 0880

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