The Underwire Awards 2011 will take place on the evening of Saturday 26th November. For Underwire, awards should be more than having something shiny for your mantlepiece! We want to award our winners something that will support their continued development and we’ve been working hard finding partners who think the same too. We’ve got some great prizes lined up for our 2011 winners, and we wanted to tell you a bit more about them.
we’re also really excited to announce that Tatty Devine, a cult classic of British fashion with its witty, offbeat designs, are busy creating something very special for our winners to take home with them on the night.
Producer Award, supported by Women in Film and Television
Women in Film & TV is the premier membership organisation for women working in creative media in the UK, and part of an international network of over 10,000 women worldwide. Members of our organisation come from a broad range of professions spanning the entire creative media industry.
The winner of the Underwire Producer Award, sponsored by Women in Film and Television UK, will be treated to lunch with a top film producer. This is a ‘money can’t buy’ opportunity to come face-to-face with a highly experienced producer and to ask those pressing questions about what it’s like working on big feature films and how they got to where they are today.
Screenwiter Award, supported by Euroscript
Euroscript offers professional and practical creative screenwriting courses, consultation and screenwriting competitions for film and TV. Back as an Underwire partner for a second year, they will support our winning writer with free evening and weekend courses for one whole year!
Composer Award, supported by Imagem
Imagem are one of the world’s leading independent music publishers representing three core catalogues of music namely, Imagem Music, Boosey & Hawkes and Rodgers & Hammerstein. Their creative services team specialises in Film and Advertising music supervision, bespoke composition and contract negotiation.
They represent many of the world’s leading composers, writers and artists of past and present including Rachmaninov, Shostakovich, Steve Reich, Daft Punk, Genesis, The Stone Roses, Bombay Bicycle Club, Vampire Weekend and far too many more..
Our Underwire Composition winner will be invited to a series of meetings with a top film music supervisor discussing composition & scoring, advertising, film budgets, cutting to picture and industry trends and needs. Included in this will be a run through of in production projects and a meeting with a major film company.
Editor Award, supported by VET
VET is a busy post production house and one of the industry’s leading training providers. They are a key partner for Underwire, not only as our Editor Award partner but also as the post production partner for the festival. Without VET, nothing would appear on screen during Underwire! VET will make available to our winner £500 worth of training, to be discussed and selected in collaboration with the winning editor to be tailored to their specific needs.
Director Award, supported by Directors UK
Directors UK provide all the support, advice and opportunities you will need in your career as a director when working in Film, Television, Music Video, Commercials, Short Film and Animation.
From November Directors UK the professional association for British screen directors will be launching its new membership scheme and offering a new discounted student & emerging director membership alongside full membership. Our winning Director will receive 1 years free membership to Directors UK.
Cinematographer Award, supported by Kodak
As the world’s foremost imaging innovator, Kodak helps consumers, businesses, and creative professionals unleash the power of images, information, and printing to enrich their lives. Kodak are back with Underwire for a second year supporting our winning Cinematographer one again with five rolls of 16mm film for their next project.
Best Film Journalist Award
Our Film Journalist winners have already been announced on the site last week. Each judge has selected their own favourite to produce a piece for their publication. Congratulations to Jo Shaw who will be writing for Electric Sheep, Clare Pennington who will be writing for The Quietus, Kamakshi Tiwary who will be writing for Little White Lies and Caroline Cooks-Burns who will be writing for Aesthetica whose work will find a new audience amongst these (online) pages, as well as through their posts as resident bloggers for UnderWire during the festival. We hope this opportunity – albeit it modest – helps to kickstart their careers for the future.
**image is courtesy of Tatty Devine, a flavour of things to come!