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animate! tv 2004 : Production arrangement
We are offering production funding from £5,000 up to a maximum of £20,000.
Films must have a running time of up to 6 minutes, be made in the UK, and be suitable for a television audience. Screen aspect ratio must be 16:9 widescreen.
Proposals must be ready to go into production and not be waiting for co-production finance. Selected projects will be contracted by the end of July 2004.
The maximum production schedule for projects is 12 months overall, with completion and delivery by August 2005 at the latest . We encourage shorter schedules and early delivery to help maximise press and publicity coverage.
Budgets will be subject to revision before an offer of production funding.
Production funds will be payable in instalments and subject to approval of work-in-progress. There will be informal editorial meetings with Arts Council England and Channel 4 during production.
Each selected filmmaker will be responsible for the direction and production of their personal project but may need to engage or hire specialist skills, facilities or producer. They will be expected to make clear contractual arrangements with anyone engaged or commissioned by them to contribute to their projects.
Finetake’s Production Executive, Maggie Ellis, will provide advice on production needs and agreements, rights clearances and broadcast technicalities.
ownership, UK broadcast, distribution and internet
animate! tv is managed by Finetake but funded filmmakers retain copyright and ownership of their films. However:
- • Channel 4 will have the exclusive right to make two free transmissions of each work on free tv within five years from date of technical acceptance, and the non-exclusive right to include a clip of the work on the Channel’s animation website.
- • Finetake will have the non-exclusive rights to include the works on an animate! information and resource website, for streaming or downloading, and to use the works to promote animate! at festivals and other venues, and for educational purposes.
- • Finetake may arrange for any film to be included on a retail animate! compilation DVD.
- • LUX, London, will have non-exclusive worldwide distribution rights in the works.
- • BetaSP copies of all films will be deposited at the National Film & Television Archive.
- • the films will carry a short animate! opening ident and include an acknowledgement of Arts Council England, Channel 4 and animate! in their end credits and on all printed/promotional material.
Documents
- 2004: animatetv budget guide 2004 (PDF, 35,587 bytes)
- 2004: animatetv budget guide 2004 (RTF, 7,801 bytes)
- 2004: animatetv proposal pack 2004 (PDF, 93,439 bytes)
- 2004: animatetv proposal pack 2004 (RTF, 25,065 bytes)