I’m writing to tell you about an opportunity that I think some of your talented animators and digital artists might love to be a part of. I work on a project called somewhereto_ which provides young people aged 16-25 with the space they need to do the things they love in their local areas - be it physical space or digital space. We’re currently teaming up with the BT Tower to showcase some short animations on the famous LED screens on the tower. It’s the most famous digital space in the UK and we want young animators and digital artists to submit short animations to be in with the chance of having their work showcased to thousands of people in our nation’s capital. Attached is a press release and flyer - if you think this is an opportunity that your students would be interested in, please forward them on. The flyer has all of the competition info on it, including how and where to enter. It’s open to young people nationwide aged 16-25. If you have any further questions, please dont hesitate to contact me. We look forward to receiving some wonderful entries from Nottingham Trent students! Many thanks, Amber & the somewhereto_ team. www.somewhereto.com www.somewhereto.com/BTTower www.twitter.com/somewhereto_

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YoungGuns believes that ‘Almost everything that is great has been done by youth’ and the results of the 2011 show clearly demonstrate this.

YoungGuns recognizes the leaders of tomorrow; the game changers; potential creative demi-gods; or simply the best young and emerging talent. The people you want working for; and with you. So congratulations to all the 2011 Winners and Finalists.

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In the 5 Professional Awards – Advertising, Digital, Design, Media and PR – the work was outstanding and this was reflected in the young talent awarded from 20 countries:

12 Gold Bullets; 39 Silver Bullets; 49 Bronze Bullets; 80 Finalists

The 2011 Professional YoungGuns of the Year (Best in Show) are Mr Alexander Nowak & Mr Felix Richter from Y&R New York for Airwalk Invisible Pop Up Store.

The 2011 Student Award continues to push boundaries in its expectation of ideation and craft skills.

Emerging talent in 14 schools across 7 countries were awarded:

6 Gold Bullets; 6 Silver Bullets; 9 Bronze Bullets; 17 Finalists

The 2011 Student YoungGuns of the Year (Best in Student Show) are Edi Inderbitzin & Maximilian Gebhardt & Maximilian Hoch from Miami AdSchool Europe for Kinder - Good Surprise.

YoungGuns also recognizes the organizations that incubate and support the development of young talent:

2011 YoungGuns Advertising Agency of the Year – Leo Burnett Chicago

2011 YoungGuns Digital Agency of the Year – Y&R New York

2011 YoungGuns Design Agency of the Year – DDB Philippines

2011 YoungGuns Network of the Year – Leo Burnett Worldwide

2011 School of the Year - Miami AdSchool Europe

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Party with YoungGuns in New York & Hamburg

The YoungGuns 2011 Award Parties will be held in New York and Hamburg in January 2012.

These are where the 2011 Professional and Student YoungGuns of the Year are from, so as promised we are going there to celebrate them and all the other young and emerging talent recognized.

YoungGuns recognizes the best young talent globally and what better way than a party that celebrates your talent.

Looking forward to that.
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GameCity, Europe’s biggest and best-loved videogame culture festival, is proud to present:

KOOKY - EXCLUSIVE UK PREMIERE SCREENING

Plus Q+A with Two-time Academy Award Winning Director Jan Svěrák and Jakub Dvorský, Lead Designer & Founder of Amanita Design (acclaimed developers of Machinarium and Samorost I & II).

Broadway Cinema,
Thursday October 27th, 6:15pm
14 - 18 Broad Street, Nottingham, NG1 3AL

GameCity are really excited to be hosting the UK premiere of Two-time Academy Award Winner Jan Svěrák’s enchanting new film, Kooky, on which Amanita Designs’ Jakub Dvorský was lead designer. Using puppetry and live action, Kooky is both an inventive, thrilling family adventure and a celebration of the childhood imagination.

Young Ondra suffers from asthma, forcing his mother to throw away beloved but dusty stuffed bear, Kooky. That night, Ondra dreams of his faithful friend battling his way home, travelling through an enchanted forest and fighting evil on a hero’s quest to be reunited.

Writer & Director Jan Svěrák and Lead Production Designer Jakub Dvorský will be present after the film to discuss Kooky, their work, life, puppets and more and answer questions from the audience. (Kooky ticket required for entry)

Advanced tickets available now from Broadway’s website and box office.

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A word from our 2011 Jury Chairman - Toby Talbot

YoungGuns continues to confound me as an award show. It’s in its eleventh year. The first YoungGuns are now middle aged in advertising years. Which in turn makes me prehistoric, but let’s not dwell on that.

There’s something quite elitist about YoungGuns. Anyone can enter Cannes. Anyone can enter D&AD, One Show, the lot. But not just any old creative can enter YoungGuns.

The criteria is quite specific. It’s any young creative.

You have to have youth on your side and yet, paradoxically, your ideas have to show incredible maturity.

That’s why it’s such a great show.

When I judged YoungGuns a few years ago, I remember two things from those few days.

It was by far the most talented jury I have ever had the pleasure to sit on.

And the work was amazing. It challenged the status quo. As a specific award for young, emerging talent, it showed where our industry was going with ideas that were naive but brilliant, audacious but real.

Actually, three things. The hotel was shit where we judged. Guess you can’t have everything.

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Entry Deadline Extended

Professional Entry Deadline extended to Monday October 31.

If you are young and talent and working in Digital, Design, Creative, Media or PR enter now and get the recognition you deserve from your peers and the industry.
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2011 YoungGuns Award Party

In 2011 the YoungGuns Award Party is coming to you wherever you are.

Whoever is named the 2011 YoungGun of the Year, YoungGuns will be coming to your local turf to throw the 2011 Award Party.

We will celebrate the best young talent globally with you, the YoungGun of the Year, as the guest of honour.

Who knows where the party will be, coz we don’t. Our last 10 YoungGuns of the Year have come from the USA, UK, South Africa, Australia and Malaysia.

All you have to do is have great ideas (which we know you do) and enter (which is easy)

Good luck and look forward to celebrating with you somewhere on the planet.
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1.) IMG Placement – recent graduates IMG are looking for the next generation of production management, technical and editorial leaders, so if you are interested in becoming a rising star in production and distribution, The Advantage Programme is just what you are looking for (see attached for full details). IMG are offering 3 individually designed paid 12 month placements: Technical, Editorial or Management How to apply: All applicants are required to complete and return (by email) an application form along with an up-to-date copy of their CV. Deadline 14th October 2011 http://www.imgworld.com/careers/broadcast-trainee-program.aspx 2.) Guardian Q&A – TV Careers Where should you start if you want to break into TV? What sort of job will suit you and what skills and qualifications do employers want to see? Matt Basham (Partnership Manager, TV Team, Skillset) will be taking part in a live Guardian Q&A session on careers in Television with other industry experts on Wednesday 05th October 2011 from 1pm . You can post your questions now at this link http://careers.guardian.co.uk/careers-in-tv or join the debate on the day. 3.) Who’s Afraid of GameCity? Ahead of October’s festival, GameCity6, we’ve teamed up with writer & comedian Charlie Higson to bring a special competition to Nottingham’s aspiring writers - “Who’s Afraid of GameCity?” From Sept 29 to Oct 14, budding horror writers aged 12-17 are invited to pen 500 words on the theme of “The scariest Friday ever…” The entries will be judged by Charlie and the winners read by him during a special ‘The Fear’ event at Fear Friday on Oct 28 at 7:00pm in the GameCity festival base, on Old Market Square. The winning entry will; - be read out by Higson himself at the event - receive a signed full set of Higson’s Zombie works - have their entry published in The Nottingham Evening Post and on the GameCity website During the SCARY evening event, Higson will read an extract from his latest book, The Fear, before announcing the winning entry and sharing their work with the crowd. To submit your entry, email fearfriday@gamecity.org or go to www.gamecity.org> for details to see how you can be a part of the day. Tickets are priced at £3 and are available from Waterstones 1/5 Bridlesmith Gate, Nottingham, NG1 2GR. Tel: 0843 290 8525. enquires@nottingham.waterstones.com About Charlie Higson Charlie Higson is a successful author, actor, comedian and writer for television and radio. He wrote the phenomenally successful Young Bond series which has now sold over a million copies in the UK and has been translated into over 24 different languages. The series began with SilverFin and was followed by Blood Fever, Double or Die, Hurricane Gold and By Royal Command. All five novels entered the children’s bestseller charts in the top five. The first novel in his bestselling zombie-adventure series for teenagers, The Enemy, was published by Puffin in September 2009, with the second The Dead, following in September 2010. Both books have been published to great critical acclaim. Charlie is a huge fan of horror films and books, and even studied gothic literature at university. With three sons of his own, Charlie knows exactly how to terrify and captivate teenagers in equal measure. About GameCity GameCity is a unique celebration of videogame culture based in Nottingham’s city centre, from October 26-29, with family focused fun activities for any and all to enjoy. For full details on the festival schedule, go to www.gamecity.org> Terms and Conditions: 1. This competition is open to residents of the UK aged 12-17 years. 2. All information detailing how to enter forms part of these terms and conditions. It is a condition of entry that all rules are accepted as final and that the competitor agrees to abide by these rules. Submission of an entry will be taken to mean acceptance of these terms and conditions. 3. Entries should be submitted to the email address provided and include the entrant’s full address, telephone number and email address. All entries must be received by midnight on Friday, October 14, 2011 and entry is restricted to one per person. 4. To participate in this competition, entrants must write a short story entitled “The scariest Friday ever…” in no more than 500 words, allowing no more than ten per cent above or below this limit. Entries must be the work of the individual submitting them and must not have been published elsewhere or have won a prize in any other competition. It is the responsibility of each entrant to ensure that no element of their entry infringes the copyright of any third party or any laws. Entries will be judged on which are the most original, interesting and entertaining. 5. Due to the work being published as part of the prize fund, please refrain from any gratuitous violence, swearing or sexual content that would deem the entry ineligible to print, thus invalidating part of the prize. 6. The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence shall be entered into. 7. Copyright in all submissions to the competition remains with the respective entrants. However, in consideration of their providing the Competition, each entrant grants a worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual license to GameCity as a project of Nottingham Trent University to feature any or all of the submissions in any of its publications, its websites and/or in any promotional material connected to this competition. 8. Late, illegible, incomplete or defaced entries will not be accepted. No responsibility can be accepted for lost entries and proof of sending will not be accepted as proof of receipt. 9. The overall winning entrant shall win a (signed set of Charlie Higson’s Zombie works, be read out at the winner’s event on Friday, October 28 and be published in the Nottingham Evening Post and on GameCity website yoruany time after this date). It is the responsibility of the prize winner to ensure they and their guardian are present at the award announcement 10. The prizes as described are available on the date of publication. All elements of the prizes are subject to availability, non transferable and there are no cash alternatives. 11. Events may occur that render the competition itself or the awarding of the prizes impossible due to reasons beyond the control of the Promoter and accordingly the Promoter may at its absolute discretion vary or amend the promotion and the entrant agrees that no liability shall attach to the Promoter as a result thereof. 12. GameCity is responsible for the publication and adjudication of this competition. Provision of the prizes is the responsibility of GameCity. 13. English law applies and the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts shall prevail. DISCLAIMER: This email is intended solely for the addressee. It may contain private and confidential information. If you are not the intended addressee, please take no action based on it nor show a copy to anyone. In this case, please reply to this email to highlight the error. 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