Digital Cinema Media Partners D&AD for 'Inspired by Film' programme

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Digital Cinema Media (DCM) has partnered with D&AD to create and curate a bespoke ‘Inspired by Film’ programme. Launching at Advertising Week Europe, ‘Inspired by Film’ will kick off with a joint workshop on Thursday 3 April which will celebrate the close links between film and advertising.

The Advertising Week Europe workshop panel will discuss the influence of film on advertising and the continued importance of the cinema experience for brands and filmmakers alike.

The panel will include the following participants:

Chair:

Tom Linay, Head of Film, Digital Cinema Media - uk.linkedin.com/pub/tom-linay/27/994/315

Panellists:

Frances Royle, Founder, Royle Productions and Foreman of the Jury for FilmCraft, D&AD Professional Awards, 2014 - http://www.uk.linkedin.com/pub/frances-royle/11/a0b/585

Silke Anderson, Communications Manager, VW Marketing - http://www.uk.linkedin.com/pub/silke-anderson/a/830/92

Danni Murray, Group Director of Media and Marketing Partnerships, Warner Brothers - http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/danni-murray/0/b59/377

Mark Boyd, Co-Founder, Gravity Road - http://www.uk.linkedin.com/pub/mark-boyd/15/356/70

Matthias Hoene, Partizan Director, Partizan - http://www.linkedin.com/pub/hoene-matthias/4/a77/a20

To add the DCM and D&AD Adweek Europe workshop to your schedule, click here.

DCM and D&AD are also working together to produce, collate and commission content from inside and outside the film and advertising communities with the aim of showcasing creative excellence, accessible filmcraft techniques and provoking conversation around film and the role and influence it has on the creative industries.

This ‘Inspired by Film’ content will include a deep dive into D&AD’s box of Yellow Pencils to look at award-winning title sequences, Q&As with directors working across advertising and film and a series of features exploring the anatomy of a scene, the art of trailer-making and the craft elements of film from lighting, to sound to new technological innovations in film and the cinema environment.

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The partnership also sees DCM challenge young filmmakers to create a 25" ident to showcase all the rich emotions of the big screen. The brief forms part of the D&AD New Blood Awards, where top-name brands including Unilever, The Body Shop, WPP, Sky, ASOS and the BBC set challenges to help emerging talent land their first job. A New Blood Award is valued the world over and winning truly marks you out as one of the best.

According to DCM’s Marketing Director, Zoe Jones: “Working with D&AD in its mission to inform, educate and inspire those who work in the creative industries is a privilege and a passion for DCM.The very best writing, directing and storytelling talent works across the film and advertising industries and D&AD’s commitment to the legacy of the most innovative and creative work as well as its commitment to developing future talent and innovations is what we’re truly inspired by.”

Amanda Moorby D&AD’s Partnership Director says: “ Stimulation not congratulation is at the heart of what we do here at D&AD, so we’re delighted to be partnering with DCM on a content hub of visual storytelling that celebrates the parallels between advertising and film.”