Big Screen Bonanza!

Tuesday night was the latest Flash Brighton and BANG collaborative event, their festive Big Screen Bonanza! I’d been to one before and was really looking forward to having a few beers with the animation crowd and watching some great animations, I wasn’t disappointed.

After a couple of free mince pies and wearing reindeer style antlers we all settled down to the first part of the evening. Richard Mitchelson (aka Rich Mitch) kicked things off with a screening of his favourite animations of the year. It was an eclectic mix of funny, beautiful and just plain odd films. There wasn’t a theme at all but they were all excellent examples of animation and storytelling.

Next up was a talk from Garth and Ginny talking about the work they’d produced which included an E4 Music Sting and the brilliant Flash on the Beach titles.

The evening finished off with local animator Cyriak showcasing his latest work. This included Meow - a zombie kitten apocalypse and also a film of Bruce Forsyth going absolutely mental. If you’ve not seen Cyriak’s work before then you should head over to his site and check out animations like Beastenders and The death of Jim Davidson.

All in all it was a great night and I’d like to pass my thanks on to everyone involved in putting it together, that’s Sarah Bird, Seb Lee-Delisle, Rich Mitch, Cyriak, Garth and Ginny and anyone else I’ve forgotten. Looking forward to the next one...

Luke

Brighton SEO Meet-up

Yesterday evening was the Christmas SEO Brighton meet-up organised by Fresh Egg after a suggestion by Kelvin Newman on Twitter, the event took place in the upstairs room of The Quadrant pub.

it was great to catch up with everyone, especially finally putting faces to names from people you read about on blogs and follow on Twitter. Thanks to Fresh Egg who were kind enough to buy the 1st round of the evening.

There were people from Fresh Egg, iCrossing, Site Visibility, No Pork Pies and Click with Technology, plus several people who came up from Southampton and Bournemouth who had heard about it on Twitter and wanted to see what it was all about.

So thanks again to Fresh Egg for organising, and don’t forget the Wired Sussex members meet-up next Wednesday (16th December 2010) at the Black Lion pub from 6.30pm. Hope to see you there

The Sussex Internship Programme Strikes Back

We have spent the last month out and about throughout Sussex, meeting with companies within the media, creative and content sectors with regards to the Sussex Internship Programme. It has been a great way to find out what is happening out in the industry and also to put faces to names with our members.

The Sussex Internship Programme, in partnership with the University of Sussex, will provide 100 internships across the full spectrum of the media industry in Sussex over the next 18 months, with an initial 40 internships being advertised on the SIP website on the 1st December 2009.

The next round of the internships went live yesterday for applications. We will be offering 60 internships this time around, with 40 already live and receiving applications and the last 20 staggered over the next 10 days.

As with the previous round, the response has been exceptional and this round involves a real mix of great companies across Sussex within the Music, Design, Editorial, Digital Media, PR and Development sectors including BozBoz, Charanga, Content & Motion and many more.

If you are interested in finding out about the companies involved or the internships on offer visit the Sussex Internship Programme website