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30 January 2007 - Shortlist for Media Innovation Awards announced
Just under 30 creative companies from across Devon and Cornwall have been nominated for 11 categories in the Media Innovation Awards 2007, which will be presented in March.
The nominated businesses and individuals come from Ashburton, Barnstaple, Braunton, Croyde, Exeter, Fowey, Newquay, Newton Abbot, Plymouth, Redruth, and Throwleigh, near Exeter.
The Media Innovation Awards 2007 gala awards ceremony will be held on March 1 at St. Mellion International Hotel, Golf and Country Club. The winners of the individual categories will go forward to produce an overall winner who will receive the coveted MIA Trophy.
More than a thousand creative industries practitioners from Devon and Cornwall and their clients were invited to enter the prestigious awards competition to find the star innovators in the region.
As well as the practitioners any business that had commissioned work from members of Plymouth Media-Partnership and Cornwall Media Focus were also encouraged to enter their projects into the awards.
Karen Stockdale of Plymouth Media-Partnership, which is jointly organising the awards with Cornwall Media Focus, said: “The nominees demonstrate what a huge range of talent we have in Devon and Cornwall. Drawing up the shortlist was very difficult and we are sure it will be just as close when it comes to deciding who the winners are.”
Tickets for the Media Innovation Awards 2007 gala ceremony at St. Mellion are now on sale. They cost £30 for a 3 course meal, coffee and a special awards cocktail. The event starts at 7 pm. To reserve a place call 01752 346530, email: [email protected] or go to www.mediainnovationawards.com
The nominations for the various categories are show below.
Television
Sponsored by Disc Manufacturing Services
To recognise creative, editorial, technical or commercial innovation for a project broadcast on Television. The project may be a programme, short, promotion, commercial, title sequence or ident.
The nominations in this category are:
- Believe It Or Not Title Sequence - ITV Westcountry Design for ITV Westcountry (Plymouth)
- Special Report: The Future Game - ITV Westcountry Current Affairs for ITV Westcountry (Plymouth)
- Through Hell and High Water - Twofour for BBC 1 (Plymouth)
DVD
Sponsored by Disc Manufacturing Services
To recognise creative, editorial, technical or commercial innovation for a project produced specifically for DVD. The nominations in this category are:
- N-Com 19 - Denham Productions for Nissan Europe (Plymouth)
- Plymouth Life in the 1920s and 1930s - Chris Robinson and Videoex (Plymouth)
- Stoked - Stoked Productions (Fowey)
Community Website
Sponsored by Plymouth City Council
To recognise creative, editorial, technical or commercial innovation for a community website. This category incorporates IPTV projects/channels. The nominations in this category are:
- Making Plymouth Great - Goss Interactive, Twofour and The Herald (Plymouth)
- Melting Pot Studio Sessions - Arts Evolving Organic Network, The Peoples Republic of South Devon and Trilogy Productions (Newton Abbot)
- Plymouth Music Zone - Plymouth Music Zone in partnership with HMC Interactive (Plymouth)
Corporate Website
Sponsored by Logo Design
To recognise creative, editorial, technical or commercial innovation for a corporate website. This category incorporates IPTV projects/channels. The nominations in this category are:
- NHS On Line Journey - Coleridge Productions for the NHS and Connexions Cornwall and Devon (Plymouth)
- Pennywell Farm - Integralvision for Pennywell Farm and Wildlife Centre in association with Broadband4Devon (Ashburton)
- Volkswagen EVC Microsite - Twofour for Volkswagon UK (Plymouth)
Mobile Communications
Sponsored by ITV Westcountry
To recognise creative, editorial, technical or commercial innovation for a project using mobile technology. This includes material for download to mobile phones, MP4, and POD Casting.
The nominations in this category are:
- Ashes Down Under - Twofour in association with Player One Sports (Plymouth)
- Noogy - Chris Saunders and Jamie Taylor in association with iDAT and Lee Nutbean (Plymouth)
Film
Sponsored by Tamar Science Park
To recognise creative, editorial, technical or commercial innovation in film projects. The nominations in this category are:
- The Crinoline and the Rose - Emma Kempton in association with Exeter Phoenix, Devon Arts Culture, Dartmoor Sustainable Development Fund and Anson Hartford (Throwleigh, Devon)
- Perfect Match - Metropolitan Pictures in association with Exeter Phoenix Media (Exeter)
Multi-platform project
Sponsored by Automatic TV and Media
To recognise creative, editorial, technical or commercial innovation for a project making use of more than one platform. The nominations in this category are:
- Cornwall Culture - iDAT in association with Ollie Lindsey, Dan Efergan, Gendall Design and Chris Saunders for Cornwall Arts Marketing (iDAT in Plymouth, Cornwall Arts Marketing in Redruth)
- Fast Breeder - Uta Sohr for Lawinenstift (Plymouth for a German company)
- The Marjon Experience - Coleridge Productions for the College of St. Mark and St. John (Plymouth)
Installation/Exhibition
Sponsored by Goto Online
To recognise creative, editorial, technical or commercial innovation for projects produced for installation or exhibition (this includes digital stills exhibited in a gallery or published, and interactive museum installations making use of a range of technologies and platforms). The nominations in this category are:
- Explorocean - Pyramid for the National Marine Aquarium (Plymouth)
- Motion Plymouth - Motiongrafik in association with South West Screen, Arts and Business, Plymouth City Council, City Centre Management and BBC South West (Plymouth)
- Purple Planet - HMC Interactive in association with Event, New Angle, Clement and Street, Electrosonic, HB Source, Fixel for Cadbury World (Plymouth)
- Vanland - Blind Ditch in association with Teignbridge District Council and Coombeshead College with funding from Arts Council England, DEFRA, Teignbridge Rural Regeneration Project, EAGGF of EU and Teignbridge District Council (Newton Abbot)
Collaboration between business and young people
Sponsored by Business Link Devon & Cornwall
To recognise creative, editorial, business or technical innovation on a project that has been a collaboration between business and people under 18 years of age.
- After School Hours - Coombeshead College in association with Suited and Booted, and the Chances Educational Support Services with funding from First Light (Newton Abbot)
- North Devon Surf History - Maniac Films in association with Braunton Community College, Richard Gregory and Extreme Boardshots with funding from Barnstaple Museum and Tiki (Croyde, Braunton, Barnstaple)
- Projecting Plymouth – We’re Coming Up - Tamarside College in association with Jo Tyler and funding from Creative Partnerships (Company based in Newquay, school in Plymouth)
Most Innovative Newcomer
Sponsored by Creative Partnerships Cornwall & Plymouth
To recognise consistent creative, editorial, business or technical innovation over a range of projects by an individual with less than 5 years in the industry. In addition to the award the winner will receive a cheque for £500. The nominations are:
- Yelena Grigorenko, Pangaea (Exeter)
- Emma Kempton, independent, (Throwleigh, Devon)
- David Shaerf, Metropolitan Pictures (Exeter.)
Outstanding individual contribution to innovation
Sponsored by Twofour
To recognise an individual for significant creative, editorial, business or technical innovation. The nominations in this category are:
- ITV Westcountry Design team: Matt Boulton and Jo Kidby (Plymouth)
- Dan Livingstone, University of Plymouth (Plymouth)
- Adam Montandon, HMC Interactive (Plymouth)
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