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Individuals and businesses from across the South West were recognised for their contribution to the screen-based media industry at the Media Innovation Awards last night. The glittering awards ceremony held in Plymouth celebrated and recognised the innovative use of screen-based media in the region. |
Winners of each of the 15 categories were also announced at the ceremony. Businesses and individuals from Exeter, Modbury, Croyde, Newton Abbot and Kingsbridge won categories in Television, DVD/CD Rom, Corporate website and Audio/music for screen. While Plymouth companies won the awards in the Community Website, Multi Platform, Print Graphics, Photographic, Installation/Exhibition, Newcomer and the outstanding contribution award.
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The evening was introduced by Mark Hawkins, chair of Plymouth Media-Partnership, and Jemma Woodman from ITV Westcountry was the host for the evening |
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Phoenix Media based in Exeter - in association with Jerri Hart and Ben Sherriff received the award for best independent film/video for their piece – Revenge of the Jazz Hoodie. The judges awarded the first prize in the category for producing a clever piece of fiction accompanied by a smart use of music, and for producing an original story on a low budget.
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Televisionary based in Modbury, won the top award in the television category for their Fat Face Night Series. The judges awarded the first prize for using an innovative way of commercially exploiting an event. They also described it as a “well crafted and imaginative video package.” |
| Maniac Films based in Croyde, in association with Jon Croose, Means of Production Community Arts, Iona Dowling, Julian Vayne for the Museum of Barnstaple & North Devon in partnership with the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, scooped the top award in the DVD/CD Rom category for Think Tank. The judges awarded first prize for finding an inventive way of tackling its subject, they also described it as an “imaginative piece that engaged its audience well”. |
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Integralvision based in Newton Abbot won the corporate website category for Virtually Dartmoor, a website produced for the Dartmoor National Park Authority. The judges awarded first prize for delivering a site that reached an audience beyond the web. They described it as “an excellent example of how creative thinking can deliver historical and factual information and how a website can be developed for more than one platform.” |
| Paul Roberts Sound based in Kingsbridge won the audio/music for screen category for his piece - Mama Mirabelle, produced for the BBC and King Rollo Films for National Geographic. The judges awarded first prize for the "incredibly compled and well executed sound mix" which brought the programme to life and beautifully complemented the imagery. The award was collected on behalf of Paul Roberts by Karen Stockdale, the Manager of Plymouth Media-Partnership. |
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Silverstream TV won the community website category for Great South West Walk, produced for the Western Morning News. The judges awarded the top prize for showing how an excellent community website could be created with a very limited budget.
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| Inside Out South West won the multi-platform category for Rhinocam, produced by BBC South West with the cooperation of Paignton Zoo and BT. Judges described it as a fantastic collaboration between broadband providers, regional newspapers and terrestrial TV, and gave the top prize for creating a global event from a simple idea. |
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Out of Hand Ltd won the print graphics award for 247 Magazine for producing a distinctive and commercially successful product in a very competitive market. The judges also described the magazine as a carefully targeted product that was able to entertain and inform its audience.
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| The Herald scooped top prize in the photographic category for The Herald Naratives, which judges described as a really accessible way of presenting school nativity photographs to the public and an innovative approach to engaging its community and sharing photographs across platforms. |
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Soundcube in association with Plymouth College of Art & Design with funding from the Arts Council England and Creative Partnerships won first prize in the installation/exhibition category for Darwin’s Walk. Described as an unusual and engaging experience that was both fun and informative, it won top prize for using a sound installation to tell the story of evolution and for making it fun.
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| Luke Angell from HMC Interactive won the newcomer category for showing an ability to work on a wide range of projects at the cutting edge of interactive exhibition development. The judges also commented that he has dealt with a wide range of clients and projects with creativity and verve. |
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Not content with one award, HMC Interactive also scooped the outstanding contribution award for creating dazzling interactive experiences that are enjoyed all over the world and for leading the field in multimedia installation projects across the globe |
Karen Stockdale of award organisers Plymouth Media-Partnership was delighted to see so many South West companies represented at the awards. "The awards showcase the diversity and quality of work being carried out by media companies in the region."
“These awards will really help us to showcase the talent in the area and achieve our objectives of developing the national and international profile of the media industry and encourage trade to the area.”
| Devon didn’t entirely sweep the board through, as the overall winner and winner of the 2008 MIA trophy was Snap Happy, based in Bristol for Mobile Pie in association with Hands On Mobile and Luke Bennett, for producing an original, fun and user friendly mobile application. |
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Another triumph for Bristol was in the screen graphics category with Seven Ages of Rock produced by John Durrant, Orla Handley, Steve Bell and Jon Doe from BDH for BBC Television and BBC On Line. The judges awarded them the prize for transforming archive pictures into dynamic images that could tell a story. Judges also described it as a complex multi-layered use of graphics which clearly branded the entire programme experience.
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| Poole-based White Lantern Film in association with MV-v and Fire FM with funding from Media Box and Awards for All, won the collaboration between business and young people category for Pier Pressure. The judges awarded them the prize for producing a well-made and well-executed piece which tackled subjects of direct concern to young people through their own experiences and stories. |
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Entertainment was provided by The Three Waiters and by the Digital Hotdog stand from Plymouth Music Zone |
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