Welcome to the iFeatures Podcast in association with Creative England, BFI, BBC Films and Creative Skillset.

Over 8 episodes, we’re going to take a closer look at this year’s iFeatures programme, as we follow the journeys of 12 teams of emerging filmmaking talent , who successfully navigated their way through several rounds of applications, as well as pitching to a panel of industry executives who will help guide them through the entire programme, from workshop to workshop and all the road bumps in between.

This podcast is brought to you by Creative England, a national body that invests in creative talent and businesses across film, TV, games and digital media, to help turn ideas into reality. 

This series was created and produced by Tonality Media, and hosted by me, Andy Johnson. 

iFeatures is led by Creative England and supported by BBC Films, Creative Skillset, and made possible through National Lottery funding from the BFI. You can find more information about the programme and the final 12 filmmaking teams on the iFeatures and Creative England websites.

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Subscribe on Apple Podcasts here: bit.ly/iFeaturesiTunes

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Welcome to the iFeatures Podcast.

Over the next 8 episodes, we’re going to take a closer look at this year’s iFeatures programme, as we follow the journeys of 12 teams of emerging filmmaking talent , who successfully navigated their way through several rounds of applications, as well as pitching to a panel of industry executives who will help guide them through the entire programme, from workshop to workshop and all the road bumps in between.

In this first episode we introduce this year's iFeatures programme and the changes that Creative England have implemented in order to widen the net further and increase the range of voices and stories being told.

This podcast is brought to you by Creative England, a national body that invests in creative talent and businesses across film, TV, games and digital media, to help turn ideas into reality. 

This series was created and produced by Tonality Media, and hosted by me, Andy Johnson. 

iFeatures is led by Creative England and supported by the BFI (with National Lottery funding) BBC Films, Creative Skillset.

You can find more information about the programme and the final 12 filmmaking teams on the iFeatures and Creative England websites here:

creativeengland.co.uk
ifeatures.co.uk

Subscribe on iTunes here: bit.ly/iFeaturesiTunes

Screen Daily Article: 
bit.ly/iFeaturescreen

1. Welcome to iFeatures

In this episode, the final 12 teams are now in Manchester at the first Story Lab, a 3 day residential workshop, where they’ll hear from a variety of industry experts as well as sharing their thoughts and ideas with one another. The focus at this first development lab, is the Story. The very foundation of each of their films, and the most important part to get right. 

This podcast is brought to you by Creative England, a national body that invests in creative talent and businesses across film, TV, games and digital media, to help turn ideas into reality.

This series was created and produced by Tonality Media, and hosted by me, Andy Johnson.

iFeatures is led by Creative England and supported by the BFI (with National Lottery funding) BBC Films, Creative Skillset.

You can find more information about the programme and the final 12 filmmaking teams on the iFeatures and Creative England websites here:

creativeengland.co.uk
ifeatures.co.uk

Subscribe on iTunes here: bit.ly/iFeaturesiTunes

2. The Story Lab

Our 12 teams are now in Liverpool at the second Story Lab, a 2 day residential workshop. We are continuing to focus on the importance of story in film development and in particular, exploring the stories specific to each of the 12 projects on this year’s iFeatures programme.

This podcast is brought to you by Creative England, a national body that invests in creative talent and businesses across film, TV, games and digital media, to help turn ideas into reality.

This series was created and produced by Tonality Media, and hosted by me, Andy Johnson.

iFeatures is led by Creative England and supported by the BFI (with National Lottery funding), BBC Films and Creative Skillset.

You can find more information about the programme and the final 12 filmmaking teams on the iFeatures and Creative England websites here:

creativeengland.co.uk
ifeatures.co.uk

Subscribe on iTunes here: bit.ly/iFeaturesiTunes

3. Who, What & Why?

The teams have now gone away for a couple of months to write their first draft scripts. We catch up with two of them to see how they are progressing as well as hearing from two previous iFeatures filmmakers about their development journeys.

This podcast is brought to you by Creative England, a national body that invests in creative talent and businesses across film, TV, games and digital media, to help turn ideas into reality.

This series was created and produced by Tonality Media, and hosted by me, Andy Johnson.

iFeatures is led by Creative England and supported by the BFI (with National Lottery funding), BBC Films and Creative Skillset.

You can find more information about the programme and the final 12 filmmaking teams on the iFeatures and Creative England websites here:

creativeengland.co.uk
ifeatures.co.uk

Subscribe on iTunes here: bit.ly/iFeaturesiTunes

For more information on Retreat and Perfect 10 click here:
http://ifeatures.co.uk/in-production1.html

Full Transcript of this episode can be downloaded here:
bit.ly/iFeaturesEp4Transcript

4. First Draft

In this episode, we are back at another Lab for a series of workshops. 
This time we are focussing on the many facets of a Director’s role on a film. 

This podcast is brought to you by Creative England, a national body that invests in creative talent and businesses across film, TV, games and digital media, to help turn ideas into reality.

This series was created and produced by Tonality Media, and hosted by me, Andy Johnson.

iFeatures is led by Creative England and supported by the BFI (with National Lottery funding), BBC Films and ScreenSkills.

You can find more information about the programme and the final 12 filmmaking teams on the iFeatures and Creative England websites here:

creativeengland.co.uk
ifeatures.co.uk

Subscribe on iTunes here: bit.ly/iFeaturesiTunes

5. The Director's Lab

In this episode, we are exploring the role of a film producer...

Interviews include Oscar Winning Producer, and Head of Film at ScreenSkills, Gareth Ellis-Unwin (The King's Speech) as well as film editor, Chris Wyatt (This Is England).
 
This podcast is brought to you by Creative England, a national body that invests in creative talent and businesses across film, TV, games and digital media, to help turn ideas into reality.

This series was created and produced by Tonality Media, and hosted by me, Andy Johnson.

iFeatures is led by Creative England and supported by the BFI (with National Lottery funding), BBC Films and ScreenSkills.

You can find more information about the programme and this year's 12 filmmaking teams on the iFeatures and Creative England websites here:

creativeengland.co.uk
ifeatures.co.uk

Subscribe on iTunes here: bit.ly/iFeaturesiTunes

6. The Producer's Lab

This episode is all about the Film Sales, Distribution and Festivals Landscape, with a focus on Market Trader, a development programme from Creative England.

This podcast is brought to you by Creative England, a national body that invests in creative talent and businesses across film, TV, games and digital media, to help turn ideas into reality.
 
This podcast was created and produced by Tonality Media, and hosted by me, Andy Johnson.

Market Trader is part of Creative Enterprise, a programme created to make the moving image sector more sustainable by supporting screen businesses through training, mentoring and building of networks, developed with National Lottery funding from the BFI. 

You can find more information about Creative Enterprise on the Creative England website: creativeengland.co.uk

7. Market Trader (Bonus Episode)

*APPLY TO iFEATURES NOW!*

In this episode, we learn more about the iFeatures application process, what you need to know when applying and what we are looking out for!

This podcast is brought to you by Creative England, a national body that invests in creative talent and businesses across film, TV, games and digital media, to help turn ideas into reality.

This series was created and produced by Tonality Media, and hosted by Andy Johnson.

iFeatures is led by Creative England and supported by the BFI (with National Lottery funding), BBC Films and ScreenSkills.

You can find more information about the programme and this year's 12 filmmaking teams on the iFeatures and Creative England websites here:

creativeengland.co.uk
ifeatures.co.uk

APPLY HERE: applications.creativeengland.co.uk

SUBSCRIBE on iTunes HERE: bit.ly/iFeaturesiTunes

8. Applying to iFeatures

The iFeatures podcast is back with a brand new series and this year we have a new theme: Stories About Place.

In this first episode, we are focussing on Bristol.
We’ll hear from the participants: the writers, directors, producers, all about their films and how the places they are either set or filmed in, contribute to the stories they are telling. 

This podcast is brought to you by Creative England, a national body that invests in creative talent and businesses across film, TV, games and digital media, to help turn ideas into reality.

iFeatures is led by Creative England and supported by the BFI (with National Lottery funding), BBC Films and ScreenSkills.

You can find more information about the programme and this year's 12 filmmaking teams on the Creative England website here:
creativeengland.co.uk


This series was created and produced by Tonality Media, and hosted by Andy Johnson.
tonalitymedia.com

Stories about Place: Bristol

Podcast from Creative England, focussing on iFeatures, the company's flagship feature film development programme. 

Follow the journeys of aspiring new filmmaking talent from across the UK, through this podcast series. The filmmakers have let us in on their experience of being selected, attending iFeatures Labs and developing their first feature projects. We’ve also shared advice from guest industry speakers along the way.

The iFeatures Podcast is created and produced by Tonality Media, and hosted by Andy Johnson.

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