Northern Alliance - BFI

Appendix XXI Summary of questionnaire responses
1. Strategic partners‟ questionnaire
Methodology
Northern Alliance drafted and sent a questionnaire to the following strategic
partners of the UK Film Council‟s short film schemes:
Nine Regional Screen Agencies (EM Media, Film London, Northern Film
and Media, North West Vision, Screen East, Screen South, South West
Screen, Screen West Midlands, Screen Yorkshire)
Three National Screen Agencies (Film Agency for Wales, Northern Ireland
Screen, Scottish Screen)
Four other strategic partners: B3 Media, Mayavision, The Bureau and 104
films.
Of these, only Film Agency for Wales was unable to respond because it was not
running a UK Film Council short scheme during the period of review. All the other
strategic partners responded, though there was a wide variation in the amount of
information available. In total, 25 individual responses were collected, each
scheme being treated separately as a distinct respondent. The following summary
is an analysis of what data are recorded, as opposed to a completely accurate
picture of all short film activity. The most useful conclusion from the survey is as
evidence of the patchwork nature of data collection and the problems this causes
in attempting to measure short film activity in any quantitative way.
Strategic partner objectives
Overall the objectives for the UK Film Council‟s Strategic Partner‟s short
film schemes are:
1. Developing exceptional talent;
2. Discovering new talent;
3. Helping key talent move to feature films;
4. Producing critically acclaimed short films;
5. Encouraging creative experimentation;
6. Encouraging diversity in the film industry;
7. Producing short films for a wide public audience;
8. Encouraging use of digital and new technologies;
9. Training all crew.
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