SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Bournemouth s Visual Effects, Computer Games & Animation Festival 22nd - 28th September 2014 www.bfxfestival.com For enquires, please contact: Sofronis Efstathiou BFX Festival Director Email: sefstathiou@bournemouth.ac.uk Peter Truckel Director of The VFX Hub Email: ptruckel@bournemouth.ac.uk

Background The BFX Festival was designed to celebrate the creative and technical achievements of the visual effects, animation and games industry, inspire the next generation of talent in this exciting field and share the latest knowledge through a unique programme of screenings, presentations, workshops and master classes. The 2014 Festival will run from 22nd-28th September. The 2014 event will open with a 7-week residential competition for the UK s best visual effects and animation students and recent graduates; this will be followed by a 3-day academic conference and a 4-day festival of workshops, public screenings, master classes, careers hub and a children s animation workshop. BFX 2014 culminates with an awards dinner/ceremony for the competition winners. The festival aims to attract a mixture of professionals, students and members of the public and to capture the interest of visitors to Bournemouth during September. Our ambition is to make the BFX Festival the best of its kind in the UK and to become an internationally recognised event in the fields of Visual Effects and Animation. We ve already got some of the UK s biggest Visual Effects and Animation studios on board, including Framestore (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Avatar, The Golden Compass), MPC (Prometheus, Clash of the Titans, Life of Pi), Cinesite (Casino Royale, John Carter, The Dark Knight), Double Negative (Inception, The Dark Knight Rises, Iron Man 2), and The Mill (Gladiator, Black Hawk Down, Doctor Who). 1

Festival exposure The BFX team will work to achieve substantial exposure in the press and media, at both a regional and national level, with a well-planned and coordinated campaign that will emphasise the high profile, high-quality content of the festival. Partnerships have already been forged with leading industry magazine 3D Artist, which will give increased national and international exposure to the event. The BFX festival website: www.bfxfestival. com, features regular updates and news feeds, giving the BFX competition and BFX festival a year round, international presence. The Immediate Reach of BFX 16,000 BU students 6,000 AUB students 3,000 BU staff Media partners with an audience reach of 200,000 20 UK VFX and animation studios 400,000 residents of Bournemouth, Poole and the conurbation 11 UK leading VFX and animation Universities 20 speaker series with an average total audience of 3,000 Daily public screenings with an average total audience of 3,000 Database of 24,000 alumni 2

BFX Sponsorship opportunities We are pleased to be offering several ways to sponsor the BFX Festival and Competition and to demonstrate your organisation s vision for the future of visual effects, animation and gaming in the UK. Supported by Bournemouth Borough Council and Silicon South BFX is the creative, cultural and educational centrepiece of the region s digital initiative and will be widely promoted as part of the town s commitment to encouraging the development of the creative industries in Bournemouth. With significant support from industry already confirmed, this standout event is the perfect platform to associate your brand with a wide audience that includes visual effects, games and animation professionals, young adults, students, schools, universities and movie fans of all ages. Headline Sponsor ( 15,000 + VAT) A unique opportunity to take ownership of the 2014 BFX Festival. Celebrating the very best of visual effects and animation worldwide, this ground-breaking event is an effective platform to drive brand experience and communicate your message to a targeted audience. As Headline Sponsor of the BFX Festival 2014 you will receive the following benefits: Recognition as Headline Sponsor, announcement of partnership with branding in all of the associated activities including festival marketing collateral such as official website, dedicated e-shots, postcards, banners, posters, invites, official programme and outdoor advertising. Product placement and branding opportunities at festival events including the BFX Competition Awards Dinner, master classes and workshops, recruitment hub, public screenings and exhibitions. Product demonstration opportunities with a dedicated BFX tech demo during the festival. Invitation to the BFX Competition Awards Dinner and key festival events. Sponsor of the Best Film at the BFX awards 2014. 3

BFX Festival Partner ( 5,000 + VAT) This is a fantastic opportunity to become official Festival Partner of the BFX festival and be acknowledged as a key supporter of the UK s newest visual effects and animation festival. As a Festival Partner your organisation will hold exclusive membership with only three partnerships on offer allowing the sponsor to benefit fully from a very high profile association and special relationship with BFX. As an official Partner of BFX 2014 you will receive the following benefits and associations: Recognition as Festival Partner, with branding on BFX festival marketing collateral such as official website, Facebook, awards programme and festival programme. Product placement and demonstration opportunities with a dedicated BFX Tech Demo taking place during the festival. Sponsorship of a BFX award relevant to your product/organisation. Invitation to the BFX awards and key festival events. Speakers, sponsors and partners in 2013 4

BFX Competition Sponsor ( 5,000 + VAT) As BFX Competition sponsor you will be acknowledged for nurturing raw creative talent, whilst showing your organisation s commitment to the future of VFX and Animation in the UK. The BFX competition aims to replicate a film studio working on a live project with participants working in groups of up to six to produce a highly polished short visual effects or animated sequence. Teams will select their own brief from eleven short screenplays based on passages from classic literature and will be mentored and monitored by industry practitioners throughout the competition. A panel of carefully selected industry judges will have the task of picking a winning team. The competition is free to enter and participants will receive accommodation and a stipend towards living expenses. As competition sponsor of the BFX Competition 2014 you will receive the following benefits: Recognition as an Official Competition Sponsor, with branding in all of the competition marketing collateral such as official website, Facebook, welcome packs, official programme plus the opportunity to gain data through on line marketing. Product placement and demonstration opportunities during the competition, welcome reception and dedicated BFX Tech Demo during the festival. Sponsorship of a BFX award relevant to your product. Invitation to the BFX Competition Awards Dinner and other key festival events. 5

BFX Art Exhibition ( 1000 + VAT) The BFX art exhibition offers the opportunity for partners to associate their brand with an unique event that celebrates the extraordinary visual creativity of the international animation and visual effects industries. In our inaugural year of 2013, BFX worked together with Walt Disney Animation Studios, Framestore and MPC to host a collection of work which included exclusive art from such landmark productions as Frozen, Paperman, World War Z, Sherlock Holmes and Prometheus; this year we aim to build on that success, and will be working with international partners to present a truly exceptional collection of visual artifacts from globally successful projects. Sponsorship of the event will allow partners to have their company name and logo displayed at the event itself, as well as on promotional material for the BFX Festival and websites. 6

BFX Awards ( 650 + VAT) The BFX 2014 Awards Dinner is the climax to the BFX Competition 2014. Judged by experts from leading VFX and animation studios, the objective of the Awards is to celebrate and augment a number of areas such as craftsmanship, creative and technical excellence, teamwork and competitiveness. This is an opportunity to sponsor an individual award relevant to your organisation/product and be acknowledged for supporting raw creative talent whilst demonstrating your organisation s own vision for the future of visual effects, animation and the creative industries. Taking place on the 26th September 2014 and attended by over 100 dignitaries from the VFX and animation industry this high profile awards ceremony is the perfect platform to associate your organisations brand with a wide audience that includes visual effects and animation fans, young adults, students, schools, university and VFX studios. As official individual Awards Sponsor of the BFX Awards 2013 you will receive the following benefits: Recognition as award sponsor in the official awards programme. Logo on trophy/certificate. Logo on all marketing collateral connected with the awards including website, Facebook, invitations and presentation visuals. Opportunity to provide prize and present award. Invitation to the BFX awards and key festival events. Awards Categories: Character and/or Environment Modelling Compositing Animation Lighting and Rendering Group Simulation Pipeline tool Surfacing Rigging Editing 7

BFX Academic Conference Sponsor ( 1,500 + VAT) The BFX Academic Conference seeks to present and analyse the convergences that are occurring across and within the genres of moving image, in part resulting from the impact of digital technologies. With several high-profile speakers already announced, the conference seeks to revisit the arguments that position film, animation and art as aesthetically, structurally and intellectually different. As sponsor of the BFX Academic Conference 2014 you will receive the following benefits: Recognition as an Official Academic Conference Sponsor, with branding in all of the competition marketing collateral such as official website, Facebook, welcome packs, official programme plus the opportunity to gain data through on line marketing. Product placement and demonstration opportunities during the conference, festival and the welcome reception. Invitation to the BFX Competition Awards Dinner and other key festival events. 8

The competitors, with some of the industry mentors and Bournemouth academics at the start of the 2013 BFX Competition. BFX Competition The 2013 BFX Competition was sponsored by Creative Skillset and Next Limit Technologies. 23 teams of 125 individuals from universities across the UK entered and 10 teams were selected. The 54 contestants lived on campus for 6-weeks as they produced a 30-second VFX or animation sequence. The teams were given full access to the studios and equipment of BU and AUB and throughout the competition they were mentored by professionals from Soho s top studios. The final films were judged on a range of disciplines by a panel of academics and industry mentors and the winners were announced during an awards ceremony on the final night of the festival. 9

Media Partners In addition to sponsorship opportunities, we are actively seeking media partners with whom to build strategic relationships that aim to boost the profile and reach of BFX activity, whilst creating dynamic and unique content for a range of media channels. Exclusive access to content, speakers and delegates generated from all BFX activity. Recognition as Festival Partner, with branding on BFX festival marketing collateral such as official website, Facebook, awards programme and festival programme. Product placement within the festival and delegate welcome packs. Sponsorship of a BFX award relevant to your product/organisation. Invitation to the BFX awards and key festival events. 10

Contact details - the BFX team: Sofronis Efstathiou BFX Festival Director Email: sefstathiou@bournemouth.ac.uk Peter Truckel Director of The VFX Hub Email: ptruckel@bournemouth.ac.uk Nicole Wharfe Events and Conferences Manager BU Email: nwharfe@bournemouth.ac.uk

Festival exposure The BFX team will work to achieve substantial exposure in the press and media, at both a regional and national level, with a well-planned and coordinated campaign that will emphasise the high profile, high-quality content of the festival. Partnerships have already been forged with leading industry magazine 3D Artist, which will give increased national and international exposure to the event. The BFX festival website: www.bfxfestival. com, features regular updates and news feeds, giving the BFX competition and BFX festival a year round, international presence. The Immediate Reach of BFX 16,000 BU students 6,000 AUB students 3,000 BU staff Media partners with an audience reach of 200,000 20 UK VFX and animation studios 400,000 residents of Bournemouth, Poole and the conurbation 11 UK leading VFX and animation Universities 20 speaker series with an average total audience of 3,000 Daily public screenings with an average total audience of 3,000 Database of 24,000 alumni 2

BFX Sponsorship opportunities We are pleased to be offering several ways to sponsor the BFX Festival and Competition and to demonstrate your organisation s vision for the future of visual effects, animation and gaming in the UK. Supported by Bournemouth Borough Council and Silicon South BFX is the creative, cultural and educational centrepiece of the region s digital initiative and will be widely promoted as part of the town s commitment to encouraging the development of the creative industries in Bournemouth. With significant support from industry already confirmed, this standout event is the perfect platform to associate your brand with a wide audience that includes visual effects, games and animation professionals, young adults, students, schools, universities and movie fans of all ages. Headline Sponsor ( 15,000 + VAT) A unique opportunity to take ownership of the 2014 BFX Festival. Celebrating the very best of visual effects and animation worldwide, this ground-breaking event is an effective platform to drive brand experience and communicate your message to a targeted audience. As Headline Sponsor of the BFX Festival 2014 you will receive the following benefits: Recognition as Headline Sponsor, announcement of partnership with branding in all of the associated activities including festival marketing collateral such as official website, dedicated e-shots, postcards, banners, posters, invites, official programme and outdoor advertising. Product placement and branding opportunities at festival events including the BFX Competition Awards Dinner, master classes and workshops, recruitment hub, public screenings and exhibitions. Product demonstration opportunities with a dedicated BFX tech demo during the festival. Invitation to the BFX Competition Awards Dinner and key festival events. Sponsor of the Best Film at the BFX awards 2014. 3

BFX Festival Partner ( 5,000 + VAT) This is a fantastic opportunity to become official Festival Partner of the BFX festival and be acknowledged as a key supporter of the UK s newest visual effects and animation festival. As a Festival Partner your organisation will hold exclusive membership with only three partnerships on offer allowing the sponsor to benefit fully from a very high profile association and special relationship with BFX. As an official Partner of BFX 2014 you will receive the following benefits and associations: Recognition as Festival Partner, with branding on BFX festival marketing collateral such as official website, Facebook, awards programme and festival programme. Product placement and demonstration opportunities with a dedicated BFX Tech Demo taking place during the festival. Sponsorship of a BFX award relevant to your product/organisation. Invitation to the BFX awards and key festival events. Speakers, sponsors and partners in 2013 4

The competitors, with some of the industry mentors and Bournemouth academics at the start of the 2013 BFX Competition. BFX Competition The 2013 BFX Competition was sponsored by Creative Skillset and Next Limit Technologies. 23 teams of 125 individuals from universities across the UK entered and 10 teams were selected. The 54 contestants lived on campus for 6-weeks as they produced a 30-second VFX or animation sequence. The teams were given full access to the studios and equipment of BU and AUB and throughout the competition they were mentored by professionals from Soho s top studios. The final films were judged on a range of disciplines by a panel of academics and industry mentors and the winners were announced during an awards ceremony on the final night of the festival. 9

Media Partners In addition to sponsorship opportunities, we are actively seeking media partners with whom to build strategic relationships that aim to boost the profile and reach of BFX activity, whilst creating dynamic and unique content for a range of media channels. Exclusive access to content, speakers and delegates generated from all BFX activity. Recognition as Festival Partner, with branding on BFX festival marketing collateral such as official website, Facebook, awards programme and festival programme. Product placement within the festival and delegate welcome packs. Sponsorship of a BFX award relevant to your product/organisation. Invitation to the BFX awards and key festival events. 10

Contact details - the BFX team: Sofronis Efstathiou BFX Festival Director Email: sefstathiou@bournemouth.ac.uk Peter Truckel Director of The VFX Hub Email: ptruckel@bournemouth.ac.uk Nicole Wharfe Events and Conferences Manager BU Email: nwharfe@bournemouth.ac.uk