Building on the success of Creative Class 2005 & 2006, the 4Talent Awards were inaugurated in 2007. Spanning the whole of the creative industries, from filmmakers to fashion designers, screenwriters to illustrators, architects to actors, writers to web designers, these awards were about finding the hottest new creative talent.
Throughout April 2006, Channel 4’s IDEASFACTORY launched the world's first film festival on moving trains across the West Midlands, offering a million passengers the chance to be part of an international festival by text-voting for their favourite film.
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Developed with Hi8us Midlands, this innovative Artificial Intelligence tool builds on Hi8us’ field-tested EDRAMA project. It allows interaction via personalised avatars in real-life or imaginary scenarios, with cutting-edge natural-language technology replacing certain characters in the role play. A key aim is to register emotional tone in characters’ utterances, and ultimately help detect interaction difficulties.
Beginning in 2005 as a hunt for the twenty most exciting young creatives in the Midlands to watch, invest in, hire and collaborate with, Creative Class has grown in partnership with 4Talent and TEN4 magazine into an annual nationwide talent showcase and awards scheme that's completely free to enter and spans all manner of creative disciplines.
They’re called Inspiration Sessions for a reason. Over 25 of the UK and Europe’s most exciting creative professionals brought together for a series of high-level day-long events on Film, Documentary, Animation, Design & Multimedia, Advertising and Magazine production, giving 15 attendees a unique opportunity to learn from the best in the business on a one-to-one basis.