Creative Talent Connections - What Went On Last Night!

(From l-r: Sanjeev Kohli, Fraser Coull, Dave Anderson, Claire Mcguire, Tony Nellany and Scott Forrest)

Last night was our 2nd Creative Talent Connections networking evening (technically our 5th networking event, but we've since re-booted it under the CTC banner) and we were joined by actor and  writer Sanjeev Kohli, established musician and actor Dave Anderson and BBC documentary producer Tony Nellany.

We had around 50 attendees in total (I'm rubbish at counting so I might be wrong), and the basement of Blackfriars was full. Someone commented that on the way down to the basement they could hear how busy it was, so I'm taking that as a good thing.

The night started with the trailer for our new supernatural TV series, "Bloodline", which was edited by STV freelancer Anne Nicholson and scored by newcomer Samantha Pake. The response was extremely positive, especially from our panel. The new trailer is available for you to watch below!

We then showed our 48 hour film project, "Cameron Stone: A Legendary Actor" before presenting a quick showreel highlighting the work of our special guests. As Dave Anderson, Sanjeev Kohli and Tony Nellany took the stage, Scott and myself asked about their careers, for their advice and their insights into the industry. The audience had some great questions too and it was a brilliant panel. The guests were kind enough to hang around and take photos with our attendees and pose for photos.

From there the networking took place and we offered the best networker a bottle of wine... Anne Nicholson turned out to be the best with 10 business cards collected on the night - she best make use of them!

The night came to an end at 11.30pm and I must say thank you to everybody who came and to my fellow organisers Claire Mcguire and Scott Forrest. Special thanks goes to Simon Slater for supporting us and helping us set up on the night, also thank you to Blackfriars for being so accommodating.

Our next networking night is likely to be in March (just in time for my birthday!) and we hope to bring more special guests, more short films and hopefully announce our CTC Film challenge. If anybody has any suggestions or recommendations for the nights please email me - frasercoull@gmail.com

As some of you might be new to my blog after last night you can find out all about me here!

Next up for CTC is the recording of our next podcast with special guests Sanjeev Kohli and Simon Weir. Our first two episodes are here for you to listen to!

Now we're off to complete Bloodline for the pitching process and start pre-production on our short film,  "One Year Later"and completing short comedy "Chaos and Curlers" and look into producing a couple of documentaries. 

Thanks for your continued support!