1. Year 9 Photography Award Christmas Holiday Photos Time is running out. These are the rough scheduled dates leading up to the exhibition 9 th Jan – Taking photos 16 th Jan - Digital manipulation 23 rd Jan - Digital manipulation 30 th Jan – Think about invites, mounting and display 6 th Feb - Digital manipulation, send out invites 13 th Feb – Half term week 20 th Feb – Photographs sent for printing 27 th Feb - Digital manipulation 6 th March - Digital manipulation 13 th March – Set up the photos in the Engine Room - 15 th March Exhibition/Celebration opening night and Presentation 18 th March – Exhibition for yr 8 parents

2. Year 9 Photography Award The Engine Room - Celebrating Ten Years Photography Competition Somerset Film is a registered charity and social enterprise, which manages The Engine Room, a community media centre in Bridgwater High Street. In March 2013 the centre will mark its tenth anniversary. The Brief Somerset Film are looking for images that tell the story of The Engine Room and celebrate all that it offers - this could be the people, facilities, activities or what it is trying to achieve - in it's tenth anniversary year. Entrants must provide a minimum of two images (with a title of your own choice) and will be judged in the following categories: 1. Overall Images 2. Technical ability 3. Use of photo manipulation

3. About The Engine Room The Engine Room is located in Bridgwater High Street. At the very front of the building it has a café, which is open to the general public and provides internet access. Inside we have a studio, which is licensed as a cinema, where we screen films made by local filmmakers and host a variety of other activities including courses in all things creative technology and drop ins, where members of the public can use the equipment and software free of charge. The Engine Room is also the home and base for the charity Somerset Film and the projects it undertakes across the county such as Family Connections, Ignite Somerset, JUMPcuts as well radio, archive and training initiatives. We are passionate about moving image (film) and digital technology and our aim is to enable individuals and community groups / organisations to be creative and to have a voice.

4. The winner and runner-up in each category will be printed and publicly displayed at The Engine Room, and every entry will be featured digitally on our screens in the café. The judging panel will consist of a member of The Engine Room team, professional photographer Richard Tomlinson and a trustee of the charity.

5. The Engine Room Cafe Internet Bridgewater High Street Professional Photography Film Digital Think about these words, add any more if you can, and then try to represent them in photographs. Take a photograph to represent each one, or as many as you can over the Christmas holidays. If you can, visit the Engine room to take photos. And have a good holiday! Public Studio Screen Somerset Camera Film maker