4ip and Screen West Midlands Invest in the 4am Project!

Posted at 19th March 2010 Posted in Blog by Karen Strunks

One of the first pictures taken on my first 4am photo walk in Birmingham

What a great end to the week! I am so delighted and excited to be able to announce that that 4am Project is being supported by 4ip and Screen West Midlands!

4ip is part of Channel 4 which helps to support and invest in digital media enterprises, and Screen West Midlands which offers support, advice and funding for film, television and digital media.

I’ve had to keep stchum about it for a little while, but now I can tell everyone!

This is a huge boost for the 4am Project and exactly the support it needs right now as it enters it’s second year, especially with the next 4am date set for the 4th April.

Along with the support from 4ip and ScreenWM, the outcome and ideas generated at the Crossover Lab course I attended recently and my own plans, it’s going to be a very busy and creative year!

I’ve got stuck in already and my days are whizzing past with uber productivity. This productivity is taking the form of lots of; phone calls, emails, meetings, tweeting, blogging, phone calls & emails. I’m enjoying meeting new people, whether that be online or in person. Connecting with people who love the idea of the 4am Project and want to help support it and people have their own projects & dreams that they are working on which creates inspiration.

I’ve learnt so much in the last year from the 4am Project; about my own capabilities, how to organise events, how to utilise social media, how to solve problems (you just go around brick walls), how to work with the press and publicity, how to work with big corporations, how to work with other people and collaborate, oh, the list goes on and on. I guess it’s not so much Karen Strunks Photographer, but Karen Strunks Photographer/Creative Director/Experiemental Entrepeneur lol. I’m wearing lots of different hats at the moment, that’s for sure, and I’m enjoying every minute of it.

So, the 4am Project is about to celebrate it’s first birthday! I really hope you can join in the celebrations and take part on the 4th April. If you have any ideas or suggestions, would like to contribute in any way, I would welcome your input. Likewise, if you would like to sponsor the project, then please get in touch.

If you are curious to how the 4am Project began, I made a few videos last April, so if there’s nothing on the telly, take a watch. They last about 2o mins in total (I’m not good at being succinct )