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OECS Music
and Film to Take Spotlight
Posted March 08, 2008
(OECS Secretariat) People in the OECS involved in the
film and music industries are getting an opportunity to put
the development of these sectors on a structured and
comprehensive development path.
The OECS Secretariat is bringing together the region’s film
and music practitioners, and a number of invited
international operators in these sectors, to face off over
two days - April 4th and 5th - in St. Vincent and the
Grenadines.
This is the second annual OECS International Development
Conference, and this year the theme is “Promoting and
Sustaining the OECS Service Industry: The Creative
Industries – Music and Film”.
The conference will provide a forum for persons engaged in
the music and film industries both within the OECS and
outside to network and discuss the challenges faced by the
industries in the OECS and to strategise on development of a
Plan of Action leading to the structured and comprehensive
development of the Music and Film industries in this region,
through the development of regional and international
partnerships.
The Secretariat says while some local feature films have
made inroads at international film festivals and while the
region has provided seductive backdrop for a number of
successful movies including Pirates of the Caribbean I and
II and Dr. Doolittle, the efforts have been piecemeal, ad
hoc and lacking in structure. The overall story is similar
with music, despite the success of groups and artistes like
Exile One, and Ophelia of Dominica, Kevin Little of St.
Vincent and the Grenadines and others who have managed to
sign on to international record labels.
Given the urgent need for economic diversification, and the
social dislocation faced by the region’s youth, particularly
an element of its young men, it is all the more imperative
that considerable attention be devoted to finding mechanisms
to marshal the considerable creative talents and energies of
the region’s young people, in a structured and comprehensive
approach to growing these industries, the Secretariat says.
The two day conference will focus on topics in the film
industry including the Current State of the Creative
Industries in the OECS; Typology of Filmed Entertainment;
Location Production; International requirements for Building
a Film Industry’ and Digital Entertainment, 3-D and unique
Content Broadcasting, Animation and Video Game Development;
and Building the Film Industries – the Case of Calgary and
Vancouver Canada.
The focus on the Music Industry will touch on areas such as
Music Development and Studio production, Artist Development
and Management, Touring and Concert development, Online and
Virtual IP development, Broadcasting and Distribution, the
Performing Arts, Linking Art and Culture, and a
comprehensive approach to building the Creative Industries
in the OECS.
