Hopscotch Films is an independent television and film production company based in Glasgow and London.
To accompany their latest project, Mark Cousins’ The Story of Film: An Odyssey, an epic 15-part series for More4, the company partnered with the Institute for Creative Industries to deliver an innovative project to increase and enhance audience engagement.
The aim was to create an online interactive, content managed archive, of unseen digitised film material, conceived of as a future ‘film vault’ uncovered in 2060, and accessed via a variety of digital platforms from web to smartphones. This easily accessible digital content allows “anytime, anywhere” access to extensive untransmitted footage.
The Institute’s Screen Media Research Centre worked with the company to develop an online architecture as well as designing and developing a web delivery mechanism for the material. Further input included assistance on managing data porting, advising on a marketing strategy utilising QR code technology and ensuring that the company had the right skills to manage the website.
"Working closely with the Institute, accessing their academic expertise, filled a knowledge gap in our company allowing us to reach a much wider audience for our Story of Film project."
John Archer, Hopscotch Films
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The Institute’s expertise across a wide range of interrelated design skills and our wealth of industry experience allowed us to help the company to build upon their existing expertise and to expand operations by developing an in-house manufacturing capability.
Our expertise is applicable to finding solutions for the complete spectrum of design challenges.