PRESS RELEASE 18.1.12 HOW TO GET SIGNED AS A MUSIC DIRECTOR - A comprehensive video for directors everywhere. The music video world is a tough old cookie, where filmmakers hustle hard to earn a crust. For many directors and producers, getting signed to an established production or management company signifies the end of the hard hustle and the start of a bankable career in music video and commercials. To investigate getting signed, aka repped, Radar invited producers from the best production companies, management, a top-class commissioner and a director to be grilled in front of a live audience of filmmakers. In 30 minutes, we cover the benefits of being signed, how to get signed, how commissioners work, who production companies want to sign and once you’re signed, how to stay signed. It’s all tied up in a sweet video, over on our blog. “From a label point of view, we’re more than happy on a £3k, £4k video to find up-coming talent that isn’t signed. But we would never, ever give away a £10k, £15k, or £20k budget if they weren’t signed to a production company or didn’t have representation.” Caroline Clayton, commissioner Ministry of Sound Held during Rushes Soho Shorts Festival, the panel is made up of: Dave Graham, owner and producer Crossfire (production company) Mikey Levelle, producer Shameless (production company) Kim Albright, music video and commercials director Chris Abitbol, producer OB Management (agency/production company) Caroline Clayton, video commissioner Ministry of Sound (record label) Chaired by Caroline Bottomley, company director Radar (commissioning and promotions network) The full length video is on the Radar blog bzz.is. A link or file for a 30-second teaser/intro video is available upon request. About Radar: Radar is committed to helping independent labels and artists everywhere find and commission the best music video directors for their budget, and to promoting the best new music videos to music journalists and fans worldwide Newsletter sign up: eepurl.com www.RadarMusicVideos.com www.twitter.com www.facebook.com www.youtube.com ####### Contact: Press Naadia Kidy 07779 228116 naadia@radarmusicvideos.com Company Director Caroline Bottomley 07515 684782 caroline@radarmusicvideos.com

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i can only applaud caroline for all she's done for unsigned directors (thanks to her radar festival i got in touch with several prod houses myself), but the budgets radar directors have to work with are very very low, u cant make a decent video on that money