HOT SHOTS 2011
TREVOR KLEIN, 25
Digital development producer, Somethin’ Else Trevor has already won a commission from the head of BBC Switch for Proper Messy, the UK’s first interactive mobile phone-led drama, run Slink, the most popular BBC website with teenage girls, and been production executive for BBC2 sitcom Shelfstackers. He won acclaim for an iPhone app he
produced for Random House, and led a devel- opment to win Tate Modern’s competitive pitch for mobile game Race Against Time (working title). He also contributed to a successful pitch for BBC 6 Music’s weekly
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Friday night interactive show Now Playing @6Music. “He’ll be my boss one day, if he wants to,”
says Paul Bennun, chief creative officer at Somethin’ Else. “I’ve never met such a com- bination of technical knowledge, organ i- sational ability and creative flair in the same person before.” Trusting Trevor’s fearless approach,
Bennun has put him in charge of production of the current slate and future developments. Trevor is already producing world firsts, such as a groundbreaking commercial game for agency AMV.
JASON MITCHELL, 29
Founder, The Connected Set Recognising the opportunity to create new types of entertainment formats with the convergence of TV and digital, Jason set up transmedia formats production company The Connected Set. Since its formal launch at the start of 2011, he has secured a major deal at MipTV, where his idea to fuse a GPS-based mobile game with a TV show was selected by the judges as the most exciting new transmedia format that year in the Content 360 category. His background in entertainment format development for Princess, Maverick, Monkey
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