Showreel

Looks like I've made ground on the Context 2 project after a week of computers crashing whenever any form of progress had been made. My 1st edit is available to view here http://youtu.be/-S12ChUklM4 so give me some feedback to imprvoe it.

My "What In Tarnation" Site Of The Day

Whilst strolling throught the interwebs i happened across an interactive film in my journeys. Made by Chris Milk this film is a music video for Arcade Fire's 'We Used To Wait'. Not being sure how to explain it all i can do is ask you to close all your other browsers, stop what you are doing and set phasers to stunned... that came across a little nerdy, but nonetheless, click, watch, enjoy...

http://thewildernessdowntown.com/

Take off your socks...

Otherwise this video will knock them off for you.

http://gizmodo.com/5847467/is-this-the-most-amazing-time-lapse-video-yet

A Start on The Context 2 Coursework

Today has been a productive day, filmed all our MALac scenes, did research into my network and kept the momentum long enough to research the moving image presence of the Midlands. I had heard about the Bang! short film festival last year but hadn't paid enough attention to it, and may be something I'll be interested in next year.

Another film festival I'd been told about last year was Mayhem. I was really interested in this festival but couldn't make the dates. This year I definately plan on going, if not for the entire event then at least a day or two. It seems like a great way of meeting people in the industry as well as seeing some great work from the horror genre.

Its a shame that the deadline date for the LSFF (London Short Film Festival) happens to be today, but such is life. However, planning for the final project is under way, with an actress showing interest and an actor very keen to make an appearance. I have high hopes for this year.

First Context 2 Task

When I first thought about the existing "connections" I have to people in the multimedia industry I thought that it ended with my summer internship as a runner for Absolute Post, a Post-Production company based in Soho (http://absolutepost.co.uk/). But then I kept thinking and remembered that my aunt used to work for the BBC as a presenter/researcher. This could prove to be a useful source of contacts. Similarly my uncle is the Vice President & Chief Financial Officer for Electronic Arts's 'EA Sports' label. He's based over in Canada so its rare that I'd go over, however last time I went my brother and I tested a few of the games and met a large number of the designers, animators etc. One who stood out was Nick Gonzalez but everyone there was noteworthy. Apart from them I can't think of many more, however if I do I'll update this straight away.