Kuala Lumpur Documentary

Here's the short video we shot of our trip to Kuala Lumpur...

Sioned - I didn't choose the screenshot, Vimeo seemed to like you!



Cyfle in Kuala Lumpur on Vimeo

Green Bay Board Meeting

I was invited to give a short presentation at the Green Bay board meeting today. Attending the meeting was Green Bay's Creative Directors John Geraint and Phil George as well as Finance Wales Investment Executive Bethan Cousins, Corporate Development Expert Elizabeth Coffey, Business Manager Gareth Fisher and Gary Stone.

I spoke about the recent agreements between PACT and the major broadcasters that gives independent producers greater freedom to exploit new media rights. I also discussed the various new media technologies available at the moment and different methods by which production companies could think about developing alternative revenue streams through these new platforms.

d.construct
September 8th - Brighton Corn Exchange

Just managed to get a ticket for the d.construct web conference in Brighton. The line up of speakers looks great and it coincides with the last week of our course, so will be a good way to finish off our training.

Last Monday we had a chance to show the dvd of our trip to Kuala Lumpur to S4C's Chief Executive and Chair of Skillset Wales, Iona Jones. It was a great opportunity to chat to her about our experiences in Malaysia, as well as our work since then in Wales - particularly for the Urdd Eisteddfod.

Later that evening we attended a graduation ceremony for previous Dimension 10 students in the Millenium Centre. There was a really great turnout with over 60 guests from the industry, so it proved to be a great chance to meet people and discuss what we have been doing on our course.

On Tuesday we had an Exit Strategy careers day organised by Cyfle. It was a really valuable day with some useful advice on working as a freelancer, tax issues and CVs from speakers from the industry. Our course finishes on September 15th so it was helpful to get some career advice as the time for searching for employment is fast approaching.

Back at Green Bay I have been working hard on a new CSS-based database-driven version of the website using php and MySQL. I also had the opportunity to brief the staff on new media issues today and am presenting a short paper at the board meeting tomorrow morning. It was great to have the chance to share my knowledge with the other members of staff here and hopefully it will lead to Green Bay developing ideas for interactive content in the near future.

Le Webcast à Paris

Caernarfon...
London...
Kuala Lumpur...
Ruthin...
Llandovery...

Paris...

This course has been great for travelling so far, and I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to travel to Paris this week with Unique Media.

Jon Stethridge kindly invited me to help with a live webcast for Hewlett-Packard. It was a long journey each way by car due to all the kit that we needed to take along, but well worth the effort. The crew was Simon, Chris (both pictured), Jon and myself. We set up all the kit on the Monday evening, ready for the live webcast on Tuesday.

The webcast was broadcast to hp staff in dealerships across France and lasted about an hour. It was a two-camera shoot and was streamed in Windows Media Format. There was also a back-up phone number staff could call to listen to the audio if they had any problems with the webcast.

Jon was very helpful in answering all my questions and I learnt a lot about how the webcast was set up. I also helped change the slides on the webpage in sync with the webcast. It all went according to plan and appeared to be a success with around 170 unique log-ins from hp dealerships across France. I gained a lot of knowledge from the experience and getting the chance to do the job abroad was a definite bonus.

I'm back in Cardiff at Green Bay now and working on a new CSS based template for their website.

In other news, three staff from Lim Kok Wing in Kuala Lumpur are arriving in Cardiff this Saturday. Amongst them is Eugene Foo who taught us After Effects while we were in Malaysia. It will be great to get the chance to catch up with them again and show them around the sites of Cardiff.