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Handy Rhymes Launch

2009-10-13T13:11:00.001-07:00

The finished animations were launched in Newcastle City Library, and children from the deaf community came to view the finished product.

If you would like to see the finished animation please follow the url below :

http://www.signedstories.com/world/openhouse/index.cfm#/player/Hickory_Dickory_Dock

Handy Rhymes - Hickory Dickory Dock

2009-10-13T12:47:00.000-07:00

ITV Signed Stories was set up to improve language skills of deaf children. Both Signed Stories and Northern Film and Media, set up a project called Handy Rhymes which was mentored by Curtis Jobling. Animators got the opportunity to pitch their ideas for a nursery rhyme which would then be exhibited on the Signed Stories website. These were some of my story boards for the nursery rhyme "Hickory Dickory Dock".

Take the Tour

2009-10-13T12:36:00.000-07:00

Go on take the tour - visit http://www.ourcityourmusic.com/ to find out the latest tour dates and to eye spy the other filmmakers work, I highly reccomend you watch musician Cari Flower's music video

The Tour

2009-10-13T12:23:00.000-07:00

Each person was given a map and a hand held device to watch the videos on. When you had travelled to the various locations the video would be unlocked and you could watch it in the location it had previously been filmed.

Our City Our Music Project

2009-10-13T11:01:00.000-07:00

For the Our City Our Music project I was teamed up with filmmaker James Rhodes and musicians Ellen and the Escapades. Above are some stills from the music video, the idea was to combine animated scenes of Briggate with portraits of the band. The audience could explore the different areas of Briggate for example Thornton's Arcade or the doorman at Harvey Nicks as well as focusing on the area that Ellen and the Escapades performed their song.

Our City Our Music, Leeds 2009

2009-10-13T10:01:00.000-07:00

http://www.ourcityourmusic.com/

copyright Our City Our Music

12 filmmakers and 12 musicians were selected to take part in the "Our City Our Music" project. The project was the brain child of Megan Smith, Ben Halsall and Ben Dalton, who had the fantastic idea of creating a geo-located album in Leeds. Filmmakers and musicians were teamed up to produce a music video in a location of the musicians choice. The end result was 12 music videos that both acted as promotional tool for the band as well as a documentary of Leeds 2009.

Pencil Tree festival screening

2009-10-13T09:51:00.000-07:00

"Pencil Tree" one of the animations I made whilst at uni was screened at both Exposures film festival in Manchester and Flip animation festival in Wolverhampton in November 2008.

This summer it was also screened at Glastonbury Festival!!! How cool is that?!

R.I.P H-Block

2009-10-13T09:26:00.000-07:00

Picture of H-Block coming soon ( Before it is demolished :( )

On the 4th June 2008, I graduated with a BA Hons in Graphic Arts and Design from Leeds Metropolitan University.

"Marge Samuel" Makers Mark animation, projected in Smokestack, Leeds LS1

2009-10-13T09:17:00.000-07:00

Create a piece of art work inspired by Makers Mark

2009-10-13T09:00:00.000-07:00

Marge Samuel, the first woman in history (according to Wikipedia) to make her mark on a whiskey bottle. This animation is based around the Makers Mark red wax seal, and sees its transformation from the spur on a cowboy boot, to roses, to the seal on an envelope. The transformation from one thing to another represents passing down the whiskey recipe from generation to generation, or from person to person through word of mouth. The seal also talks about prohibition : the seal being a preventative to stop someone tampering with a letter or sealed lips are all associated with keeping a secret.

Makers Mark Tour

2009-10-13T08:30:00.000-07:00

10 graphic designers from Leeds were selected to create a piece of art work for the exhibition "The Art of Makers Mark". Each of the 10 designers were coupled with a location in Leeds.

My location was Smokestack, where my animation was projected for a month. During this time the people of Leeds could visit each location, see the art work, learn a little bit more about Makers Mark and consume lots of alcohol.