These are they, with a bit of a late 50′s early 60′s vibe à la Dr Seuss or Bruno Munari.

I’m a big fan of the overprinted colours in the rainbow. Hope you like them too, as ever, comments are welcomed.

Working with a small team of local bloggers, photographers, film-makers and editors our task was to document the action, getting it edited and uploaded in as little time as possible. The idea was to create a channel which would make it possible to follow the action from anywhere in the world, as well as adding a new dimension to the story for people lucky enough to be following it on the ground. The idea was to blog “in character”, meaning we were telling the story as real. This involved working as quickly as our laptops could muster from anywhere we could grab a Wi-Fi connection – including Fraser Maclennan‘s mum’s dining table and, at 1am on Monday morning, the front steps of Port Talbot civic centre!

I’ve included the videos that I edited over the weekend below, but you can see full story as well as a film shot by Michael Sheen himself as “The Teacher” at port-talbot.com. We shot on DSLR, FlipCam, mini DV and iPhone and got as close to the action as we possibly could – the name of the game was information and not aesthetic so apologies for the extremely hand-held nature of the footage.

You may have seen and read a lot about The Passion over the past few weeks, and will no doubt hear more after tonight’s programme airs; but I cannot over emphasise what an amazing event it was. I got to hear a lot of stories from and about Port Talbot, met some great people, had a genuinely good kebab and saw a town learn to walk a little taller all in just three days. I feel grateful to have been even a small part of it.

The show is all about alternate realities and parallel universes. The idea that something completely ‘other’ could exist incredibly close, but beyond our perception is a really fun thing to play with. So we did. We (as ever) meaning Simon Clode and myself.

The show itself runs at The Torch Theatre in Milford Haven from 03 – 19 March 2011 before starting an alternate life as a touring show.

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Have a lovely day.

Snazzy!

Expect the best Afrobeat, Funk, Reggae and Brazillian available to humanity, all served up with a side order of acoustic loveliness and eco-friendly crafts.

Thoroughly wholesome.

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We’ve also got profiles of 3 hotly felt-tipped illustrators: Colin Kersley, Iain Sellar and Nick Robertson. And 3 local music video directors: Ryan Owen, Ben Reed and Casey Raymond & Ewan Morris

There’s a lot here to love. I’d hate you to miss it.

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The show leads you through Aberystwyth, where you pick up the threads of 12 stories – literally walking in the footsteps of the characters and crossing paths of other audience members(!?) themselves following stories you may not get to hear. The video tries to convey this idea of people leaving a tangible trail around the town – something physical which can be picked up and followed.

The opposite of Pac-Man.

I produced the trailer with Simon Clode who shot the HD footage and put the edit together – then I was responsible for the animated elements and soundtrack.

You can find out more about Outdoors which runs every Tuesday, for a year from Friday 25th February by visiting the National Theatre Wales website.

It’s inspiring stuff. So much so, I got my bike repaired. Just in time for winter…