Some of you might already have heard about our dalliances with the world of education, but here in all it’s glory is the launch video for our Industry Day product. It was all filmed on location at Bournemouth University Media School with the 2nd year students on Interactive Media Production. We had a fantastic time with everyone down there and can’t wait to roll it out around Britain in the next academic year. Find out more about the Industry Day, and check out Dan’s sexy centre-parting in the video below…

The project was first commissioned through the Centre for Excellence in Media Practice, based at Bournemouth Media School. There is more information here about the day on the CEMP site. A big thankyou to Holly Budge of Hip Joint Films for her hard work on the video. There’ll be a 3 minute taster on the way too, as this one might be a little long for the casual user…

It’s been a long time coming, but we’ve finally done it. The first event was a resounding success - 30 students, 4 briefs, 7 hours and a whirlwind of creativity later we’re still buzzing!

Besides the complete logistical cock up getting to Bournemouth (train tickets not valid, a 6 mile bike ride across town and back at 6am, finally resorting to a rush hour dash in Dan’s car) we arrived with 15 minutes to spare, wolfed down a coffee/croissant breakfast and got to work. There was an incredible amount to cram into the day so we started as we meant to go on, talking 19 to the dozen at rows of sleepy students unsure what to expect from two caffeine fueled meejah tarts from the city. Not to mention the video camera in their faces, handled excellently by Holly Budge of Hip Joint Films. The video will be up shortly…

After the first session we all did an introduction session to get the energy levels up, which was followed by the open brainstorm to develop 4 briefs the teams would be working from for the rest of the day. Having whittled the list of clients and platforms down to four apiece we ended up with:

Anne Summers - Wii remote installation
Guinness - Rich media flash site
Roman Catholic Church - Alternate Reality Game
Apple - Video virals

Before lunch each team had to submit a pitch document (more…)