Zines zines zines

On Saturday we were here:

It was a really nice day with lots of people coming and going and buying. I'd not been to Electric Works before, and it was quite an interesting place. It had a massive helter skelter just in the middle of the building, which you could ride on, but which I did not. 

Sheffield Zine Fayre was also the debut of Emily's new zine, Twit Twoo. It's about owls, and it looks a bit like this:

We are currently updating our online shop to include our zines and things, as we ran out of stock a while ago. The new shop is here, and will have more things for sale over the next few weeks...

A slow down show for you

For the Northerners amongst you, Emily and I will be part of a short film screening this Tuesday at Sheffield Showroom. It's Tuesday 22nd 7:30 - 9pm, and it'll be a first for our short educatioal/anti-smoking film called Invited Guest. Educational AND anti-smoking! What a sell! Well not to worry, it's not preachy or full of cancer statistics, it's part of a pilot scheme that's currently running in schools around Bolton and Sheffield. The film is shown as part of English lessons, and talks more about the experience of smoking, using the idea of an invited guest (the cigarette) that has now out-stayed its welcome (the addiction).

Here's a couple of stills to whet your appetite, and for more information, please do click here.

See you gotta work it out

Emily and I have recently been accepted onto this new pilot scheme called FilmWorks. It's a development/mentoring programme for producers/directors who have made a start and got into festivals and whatnot, and are looking for the next step. So that's us to a tee! haha.

The programme has three divisions based in Sheffield, Nottingham and Bristol, with 15 participants at each hub; we're in Sheffield. It all kicked off at Encounters Short Film Festival in Bristol, with a live stream of events. Each session will take place at a different hub, with a different masterclass being streamed and beamed across the miles for everyone to see. Modern technology...

We met the other participants at the first session a couple of weeks ago, and have since attended the second. The programme runs until Christmas, and our plan is to use it to develop at least one of the many ideas lodged in our heads, with hopefully an animatic and a full creative package ready to show off by the end.

Along the way, both Emily and I are blogging about the experience - as indeed are all FilmWorks participants - so, in case you're interested, you can read more about my thoughts here, and Emily's thoughts here. And why wouldn't you be interested, when all of our thoughts are so interesting?