Drones for Film

Last week, I took part in an event run by the British Film Institute focused on the use of drones in film making. It brought together architect film maker Liam Young, extraordinary drone film makers The Helicopter Girls, and the amazing Seb Hagemeister who's worked with Marshmallow Laser Feast on our Project Daedalus. 

The conversation was pretty far reaching and I opened the event with a video essay, taking people through the recent history of drone creativity and innovation. It felt like such a privilege to be amongst such amazing people who are at the cutting edge of film production. 

My video essay is being held for live presentation only, so I'm not posting it online. However, you can find out more about my drones in a piece I wrote for the Conversation.

Communicating Chernobyl

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I have spent the last week in Chernobyl with my Salford colleagues Dr Mike Wood and Professor Nick Beresford, as part of a programme funded by the Natural Environment Research Council. The week was spent visiting key sites around the Nuclear Reactor, including the reactor itself, along with doing some fieldwork. I have been working with Mike and Nick on a project called 'Alienated Life?' which is an artistic installation for Manchester Science Festival. I spent a lot of my time there producing films for the install and documenting what took place over the week. Films to follow.

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