Science City Bristol
Science City Bristol from Pete Levy on Vimeo.
This is a short promo for our latest film which was commissioned by Science City Bristol as part of their work to raise the profile of local science and technology. Work being done in universities and businesses across the West of England is having a fundamental impact on lives around the world. Our film opens as the city comes to life in the morning and the message that pioneering research by Professor Peter Fleming at the University of Bristol has changed medical advice on placing babies on their backs to sleep and is thought to have prevented at least 100,000 infant deaths worldwide.
The film outlines Bristol and Bath’s impact on an increasingly digital world. The region is the centre of the second largest silicon design cluster in the world – second only to Silicon Valley in California – and has influenced everything from the development of the mobile phone and digital TV. It is also home to the UK’s creative industries outside London, well known globally for Aardman’s Wallace and Gromit, but increasingly a world-leading location for alternate reality gaming and pervasive media.
Pete Levy, Senior Producer at Green Lit Media and Chair of Bristol Media said: “This project has been a joy to work on simply because the science and academic community have been so generous with their time and resources. They have demonstrated the key message that we have been able to present. We all work and live in Bristol because of the combination of a great life style, working with like minded people and the overall sense of achievement that the city creates.”
Our special thanks to all contributors especially Professor Kathy Sykes whose work raising public awareness and public participation into Science and research provides an invaluable link. Special thanks also to Clare Reddington who is the Director of the Pervasive Media Studio, Watershed and who was such a help making connections. The Watershed Media Centre is at the very heart of media activity, innovation and talent in Bristol.
Find out more about Science City Bristol here
