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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
Daf's showreel
Take a look at Daf’s new showreel. Clever ain’t he?
Daf Palfrey Showreel 2009 from Daf Palfrey on Vimeo.
Viva! Bristol
Green Lit Media have long enjoyed a good working relationship with Bristol based campaigners Viva! Their fundamental aim is to raise the issue of the environment and how individuals take responsibility for their own actions. This new campaign, whether you’re a vegan, vegetarian or just a healthy eater is aimed at raising awareness about our surroundings. From flying and driving less, to recycling and using energy-efficient appliances.
More details, including our animation can be found here.
Bristol is at the forefront of raising public awareness in general from groups such as Viva! to organizations such as the world renowned Garrad Hussan and Partners who are championing global sustainable energy systems from their Bristol based headquarters. One of the ‘missions’ of Viva! was to help raise the profile of Bristol and the work that the City is doing to become the UK’s greenest City. Unfortunately Bristol failed to take the title of Europe’s green capital recently, this time!
The West Country city was the only UK city to have been shortlisted for the first green capital award, yet was beaten to the title by Stockholm, which will be the first city to hold the accolade next year. In 2011, it will transfer to Hamburg.
From 2010, a new green capital will be chosen by a group of environmental experts.
Helen Holland, Bristol city council leader, commented that being shortlisted to the final seven was a great achievement for the city.
“We were the only UK city to be in the running for the title and the EU itself has described every shortlisted city as an ‘environmental front runner’ – something everyone in Bristol can be proud of,” Ms Holland said.
Viva! plans to launch a new campaign called Eat Green to promote the environmental benefits of a meat-free diet.
The group’s steps to Eating Green include eating vegetarian or vegan food, as well as encouraging the purchase of locally-sourced produce.
Short: Domestic Flight and the Media Innovation Awards 2009
Green Lit Media were chuffed to bits that ‘Domestic Flight’ was nominated for the Media Innovation Awards 2009.
The evening was a great success with some excellent work on show, the competition for all categories being extremely high. The winner within the category for the best Independent film/video was eventually won for an excellent film called ‘Scayrecrow" mixing live action and animation to great effect. The winning film was produced by Carrion Film (Exeter) so all at Green Lit Media would like to congratulate them on their deserved win. Obviously enough time has passed that we’re no longer bitter ;o)
Take a look at all of the winners and some clips of the event here
Science City Bristol engages Green Lit Media to produce public information films.
Bristol city region is one of the UK’s officially recognised Science Cities in recognition of its strengths and achievements in science and technology, its world-class knowledge base and the potential to drive local economic development using those assets.
Science City Bristol supports and develops the area’s science and innovation assets to deliver sustainable economic and social benefit by promoting the area’s scientific achievements to help attract even more world-leading scientific enterprise and research. Bringing business, academia and government together. The definition of science is a broad one which includes technology, social sciences, engineering and creative technologies, as well as the more traditional physical, chemical and biological sciences. Science City Bristol is a strong believer in the links between science, art and culture – indeed, Bristol’s heritage, built on the work of Brunel and others, helps define our culture.
Green Lit Media will be working closely with Science City Bristol to help achieve these ambitions by utilising some of the amazing visuals and facts to create a series of public information films. The films will tell a modern-day story of Bristol, building on the legacy of Brunel, Concorde and others, and bringing to the forefront recent achievements that already do or will soon affect the way we all live our lives. The films will be used by Science City Bristol to raise public awareness of the local achievements in science and technology, and thereby local pride. They will also raise professional visitor awareness of the local achievements in science and technology and increase the national/international profile of local achievements and raise government awareness of local achievements
For more information about Science City Bristol
