Archive for January, 2010

How to report the news

Posted: 29th January 2010 by Paul Hadley in Multimedia
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A quick lesson for those thinking of studying 3 years at university to become a tv news reporter. Give up. Give up now. Here’s all you need to know, courtesy of Charlie Brooker.

Investigating digital engagement between Solihull councillors and  local citizens: a comparison with national party political policy and practice.

Posted: 17th January 2010 by Paul Hadley in MA
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Research Introduction Presently, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council (SMBC) employs fifty-one councillors across the borough. The political party split and composition for the Council is currently: Conservative                                  26 Liberal Democrat               18 Labour                                           5 British National Party                    1 Green Party                                    1 (SMBC, 2009).  Solihull Borough has two Members of Parliament representatives, one Liberal Democrat for Solihull, and [...]

Defeated

Posted: 14th January 2010 by Paul Hadley in Multimedia
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I give up – throw the towel in – resign – chicken out. Call it what you will. I was thinking about investigating how computer generated graphics work in a video context, in order to try to enhance some very basic animation, so ran a search to see what sort of examples were available, just [...]

There’s nothing like a tight deadline…

Posted: 9th January 2010 by Paul Hadley in Multimedia
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Live TV. Stage Production Demo from Paul Hadley on Vimeo. As part of the usual European Tour when promoting singles, artists will go from national TV station, to national TV station, performing the same song time after time. My involvement in this year 2000 tour was stage design coordinator, technical specification & set up consultant, [...]

Super-widescreen Projection

Posted: 8th January 2010 by Paul Hadley in Multimedia
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Amazing what you can do with a bit of applied knowledge. This short video shows the stage of the Lowry Arts Centre in Manchester- the screen and corporate stage set is a temporary 1-day installation, for an event I produced and coordinated for the British Council of Shopping Centres, back in 1999. The video itself [...]

Inspiration, snow and whisky

Posted: 6th January 2010 by Paul Hadley in Uncategorized
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Hat tip to Hannah Nicklin, thank you. So, it’s 3.19am, I’ve just saved 3000 words as a draft, and I spot a tweet from Hannah: “A watched Posterous never autoposts.” So, now I’m stuck for creativity and inspiration, it’s time for some fresh air. The heavens have gently, silently delivered another 2 inches of beautiful [...]