Ollie Tristram

Yesterday I was asked by BCS to film as video evidence, the world record of the tallest stack of poppadoms at the Curry Lounge restaurant in Nottingham.

Other press were there including ITV and Trent FM and the record was beaten, standing at 151cm tall.

As well as including a full length video of the attempt from start to finish that was sent off to ITV, I have also done a bite-size version that could be included on the Curry Lounge website:

Tensator are one of BCS's clients that design and manufacture tensabarriers, those barriers you see for queuing in cinemas, at airports, etc.

They have come to BCS for a new demonstration to be produced to show how their barriers are safer than the cheaper alternative.

There are two animations one showing the Tensator barrier and one showing the competitor barrier and how the Tensator one is much safer. My job is to work out how we can improve on these two animations in making the product look better.

During a meeting at BCS on Wednesday we discussed how filming the 2 barriers would give a better realistic impression of how they work, but the problem was that we can't really show it hitting a child. We could create 2 new animations from scratch but that could be time consuming and again not be as realistic.

What we do know is that we would like both the competitor product and the Tensator product to be in one horizontal split-screen so the viewer can see how both products are working simultaneously, and to include a timer showing how the quicker one is more more dangerous.

**UPDATE** Tensator opted to edit their existing animation for a quick turn-around, therefore I was not needed in the end.

Deadline: Cool Stop-Motion Post-It Art - Watch more Funny Videos

The things you can create with Post-It notes!

Ok so my plans for doing Multimedia work over summer are not all finalised yet but this is what my intentions are:

1) Filming a music video for a friend of a friend called Sam Bennet who is a singer/songwriter and has just released his HUMMINGBIRD EP. I already have a first draft of the script and it aims to be a narrative-based video in a guy-meets-girl scenario.

2) Some friends and I plan on making a comedy sketch when the 'beach' is created in the city square. My friend Andrew has a wet-suit, flippers and a body board so getting him to walk down in that attire will make for some funny scenes we think.

3) I have asked BCS, who I have worked with for work experience in the past (see earlier blog posts), for some work experience. They are a PR company so it is not directly related to my direction, but they are a well established company with a good reputation so experience with them will look good on my CV. Also, if they have any work at the time I'm there involving broadcasting/filming then I'll be put in too help out with that. Next year, Tom, Jason and I plan on using BCS to create our client project, so this work experience will certainly boost relationships before then.

Admist this work I plan on going camping with friends (although would prefer to be going abroad but nevermind) and... that's it.

A creepy, short Teaser Trailer for my film. Be sure to look below for the 'Making of' and the film itself.

Whilst we were filming, my friend Andrew, who was cast in the original version of the film to play Martyn, documented the process using another handheld camera. Including interviews with the actors and a couple of outtakes, this is the edited 'Making of...' documentary - Narrated by Josh Parker.

My final version!

After a few drafts and a bit of tweaking here and there, I can present to you the final version of my 6 minute fictional film to be submitted on May 22.

I would love to hear your thoughts on the film so if you visit the YouTube page you can post a comment there.

Thanks, and enjoy! :)