So I’ve just got back from Cardiff, where the sun shone on a collective1 of science communicators, performers, public engagement professionals, and other specialists in the loose field we use for ‘gainful employment’. For those unfamiliar with BIG, it is the UK’s STEM Communicator Network, (originally called the ‘Hands-On Group’, then the ‘British Interactive Group’, who specialised in museum prop building.)
Continue reading “BIG: Love Handles, Middle-age Spread, and Heat-death of the Universe”I’ve Got A Style… Apparently.
Had another bout of COVID again, seemingly acquired from open day. Anyway, just before that happened, I managed to get a load of footage to create two films. After he received the assembly cut of the first one, Chris told me that ‘I have a style’. I’m sure he has spotted something that is recurrent, but I’m hardly in the company of Wes Anderson. Maybe it’s the speed at which I cut, (or my refusal to cut fast even in a short form video). Maybe it’s the ‘walking out of shot’ element. It got me thinking about whether I should change that up a bit. So what were these videos about, and what did I learn from making them?
Continue reading “I’ve Got A Style… Apparently.”Moving to the Moon
That’s not the promise that some of you would have hoped for, but a UK Space Agency funded project I’ve been involved with alongside my colleagues at Discover Materials. Let me tell you about it, and what I’ve learned from my time in the process.
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