VIDAVEO

06/09/2024

🌟 ‘THE STORY ENGINE’ Empowering Teens to Embrace the Future 🌟

As part of a Quanticopia collaboration with York Explore Libraries we recently presented an exciting and wonderfully successful AI workshop with a brilliant group of ten teenagers! 🎉
What started as an introduction to artificial intelligence turned into a creative explosion of new ideas, and these young minds really dove into how AI can be an empowering tool. 💡

The workshop was designed to not only introduce AI but also get the attendees to interact with it, pushing the limitations of AI and brainstorming innovative ways to leverage the technology.
It was amazing to see how they engaged with the top, fully participating, asking sharp questions, and, most importantly, discovering how AI could be part of their creative toolkit.

💬 The Highlights? Watching them come up with unique ways of using the technology and recognizing ways in which they could maintain creative control over such a powerful tool.
From collaborating with AI to generate new ideas to understanding its practical uses, the session turned into a hands-on exploration of how they could integrate AI into their personal projects and future careers. 🌍✨

The Takeaway? Teenagers are ready to take on the AI-driven world, and they're doing it with a mix of creativity, curiosity, and excitement. This generation will surprise us all!

Some of the most fun parts of the workshop were reading the results when the teenagers asked ChatGPT to put a sentence like 'There is no business like show business' using the voices of Shakespeare, Donald Trump, Taylor Swift and Drake. Try it with your own favourite personalities, it’s surprising.

What creative ways do you use AI? And what do you perceive as it’s pros and cons?

Full disclosure (and I’m not embarrassed to admit it) I had ChatGPT help me with this post.

22/04/2024

VIDAVEO have successfully completed a series of webinars for Incendium Consulting, focussing on providing information to companies on how to implement their science based greenhouse gas reduction targets.

SBTi provides a wide variety of resources to assist companies at all stages of their target-setting journey, supporting their participation in the Climate Action Programme.

Over 4,000 companies around the world have committed to setting SBTs. These companies represent a wide range of industries, including: Energy, Real Estate, Professional Services, Manufacturing, Transportation, Retail, Finance and FLAG (or Forestry, Land and Agriculture).

It’s an ambitious and very complex initiative and the webinars that we created are essential to helping companies understand how to achieve their greenhouse gas reduction targets.

The team at Incendium are a fantastic group of dedicated professionals, with an astonishing knowledge of the procedures required.

It was a privilege to work with them and we are proud to have produced such a worthwhile and comprehensive series of videos.

18/10/2023

Fantastic news! I’ve been accepted on the Digital Skills for Screen programme which is being run by Screen Yorkshire. It’s a Skills Bootcamp for York and North Yorkshire, a part-time programme over 16 weeks, designed to explore and enhance the digital skillset needed to thrive in today’s screen industries.

I am very much hoping that this will lead to me getting involved in actual Virtual Productions as this will bring together all the various strands of experience I have acquired over the years.

Starting my career as an illustrator/animator, I got into computer graphics, combining live action with animation and then moved into international broadcast tv where I was in live studio and creative departments for about 25 years.

Finally there is a medium where all these skills can be brought together under one roof.

The course will be held over three separate locations: Co-Lab in Harrogate, ViridianFX in York and The Production Park in Wakefield, all amazing, stimulating and well-equipped organizations.

We’ll be looking at Virtual Production and Virtual Reality, their capabilities and applications.

As well as 360 video production, I already do a bit of VR production, but this will bring my work to a whole new level, finally getting to use Unreal Engine in a meaningful way, combining it with live motion capture and tracked virtual cameras.

I would be very interested to hear people’s experiences of Virtual Production and any advice for someone who is just starting out down this route.

17/03/2023

Hi Everyone!
You may or may not know this, but I am currently working on an exciting new project called 'Sea Glass'. It's a wonderful scfi-thriller-mystery short film filmed in the unique and challenging location of Spurn Lighthouse, which sits out in the middle of the sea at the end of a 3km causeway cut off by tidal floods every day.
I'm working with some amazing people, many of them still students and I'm so excited about seeing an idea that began over 25 years ago being transformed by their youthful energy. I would love it if you could help the production get a bit of social media traction by clicking the link to the film's page below and giving us a Like. We'll be posting some interesting highlights as the film progresses and giving some insights into how a small budget film (with great ambitions) gets made.
Please please help us to hit 250 followers!
SEA GLASS FILM

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/sea-glass-a-short-film-with-great-ambition/x/14924401 #/

03/03/2023

THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO BE PART OF SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY!

VIDAVEO in collaboration with Paula Rodriguez Negron, a talented final year film studies student from York St John University are producing their first short film.

With a 'Stranger Things' vibe, but an entirely original script, we will be filming at the iconic location of Spurn Point Lighthouse.

We'd like you to check out our crowdfunding site on Indiegogo to learn more about this exciting project and while you are there, please consider becoming one of the film's sponsors.

We are making this film to a professional level and want to pay actors and crew a decent amount. Filming at a lighthouse at the end of a 3km causeway that floods daily also presents considerable logistical challenges, so we need to raise £15,000

Please click on the link below to find out more...

Or contact [email protected]

Look forward to hearing from you.

Your chance to be part of something extraordinary, | Check out 'Sea Glass - a short film with ambition' on Indiegogo.

24/01/2023

Production Co-ordinator Wanted!
3 Month Contract

Job Title: Production Co-ordinator for Video Production Company

Company: VIDAVEO based in York, producing videos and virtual experiences.

Full Time : 35 Hours per Week

Proposed start date: 6th Feb 2023
Proposed end date: 30th April 2023

Job Description: We are looking for a Production Co-ordinator to help organize actors, locations, budget, crew, visual effects, crowd-funding and production schedules for an ambitious short-film with a ‘Stranger Things’ vibe. We will be filming with actors on location at the beach, in a lighthouse and also in studio. The role also includes assisting in the development of VIDAVEO’s 360 and Virtual Experience portfolio, including assisting on film shoots, editing and project development using third party software (Adobe, 3D Vista, Reaper and Strikingly). This job will involve a combination of working from home and working on location. The locations will be within Yorkshire and currently we are looking at filming on the beach near Spurn Point, near Hull and possibly in a studio near Wakefield.

Skills: Experience of film making is required. Some experience in Adobe Creative Suite (Premiere, Photoshop, Audition) is highly desirable. Knowledge of 3D CGI and/or Visual Effects would be a benefit. We will provide support and mentoring in relevant skills to the right candidate. Enthusiasm, commitment and a strong work ethic are highly desired as well as being able to work as part of a team and with initiative. Applicants ideally need a driving licence and access to transport.

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion: VIDAVEO promotes equality, diversity and inclusion.
We welcome collaboration and input from all individuals and will do everything possible to facilitate equal access and participation. Applications are particularly encouraged from people from under represented backgrounds in the screen industries. All applicants will be required to complete a diversity questionnaire when applying for this role

Pay: National Minimum Salary plus travel expenses where appropriate.

Interested? : Please answer the following questions in an email and attach an up to date CV, a completed diversity questionnaire and a short cover letter and any relevant links (to showreels, work projects etc.)

Questions:

What is your availability for work between 6th Feb and 30th April?
What is your experience working with video or film production?
Where are you located?
Can you work from home when required and do you have the necessary resources - laptop, wifi etc?
Do you have other work commitments, if so what are they?

Application Deadline: 5pm on Thursday 2nd February

Contact:

Adam Gill
VIDAVEO video production
[email protected]
‘Supported by the Screen Industries Growth Network, using public funding by Research England, part of UK Research and Innovation. SIGN is based at the University of York.’

screen-network.org.uk
Below is a link to the SIGN Equality, Diversity and Inclusion questionnaire which must be completed by all applicants:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1H_lhMgtsl1zgFSdnadP0nlTxHa8JiUTf/view?usp=drive_web

16/11/2022

Four-storey-high space in King’s Cross to merge physical and digital worlds to let visitors ‘see the world through his eyes’

08/07/2022

A very important article from WIRED that talks about some of the accessibility issues with VR headsets and gear.

The platform is relatively new—which means now is the opportunity to advocate for all players.

30/06/2022

We had a fantastic time filming the York Mystery Plays last week! Here are a few shots of just some of the many colourful productions that we saw!

23/06/2022

We've had a busy week filming the York Mystery Plays! Working as a team, we've been filming each of the performances from a number of different angles, and in several locations around the city as each play travels atop the back of a wagon.

If you're in York over the weekend, then be sure to try and catch some of the plays on Sunday!