We leave you for now with this delightful film, featuring an interview with friends Sandra and Joyce, and their haiku collaboration. We love it because it shows what can happen *after* people take part in Celebrating Change - how they take their skills, confidence, and new-found creativity out into the world. https://videopress.com/v/ELXagkXo?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata
Tag: Middlesbrough
Swans by Geoff-kerr Morgan
Another short memoir from Geoff, showing how swans have been a thread of pleasure and meaning in his life from childhood onwards. https://videopress.com/v/eh8J64GV?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata
Karma Cry-Sis by Nick Smith
An epic poem of social commentary today from Nick Smith, matched by his ambitious use of captured and vintage footage in a powerfully-paced montage. https://videopress.com/v/GvlF5LhN?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata
Great-Grandmother Lala by Geoff Kerr-Morgan
In this short film, Geoff tells us about his family roots and gives us a window into so much of Middlesbrough's history - how we welcomed economic migrants all the way back into the 19th Century, the relationship between the church and their congregations, the economies of poverty, traditional crafts...It's all in here. https://videopress.com/v/MPjLiCm3?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata
Pools of Reflected Light by Joyce Skinn
Please take just a few quiet minutes out of your day to have a 'mindful moment' on the beach with Joyce. This beautiful film makes use of split screen to double up your viewing pleasure! https://videopress.com/v/ee7LStR0?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata
‘Til DEath Do Us Join by Allan Rodgers
The poem that forms the foundation of this digital story is really from the heart. Watch out for the very simple, yet very effective visual device Allan uses in the film to symbolise the impact of huge emotions on the self - even without a big film budget, it's possible to create powerful imagery. https://videopress.com/v/mPsSeSGo?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata
Cycles by Ailsa Falconer
This film by Ailsa makes use of typography on screen instead of a voice-over, and features Ailsa herself creating the theme music on her guitar. We hope you enjoy and share her love of nature. https://videopress.com/v/M1N0YqI5?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata
Erimus by Sandra Falconer
Sandra has been part of Celebrating Change for a couple of years now, making beautiful films about her family and community. In this latest digital story she combines film, photos, archive material and original stop-motion to celebrate the history of her beloved Middlesbrough - from dinosaurs to strikers! https://videopress.com/v/04hLXAlp?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata
Life Lines by Dawn Foster
Our final digital story from Celebrating Change #2 is from Dawn, who has put together an incredibly beautiful and ambitious stop-motion film featuring the drawings and textile skills that make up her own personal practice. Following the thread of her own life, her mother's struggles and her own experience of motherhood, she takes the image … Continue reading Life Lines by Dawn Foster
Behind the scenes at a ship launch with Jan Winward
During our year of workshops in Middlesbrough, Jan has been a staunch participant with many interesting memories of her working life in the heyday of industrial Teesside. Never one to sit easy with the more poetic side of our writing exercises, Jan elected to film an interview for her digital story and tell us how … Continue reading Behind the scenes at a ship launch with Jan Winward
Ally’s Digital Stories
Today we're bringing you three short digital stories by Ally O'Neill, one of our workshop participants who has been learning how to combine her writing with filming and editing skills. She is deeply motivated by her love of Nature, and feels it is her mission to show people how connection with the earth can be … Continue reading Ally’s Digital Stories
My Rainbow Alley by Sandra Falconer
Sandra is back with a fascinating look at social history, seen through the singular lens of the Back Alley! Celebrating the recent changes made by her local community, that have brought the abandoned back alleys into communal use once more.
Celebrating Change 