(Edit: Here is one of talks from Tedx taken from Ustream, the full edited videos will be along soon.)

Today (Saturday 28th Jan) I'm live streaming the TEDx Salford conference with a number of students from the MMU Film Making course.

You can watch the live stream over on www.tedxsalford.com/live and see some amazing speakers!

Enjoy!

Today I ran a live streaming workshop at uni. The video above was a test shoot of the set up we are going to use at TEDx Salford event on Saturday.

The video contains part of my wistle stop tour of how video compression and streaming works.

I wasn't going to post an actual photo of the dead cat but Shona caught this great shot of one of our new kittens checking out the funny smelling thing on the table.

So after school we went out to the garden and dug a grave.

The girls reactions were very different.  Charis needed to be cuddled a couple of times during the process.

Whereas Seren was excited about digging a hole but sad at the same time but wanted to smile for the camera but was too sad to smile properly.

After burying the kitty and saying good bye we marked the spot buy planting and oak tree, placing a candle on the old stump and sticking a spinny windmill in the ground.  

It's funny that the ritual and significance of meant different things to our 3 children.  Our Invisible Son wanted to put the windmill in the centre of the grave but this upset Seren so much we had to move it to the side.  She saw the stick of the windmill as sticking into Brooklyn and hurting her somehow and was unconsolable until it was moved.  Invisible Son realised that death is death and there was no way to hurt Brooklyn anymore.

Anyway, we have two new kittens to replace the unreplaceable Brooklyn which are about as cute as any thing can be.  But goodbye Brooklyn, we will miss you...

I found this very funny but also inspiring. He's obviously puts a lot of time and effort into developing his craft and expanding his improv skills to the point where impressing Alfred Molina comes naturally. And even if you don't like Russell, any thing that impresses Alfred Molina is worth taking a closer look at.

You can listen to the episode here (about 8 mins) where I talk about some of the 7 Unforgiveable Sins or video production mistakes that I never let my students get away with unless they have a very good excuse.  These are also relevent for anyone shooting videos for their business websites or for video podcasts, etc.

Then at 7pm I went to the first MMU Canoe Club pool session of this accademic year.  

Unfortunatly only an hour in Ben smacked his head off the back of his kayak while doing cartwheels.  The photo above actually caught the moment just before this happened.  The photos below tell the rest of the story.

"What's that on my head?"

"Oh it's blood!"

Pool staff patch him up.

As I was the only person there with a car I drove him down to A&E to get stiched up then went home.  Not how I hoped the evening would go but I enjoyed it anyway.  I may even go back again this week...

I've produced a series of videos for Manchester Metropolitan University Employability Service with some of my students as work experience (for them not me).  Here's one of the videos about networking:

I've finished editing a series of videos for Autus Website Design.  Here's a documentary I shot about getting a huge Air Conditioning Instillation onto a Central London Hotel in one day:

I spent a week at the European Juggling Convention in Germany producing Juggling Live, a live stream of loads of the shows and atmosphere from the Olympic Park in Munich.  Every day I'm posting a new act or show on the Juggling Live blog and have about 25 Episodes planned for the rest of September and into October.  Here's a great 8 min comedy act which was my favourite short comedy routine at the whole festival:

I've had a family holiday in Wales.

This weekend I am going to be producing the REPLAY Online Juggling Convention.  I'll be streaming all the taped footage from the EJC on www.jugglinglive.com so everyone who missed shows at the festival or who missed them at home can view them again.  There will be a chatroom, photo sharing, games, fun stuff and interviews running along side the video stream.  Come join us or watch the video stream here:

Streaming live video by Ustream

This week we have also been doing everything possible to find our poor lost/dead cat Brooklyn which we have not seen since getting back from Wales.  If you see a lost black cat in Whalley Range, let me know. :(

Normal blogging service to resume next week!

Nathan

The Monday Morning Mini Movie is nother awesome video made using relatively cheep tools and software.  It's amazing what effects can be recreated when the director has a clear vision and a great team to make  it happen.  Enjoy!

For more info about the film and to watch the "making off" video check out the Red Giant website over here: RedGiant.com/​PlotDevice

If you have any video or films you want featured as a future Monday Morning Mini Movie send them to nathan@nathanrae.co.uk

Thanks!

Here's one of the highlights of the convention, an act from the Renegade Stage on Saturday night, which so popular Vid came back the following night and rocked the stage again.  Charley Dancy and Haggis were hosting that night...

For more content from the BJC and last years EJC get over to the JugglingLive site and check out the archive.

The beatboxer on the video is Vid Warren of www.vidwarren.com

Another great thing about Juggling Live last week was working with the sponsors who made it all possible! Check out the Greentop Circus and, if you're wanting to make more money as a performer, go sign up for the How To Sell Your Act eBook.

Alistair Marshall, a business consultant I worked with last year, asked me to film a series of videos where he sets out his "12 Immediate Actions to Generate Sales and Cash."  He has successfully used them on his website, along with a home page and landing page video, to help grow his contact list and get more clients.

Recently we talked about republishing the content as the first twelve episodes of a video podcast.  Now that all episodes are live and on iTunes, I suggest you go watch them.  I definitely learnt a lot from them and his advice has directly led to making Nathan Rae Production a lot more profitable.

Alistair Marshall Consulting Podcast on iTunesSo head over to iTunes and subscribe or add the following feed to your non-Apple podcasting softwear of choice: http://www.alistairmarshallconsulting.com/podcast/rss.xml

If you need some help to publish an audio or video podcast, or want talk about any other up coming project, email me or dm me on twitter.

Nathan

Firstly, I have a new job for the next 15 weeks or so at Manchester Met University helping to teach the Contemporary Film and Video course which I completed myself two years ago.  I'll let you know what I get up to but I think I'll mostly be working with the first and second year students, teaching them specific technical skills as well as helping them develop their scripts and film ideas.  The course tutors only secured the funding for the post last Monday and I'm starting this Tuesday, so it's all happened rather quickly really.  Only two days a week, but it should be fun!

Secondly, I recently done some work with the Young Carers Group in Oldham, providing animation workshops and helping the teenagers there make some short films for a performance they a putting on soon.  Here's an example of what one group of lads produced...

I know it's under 20 seconds log but isn't it good?