Challenge Logic

I've always wanted to have a go at doing some stop motion animation filming and now I have. This short video is my very first experimentation using some lego figures as the main characters. Part one was shot using my iSight with quite poor lighting. Part two however was shot using a Sony Digital 8 Camera plus extra lighting. As you will see I do really need to practice and probably tweak the walks etc, but I'm getting there.

On a warm dry night in August 2000, during our visit to Paris we took an evening walk about the surroundings of our hotel including the Louvre grounds and one of the many foot bridges over the Seine. From the bridge we were able to see an illuminated Eiffel Tower in the distance and the brightly lit boats traveling up and down the River Seine

On a very wet afternoon in August 2000, during our visit to Paris we took shelter from the rain under a large bridge which crossed the Seine. Whilst waiting for the rain to stop we were treated to a rollerblade show. The skaters were basically trying to weave in and out of a number of coloured beakers used as obstacles. As one skater attacked the beakers one of the others rollerbladed along side recording the run on their video camera. I recorded both. This video will be the first taken from this long weekend break.

This short movie was filmed at Paradise Park Wildlife Sanctuary in Hayle, Cornwall. It's not exactly March of the Penguins, but I thought someone would be interested.

Whilst filming some of the bird residents at Paradise Park Wildlife Sanctuary in Hayle, Cornwall I came across some Golden Conures with great personalities. They were particularly interested in my video camera, especially when I turned the LCD viewfinder on them so they were able to watch themselves.

Christmas @ St Ives is a Video Blog recorded whilst spending our Christmas Day and Boxing Day for 2005 at Tregenna Castle at the top of the hill in St Ives, Cornwall. This video last 9 minutes 44 seconds and is a huge 43Mb in size so you may have to wait when downloading depending on how fast your internet connection is.

Apologies in advance for the 'unstable' footage but unfortunately it was almost all shot using my left hand due to still not having full use of my right arm. The video takes you through the 5 hour drive (approx. 340 miles) from home to Tregenna Castle and then shots taken in the hotel and St Ives on Christmas day.

Recorded in October 2000 this short video takes a look at the El Djem Colosseum in Tunisia. Built in the 3rd Century by the Roman Emperor Gordie I, El Djem is the 3rd largest ampitheatre in the world. Unfortuately the ampitheatre was never completed because of political rivalries and the lack of money. Never the less what still stands today is an impressive reminder of the powerful and engineering Romans and their empire.

The footage for this movie was taken from over an hours worth taken whilst on holiday in Tunisia during October 2000. This short follows a Camel Convoy which we travelled with on route to see the desert dwellers (troglodytes) on the edge of the Sahara in a place called Matmata. This is the same place where George Lucas filmed Luke's Aunt and Uncle's home in the original Star Wars movie and Anakin's home in the Phantom Menance film.