Meet the new guy!

Craig Harris (or Craig-2 or miniCraig or just simply Harris) here, the new guy at Tantrwm.

Just finished my second week at Tantrwm HQ and it’s been one crazy fortnight. From filming people raking leaves in their back garden to shooting a series of green screened skits in Elywood, Cardiff. Just had five minutes to catch my breath so I thought I’d take the time to update you all.

I’m settling in nicely, and fitting in well with the rest of Team Tantrwm (although there is at least one case of Craig related confusion every hour, sorry Chapman). It was a stroke of luck with me getting the job, I was offered it on the very same day that I handed in my final project for my masters at Newport uni. Sweet timing!

I’ve got a few things coming up. Off filming down the senedd in Cardiff Bay next week, then making a ten minute documentary to mark the tenth anniversary of Groundwork Merthyr & RCT, as well as a quick trip to a stately home near St. Albans for Deutsche Bank. So it’s all go! Til next time.

Free Cocktails here we come!

How exciting... We've just been nominated for a Welsh BAFTA.

Panda Car, written and directed by Stephen Hanks, our creative director, is one of three films nominated for the Best Short award. Our competitors are the UK Film Council and BBC Wales, so wish us luck.

But most exciting of all is the promise of free cocktails at the after show party!

Wicid ways to a top career!

Wicid ways to a top career!
Wicid.tv gets career advice from some of the biggest names in show business.
In amongst the scrum of journalists lining the red carpets at the Texas based South by South-west film and music festival Wicid.tv, an online magazine by young people and for young people were right in the thick of it.
Wicid.tv is the second largest, and fastest growing youth website in Wales, with an editorial team 48 young writers and gathering thousands of visits every month. This spring they went global covering the South by South-west music and film festival, interviewing A-list stars, like Jake Gyllenhall and getting the scoop on what it takes to make it in the entertainment industries.
Wicid’s Editor, Catrin Southall says, “It was an excellent opportunity to gather and share ideas and network with creative industry leaders regarding their journey towards careers in the technology, film and music industries. I hope they'll feel a lot more confident to embark on a career in the creative industries having seen and heard the inspirational stories from all over the World.”
The footage shot in Texas, is now being edited by pupils from St. Johns Baptist School, and is being posted up on the Wicid YouTube channel. So stay tuned!