The A to Z of Rock Climbing

IT was sunny last week. Brilliant, as we had 3 days of filming on cliff faces planned.
Unfortunately for us the clouds rolled in.
However, we still got some great stuff.
Team Tantrwm along with Paul from Undercurrents, Andy Price from Dryad Bushcraft and Andy Cummings from Manzoku embarked on a new project called the A to Z of Rock Climbing.
The website and films will be live soon.

But for now enjoy some of the test clips.


Sony Z7 SG Blade Nikon Lenses Rock Climbing from Andrew Chainey on Vimeo.

Training with Ben Cole

Last week the Tantrwm staff teamed up with those great dudes at UNDERCURRENTS and had the most fantastic camera training with Ben Cole.
Ben is best known for his work with "One Giant Leap" and on the Joe Strummer film "The Future Is Unwritten".
Ben came to sunny Aberdare and was met by the locals in Wetherspoons. They proceeded to share recent stories of Death Threats at the Job centre and what methadone smells like! A warm welcome for a new visitor to the valleys.

The training was amazing. So much so, that Tantrwm has now invested in a whole new lens system that should see our filming technique take a whole new direction.
So keep your eyes on the site to see what we come up with. The first project will be the "A to Z of Climbing", which starts filming in April.

If you want more info on Tantrwm, or want to be involved then get in touch.

Chill

The Museum of Wales and More

So it has been a busy few weeks here at Tantrwm.
Many people ask "What do you do there?". Well in order to answer that i thought that i would run through a few things that we have been up to in the last few weeks.

VIDEO
We create video for all sorts of customers. Tonypandy community college has had us making films with their students, teaching them how to use Apple Mac computers and cameras. The Museum of Wales is letting us make some video based Welsh learners packs at the Woollen Museum in West Wales. We have made two pop videos in the last few weeks with RCT Cultural Services and we are doing VOX POP videos at a GALA Dinner event tonight. These clips generally get put onto DVD and the web.

WEBSITES
Our web mistress, Rhiannon, takes care of the web side of the business. From simple static HTML sites to full blown Content Managed Sites, she co-ordinates the design, implementation and hosting. We came to web site design from the fact that it was always a problem for clients to add video or other content, we make it easy. Lately this has meant creating sites for Rhondda Breast Friends, Maesgwyn School, Breakthrough Change, The Mac Lads, GovernmentVideo.co.uk and a new clothes rental service soon to be launched.

DIGITAL SIGNAGE
Tantrwm are the only company in Wales providing MAC based digital signage solutions for schools and colleges. We provide ALL the hardware (Screens, computers, brackets etc) and install and train people on the software. But we do not leave it at that. We also support the client in creating content for their new signage system. Tonypandy community college is the first school in the area to test the signage system.

TRAINING
We provide APPLE certified training and run introductory courses. Our high end course runs from Thursday to Monday over the last weekend of every month. The course covers the Apple FCP level one requirements but adds much more. We bring in award winning cinematographers, film makers to inspire and help students get the most from their training. The courses are limited to 4 people. Our last course took place on the last weekend in February and saw the Grammy Nomiated Ben Cole come and give us an insight into high end film making.

Well that is enough for now. If you want to find out more about Tantrwm then please get in touch.

Chainey

Genesis event

Spent a day making some amazing on line video for one of the top marketing companies in Wales.
Just hope my card gets pulled out.

Wool Wool Everywhere!

Luckily Rhiannon our web designer knows a thing or two about knitting. Why? Well we start a new project next week for the National Museums and Galleries of Wales. We will be making some Welsh learning resources based around the Wool Museum in Drefach, Velindre.

We are capturing the amazing machinery in action and gathering anecdotes from staff and villagers.
Tantrwm have completed a number of projects for the museum, most notably the "On Common Ground" website.
The wool museum project is of special importance to Andrew, director at Tantrwm, as his granddad was born in the same village.
Check back in April to see the finished project.

Music Media 2009

And so, January has come around again, and once again, we are all wishing we'd gotten thermal socks for xmas and wondering how soon we can break our new years resolutions and still be able to say we made a decent attempts at giving up chocolate/drinking/video game (delete as appropriate).

But this year, I've made a resolution that should be a pleasure to keep; to find some new music to listen to. And giving me the head start I need is the 2009 edition of the Music Media project, which will introduce me to some of the best new bands in the RCT area.

The Music Media project teams up up and coming bands with hungry young film makers to come up with a music video that hows what they can do.

Here's hoping that this year vintage keeps up the high standards.

Rhys Cycle - The Enviro Super Hero

So over the last year we worked quite a lot on environmental projects. Tantrwm became a "Green Dragon" level 2 organisation. What does that mean? Well we recycle, use fair trade products, use the train when possible and dispose of old products in the correct manner.

sticking with our environmental beliefs, one of the films we have been made is shown here. Rhys Cycle lives in Bryn Bewti and with the help of "Auntie Litter" he fights the evil polluting ambitions of Dr. Paul Lution!

Enjoy.


Rhys Cycle from Andrew Chainey on Vimeo.

Oceans of Waste

Tantrwm recently worked on a amazing project with some visionary young people. "Oceans of Waste!" is the result. The young people worked with professional song writers and created the song early in 2008. Tantrwm were then asked to create a video with the young people.

Pupils from Tonyrefail comprehensive school devised the idea of a bottle floating off into sea. Well, although we would have liked to jump in a speedboat with our cameras, the budget would not stretch that far. We decided using animation was the only way forward.

"Oceans of Waste" is a live action and animated tale of the destruction we are doing every day to our fragile earth.

We hope you enjoy and appreciate the hard work from all involved, and maybe take some action yourself.


Oceans of Waste from Andrew Chainey on Vimeo.

Love where you live!

Educating young people about respect and love for their immediate surroundings is essential in creating a future with a high quality of life for all who live, work, visit and play that community.
"Love where you live!" documents one approach that RCTs Environmental Services takes to communicate with primary school children. A whole week of activity and educative fun takes place in RCTs "Ynysangharad Park", with a firm focus on respecting your environment and "Loving where you live".

The film give a flavor of the event and there are some interesting comments from the young people interviewed.
Enjoy!


Love where you live! from Andrew Chainey on Vimeo.

Carlos Man Welly

I have to share this with you all.
A couple of mates of mine, nipped out one Sunday afternoon and came back with this short video
It has already had nearly 5000 hits on youtube.

Not bad for an afternoon with a cheapo camcorder and a simple edit suit.
Enjoy