Dear All
We were approached by The Big Life Company, the company behind The Big Issue in the North, to donate a prize for their fund-raising event held at the Deaf Institute on Saturday the 17th of July 2010 – Photo Marathon.
Vivid have always admired and respected the work they do within the homeless community, so we were more than happy to help. As we are a video production company, we decided to create a short film of the days events as both a lasting record and as a future marketing tool for The Big Life Company. We showed them how their video would have many uses and applications. They could use it in internal presentations, trades-shows, email campaigns and to increase brand awareness, therefore generating funding.
The basic premise is that contestants had to take 8 pictures over 8 hours on 8 given topics/themes. After the event, all the pictures were printed and given to the panel of judges to decide the winners. They then went on show in a public exhibition.
We had been checking the weather all week and were eagerly anticipating a beautiful day, oh how wrong we were! As we stood on a street corner near Oxford Road, at 8 in the morning of the Saturday, trying to shelter our camera from the ever present Manchester rain, we decided that the best way to judge a weather forecast is with a pinch of salt – and to prepare for the opposite forecast! In spite of the heavy rain, there was a fantastic turnout and the group of photographers were eager to get their first assignment.
We decided to follow a group of budding photographers round and were absolutely delighted when they decided to take photos inside! I think deep down Glen, would of liked to entered the competition himself, as he kept on making suggestions to the group. I think most of them went over their heads.
It was a really enjoyable day for all concerned and I know it spread the good work that the Big Issue undertake and also raising some all important money for the charity. If you would like to find out more, please click on the link below
So here the finished video
And a link to the photos of the day
We hope the event is on again next year as it was a wonderful day (despite the weather) and would love to take part again as it was for a great cause and was a great day out!
