Edit: Unfortunately lost out to super slick Sports Personality of the Year. Had a splendid time, though. Met lot’s of nice people. Kept it classy. And we all got home safely, always a bonus. Thanks for all the good luck messages. x #EveryonesAWinner
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#CountdownToLife: The Extraordinary Making of You
At BDH I was part of the team that worked on The Countdown To Life, a three part series produced by BBC Science in association with the Open University, exploring some of the latest research into understanding of human development, from conception to birth. With a complex pipeline, an imaginative and groundbreaking approach and with an array of the latest technology and software, the BDH team produced hundreds of shots of spell binding imagery illustrating the remarkable transformations that take place during those early stages.
Episode One transmits tonight (Monday 4th September 2015) on BBC2 and will subsequently be available on the iPlayer.
“More altruistic in the Money Game”
Nice to see some of the work we’ve done at BDH featured in this piece on the benefits of feeling insignificant.
It’s great to be part of something that makes people feel small. Thanks for the heads up, to my friend Kathryn Jeffs.
I sat by the Ocean
When you surf somewhere, whether the waves are good or bad, you connect with the ocean in a special way. You are immersed in it, harnessing its power, developing respect, sharing time and energy with it. Only then can you discover its secrets and stories, like getting to know a new friend.
– Director and Producer Renee Godfrey on making the final episode of Atlantic, which went out tonight. Now available on the iPlayer.
The Ocean Wants You Today
Last night was the BBC2 premier of the first episode of Atlantic. At BDH we had the honour of providing some graphics for this fantastic eye feast. Now available on the iPlayer I’m sure.
Removal of second screen and severe desk rearrangement means window view is now enabled. Most pleasing.
The Somme In Seven Poems
Due to circumstances documented elsewhere on this website it had escaped my notice that the short film The Somme In Seven Poems had become available on Vimeo.
These animations were produced by BDH to illustrate and accompany the poetry featured in the BBC’s 90 minute documentary War of Words: Soldier Poets of the Somme, which aired last November on BBC2.
This compilation was put together as a teaser for the full length documentary and released on the iPlayer the weekend of Rememberance Day.
Making these animations was a very humbling privilege, and a hefty responsibility, and we hope they are a fitting tribute to the people who saw and experienced things thankfully most of us only have to imagine.
A great big thanks to Hugh Cowling and Libby Redden who contributed so much to the finished work.
Embedded below is a trailer for the short.
The Somme In Seven Poems can be viewed directly on Vimeo.
Dino Death Match
National Geographic have uploaded an image gallery from one of the dinosaur shows we worked on. Some of the compositions on the stills they have chosen are a bit unusual, and they seem to have upload everything twice, but they still look marvellous to me.
Paul Greer 