Event Report

Dr Caitriona Noonan (Chair), with Anne Blohm Rudbæk, Dr Eva Novrup Redvall, and Prof. Anne Marit Waade
 

(Above, Graeme Park (Glyndŵr University), Mike Wright (Glyndŵr University), Tim Hartley and Hywel Wiliam)

A group of RTS Wales Centre Members visited the company's prop store, situated behind S4C in Llanishen Business Park, on the 12th October.

Theatr S4C, Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Meifod.

"Yn y gorffennol mi roedd yn wyrth i gael signal symudol yn yr Eisteddfod, ond y flwyddyn hon rydym wedi cael cysylltiadau 200 megabeit  ar y cae".  Roedd Peter Williams o Lywodraeth Cymru yn defnyddio pentref bach Meifod yng ngŵyl diwylliannol blynyddol Cymru fel enghraifft o'r hyn y gellir ei wneud i wella cysylltedd.

Paul Hawke Williams (above) has an infectious enthusiasm, summed up in his attitude to post production, "It's so easy to edit these days ... non-linear editing is like word processing".  He heads up Digital Media Training, a Cardiff-based training company that also has centres in Manchester, Tewkesbury, London and Glasgow.

To celebrate the centenary of Dylan Thomas's birth, producer Phil George and his company, Green Bay Media, were given 'a rare treat' when asked to produce a documentary about the poet's life.  My Grandfather Dylan, was broadcast on the ITV Network late last year, and according to George the programme, "attempted to challenge some of the misconceptions that have developed about one of the greatest English language poets of the 20th century".

Eight groups of freelancers spent 10 minutes with each production company, which included Two Four, Boomerang, Dragonfly, Green Bay, Avanti, Boom Pictures, Modern Television and BBC Wales.  Participants moved from company to company, every time the famous 'Countdown Clock' was played over the venue's sound system.

The event was organised by our RTS Wales Committee Member Cath Tudor, of freelance agency 'TV Teams', who said "the aim was to raise awareness of RTS Wales, and at the same time build a better network of freelancers based here in Wales".

Above: Sioned Mills (Boom Pictures) with Peter Williams (Welsh Government), Rhodri Williams (Ofcom), and Huw Marshall (S4C).

Above: Committee member, Zoe Rushton, sharing her experience with a group

Above: Elin Haf Jones (Aberystwyth University), Robin Farr (Welsh Language Society), Karl Davies (BBC Trust), Rhodri Ap Dyfrig (Aberystwyth University), and Peter Edwards (Barefoot Rascals).