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The Incredibles © Disney/Pixar

4Talent Inspiration Session: Computer-Generated Animation

Behind the official merchandise and brilliant taglines are the blockbuster hits and the groundbreaking adverts. Technology has come a long way since the first fully computer-generated film was released nearly 15 years ago.

Animating Photos ( "3rd Street" - time lapse by Noise Collusion on Flickr)

Animating Photos Workshop

Hello Digital @ Hereford. Participants will learn how to make short filmic pieces with their own digital cameras using a technique called pixilation, similar to time-lapse filming with people or objects changing the poses slightly between each shot. The end sequence of still digital images are th...

Arctic Monkeys Copyright Frida Borjeson Photography on Flickr

Arctic Monkeys Live At The Apollo (PG)

Hello Digital @ Hereford. This is your only chance to see this stunning show that captures the memorable last gig in the Arctic Monkeys' acclaimed world tour 2007.

Special People

Digishorts at Hello Digital

Screen West Midlands is once again on the lookout for new regional filmmaking talent for their digishorts scheme – those who have the potential to become the next big thing in British filmmaking.

Digital Photography

Digital Photography Workshop

Hello Digital @ Hereford. The workshop will help participants to get a better understanding of digital photography and hopefully dispel the myths surrounding it. How to make better use of your camera. What to look for when making images. Getting to grips with the right software – Photoshop ...

Heavy Metal in Baghdad Photo Courtesy of Borderlines

Heavy Metal in Baghdad (15)

Hello Digital @ Hereford. Heavy metal is rife with apocalyptic imagery. Still, it's a safe bet no one has ever faced the challenges endured by Iraq's only thrash-metal band Acrassicauda. They live in a world where death stalks the streets, chaos and mindless destruction is all around, but where M...

Heavy Metal Concert Copyright Mistress F on Flickr

Home of Metal

Relive the early days of metal and memories of bands like Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin and Judas Priest, born out of Birmingham and the Black Country’s music scene. This is a call out to the people of the Midlands! Bring in memorabilia, photographs and great stories recounting your experienc...

Killriculum

Killriculum - Live Workshop

“Killriculum” is an original and innovative project aimed at enabling a broad range of young people to engage with film and new media. At its heart is the new website dedicated to Killriculum and horror films. The website aims to be user-friendly and interactive and includes the inven...

Spinning Vertov

Kinopixel: Art Films in the Digital Age

Hello Digital @ Hereford. Screening of a collection of brilliant and audacious experimental films with an introduction by Darryl Georgiou who chose the films.

Photo Marathon

Photo Marathon

Hello Digital @ Hereford. Working with the Hereford Photography Festival, Hello Digital @ Hereford will run a Photography Marathon from 10:00am to 6:00pm. With a first prize of £75 cash and a special Hello Digital T-shirt for the first 20 people to complete the full marathon!

Pure Cinema

Pure Cinema

BAFTA-winning director Michael Baig Clifford will talk about Pure Cinema, which is his collaboration with video artist Ravi Deepres. Using actors and the latest digital technology they explored conventions common to cinema and painting.

Sunshine 2007

Sunshine (15)

4Talent @ Hello Digital. Danny Boyle, of Trainspotting fame, directs an international ensemble cast, including Cillian Murphy, Michelle Yeoh and Chris Evans, in a sci-fi film Empire magazine describe as "a knuckle-gnawingly tense, glorious action thriller". Fifty years in the future, the sun is d...

Kut&Paste

VJ Party: KUT&PASTE

MASH Cinema present Kut&Paste, an on-going collaboration between like-minded folk who are interested in getting out there and being creative in the field of Audio-Visualisation! This will be the 7th 'Kut&Paste' Session this year, bringing together local DJs, VJs and AV artists, including ...

Daisy in Belgium

VJ Workshop

Hello Digital @ Hereford. VJ workshop with Hereford's MASH Cinema

WALL•E © Disney/Pixar

WALL•E (U)

4Talent @ Hello Digital. Introduced by Pixar animator Michal Makarewicz, this special screening of WALL•E will be shown in HD at The Electric Cinema's state of the art digital screen.

Old day photos - Power Pod by *Solar Ikon* on Flickr

Walk-In Ambient Digital Showcase

Hello Digital @ Hereford. Come and see the best in new media art from students' work to award winning show pieces.

4Talent Inspiration Sessions Poster

4Talent Inspiration Sessions

The Inspiration Sessions take place in central Birmingham and bring together some of the world’s leading practitioners to talk informally to groups of up to 20 less-experienced, but highly talented creatives, providing with an insight from those at the top of the industry.

Portrait of John Baskerville by James Millar, Copyright Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery

Baskerville

Baskerville the Animated Movie celebrates John Baskerville, the man, the typeface and his future legacy. The film will explore the technological impact and cultural achievements of John Baskerville’s life and work.

SCAMP

SCAMP – Sonic Computer Aided Music Performance

A unique showcase of sonic arts performance and technology, SCAMP will feature artists from Birmingham City University, the University of Birmingham and VJ Chromatouch. Incorporating both the internationally renowned BEAST sound diffusion system and live video performance, SCAMP will provide a dy...