Made by StoryCog…
National STEM Centre / Institute of Physics films
We’ve been collaborating with legendary physics textbook writer David Sang to produce films introducing teachers to classroom demonstrations.
The films are available for viewing and use via the National STEM Centre’s eLibrary, where they’ve rapidly become the most-viewed resource. A third batch of films should be appearing any day now.
Planet SciCast
The inciting incident behind the formation of StoryCog was this science video competition. In spring 2010, we took over the running of the project from initial host NESTA, with continued funding from them.
In its third year the competition grew another 70% in submissions over the previous year; the 2010 Awards Ceremony filled the lecture theatre of the Royal Institution, celebrating the work of hundreds of young scientists, engineers, and film-makers.
For 2011 we ran SciCast on a reduced basis, while we pursued other funders and partners.
The Royal Institution
Our latest client. We can’t tell you exactly what we’re doing with them, but it’s (a.) exciting and (b.) going to see the light of day really quite soon now. Stay tuned.
Jonathan has worked at the Ri several times over the years, and regards it as something of a spiritual home. We were tremendously excited to shoot there, and look forward to the next stage of the project.
Angry Snowboarders
StoryCog was commissioned to film a workshop run by the Centre for Life in Newcastle with a local youth group, as they prepared their exhibit for Maker Faire UK. The film was turned around in double-quick time so it could tease the event – you can view it at Vimeo.
Jamie’s Dream Teachers entry
Alom wanted to enter the YouTube-based competition run alongside Jamie’s Dream School. Jonathan wanted to do some more tests with the camera he used for Angry Snowboarders. We also wanted to argue some more ahead of the next batch of National STEM Centre/IOP films.
So: we made this. It didn’t win, but it did lead to Alom sharing a stage with Lord Winston at the Cheltenham Science Festival. Which turned into a bit of a barney, but that’s another story.