tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76315126333751883022024-03-08T07:39:01.037+00:00PHIL HAYESBECAUSE HE COULDN'T THINK OF A BETTER TITLE FOR THIS BLOGmissinghenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09741978438201102186noreply@blogger.comBlogger102125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631512633375188302.post-14802035253578290252012-12-07T18:07:00.001+00:002012-12-07T18:07:40.916+00:00Super-8, Super-90sI found some pretty ropey digital transfers I'd made a few years ago of some Super-8 films I'd shot in the nineties. So I thought I'd chop them together with some public domain music from archive.org
<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/55094557?badge=0" width="500" height="375" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/55094557">Super-8, Super-90s...</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user1997930">Phil Hayes</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>missinghenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09741978438201102186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631512633375188302.post-92192174540561656692011-06-22T09:39:00.002+01:002011-06-22T09:46:11.937+01:00Questions and Answers<div>If you're preparing for an interview, it's always a good idea to get a sense of what the interviewer (and their editor) wants to cover, even if you know you're not going to get a full list of questions. </div><div><br /></div><div>And to be honest, there's usually a big question that's the reason why you're there in the first place - either your reason or the reason that the media outlet's contacted you.</div><div><br /></div><div>Krishnan Guru-Murthy of Channel 4 News has written <a href="http://blogs.channel4.com/gurublog/and-when-did-you-stop-beating-your-wife-sir/1391">a piece on his blog</a> about how awkward it can be, from the reporter's point of view, to ask some of those big questions.</div>missinghenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09741978438201102186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631512633375188302.post-68309434545496217812011-06-22T09:32:00.003+01:002011-06-22T09:36:52.041+01:00Reviews - Stalker and Dougal and the Blue CatI fancied doing a bit more print journalism, as it'd been a while since I'd written a piece of any length. I mean, obviously we're not talking New Yorker length here, just a couple of hundred words to limber up a bit.<div><br /></div><div>So I wrote a review of a Russian film, <a href="http://deadendreviews.co.uk/movies/stalker-1979.html">Stalker, by Andrei Tarkovsky</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>And I was challenged in the comments box to <a href="http://deadendreviews.co.uk/movies/dougal-and-the-blue-cat-1970.html">review Dougal and the Blue Cat</a> next. So I did.</div>missinghenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09741978438201102186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631512633375188302.post-48560771746197089182011-06-20T17:41:00.002+01:002011-06-22T09:54:22.939+01:00Lumiere - Pass of Drumochter<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; font-size:13px;"><div><embed src="http://blip.tv/play/AYLDnHMA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="650" height="385" wmode="transparent" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></div><div><br /></div><div>A Lumiere is a silent film of sixty seconds or less. See the Lumiere manifesto at <a href="http://videoblogging.info/" style="color: rgb(85, 136, 170); text-decoration: none; ">http://videoblogging.info/</a></div></span><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; font-size:13px;">I filmed this in Glengarry in Scotland, looking up the Pass of Drumochter.</span></div><div><br /></div>missinghenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09741978438201102186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631512633375188302.post-47799034700364987122010-04-03T15:50:00.003+01:002011-06-22T09:20:08.326+01:00Sketch - Estate Agent Hell<center> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/scripts/pokkariPlayer.js?ver=2009070701"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/syndication/write_player?skin=js&posts_id=3456606&source=3&autoplay=true&file_type=flv&player_width=&player_height="></script> <div id="blip_movie_content_3456606"><br /></div> </center><div class="blip_description">Here's a <a href="http://blip.tv/missing-hen-newsthen-the-danger-signs/estate-agent-hell-3456606">sketch</a> we started shooting in 2006 and only just finished. Spooky.</div><br /><div><br /></div>missinghenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09741978438201102186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631512633375188302.post-33269546494167112272010-03-21T15:32:00.002+00:002011-06-22T09:20:27.400+01:00Sketch - Science and that<center> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/scripts/pokkariPlayer.js?ver=2009070701"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/syndication/write_player?skin=js&posts_id=3393228&source=3&autoplay=true&file_type=flv&player_width=&player_height="></script> <div id="blip_movie_content_3393228"> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Missinghen-ScienceAndThat658.m4v" onclick="play_blip_movie_3393228(); return false;"><img title="Click to play" alt="Video thumbnail. Click to play" src="http://blip.tv/file/get/Missinghen-ScienceAndThat658.m4v.jpg" border="0" /></a> <br /> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Missinghen-ScienceAndThat658.m4v" onclick="play_blip_movie_3393228(); return false;">Click to Play</a> </div> </center><div class="blip_description"><span>Missing Hen looks at science - what is it? What's it all about? From the work of Albert Einstein to Alexander Graham Bell, join us as we put science under the microscope*.<br /><br /><br />* please note, this does not imply science is very small and hard to see.</span></div>missinghenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09741978438201102186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631512633375188302.post-13185756567932843292010-02-26T00:23:00.002+00:002011-06-22T09:20:41.747+01:00Sketch - Motivational Posters vs. Numbskulls<center> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/scripts/pokkariPlayer.js?ver=2009070701"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/syndication/write_player?skin=js&posts_id=3290100&source=3&autoplay=true&file_type=flv&player_width=&player_height="></script> <div id="blip_movie_content_3290100"> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Missinghen-MotivationalPostersVsNumbskulls393.m4v" onclick="play_blip_movie_3290100(); return false;"><img title="Click to play" alt="Video thumbnail. Click to play" src="http://blip.tv/file/get/Missinghen-MotivationalPostersVsNumbskulls393.m4v.jpg" border="0" /></a> <br /> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Missinghen-MotivationalPostersVsNumbskulls393.m4v" onclick="play_blip_movie_3290100(); return false;">Click to Play</a> </div> </center><div class="blip_description"><span><span>Remember the old DC Thomson comics like The Beano and The Dandy? Remember how they used to hand out free motivational posters to put up in the office? No, we don't either.</span></span></div>missinghenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09741978438201102186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631512633375188302.post-42725937591072225382010-02-14T12:19:00.002+00:002011-06-22T09:20:59.774+01:00Sketch - Locum Who<center> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/scripts/pokkariPlayer.js?ver=2009070701"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/syndication/write_player?skin=js&posts_id=3236160&source=3&autoplay=true&file_type=flv&player_width=&player_height="></script> <div id="blip_movie_content_3236160"> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Missinghen-LocumWho375.m4v" onclick="play_blip_movie_3236160(); return false;"><img title="Click to play" alt="Video thumbnail. Click to play" src="http://blip.tv/file/get/Missinghen-LocumWho375.m4v.jpg" border="0" /></a> <br /> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Missinghen-LocumWho375.m4v" onclick="play_blip_movie_3236160(); return false;">Click to Play</a> </div> </center><div class="blip_description"><span>What happens when your planet is invaded on a bank holiday and you call for Doctor Who? Plus a taste of Missing Hen sketches coming up this year...</span></div>missinghenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09741978438201102186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631512633375188302.post-77210413805106610552009-12-04T10:10:00.003+00:002011-06-22T09:21:15.650+01:00Sketch - Danger Signs: TV Graphics<center> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/scripts/pokkariPlayer.js?ver=2009070701"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/syndication/write_player?skin=js&posts_id=2949112&source=3&autoplay=true&file_type=flv&player_width=&player_height="></script> <div id="blip_movie_content_2949112"> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Missinghen-DSTVGraphics364.m4v" onclick="play_blip_movie_2949112(); return false;"><img title="Click to play" alt="Video thumbnail. Click to play" src="http://blip.tv/file/get/Missinghen-DSTVGraphics364.m4v.jpg" border="0" /></a> <br /> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Missinghen-DSTVGraphics364.m4v" onclick="play_blip_movie_2949112(); return false;">Click to Play</a> </div> </center><div class="blip_description">The Danger Signs is back with a good hard look at TV graphics. Featuring very little violence and no cusswords. But lots of graphics and the Open University. Which, I suppose is a bit graphic.</div>missinghenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09741978438201102186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631512633375188302.post-21691697630452574892009-11-21T10:22:00.005+00:002011-06-22T09:55:04.159+01:00Lumiere - Wychbury Hill, Clent<embed src="http://blip.tv/play/AYGtyAYA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="650" height="385" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed><br /><br />A Lumiere is a silent film of sixty seconds or less. See the Lumiere manifesto at <a href="http://videoblogging.info/">http://videoblogging.info/</a> This is filmed at the top of Clent hill, Hagley, near Birmingham. You can see the obelisk on the neighbouring <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wychbury_Hill">Wychbury Hill</a>. <br /><br />The obelisk that you can see to the right of frame is one of a series of antiquarian monuments the local landowner had built (along with the mock castle to the left, and the Temple of Theseus, that's in the trees in the middle).<br /><br />The obelisk currently has the large graffiti on the side - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_put_Bella_in_the_Wych_Elm%3F">Who Put Bella in the Witch Elm</a> - referring to a famous local mystery from the Second World War in which a woman's dead body was found in a nearby wood (at the base of the hill the camera's standing on).missinghenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09741978438201102186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631512633375188302.post-17539186871659695472009-11-21T10:15:00.003+00:002011-06-22T09:21:43.136+01:00Videojournalism - Coventry Festival of Youth Arts<embed src="http://blip.tv/play/AYGvw30C" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" height="414" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed><br /><br />I visited the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry earlier this week to shoot this news item. Young people from youth clubs across the city came together for a sell-out performance of music, dance, photography and art.missinghenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09741978438201102186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631512633375188302.post-31174264393761221592009-11-17T23:37:00.002+00:002011-06-22T09:55:38.743+01:00Lumiere - Autumn trees on Clent Hills<embed src="http://blip.tv/play/AYGtx2IA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="650" height="385" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed><br /><br />A Lumiere is a silent film of sixty seconds or less. See the Lumiere manifesto at <a href="http://videoblogging.info/">http://videoblogging.info/</a>missinghenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09741978438201102186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631512633375188302.post-75687397019901980352009-10-29T21:35:00.002+00:002011-06-22T09:56:21.224+01:00Lumiere - Proof House Junction, Birmingham<embed src="http://blip.tv/play/AYGq2GQA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="650" height="385" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed><br /><br />A Lumiere is a silent film of sixty seconds or less. See the Lumiere manifesto at <a href="http://videoblogging.info/">http://videoblogging.info/</a>missinghenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09741978438201102186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631512633375188302.post-64826835907102101132009-10-28T19:23:00.001+00:002011-06-22T09:56:49.794+01:00Lumiere - Edgbaston cricket ground, Birmingham 2<embed src="http://blip.tv/play/AYGq10EA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="650" height="385" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed><br /><br />A Lumiere is a silent film of sixty seconds or less. See the Lumiere manifesto at <a href="http://videoblogging.info/">http://videoblogging.info/</a>missinghenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09741978438201102186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631512633375188302.post-64070762789459592022009-10-28T19:15:00.003+00:002011-06-22T09:57:19.048+01:00Lumiere - Edgbaston cricket ground, Birmingham<embed src="http://blip.tv/play/AYGq2A0A" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="650" height="385" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed><br /><br />A Lumiere is a silent film of sixty seconds or less. See the Lumiere manifesto at <a href="http://videoblogging.info/">http://videoblogging.info/</a>missinghenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09741978438201102186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631512633375188302.post-72252284189315833512009-10-27T22:27:00.001+00:002011-06-22T09:22:22.611+01:00Stone Tapes - Aberdeenshire - Culsh souterrain<object width="400" height="320"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6879043&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6879043&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="320"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/6879043">Culsh souterrain, Aberdeenshire</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user1997930">Phil Hayes</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</p><br /><br />As part of their trip around Aberdeenshire looking for archaeology, Phil, Gary and Omar explore the souterrain or earth-house at Culsh.missinghenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09741978438201102186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631512633375188302.post-87991971807044500552009-10-25T21:29:00.003+00:002011-06-22T09:22:35.883+01:00Stone Tapes - Aberdeenshire - Nine Stanes, Garrol Wood<object width="400" height="320"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6879080&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6879080&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="320"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/6879080">Nine Stanes, Garrol Wood, Aberdeenshire</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user1997930">Phil Hayes</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</p><br /><br />Phil, Gary and Omar continue their trip through Aberdeenshire looking for recumbent stone circles. They find one in the woods. In the hail. In May.missinghenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09741978438201102186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631512633375188302.post-37092202549772222442009-10-25T21:24:00.000+00:002009-10-25T21:25:01.569+00:00Lumiere - East Aquhorthies stone circle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland<embed src="http://blip.tv/play/AYGpjR0A" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="450" height="390" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed><br /><br />A Lumiere is a silent film of sixty seconds or less. See the Lumiere manifesto at <a href="http://videoblogging.info/">http://videoblogging.info/</a>missinghenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09741978438201102186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631512633375188302.post-26536821512195950352009-10-24T22:24:00.003+01:002011-06-22T09:22:51.263+01:00Stone Tapes - Aberdeenshire - Esslie the Lesser and Esslie the Greater<object width="400" height="320"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6915073&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6915073&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="320"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/6915073">Esslie the Lesser and the Greater, Aberdeenshire, Scotland</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user1997930">Phil Hayes</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</p><br /><br />Gary, Omar and I spent a couple of weeks in Aberdeenshire a few years back looking for recumbent stone circles and other archaeological features. The first sites we visited were in a pair of fields near Banchory. As can happen in Scotland, the weather started to change very quickly...missinghenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09741978438201102186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631512633375188302.post-71920123945443871492009-10-24T22:20:00.000+01:002009-10-24T22:21:47.209+01:00My Electric Love Affair at The Captain's Rest 12 October 2009<embed src="http://blip.tv/play/AYGpjQUA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="450" height="390" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed><br /><br />A Lumiere is a silent film of sixty seconds or less. See the Lumiere manifesto at <a href="http://videoblogging.info/">http://videoblogging.info/</a>missinghenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09741978438201102186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631512633375188302.post-87886258021019828972009-10-21T23:32:00.002+01:002009-10-21T23:36:42.337+01:00Lumiere - near Feaval, Orkney<embed src="http://blip.tv/play/AYGpjBoA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="450" height="390" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed><br /><br />A Lumiere is a silent film of sixty seconds or less. See the Lumiere manifesto at <a href="http://videoblogging.info/">http://videoblogging.info/</a>missinghenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09741978438201102186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631512633375188302.post-55206305321214938932009-10-18T14:36:00.001+01:002009-10-18T14:37:42.256+01:00Lumiere - A9 near Tomatin, Scotland<embed src="http://blip.tv/play/AYGkuUsA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="450" height="390" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed><br /><br />A Lumiere is a silent film of sixty seconds or less. See the Lumiere manifesto at <a href="http://videoblogging.info/">http://videoblogging.info/</a>missinghenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09741978438201102186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631512633375188302.post-19488785641429584342009-10-18T14:33:00.002+01:002009-10-18T14:33:59.714+01:00Knowe of Yarso burial chamber, Rousay, Orkney<object width="400" height="320"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6952940&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6952940&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="320"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/6952940">Knowe of Yarso burial chamber, Rousay, Orkney</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user1997930">Phil Hayes</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><br /><br />Phil, Omar and Gary continue to explore the archaeology of the Orkney island of Rousay.missinghenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09741978438201102186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631512633375188302.post-40122700429699384242009-10-16T14:37:00.000+01:002009-10-16T14:38:44.406+01:00Lumiere - A9 between Thurso and Latheron<embed src="http://blip.tv/play/AYGkuVwA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="450" height="390" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed><br /><br />A Lumiere is a silent film of sixty seconds or less. See the Lumiere manifesto at <a href="http://videoblogging.info/">http://videoblogging.info/</a>missinghenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09741978438201102186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631512633375188302.post-34304309021253182002009-10-08T22:15:00.002+01:002009-10-08T22:16:08.308+01:00Stone Tapes - Blackhammer cairn, Rousay, Orkney<object width="400" height="320"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6952820&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6952820&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="320"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/6952820">Blackhammer cairn, Orkney, Scotland</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user1997930">Phil Hayes</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><br /><br />Phil, Gary and Omar continue their tour of Orkney with a trip to Blackhammer neolithic burial chamber on Rousay.missinghenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09741978438201102186noreply@blogger.com0