BAFTA Young Games Designer Workshop

WeVee was invited to present at the BAFTA Young Games Designer Workshop at the MAC in Birmingham last week. This was a chance for young people (although the room was full of young men actually, come on girls!) to hear about games design from some of the best game designers in the country.

We were up after Pete O'Donnell from Freestyle Games, the company who designed DJ Hero, so the pressure was on to hold the audience's attention. It was a great chance for us to show a group of people something new and with their 'gamer' hats on, WeVee was a great opportunity for them to explore their creativity as well as learn the art of editing.

We'd like to thank Screen West Midlands for inviting us along and also good luck to all the entrants to the Game Design competition. Information about the competition can be found here

WeVee in the classroom

Want to stretch your pupils' knowledge and creativity? Want to know how to create the best mash-up or where to find the best clips? How would you like to have your very own WeVee workshop at your school for a day?

We know that using WeVee at home or in the classroom can be a bit daunting for users if they don't have any guidance or topics to kick start their Weveeing experience. So, how about we come to your school, take over the IT suite for an hour or so and guide pupils and/or teachers through choosing the best archive clips and a suitable track to create their very own mash-up videos to share with friends and family? Like a private tuition session!

From October we will be visiting schools in the Midlands to run WeVee workshops with pupils and teachers, working around current topics they're covering in History or using clips from the town or county in which they live.

All we need is enthusiastic pupils and an IT suite for an hour or so. Feedback from our workshops earlier in the year have been incredibly positive, with teachers now using WeVee as part of their creative lesson plans.

If you'd like to be involved please contact us at info@weevee.co.uk we're looking forward to hearing from you.

The WeVee Team

Wevee's hypnotic!

The football archive we unearthed in time for the World Cup is proving popular! Of special interest to Gloucester City fans is the clip of the team being hypnotised before the game. Click here to see the news article on the This is Gloucestershire website and here to see the clip for yourself!

Not only has WeVee news been spreading online and in newspapers, but the WeVee team have also been out and about in schools and at public digital events.

School workshops - Fancy having the WeVee team demonstrate how you can use WeVee in your lessons? All we need are enthusiastic pupils and a set of computers and we will transform your class into a team of editors and wannabe film makers in an hour! Contact us for more information.

Since our last blog post, in March, (that seems like such a long time ago!) the WeVee team have been busy finding topical archive clips for you to play with.

The General Election saw our 'Lets Vote' campaign put into action, with WeVee populated with lots of politically themed footage including Maggie Thatcher's visit to Birmingham in 1977 and snippets of what children had to say about politics in the run-up to the 1964 election.

Next up? We're calling all frustrated football fans!...

Come and relive England's golden era and create your own perfect score with our newly added football clips including vox pops taken on the streets of Birmingham during 1966 World Cup, and footage from the England Team's training sessions with Sir Alf Ramsey in 1973.

We've added over 30 football themed clips from the past century at www.wevee.co.uk Footage comes from across the West Midlands region and includes women's football game in Tipton from 1957, three Leicester players in match against elephants from the local circus! and selected FA Cup final matches dating back to 1904.

Don't forget that once you've viewed the clips, you can edit them to music and share your mash-ups on facebook and twitter. If you have a twitter account, follow us here

WeVee showcasing at Hello Digital TODAY!

Are you attending Hello Digital today? If so come and find us in the main hall and create your first WeVee.

Using the latest digital technology, WeVee gives you the chance to explore how the region has been captured on camera. Users can have fun putting together clips from as early as 1901 and as recent as five years ago, with clips ranging from the chocolate factories of Cadburys, to Malcolm X on the streets of Smethwick and from inside the classrooms of the 1940s to how to make a bomb shelter.

There’s a huge wealth of archive footage given a new lease of life through WeVee.

WeVee beta was first showcased at Birmingham’s ArtsFest during September. In development since January 2009, we were eager to see what people thought. It was an exciting couple of days with queues from our stand quickly growing as people wanted to find out more and try out the tool. Over the course of the weekend it was clear WeVee had appeal to all, as children as young as four through to adults in their eighties WeVee’ed away!

We’re using WeVee as a noun and a verb: you can create WeVees and you can WeVee by sharing and exchanging them.

WeVee’s official launch is in January 2010. At this stage you’ll be able to share your WeVees, not just on the WeVee Gallery but across social networking sites.

In the meantime…
visit our website www.wevee.co.uk to register for updates
follow us on Twitter www.twitter.com/weveecreate

Come along today at Hello Digital and be one of the first to WeVee.