The Maple State video now playing on MTV2, also is number 7 in the MySpace MTV charts.

Well done to the whole team.

After much huff and puff (and about 40 hours editing time!) an online version of the video single for The Maple State’s latest track ‘Temperate Lives’ (High Voltage Sounds) is available HERE!

Serious Feather spread their wings today at The Plaza in Stockport as they filmed the official video to accompany Manchester-based indie-rock band The Maple State’s latest single ‘Temperate Lives’ (High Voltage Sounds).

Today Serious Feather is very happy to have completed a promo shoot for Valerie Clarke’s ‘In The Bag’ visual arts project and exhibition at the Waterside Arts Centre in Sale, Manchester.

The arts project itself involves a group of 15 visual artists each being given an ‘unknown’ shopping artefact from which they are to then create and complete an arts piece over a three month period. Completed work will then form part of a final exhibition at the Lauriston Gallery in June 2008.

It is hoped that the completed DVD will be distributed to inform and inspire other community arts groups around the country to stage similar creative events.

Great thanks to the time, talents and work ethic of Gemma Morton (Presenter / Production Assistant) and Ann-Marie Lawrence (Production Assistant / Logger).

This morning Serious Feather were thrilled that Brett was invited to appear on the Channel M Breakfast Show (www.channelm.co.uk) this morning to give an overview of our working relationship with Future Shorts (www.futureshorts.com) and to promote our latest screening night at The Circle (www.thecircleclub.com) on 12th December (7pm).

Following some invaluable business advice and support from Blue Orchid (www.theblueorchid.co.uk) Serious Feather were very excited to be selected by Manchester City Council as one of seven companies to help promote Young Enterprise Week throughout the region.

As a result, a six-feet promotional Serious Feather poster (featuring our very own Nic Jackson) was installed in the commercial section at Manchester Central Library!

As you know, Serious Feather also actively co-ordinates, promotes and exhibits quality short film events throughout the region in association with Future Shorts (www.futureshorts.com).

Our current home is the exclusive private-members club The Circle (www.thecircleclub.com) where, together with a pitching and networking evening, we screen some of the very best short films from around the world on the last Wednesday of every month.

The Circle also hosts regular debates before live audiences, and on 14th November Brett was invited to be one of the guest speakers on ‘IS THE FUTURE SHORT?: The production, distribution and exhibition of short films in the UK.’

On Wednesday 1st August 2007 Brett Gregory met up with presenter Steph Elmore from Channel M to discuss the inspiration behind the narrative for the film, the relevant themes which it explores, as well as the challenges faced while working with largely inexperienced cast and crew.

‘The production’s limitations were its inspiration,’ he said, ‘… breaking new ground for the cast and crew, and for ourselves.’

The interview was screened on Channel M throughout Thursday 2nd August.

www.channelm.co.uk

‘Hit The North’ was accepted and screened on 25th July 2007 at the North by North-West Arts Festival in Wigan (The Tavern).

www.myspace.com/wiganartsfestival

On Monday 16th July 2007 Brett Gregory and Danny Lomax met with presenter Dr Shukur on live radio to discuss the socio-cultural impact the ‘Hit The North’ production has had on local people and businesses in the Deeplish area of Rochdale, as well as to promote the forthcoming screening of the film at the Deeplish Community Centre.

With over 20, 000 Muslim listeners, the interview was broadcast in both English and Urdu.

www.crescentradio.net

On 4th July 2007 Serious Feather teamed up with Glasseye Productions to film promotional video of the annual Rochdale Cycling Grand Prix through the town centre.

www.britishcycling.org.uk

On the 29th May 2007 the Asian Leader ran a full-page article which reported on ‘Hit The North’s’ hard-hitting themes of drug and gun crime amongst British Asian teenagers.

‘IT’S TEEN SPIRIT’ ran the headline, followed by ‘Rochdale kids show drugs horrors on film.’

www.asianleader.co.uk

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In March 2007 the Rochdale Observer ran a full-page article which reported on the local teenagers who took part in front of and behind the camera on the production of ‘Hit The North’.

‘TEENAGERS REEL OFF HAZARDS OF DRUG DABBLING’ ran the headline.

www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk

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