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Winter Wonderland at the King Power Stadium

Each year the King Power Stadium (home of Leicester City FC) hosts a Winter Wonderland free of charge to supporters. In 2012 the event coincided with an npower Championship match against Barnsley. My short film aims to capture some of the atmosphere of the event Keep a lookout for Santa as he meets and greats visitors young and old, a pair of real Reindeer and a traditional fairground carousel. Merry Christmas

A Helicopter Delivers The Matchball To LCFC v NFFC

As part of Leicester City FC`s Remembrance Day fixture the games match ball was delivered to the King Power Stadium by an RAF Helicopter. The Helicopters arrival was followed by a silence in remembrance of those who have lost their lives in conflicts both past and present and a marching pipe band at half time.

Turbine 2.0

Turbine 2.0 is a follow up to my previous film Turbine and once again features the wind turbines at Low Spinney Wind farm. The Turbines are now fully operational and can be seen turning at their stately place silhouetted against the deep orange setting sun. Setting off around 5:30pm with the light slowly fading we where in a race against the clock to capture the wind turbines silhouetted against the setting sun. I rushed to set up my tripod and started to film, the blades of the turbines ceaselessly turning in the field alongside me. The sun, now a large orange disk hanging in the sky, started to illuminate the underside of the low level clouds and plane trails that criss crossed the sky above. The Turbines where bathed in an orange glow as they spun rooted to their base, facing the sunset and majestic in their stature. A few moments later and the large disk of the sun dipped below the horizon and I stopped filming, unlike the turbines who were all the time turning never slo...

Helicopter Delivers L.C.F.C Matchball

As part of Leicester City's annual remembrance day fixture, it has become tradition for the games match ball to be delivered to the ground by helicopter whilst veterans and serving soldiers line the edge of the pitch. This video (shot an a smart phone) shows the approach, landing and departure of the helicopter as well as the presentation of the match ball to the officials. the presentation was followed by a silence and the players wore poppy's embroidered on their playing shirts.

Turbine - The Low Spinney Wind Farm

Turbine - The Low Spinney Wind Farm is a short film about the newly created wind farm situated between the villages of Ashby Magna, Gilmorton and Dunton Bassett, near Lutterworth in Leicestershire. The wind farm is expected to be fully operational by mid-summer. Filmed at sunset the silhouettes of the 125m high turbines look strange but also perfectly in tune with their natural surroundings. click below to see stills taken at the farm