Hay on TV Launch Party

Downstairs, we could hear loud laughter from the drama group occasionally.
Upstairs, there were a few problems with technology, but on the whole it was a very good presentation about what Hay TV has achieved so far, and what lies ahead in the future. There were clips from some of the films they have put up on the website, including a wonderful one about a lad who has got interested in sheep shearing - and has even been to New Zealand to improve his technique!
Tam, who runs the whole venture, along with her techie chap, said that one of the wonderful things about it is the instant feedback - she can put a film up one day, and hear people talking about it in the street the next. When she did the film about being a local, someone watched the film and had a questionnaire out and distributed around the shops the following day! So then there was a film about that.
One of the topics they covered early on was the supermarket/school issue - with their accompanying poll. They found that one person had voted over 300 times - and put a little film clip up offering a prize of a packet of jelly babies if that person would come forward! After stripping out the duplicate votes, the final result was that 80% opposed a new supermarket, and 20% were in favour.
Some people have chosen cartoons as their favoured medium, including one short film about Ludlow, which was in favour of supermarkets.
They have 20 tiny little cameras available for anyone who would like to make a film, on any subject, and they are training people on Wednesday evenings at the Globe if anyone wants to go along. They've also made contact with Gwernyfed School, and got quite a bit of interest from the pupils there.
And now they're at the stage where they want to make the venture self supporting in terms of money. It's incredibly cheap to run, apart from time (of course), and they were suggesting short films from local businesses that also functioned as an advert for that business. As an example, Tam did a film about her Zumba class, and the next time she went she could hardly get in because so many people had turned up!
Later in the evening, there was a lady Tam had met at Glastonbury DJing - which is about when I left (nothing to do with the quality of the music - a DVD I wanted had arrived in the post earlier in the day, and I wanted to watch it before I went to bed!).
There's a link on the side bar to see Hay TV in action.