Praise indeed…
Early in 2011, MLCM was invited by Calne Town Council to help staff create three short films to help dispel the myth that they, and town and parish councils like them, have a “Vicar of Dibley” image.
MLCM helped the three teams develop their films, filming sequences and editing the final footage.
“It was a privilege to be asked to lend our expertise,” said MLCM’s James Harrison.
“It proved without question the power of film and video, especially when people with ideas are paired with those who who have the creative experience to turn them into powerful messages”
The Gazette & Herald reported on the Council’s recent Communities Day, at which the staff’s films were showcased.
In response to the claims made by BBC Home Editor, Mark Easton that parish and town councils have a “Vicar of Dibley” image, Easton told the Gazette he was impressed by the three films:
“I think they are really brilliant. I sat in my office and shoved them into my computer and my producer and I watched them all the way through.
“And we thought they were really well put together, beautifully edited and a fantastic example of what a town which has a powerful sense of its own identity can do.
“Clearly the town council of Calne is a million miles away from anything as awful as the parish council in the Vicar of Dibley.”
The Council’s films will eventually appear on its website.
In the meantime, if you’d like to discuss how MLCM can help your organisation communicate its ideas through film, do drop us a line.
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