Astonvision Media for Migrants Project

Cohesion Network Team meet with City Chief Exec

2011-05-24T23:23:00.001+01:00

http://birchfieldresidents.posterous.com/handsworth-lozells-community-team-cohesion-ne#

Have a nice day

2011-05-22T22:27:00.002+01:00

http://www.flickr.com/photos/astonvision/sets/72157626560353019/

Lord Mayor visits Westminster School's new IT suite

2011-05-19T17:28:00.001+01:00

The outgoing Lord Mayor who has a keen interest in all things IT has invited the children to communicate with him at the Lord Mayor's parlour using their new IT facility which he opened today at the school.Birchfield Bugle will have a full feature on the school visit in its next issue
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"Always Palladium" Mystery

2011-05-15T14:21:00.000+01:00

We are trying to work out the origin of a coat of arms that appears in a wall on Livingstone Road by the Broadway Dance school.If anyone knows about this please let us know..........
........http://evcwm.org.uk/2011/05/04/four-flip-cameras-to-give-away/

Using a FLIP camera in our neighbourhood

2011-05-13T22:57:00.000+01:00

Whilst Blogger was off air, (or whatever the Bloggersphere equivalent is), I popped a post on the site that I set up during the Social Networking workshop with PODNOSH.The clip can also be seen at http://birchfieldresidents.posterous.com/the-value-of-flipping-in-making-us-aware-of-l I am really pleased with the quality of this tool to report community issues and hope to integrate clips into our rather more static website at www.brag.btik.com, although I suspect BT have not allowed for this facilty (video downloads)in their community web site Templates.So here's our first Street Clip..........
>........http://evcwm.org.uk/2011/05/04/four-flip-cameras-to-give-away/

Social media workshop,or Navel Gazing

2011-05-11T22:34:00.000+01:00

As a so called Silver Surfer,(see my Video on Vimeo,http://vimeo.com/17418430) I have recently attended a couple of introductory workshops organised by Podnosh for BBirmingham, designed to get us up and running with the idea of Social Networking.To say that it was successful from my point of view would be a slight understatement as the only person I seem to be communicating with is myself. I set up a new Blog at some esoteric site called "Posterous",which can be checked out at http://birchfieldresidents.posterous.com and was made for the web site that I maintain for BIRCHFIELD RESIDENTS ACTION Group (www.brag.btik.com). A few thousand people have seen my educational website,) www.astonvision.org.uk) set up in the 20th Century when I first started down the telematics dirt-track, and many teachers sent emails to request a Pyramid template for their classes.But this is not Social Networking we are told by Podnosh Guru Nick Booth.Again with the above mentioned BRAG site, a few folk have made contact via the Contact Us facility, but again this has not produced the interactive conversation that Social Networking promotes.So lets hope for some reaction to my strap line,"Social media workshop,or Navel Gazing". Any takers out there I wonder? So here's a little Flip Camera Clip taken at the workshop as we revealed our masterpeices to the expectant class............oh yes and here's the link to the good folk at Podnosh who are giving away 4 Flips, wish me luck........http://evcwm.org.uk/2011/05/04/four-flip-cameras-to-give-away/

LEARNING TO BLOG WITH PODNOSH

2011-04-12T17:07:00.000+01:00

Nick Booth, founder of Birmingham based Podnosh, is addressing a group of 12 community participants drawn from the Birmingham area by Be Birmingham.As we introduced ourselves we had to declare what sort of mobile phone,
http://twitter.com/#!/Bebirmingham/status/45492050103250944 no I did not find this on my phone, since it is a 10 year old Nokia.........but on B Birmingham's web site!

Birmingham Catholic Diocese still silent

2010-12-05T16:08:00.000Z

http://vimeo.com/8145810

St Chad's New Archbishop 8th December 2009 from AstonVision on Vimeo.

This week,8th December 2010, marks the 1st anniversary of the installation of Archbishop Longley to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Birmingham.We wrote to him at the same time asking for clarification of the Video Policy that was supposed to come in force after we were banned from filming in Birmingham Cathedral Easter 2008 at Archbishop Nicholls' final Easter service.It was Bishop Kenny, who was the temporary Bishop in charge of affairs at the time, until Archbishop Longley was installed, that wrote us the letter saying that a new policy would be put in operation by the new Archbishop.
To date we have had no reply apart from the acknowledgement from his secretary.
We wonder why, perhaps they have just had far too much to think about with all the Papal business and other matters that the media were interested in.
Likewise we have never been told why we were stopped from recording events at the cathedral apart from the fact that "certain people objected".
In the wider view of things it is not important to Aston Vision to use the cathedral for its media training operations with Migrants. There are other locations, and other faith groups who have no such objections to helping us with our aims of migrants media training, which has many positive "spin-offs". Not least of showing those of other faiths how the Christian Church in the form of Roman Catholicism conducts its worship ceremonials.

Aston Vision filmed this 3years ago...................

2009-01-13T21:31:00.000Z

Hammas propaganda videos

2009-01-11T21:37:00.000Z

Birmingham Oratory November 2nd 2008

2008-11-02T23:14:00.000Z

Our request to film the service of "translation" at the Birmingham Oratory was turned down by Press Official Peter Jennings. His reason was stated as,"The worlds media will be there and there is simply no room on this occasion". The event was broadcast live by Catholic EWTN, and there was only one other camera crew in evidence.

One of our reporters, who was an accredited reporter in Iran before leaving to seek asylum, also tried to view the Remains on display at the Oratory on the previous day but was prevented from entering by the police, perhaps his "middle Eastern appearance" gave cause for concern.

Pictures taken after the service are on our website at http://www.astonvision.co.uk/ and show jubilant members of the Oratory after the happy event.

We are really puzzled on reflection by Mr Jennings attitude to us. Firstly we approached him directly after we had requested permission from the Cause postulator Father Chavausse and was told to deal directly with him. Mr Jennings was extremely busy at the time and we were told to come back after the news of the Rednal grave side experience was made public the next day, " you can ask me anything you like, in fact I would welcome it" was his reply as he showed us out of his office at the now redundant St Philips Sixth Form centre adjacent to the Oratory.
However, we were not able to do this and sent another email to the postulator pointing out that we did not want to film the whole service but just the procession of relics to add to our existing material about the Newman heritage.
There was an AGM of the Friends of Newman to be held on Tuesday 28th October and we requested to record Father Chavausse's talk to the meeting. No reply was received by us and after the meeting Mr Jennings approached us to say "why had I questioned his decision, "you have been told that no filming will be allowed, I'm in charge".
As we entered the Oratory on the Sunday morning Mr Jennings approached us and asked why we had brought our cameras, "take them out or I will ask the police to remove you".
I explained that we had brought them to record people arriving and for interviews afterwards.He went to find Father Chavasse to tell him that we had brought cameras, we were allowed to take our seats and calm ourselves for the service. My Iranian colleague was somewhat bemused by this episode, and did not use the camera during the service but took a few shots outside.
We are really saddened by these events and suggest that the Press Officer reflect on how The Venerable John Henry Newman would have viewed the matter, not in a "kindly light", possibly. Bishop Rowell commentes that: “Newman chose as his motto ‘heart speaks to heart’, which says so much about his pastoral care that went back to his time as an Anglican. ‘The burden of souls is on me forever’”.
We trust that the Oratory Cause remembers these fine words, and really seeks to promote his Cause amongst the ordinary folk out there. Standing in the way of the Media is not in the Cardinal's best interests.

Prayer for Cardinal Newman’s beatification

Eternal Father, You led John Henry Newman to follow the kindly light of Truth, and he obediently responded to your heavenly calls at any cost. As writer, preacher, counsellor and educator, as pastor, Oratorian, and servant of the poor he laboured to build up your Kingdom.
Grant that through your Vicar on Earth we may hear the words, “Well done, thou good and faithful servant, enter into the company of the canonized saints.”
May you manifest your Servant’s power of intercession by even extraordinary answers to the prayers of the faithful throughout the world. We pray particularly for our intentions in his name and in the name of Jesus Christ your Son our Lord. Amen.