Cyfle would like to wish Cyfle’s latest trainees the best of luck on their first day in their journey with us on the new 7 month training scheme, Digital Dimension.
Back (l-r) Rhys Miles Thomas, Cyfle; Deio Owain; Gwion Llewelyn; Stephen Williams; Lisa Howe, Tutor. Front (l-r) Anne Mary Gallagher; Manon Volk; Nerys Evans; Thomas Graham Hall
Welcome to Anne Mary Gallagher, Deio Owain, Gwion Llewelyn, Manon Volk, Nerys Evans, Thomas Graham Hall and Stephen Williams to the Cyfle family!
Digital Dimension is a 7 month accredited training programme in multi-platform production and management for participants who either live or work in the convergence regions of West Wales and the Valleys including North West Wales.
Today’s TV industry increasingly has to compete for an audience through producing content for mobile, online, print, live events, gaming, social media and so on. This scheme is designed to teach the skills to create and produce interesting and exciting content for all these platforms and more.
Digital Dimension Trainees in their Welcome Session
This project has been made possible through Skillset Cymru, backed with £2.7m from the European Social Fund (ESF) through the Welsh Government, with the rest of the funds provided by Welsh broadcaster S4C, the trade association for independent producers in film and television in Wales, Teledwyr Annibynnol Cymru (TAC).
The overall aim of the Skills for the Digital Economy Programme is to develop and deliver industry-led, flexible, higher level skills provision which meets the needs of Creative Media employers and freelancers living and working in West Wales and the Valleys including North West Wales, supporting the knowledge economy and safeguarding the performance and productivity of the sector in these regions.
For more information on the Digital Dimension scheme, please contact us on 029 2046 5533 or via email on caerdydd@cyfle.co.uk
WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE TRAINEES? HERE’S A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON EACH.
Anne Mary Gallagher 
Anne graduated from University of Wales Aberystwyth in 2004 with a BA Joint Honours Geography and Film & TV Studies. She has been working as a freelance cameraman, editor and video trainer in community based film making for the last 5 years. She has worked on numerous projects over the years, including work for Media4Creative Ltd., Undercurrents.org, Plastic Buddha, Welsh National Opera, www.boardseeker.com and Telesgop/S4C. Anne is also a keen surfer and works as a Freelance Surf Coach & Outdoor Pursuits Instructor.
Deio Owain
After completing a national diploma in Film and Television Studies from Coleg Menai in June 2008, Deio went on to complete a degree in Film and Television from the University of Wales Aberystwyth. He currently works as a freelance video producer, and most recently filmed and produced a documentary/advert for Gwynedd Council. Whilst studying at Bangor and Aberystwyth, Deio had the opportunity to create numerous short films, one of which reached the final round of Ffresh under the category for best Welsh film, with his second film reaching the short list the following year.
Gwion Llewelyn
Gwion is a keen musician, and completed a National Diploma in Music Technology from Coleg Menai in 2008. He is a drummer for the successful Welsh band, Race Horses, who have released a number of singles and albums to date, which were very successful in Wales and elsewhere. They have toured Britain and have played in some of England’s biggest festivals, as well as festivals in New York, France and the Netherlands. He has a passion for creating, developing and realising ideas, which is clearly displayed in the latest music video he filmed and produced for their band.
Manon Volk
After graduating from Cardiff University in 2010 with a BSC in Psychology, Manon went on to work as a researcher for Boomerang. She has worked on numerous productions including Y Sioe Fawr, Y Ffair Aeaf, Rugby a Mwy, Cyfnewid, Ar Gamera and Cwis Mwyaf Cymru. In 2010, Manon worked as a runner for Avanti during the Urdd Eisteddfod, and during this time was responsible for the timetables for the cameras every day.
Nerys Evans
Nerys graduated from the University of the West of England in 1999 with a BA (Hons) in Time Based Media. She has been a part of the creative industries since graduating, and with time she gained skills through training and experience, starting as an Archive Librarian, moving on to becoming a Researcher, and eventually becoming a Director/Producer. She has worked on many productions over the years, including work for ITV Wales, Plastic Buddha Productions, Tiresias Media, Tinopolis Interactive, Pixel Foundry and Telesgop / S4C.
Thomas Graham Hall
Graham graduated from the University of Manchester in 1981 with a BSc Hons in Mathematics. For the past six years he has taught Multimedia on an Access to Higher Education at Coleg Harlech. On this course, Thomas taught photo imaging, film, animation, 3d modelling and compositing in addition to some contextual studies. He also developed a franchise with University of Bolton which led to a first year of the Special Effects degree being taught at Harlech.
Stephen Williams
Stephen has been working in the broadcast industry for over fifteen years. He has extensive experience of the industry, having worked on a huge variety of subjects – from people who like to run marathons to very sensitive subjects such as the exposition of children smuggled into Britain from abroad, and experience in a number of areas, from working as a Development AP to working as a Vision Mixer. He has worked for Dai4films, Optomen, Presentable, BBC Cymru and Radio Ceredigion.
