The Bigge Picture

In episode 6 Ricky kindly invites me over to his house for a chat about his interesting and varied work life. Ricky (aka CBBC's Art Ninja) has worked for Aardman Animations, the BBC, Van’s as a freelancer Animator. He is a Director, Editor and all round creative grafter who also volunteers to work with a children's mental health charity Place2Be.You can contact Ricky via his twitter or instagram account @rexmartin twitter handle and instagram account.If you would like to get in touch with me about the podcast or any of the guests then please email at aebigge@gmail.com.

In this episode I meet Max Johns he is a set and costume designer for theatre and opera. Max trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and has an MA in Theatre Design and a BA in Drama and German. Max was the recipient of a BBC Performing Arts Fellowship Award in 2015. Max and I talk about the latest production he is working on as well as  how he decided to focus on set and costume design.Recent work in the UK has included productions at the Young Vic, Almeida, RSC, National Theatre Scotland, Royal Lyceum Edinburgh, Birmingham Rep, the Bush, Kiln, Leeds Playhouse, Royal Festival Hall, V&A Museum, The Yard, Bristol Old Vic, Tobacco Factory Theatres, The Orange Tree and Theatre Royal Bath. http://www.maxjohns.comIf you would like to get in touch with me about the podcast or any of the guests then please email at aebigge@gmail.com.

Meet Clare Tinsley, a Visual effects producer who has over 20 years experience working in the Visual effects industry. Credited on numerous high profile films, including, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Shaun of the Dead and Stardust. I find out how long it took her to get into the film industry and Clare gives excellent insight into what it is like working as part of the production team.If you would like to get in touch with me about the podcast or any of the guests then please email at aebigge@gmail.com.

In this episode I welcome Rich, he has been grafting away in all sorts of jobs and still says he's waiting to 'make it' despite being a well established artist. Rich regales me with stories of life as a graffiti & street artist (I find out the difference between these two terms) and we both have a chuckle about our childhood ambitions.Are you Banksy? of course that's the first question my students wanted me to ask Rich....and yes I did ask eventually....this is an ambling informal chat recorded in a pub so apologies for any sound issues...i'm still a novice on the editing front - also, as you will hear my voice is a bit poorly!For the detail check out Rich's amazing work at https://www.instagram.com/richtpaint/If you would like to get in touch with me about the podcast or any of the guests then please email at aebigge@gmail.com.

In this episode I welcome Ed, he has over 20 years experience in photography and more recently embraced drone photography. We talk about how to get into this type of work and what it was like to shoot footage in Greenland for a recent Netflix documentary 'Breaking Boundaries'.For more information and a chance to look at Ed's incredible photography check out his company: https://www.ammoniteaerial.comTo find out more about the photographer that inspired Ed when he was younger; http://www.yannarthusbertrand.orgIf you would like to get in touch with me about the podcast or any of the guests then please email at aebigge@gmail.com.

In this episode I chat to Sian Norris, she is the Chief Social Affairs Reporter for the byline times. Her work has been published in open democracy 50:50, the Guardian, the I, Prospect UK and politics.co.uk. Her first book Birth Violence will be published in 2022 by Verso. Twitter handle @sianushkaIf you would like to get in touch with me about the podcast or any of the guests then please email at aebigge@gmail.com.