I have just finished a 4 week stint as a ‘film-maker’ in residence at the North West Film Archive as part of AND Festival. I have to develop a 20 minute film for screening with a live soundtrack for September. I spent my time there trying to take in as much of the archive as possible – the films, the people, the operations, the technology. From this I have been developing an idea around ideas of preservation, selection, materials, and collection. You can see my thunks at a special blog I have set up – www.videosmithery.co.uk