tenthree do Urban Golf

Last night we all headed down to Urban Golf on Great Pulteney Street for a bit of a company outing. We fancied something other than going to the pub for a drink, so we decided to play golf AND drink. It was a tough call between this and team building at Go Ape.....actually no it wasn't.

It was a chance for everyone to let out their competitive side and have a lot of fun, however, in retrospect we probably should've played teams as we only managed to complete 3 holes in two hours! The highlight has to be when Becs managed to hit the ball BEHIND her, from the tee! We still don't know how it happened but it was amazing and she may be the only golfer in the world able to do this.

Vattenfall - Olympic Portraits

We've been waiting to show these little gems for a while now. Charlie was whisked off to Stockholm for a few weeks to cut a series of Olympic films with homegrown talent Thomas Hilland for energy giant Vattenfall.

Vattenfall is sponsoring thirty young talents to give them the best conditions to make it all the way to the Olympics. Instead of supporting already established athletes, Vattenfall chooses to promote the young and still unknown.

We knew from the first look at the rushes that this was going to be a special job and after months of wait we've finally got our hands on the first few films.




Director: Thomas Hilland @ Partizan
Producer: Pia Dueholm
Agency: DDB Stockholm
Editor: Charlie Roberts

Bradley Wiggins by Stanley Chow

Here at tenthree towers we love cycling. We cycle to work. We cycle to shops. We cycle to the pub. What we can't do is cycle 2,173 miles over loads of mountains in 87 hours 34 minutes and 47 seconds. Bradley Wiggins can and that's why we love him and it seems friend of tenthree Stanley Chow does too because he's done this awesome homage to Le Gentleman, looking resplendent in the maillot jaune. Good work Brad!

Mama Campbell's Banana Bread

At tenthree we like to think of ourselves as connoisseurs of cake so we're always open to try out others recipes. One of our mates' mummy has been kind enough to share her famous banana bread recipe and we've been kind enough to share it with everyone!

Ingredients:

220g Plain flour

160g Granulated sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 Eggs

125ml vegetable oil

60g Walnuts

3 well mashed ripe bananas

This cake is so easy to make all you need is one bowl. Start by combining the flour, sugar, baking powder and cinnamon. Make a well in the centre of the bowl and add the vanilla extract, eggs and vegetable oil. This gives a very dry mixture but have no fear your bananas will transform it. According to Mama Campbell the secret to this recipe is the bananas. They must be over ripe and starting to go a bit brown. This means they are super mushy and extra bananay!!! Mash them up and add them to the mixture. Finally add 45g of the walnuts and put the mixture into a greased and lined 20cm x 10cm loaf tin. For the final touch sprinkle the top with brown sugar and the remaining walnut for toasted nutty brown brown crusty of justice.

Stick it in the oven of an hour at 160. Then eat it piping hot straight out of the oven with vanilla ice cream. Or cold the next day with a cuppa and a slathering of nutella!!!

ENJOY!!!

Tibs - Short Film

Don't be fooled people. Cats - much like strippers - like to make us think they'd love nothing more than to spend all their time with us being affectionate and cuddly but when it comes down to it, they're only after one thing - the next meal! Sure, some cats are better actors than others but it's only a matter of time before they show their true colours. Take for instance the cat in this short film - Directed by Sam Huntley and cut by Kev - 'Tibs'. This little guy would give Pol Pot, Vlad The Impaler and Mugabe a run for their money. First impressions would suggest he's an adorable, cute, house-trained pet but as the film progresses we start to see a darker side to him, his demeanour switches and you find yourself in limbo as to whether you should ever befriend a feline again.

This film is part of the Virgin Media Shorts 2012 competition and it was created by Director Sam Huntley who's achieved a lot of success with his previous shorts. We're always excited to work with new Directors and thanks to some great performances and a clever story we think he's on to another winner. Click on Tibs to watch the video

Oriiiiite Guvnor!

Also this week keep an eye out on the BBC Sport website and Sky Sports News for the Becs and Director Ben Jones's latest callabo as they get the Olympic fever going by teaching the U.S. Olympic squad the art of cockney rhyming slang. Click on the photo to see for yourself!

Match.com - Finding Love

Some people wait a lifetime to meet that special person and fall in love. Others fall in and out of love their whole lives. There's no right or wrong, it's something we're all searching for there's no doubt about that. However, before we can really understand love and make the most of it I guess the big question we need to ask ourselves is.....what....is love? To even begin to think about answering that question you need experience. I'm not talking about bed hopping or Infernos on a friday. I'm talking about DATES! The timely tradition of courting a lady has been practiced by humans for thousands of years, it's a tried and tested formula and guess what, it works. As with all things on earth it's had to evolve and as we live most of our lives through the internet, it's no surprise that internet dating has become so popular. As match.com say, 1 in 5 relationships now start online.

This spot for match.com involves 2 members of the said dating website and follows their journey from initial contact to date night.

 
Director: Fred & Nick @ Pulse Films
Producer: Shirley O'Connor
Agency: Mother
Editor: Billy Mead

Are You Horny?

..for IKEA! Kev is never one to blow his own trumpet so he'd prefer a ridiculously good-looking Swedish guy did it instead! We have to share this little teaser for the Ikea sale to show you this horn. Although it looks like it's been done in post, Directors Fred & Nick had this built to sit on top of the building. Great idea. Great horn.



Director: Fred & Nick @ Pulse Films
Producer: Paula Garr
Agency: Mother
Editor: Kevin Palmer

Vote For Quin! Louis Vuitton - Journey Awards

Quin and Director Joan Cobos at Palma Pictures have made the shortlist for the Louis Vuitton Journey Awards with their beautiful short film 'Laura'. Please vote for the film HERE. NOW! If you haven't heard of these awards before, here is some copy and pasted information for your perusal.

The heart of Louis Vuitton has always been about travel, both in its real and emotional sense. It was to convey this that the original Journeys film was made. In 2009, this film was revisited by the director Wong Kar Wai who brought his own inimitable style to the story.

So three years ago Louis Vuitton launched Journeys Awards inspired by their own short film: The first edition focused on the notion of journey, both in its physical and emotional meaning. This year Louis (not King Louis of Jungle Book) launched the 2nd edition with this brief: What is an encounter? How does it affect you? What do you encounter when you travel? These are the questions you will have to answer in a personal video.

...And so I present to you - 'Laura' - Exterior and interior infuences that are the base of creation. The encounter between the artist and the inspiration.

Cavendish Flying The Flag

Forget the Euros, the Rugby World Cup or even the Olympics because the Tour de France started at the weekend and as far as we're concerned it's the greatest sporting event there is. Even more importantly, Britain has a genuine chance of actually winning!!! 


Bradley Wiggins will be going for victory in the general classification and the Manx Missile Mark Cavendish will be aiming to retain the green points jersey he earned last year. Some people say he's arrogant but he always remembers to thank his teamates whenever they set him up for a stage victory and true to form Cav sent us a little thank you for the awesome job Kev did on the Team Sky Tour de France teaser film. Check out the number on Cav's back...no worries big man our pleasure.