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Yes, it is as crazy as it sounds and our friend Philippa James will steer us through some of the mystery. All in a good cause, the second World Gravy Wrestling Championships took place at The Rose and Bowl Restaurant in Bacup in August 2008 and raised funds for the East Lancashire Hospice.

(L-R) Kim Hodgson (Ladies Champion) Philippa James (Ambassador for Pennine Lancashire Festival of Food & Culture) and Daniel Carr (Mens Champion) World Gravy Wrestling Championships - The Rose and Bowl Pub, Bacup - 25th August 2008 - Image © Creative Mixed Media 2008 - www.creativemixedmedia.co.uk

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I have been a freelance photographer working for Lancashire Life Magazine for 8 years now. During that time I have covered all manner of events from food to fashion, landscapes to interiors, black tie balls to celebrity interviews. But what I am currently most excited about is their use of our Youtube videos for their website. Read the rest of this entry »

Simon Smithies is an Actor and TV Presenter. Simon has done a lot of work with online selling TV channels and knows how to demonstrate a product to its best advantage. In this video Simon takes us through the virtues of an ipod dock. The benefit of having such video’s on your web site is that Simon or indeed any other presenter can be there on your site, selling your product 24 hours a day.

Working with a presenter like Simon, we can set up a temporary studio on your premises and record several such sales sessions in a day allowing you to have the power of such online selling techniques right there on your web site under your control. For the right products, these sales techniques really work.

Here it is, the second installment of The Great Northern Cook Off ‘Heats’ at South Trafford College. Now it is time to see if our teams have listened to the chefs and can turn out the dishes as they were intended.

Putting this installment together has been great fun when we have had such good footage to work with and such a nice bunch of people to film. Read the rest of this entry »

We had a busy few day’s filming and photographing “The Great Northern Cook Off” heats. The event organised by Inspiring Events of Altrincham is now in its second year. The opening heats gave teams their first chance to do battle in the kitchens of South Trafford College. Contestants had a one hour demonstration by Chef’s Thomas Ludecke and Stephen Heaton, on how to prepare the 3 course set menu on which they would be judged. Read the rest of this entry »

We are….

Creative Mixed Media and we are based in Preston, Lancashire.

We incorporate photography, illustration, video production and motion graphics to produce content for web, print and traditional broadcast.

We launched Creative Mixed Media to serve the growing market for ‘New Media’ and ‘Multi-Media’ production. These are areas that we believe offer lots of new and exciting opportunities. We have the knowledge, tools and experience to produce content for the web, printed media, podcasts and broadcasts. We have a track record for producing top quality content and we enjoy working closely with our clients to communicate their ideas, illustrate their products and tell their stories. Read the rest of this entry »