Leigh984, The creative portfolio of Leigh Spencer

To Promote the latest James Bond film (No Time To Die) Highcross Shopping Center put on a special event called Licence To Thrill, which saw a silver Aston Martin DB5 classic car on display in St Peters Square. The iconic car was accompanied by a 8 piece string ensemble playing themes from the films (replaced here to avoid copyright issues) and various interpretations of iconic James Bond elements on the Highcross Beacons.

A twist on the traditional scarecrow festival format saw the residents and businesses of countesthorpe in Leicestershire decorate their car boots garage doors and house fronts to create The Boot Route. The trail spread around the village and featured all sorts of creative scenes from giant Minnie Mouse ears (complete with signature red and white polkadot bow) to The Wizard Of Oz, the famous yellow brick road winding from the boot out onto the driveway below. Some entries had chosen to create the Mad Hatters Tea Party both in car boots and on the front of their houses, the local messy church group had turned a garage door into a shoal of hand decorated fish creating an aquarium that wouldn't be out of place in a sea life center. My film shows a selection of the entries on the trail which included over 21 different scenes and was organised by a dedicated team of volunteers and supported by local businesses and Visit Blaby District.

  In July 2021 Hinckley town Centre played host to BID Hinckley`s Classic Vehicle evening meet.  Gleaming polished classics from various years (pre-2000 registration) assembled on the sunlit streets and market place in the town, mirrored chrome shone brightly and owners sat beside them proud of their work. Visitors admired the artistry of yesterday's car designers as they walked socially distanced up and down castle street the main market street in the Leicestershire town. My film features a few of the cars that attended and aims to give a flavor of the event.

On Saturday 28th October 2017 the Bloodhound SSC (Supersonic Car) completed the second set of public test runs at Cornwall Airport, Newquay. Powered by a Rolls-Royce EJ200 jet engine the car reached speeds of over 200mph. The gathered crowd where treated to spectacular fast (and Loud) runs along the runway from driver Andy Green who said "I`m delighted to be able to demonstrate the amazing performance of Bloodhound to a new set of spectators". My film begins with a pre-run look at the car and we join driver Andy Green as he speaks about the challenges of driving such a unique car, we then see him climbing into the driving seat and the car is moved to the end of the runway to begin it`s spectacular "blink-and-you`ll-miss-it" run along the runway.

Designed for the Great Central Railways Classic & Vintage Vehicle Fest my poster features two classic cars parked side by side as they may be seen when on display at such an event. the poster uses a simple design evoking the railway posters of old with a racing stripe in the background evoking classic race car livery. The events logo is also reminiscent of designs found on trophy's and plaques handed to winners of motor racing.

On the 30th Anniversary of Thrust 2 breaking the World Land Speed Record I visited the Coventry Transport Museum to meet driver Richard Noble and designer John Ackroyd. Thrust 2 is a British designed and built jet propelled car, which held the world land speed record from 1983 to 1997 and is currently on display at Coventry`s Transport Museum. The car (designed by John Ackroyd and driven by Richard Noble) reached a top speed of 650.88 mph (1,047.49 km/h) breaking the World Land Speed record at 633.468 mph (1,019.468 km/h) at the Black Rock Desert in Nevada, USA on October 4, 1983. 2013 marks the 30th anniversary of this achievement and a special event was held at the Coventry Transport Museum (the cars current home) allowing the public a chance to get a close look at the car and meet the team behind it. The Cars successor (and current holder of the Land Speed Record) Thrust SSC is also housed at the museum and is also featured in my video.

A poster designed for a Charity Car Wash at Sainsbury's Local Narborough Road store in aid of Local Charity Menphys. The heavy rough textured typeface was chosen to give the illusion of the text being washed by the bubbles around it which cover the text in places two sponges complete the image at the bottom.