The 2010 Moving Image Commission by award winning film-maker Claire Leona Apps was launched at the In The Long Run exhibition. Girl Blue Running Shoe follows the daughter of a runner participating in the Bupa Great North Run as she makes a film while he trains and runs the race.

The film begins calmly with a serene domestic set-up, building pace as the race begins, cutting between the training day and the marathon.

At points which demonstrate the intensity of running, a special zoetrope effect is used, breaking down the movement of running into paused actions, reflecting the rhythm of the action - the steady thumping of shoes on gravel, a beating heart, breathing.

The piece is shot solely on Super 8, edited to emulate both the excitement of the daughter as an observer and the adrenaline of the participator. With a soundtrack of enhanced natural noises, Girl Blue Running Shoe is an evocative celebration of the human body whilst also telling the simple story of a father-daughter relationship.