Last night the part time film stars banded together to shoot some scenes for Craig's 'live' project.
We assembled at the Neptune Centre and filmed the young-'uns playing snooker, table tennis and football, even squeezing in a sneaky kick or two..!
The best thing for me was having the time to work with the camera and to get the most from any of the set ups.
By remembering what went wrong with my own work weeks before, I hope that Craigs work will stand up against the best possible from a DVX100.
Tuesday, 15 March 2011
Monday, 7 March 2011
Killing Time
A few days ago I got wind of a local film maker, Clive Tonge, who needed a couple of actors for 'the shortest horror film ever'.
I showed him my work with Jennifer Nelson in 'The Woman Who Loved a Tree' and we were offered the role of 'good looking young couple'. We still needed a mad-axeman serial killer ament first thoughts were if Sean Collins, a downright lovely bloke wrapped up in a 6' 2" superhulk package.
Sean has acted on the past but for the sake of his online audition, he posed for a photo apparently about to bludgeon a poor girl to death. Needless to say, Sean got the role.
There was no script, just a few necessary directions, so most of the dialogue was adlibbed. That suits me in some respects - no lines to learn, but the bad point is if you come out with a great natural lone that sticks, it's a lot harder to remember it once you've finished the take.
The other problem I have is a knack for saying exactly what comes into my head, and just assuming my fellow actors will roll with it. A few times on Sunday night I gave Jen and Sean the giggles when they were supposed to be terrified/terrifying respectively.
It was good to work with another director and experience new ways to develop your character and performance.
The film will be entered into a competition, more news on that as it breaks...
Here's a link to Clive's website:
http://clivetonge.tumblr.com/
And here's a link to 'The Woman Who Loved a Tree' just in case you missed it the first time:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljdL9zeqBYM&feature=youtube_gdata_player
I showed him my work with Jennifer Nelson in 'The Woman Who Loved a Tree' and we were offered the role of 'good looking young couple'. We still needed a mad-axeman serial killer ament first thoughts were if Sean Collins, a downright lovely bloke wrapped up in a 6' 2" superhulk package.
Sean has acted on the past but for the sake of his online audition, he posed for a photo apparently about to bludgeon a poor girl to death. Needless to say, Sean got the role.
There was no script, just a few necessary directions, so most of the dialogue was adlibbed. That suits me in some respects - no lines to learn, but the bad point is if you come out with a great natural lone that sticks, it's a lot harder to remember it once you've finished the take.
The other problem I have is a knack for saying exactly what comes into my head, and just assuming my fellow actors will roll with it. A few times on Sunday night I gave Jen and Sean the giggles when they were supposed to be terrified/terrifying respectively.
It was good to work with another director and experience new ways to develop your character and performance.
The film will be entered into a competition, more news on that as it breaks...
Here's a link to Clive's website:
http://clivetonge.tumblr.com/
And here's a link to 'The Woman Who Loved a Tree' just in case you missed it the first time:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljdL9zeqBYM&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Monday, 28 February 2011
Incredible Experience!!!
Last Friday, Laura Degnan from Writers Block NE contacted me and asked if I could possibly help out in a film that weekend. She needed someone to play a business man who attends a fancy dress party dressed as the Incredible Hulk and I was the first actor who came to mind (is that good or bad I wonder?!?)
The Ents department were, as usual, very helpful to me in terms of loaning us some rope lights for the party scene (and Norman Austick especially who gave me a lift back since my car was (is) still out of action (Grrrrr!).
The shoot was possibly the most professional I've been on as the entire crew (of four) were real-life film makers from Newcastle. This meant that the intricacies of every shot were tweaked to the point of perfection, and as usual, this was at the expense of time. We over ran by a couple of hours but it was worth it. We only stopped shooting because the camera packed up - not because the management at the Dickens Inn had asked us to clear out so that a birthday party could use the room (that they had hired!).
Here's a few shots from throughout the day:
The Ents department were, as usual, very helpful to me in terms of loaning us some rope lights for the party scene (and Norman Austick especially who gave me a lift back since my car was (is) still out of action (Grrrrr!).
The shoot was possibly the most professional I've been on as the entire crew (of four) were real-life film makers from Newcastle. This meant that the intricacies of every shot were tweaked to the point of perfection, and as usual, this was at the expense of time. We over ran by a couple of hours but it was worth it. We only stopped shooting because the camera packed up - not because the management at the Dickens Inn had asked us to clear out so that a birthday party could use the room (that they had hired!).
Here's a few shots from throughout the day:
Sunday, 27 February 2011
Media Links from Grand Scheme of Things work
My work with Martin Wood over the past decade or so has seen me being a concept artist, model and prop maker, photographer, graphic designer and as of last week, film maker.
Here's a couple of links that flesh outthe backstory and give you a look atthe latest developments:
http://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/features/features/8873927.Local_artist_Martin_Wood/
http://www.appletonreadingroom.org.uk/
Here's a couple of links that flesh outthe backstory and give you a look atthe latest developments:
http://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/features/features/8873927.Local_artist_Martin_Wood/
http://www.appletonreadingroom.org.uk/
Tuesday, 22 February 2011
World Saved? Well, I saved the day at least...
Scarborough Coastival came and went without a hitch, although we were pushed to the limit of time for setting up the show.
Mickey and I were dressed up to the nines and acted as 'welcomers' for the audio-visual experience occurring within the bingo hall of the Grand Hotel.
We enjoyed the company of many guests throughout the day, special thanks go to Bill and his wife who gave us jelly babies to keep our energy up!
Mickey and I were dressed up to the nines and acted as 'welcomers' for the audio-visual experience occurring within the bingo hall of the Grand Hotel.
We enjoyed the company of many guests throughout the day, special thanks go to Bill and his wife who gave us jelly babies to keep our energy up!
Me, Suzy and Mickey
Pyramid sound system
Monday, 14 February 2011
Scarborough Coastival
Time to save the world again...
This coming weekend I'll be joining Martin, Maria and Mickey at the Grand Hotel Scarborough to take part in a Full Moon festival, during which the official launch of 'In The Grand Scheme of Things' will take place.
I have worked with Martin for over a decade, fleshing out the story of a near-future, mutated Yorkshire.
Last Saturday we went to the Grand Hotel for a last look around before the big event, Here's some pics:
Here's the press release:
3rd Eye Pod and The
http://coastival.com/events/details/223-chakra-show.html
Grand Scheme Of Things - in the Grand Hotel, Scarborough Saturday 19 February 10am – 4pm
This coming weekend I'll be joining Martin, Maria and Mickey at the Grand Hotel Scarborough to take part in a Full Moon festival, during which the official launch of 'In The Grand Scheme of Things' will take place.
I have worked with Martin for over a decade, fleshing out the story of a near-future, mutated Yorkshire.
Last Saturday we went to the Grand Hotel for a last look around before the big event, Here's some pics:
Here's the press release:
A Rather Grand Idea
3rd Eye Pod and The
Art and film collective, 3rd Eye Pod, will be creating an intriguing installation in Scarborough’s Grand Hotel, as part of Coastival 2011.
“We’re a collective of Film Makers and VJs (video jockeys) whose events and work are inspired by a nature based spirituality” say Martin Wood and Maria Silmon, the creative team behind 3rd Eye pod. “During the day we’ll be using specific sound frequencies and colours combined with film, to celebrate the energy of the full moon that weekend. An audio-visual massage for your eyes and ears in fact!”
They will also be showing an extract from The Grand Scheme of Things, a blackly comic sci-fi odyssey set in Yorkshire in the not so distant future. This feature film idea started out as a graphic novel in which the people and landscape of North Yorkshire become bizarrely mutated when genetic experiments go wrong. As usual, it’s down to the good folk of Yorkshire to save the planet! Over the course of 8 solar festivals and one seasonal year, a motley crew of local characters must band together to restore the balance of nature.
The cyclical nature of the seasons are often at the heart of the team’s work, as well as the eight solar festivals which punctuate the year. They chose the astonishing architecture of The Grand Hotel for their venue because when it was originally built in 1863, its design was based on the concept of 'time'.
“Incredibly the Grand has 4 towers to represent the 4 seasons, 12 floors for each month, 52 chimneys for the weeks and 365 bedrooms for the days of the year. We were looking for the perfect venue for our Coastival installation and I think we’ve found it!”
Check websites below for more info
CELEBRATING AND PROMOTING SOLAR FESTIVALS SINCE 1988
A BLACKLY COMIC SCI-FI ODYSSEY, SET IN YORKSHIRE IN THE NOT SO DISTANT FUTURE
Wednesday, 26 January 2011
Thanks for the interview practice 'world'
Wow! As a result of snowballing events relating to my Regent Cinema film school project, I gave an over-the-phone interview to TFM radio yesterday.
I'm sure it will be edited down quite a bit, I do try and cover every single detail but that's probably three times more time than I'm allowed.
So, if you don't make the final cut, here's a list of thanks:
Tony Shaw and students, Entertainment Design Crafts
Di Scott, Mike, Richard and students, creative film and moving image production
CCAD marketing dept
Rachel Meeks, publicist
Neil Bates, Regent Cinema
Laura Degnan, Writers Block
Mum and Dad, catering, quartermasters
Martin and Jen, right hand persons,
Thank you one and all!
Tune in to TFM, 96.6fm some time today - when I know, you'll know!
I'm sure it will be edited down quite a bit, I do try and cover every single detail but that's probably three times more time than I'm allowed.
So, if you don't make the final cut, here's a list of thanks:
Tony Shaw and students, Entertainment Design Crafts
Di Scott, Mike, Richard and students, creative film and moving image production
CCAD marketing dept
Rachel Meeks, publicist
Neil Bates, Regent Cinema
Laura Degnan, Writers Block
Mum and Dad, catering, quartermasters
Martin and Jen, right hand persons,
Thank you one and all!
Tune in to TFM, 96.6fm some time today - when I know, you'll know!
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