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Working Title: THE ROCK FILM
16mm Colour Film Origination
Status: IN PRE PRODUCTION
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SYNOPSIS:
The starting point for this production is a reel of 16mm film and a reel of 1/4/" tape containing
the soundtrack. This film, from the 1970s, was never completed but can be finshed as indicated below.
The soundtrack tape will digitised by a Fastrack USB audio interface connected to a laptop. The speed speed
change needed to match the camera speed pulse frequency, and the 25Hz reference from the laptop, is done during
this transfer. The sound for each take is selected and saved as a .wav file. These are then added to the video
transfer of the film using the pulse track start to sync each shot. The clapper board will be used to check the
accuracy of the sync. The video of the Film, and the sync sound, will then be output as a .mp4 file.
THIS FILE WILL BE A RECORD OF THE FILM, WHICH CAN BE WATCHED ON A COMPUER, OR EDITED AS A VIDEO LATER.
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Working Title: SPIRIT OF '68
16mm Black and White Film Origination
Status: PRODUCTION TERMINATED
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SYNOPSIS:
The idea of the film has been taken back to the original concept. This was some film in london,
including crowds in trafalgar square, and students in "freshers week" at Leeds University in 2008.
The soundtrack can be edited from the original audio from "October '68" recorded on the anti-Vietnam
war rally in London, October 21st 1968. Soundtrack and the images are to be edited so that
comparisons between 1968 and 2008 are encouraged but not "sign-posted" by voice over! The video
transfer is Ok and loads correctly in Sony movie studio 11 and tapes are playable on the UHER
open-reel tape recorder. The B/W film could still be edited to match the video in future. The wav
file of the soundtrack could be used with the picture negative to produce a traditional 16mm
combined optical print as a short if required. However, the current plan is to finish at the
VIDEO EDIT STAGE.
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Working Title: WHILE ONE
16mm Black and White Film Origination
Status: PRODUCTION TERMINATED
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SYNOPSIS:
The new idea for the film is to be much more focused on the monitoring and control technologies
on the river. Ideas inspired by work in education will also provide new ways of approaching the subject.
The film follows the path of a stream from close to source down to the sea. Evidence of technology, both
old and new, is highlighted along the journey. The conclusion outlines the control techniques being used
in flood control and the part played by embedded systems within it.
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Working Title: RENEWABLES OLD AND NEW
16mm Colour Film Origination
Status: PRODUCTION TERMINATED
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SYNOPSIS:
The film looks at renewable energy in a number of ways. The first is in terms of
development as in Windmill to Windturbine or Waterwheel to Water Turbine. More recent
devices for conversion of solar energy are also to be included.The ways in which these
types of energy conversions are used, with emphasis on elctrical output. Finally, the
technolgical and political issues involved in the use of these technolgies. |
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Working Title: GIBRALTAR 1895
16mm Colour Film Origination
Status: PRODUCTION TERMINATED
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SYNOPSIS:
The film starts with images of modern day Gibraltar, but focusing on the part it
has played in history. The film is actually about my Grandfather who, as a band boy, went
to Gibraltar in 1895 with the British army. The film will look at important episodes in
his life and expand into the political and cultural implications of these same events to
the wider community. An obvious example being the first world war. Gibraltar lends itself
to use as a recurent theme due to the common history that we share. It also provides the
ending with photographs of "the Rock" from the sea by his son, my father, just prior to
the second world war. The date of the photographs is 1936, an important date for the
nearest neighbour to Gibraltar, Spain, and ultimately the rest of the world. |
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