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Working Title: MUSICAL CHAIR
16mm Colour Film Origination
Status: PRODUCTION SUSPENDED
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SYNOPSIS:
The film material was shot as a documentary about a project in the Music Department at the University of
Leeds. The first aim of the project was to create a Reactive, multi-user Interface for visualisation
and sonification of sound and movement. The second aim was to use this interface to provide an
insight into the perception of tempo when playing an instrument with a guide track.
The interface was tested as an interactive installation at the Centre for Life in Newcastle.
The testing was included in a Maker Faire weekend at the centre. The public were able to participate in
the installation, enjoying themselves and creating data for the project. The film ends with scenes of
the installation in use during the weekend.
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Working Title: THE BATTLE OF SALTWICK BAY
16mm Colour Film Origination
Status: PRODUCTION SUSPENDED
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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 shot on the beach near Saltwick Nab. Two teams of actors
took part, one dressed in black suits and bowler hats, the others wearing hooped jerseys and berets.
The first team, representing England, were armed with umbrellas. The second team, representing France,
were armed with long bread sticks. This film, somewhat influenced by Monty Python, was never completed
as the second roll of film was lost in the post or at the processing lab. The makers would still like
to do something with this "blast from the past"!
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FILM IN THIS SECTION AVAILABLE AS STOCK SHOTS FOR CURRENT FILMS
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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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