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Working Title: ECHOES FROM THE SIXTIES
16mm Black and White Film Origination
Status: IN PRE PRODUCTION
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SYNOPSIS:
The idea of the film has been taken back to the original starting point. This was some film in london,
including crowds in trafalgar square, and students in "freshers week" at Leeds University in 2008.
The first section is a brief introduction to the 1960s. A hippy vibe symbolised by shots of a Buddhist
Stupa with prayer flags, the reason for this image is the great interest that was shown in this era for all
things eastern, particularly of a spiritual nature. The cold war symbolised by the Bunker in Acomb, York.
The Robbins report on University expansion. The start of York University and the creation of the Open
University. Dr. Beeching and railway closures. Demonstration against Overseas student fee increases by
students from York University in 1967. [these last two items could use archive tape material on the
soundtrack]
The second section is about the 1968 Anti Vietnam War Rally in London, October 21st 1968.
Documents such as student newspaper reports can be used as part of the images and the archive tape
material will be used in the soundtrack. {It is possible that some indication of events between 1968
and 2008 may be included here.}
The third section is the edited 2008/9 film material with sections of the October 1968 audio
used as the soundtack for this section. Events after 2009 can be included if they help take the film
into the 2020s.
It would be good to complete this work as a 16mm film with optical sound optical sound but the current
plan is to initially finish at the VIDEO EDIT STAGE.
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Working Title: MUSICAL CHAIRS:
An Interactive Musical Experience.
16mm Colour Film Origination
Status: IN POST PRODUCTION
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SYNOPSIS:
The first section is project development at Leeds University in the Music department with
testing and development and a description of the device being produced to set the scene.
The next section has images of Newcastle and the engineering heritage of the area.
Focus then moves to the "Centre for Life" in central Newcastle and its role in highlighting
the present scientific, engineering and artistic role of the area today.
The wider background to the work is covered and the working of the project as an installation
at the Museum for Life is also featured. The final days of the project at the "Centre for Life"
during the Maker Faire make a natural ending. The topics are not necessarily dealt with in a
linear sequence but may be combined in other time relationships to give extra insight into the work
and its conception. Extra footage and soundtrack work will be needed for the final version
particularly in the explanation of technical aspects.
It would be good to complete this work as a 16mm film with optical sound optical sound but the current
plan is to initially finish at the VIDEO EDIT STAGE.
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Working Title: THE ROCK CHRONICLES
history at 24 frames a second
16mm Reversal Colour Film Origination
Status: POSSIBLE FILM PROJECT
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SYNOPSIS:
This film was started in 1974/75 on a beach location in Saltwick Bay, North Yorkshire. It was
an unusual film with a cast of around 6 people and props including a purple hat stand and a
six foot long paper mache snail large enough to conceal an actor! Two 100' reels of Kodachrome
25 reversal were shot but one was lost in processing. The filming could not be repeated with
actors, props etc. so all progress on the film ceased until 2017. The remaining reel and the
original 1/4" tap recordings still exist. Work by the makers, on an exhibition of 8mm film from the
1960s, led to the idea of restarting work on this "archive 16mm film".
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FILM IN THIS SECTION AVAILABLE AS STOCK SHOTS FOR CURRENT FILMS
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Working Title: WHILE ONE
16mm Black and White Film Origination
Status: PRODUCTION TERMINATED
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SYNOPSIS:
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. Gradually the focus
shifts to the modern technology used in river level monitoring and flood control. The conclusion
of the film 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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