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Working Title: THE VIEW FROM THE ROCK
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 is the inspiration for this new
production. The edited film will form a sequence in the final documentary in which we weave past events
and recent developments together. Some of the new material will be originated on film and then
digitised but most can be created within the digital domain.
The plot of new film is still very much a work in Progress.
[The plan is to edit the film totally in the digital domain and finish at the VIDEO EDIT STAGE]
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FILM IN THIS SECTION AVAILABLE AS STOCK SHOTS FOR CURRENT FILMS
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Working Title: MUSICAL CHAIRS:
An Interactive Musical Experience.
16mm Colour Film Origination
Status: PRODUCTION TERMINATED
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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: 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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