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Working Title: HISTORY AND THE ROCK
16mm Colour & Black and White Film Origination
Status: IN 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 shot on the beach near Saltwick Nab. 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 next stage is to use 100' B/W Tri-X Reversal film to add extra elements to the film. Sound from
earlier films, together with new images, will be edited along with the original reversal colour film.
The distinction between the original material asnd the new will be clear as one is colour and
the other black and white. The history element will be provided by the earlier sound and the new images.
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Working Title: ECHOES OF TIMES PAST
16mm Black and White Film Origination
Status: PRODUCTION SUSPENDED
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SYNOPSIS
The film starts with a student protest about the raising of overseas fees being increaaed. The loction was York
in March 1967. Headlines from Nouse, the University of York student newspaper, will be used to provide some
background. The soundtrack will be edited from the original audio of "A Nation of Little Shopkeepers" recorded
on the day. Soundtrack and images will be put together in the style of the original film.
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SYNOPSIS Section 2
This Section starts with the anti_vietnam war rally in London, 21st October 1968. The film will use library stills
of the rally itself, LSE occupation and one shot of grovsnor square. Headlines from Nouse, the University of York
student newspaper, will be used to provide some background. The soundtrack will be edited from the original audio
of "October '68" recorded on the day. Soundtrack and images will be put together in the style of the original
October '68 film. One piece of libray film footage of American helicopters flying low over the jungle could
be used, as this was the final shot of the original "October '68" film.
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SYNOPSIS Section 3
This part of the film starts with students in "freshers week" at Leeds University in 2008. Other film is of
students in trafalgar square and enjoying the serpentine The soundtrack will be edited from the original audio
from "October '68" recorded on the anti-Vietnam war rally in London, October 21st 1968. Soundtrack and images
will be edited so that comparisons between 1968 and 2008 may be made by the audience. The sound on the 2008
will have aslight echo as if coming from a distance, 40 years to be exact! The current plan is to finish at the
VIDEO EDIT STAGE
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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: LEEDS, CITY OF MEMORIES
16mm Colour Film Origination
Status: PRODUCTION SUSPENDED
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SYNOPSIS:
The film was originally shot as a test to check that my H16 BOLEX camera was in good working order after many
years of storage. Assuming it would be ok, I shot material for a short documentary instead of random images.
The film was shot at lunch time and after work around Leeds. The camera was OK so the material was edited to
make this film. The film stock used was Kodachrome II very near to the end of this famous KODAK product.
The next stage is to design and create a soundtrack for the film using a video transfer of the original 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 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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