Wednesday 28 February 2007

Loads of Links!

The General (Buster Keaton, 1927)

What a fantastic turn-out on Sunday - it was excellent to see so many young people, and so much enthusiasm for the project on our first day. The team was really impressed with the energy of the group and the range of talents they brought - from posing as moving-talking sculptures to miming interpretations of Brokeback Mountain and other modern classics!

For those of you who couldn’t stay for our film screening, don’t despair! Many classic silent films are now available for viewing on the web. Here is a list of links, including the two films we screened on Sunday, plus some others you might find interesting:

Buster Keaton’s fantastic comedy The General (the second half of which we will screen this coming Sunday, 4th March)

Felix the Cat in Hollywood, and for the budding artists and animators amongst the group, another excellent early Felix cartoon, April Maze, can be seen here...

Finally, for those of you who’d like to see just how pioneering early filmmakers were, inventing the first special effects, you might enjoy looking at these:
http://www.archive.org/details/le_voyage_dans_la_lune_2006
http://www.archive.org/details/star_theatre_1901
http://www.archive.org/details/ChelovekskinoapparatomManWithAMovieCamera

In fact, this whole internet archive is well worth exploring for other films too, as they are loads of early Chaplin films and animations to inspire us on our own silent movie...

As an introduction to our artists, I’d like also to invite you to explore some of the film work produced by the team, some of whom made the news recently with our steering group!




Peter’s production company’s site, Duchy Parade Films, is found here and has links to his production video diaries on YouTube.

David’s Myspace page has a range of examples of his animation projects.

Madeline can be heard as the voice of Miss Anthrax (!!) on David’s animation Vernic.

Jo’s award-winning short School Daze can be seen here (select from left hand column).

And my film work with super 8mm and re-edited old movies can be viewed here or on YouTube.

We look forward to seeing even more of you this weekend, so don’t forget, it’s not too late to get involved! Bring your friends and your friends’ friends, and your friends’ friends’ friends!

See you there!

Ciaran

And the North-West region winner of the RTS Student Television Award is

our aprentice Joanne Eibin! Her film "School Daze", produced at Manchester Metepolitan University is the North-West region winner of the RTS Student Television Award. The RTS Awards are the gold standard of achievement in the television community, so huge congratulations to Jo! You can watch School Daze here.

The big launch

We've finally begun!
After months of planning we held the very first workshop on Sunday 25th Feb - the day of the Oscars. A superb group of young people joined us for the first day of what is going to be a really exciting filmmaking journey. The Sunday Film Club has also started and it is the first time I've had a chance to see a lot of silent films on the big screen. Seeing them in a room full of people laughing and enjoying them together was awesome! I've set up Film Club links on the blog so you can find out more about the films, directors and actors featured. Producer/director Peter M Kershaw and myself went to London yesterday for the First Light Movie Awards to see some of the very best of films made by young people - a real inspiration - before visiting various film processing studios for the project.

For anyone interested in joining, the good news is it's not to late. We are still looking for young talented actors, filmmakers, writers and artists. Come along to The Gate Theatre on Sunday for 2pm to register and have a go.

Thursday 22 February 2007

Its not to late!

We are still looking for

Actors, Film-makers, Writers, Animators, Prop set and Costume Designers, Researchers and Musicians aged 13 -20 to join this exciting project. We have an excellent team of film-makers to work with you to help develop your skills and ideas.

The project is FREE and will involve regular weekly sessions
STARTING THIS SUNDAY 25 FEB.
Join us from 2pm at The Gate Theatre

for directions see www.thegategoole.com

Don't want to come alone? bring a friend!

Tuesday 20 February 2007

Countdown to start of project

It's really close

We are nearly there . . . Official countdown 5 days to go!!

The project starts on Sunday 25 February from 2pm at The Gate, Dunhill Road Goole

We are still looking for more people to take part

Friday 16 February 2007

OPEN DAY TODAY

The long wait is over

The open day is today.

Here's your opportunity to come down to Goole Museum to meet our film-makers

So pop along between 1pm and 3pm

We look forward to seeing you there!

Thursday 15 February 2007

Open Day Friday 16 Feb

Come and find out more

Open day tomorrow - Friday 16 Feb 1pm - 3pm
Goole Museum (above Goole Library)

Film-makers David Bunting and Peter Kershaw will be in Goole at the Open Day to meet you and answer your queries and questions, and to explain a little more about the project.

Drop in and meet the team

Thursday 8 February 2007

We want you!


Big respect to our brilliant apprentice Ciaran Cross who designed this poster after a publicity workshop with our young people's steering committee. We think it's important that everything, even the posters, are designed by you. As you can see we have some top people working with us. Now we need more! If you think you have what it takes, we want to hear from you!
So, are you interested? want to join up to the project?

We are holding an Open Day on Friday 16 Feb from 1pm - 3pm at Goole Museum (above Goole Library) in the centre of Goole.

Come and join us, find out more about the project and meet the artistic team.

If you are unable to make the open day - and know you definately want to join the project, come along the the first film-making session on Sunday 25 February 2pm - 5.30pm at The Gate Theatre, Dunhill Road, Goole

If you want more info on the project email us at goolesilentmovie@hotmail.co.uk
or post a comment.

We look forward to meeting you all