Meet the cast!

"Dr A.D Holmes"

Dr A.D. Holmes - Steven Anthony Bennett




Mr Ellis - Brian Rust

Mrs AD Holmes - Hannah Littlefair

Miss Peacock - Emily Britton

Albert, head of council - Luke Erickson



Young boy - Ryan

"The Lost Princess"


Anastasia - Rebecca Ellerington

The Butler - Luke Erickson





The Inspector - John Andrews


Cleaners - Martin Ward and Beth Horncastle





Magistrate 1 - Robyn Caldwell

Magistrate 2 - Taryn Preston


The Judge - Peter M Kershaw

Hotel manager - Hannah Litllefair

Hotel guest 1 - Emma Thompson



Hotel guest 2 - Rebecca Stothert



Hotel guest 3 - Emma Gill



Policeman 1 - David Bunting

Policeman 2 - Kirk Argun

PRODUCTION STAGE TWO

With any luck, our brilliant PRODUCTION COORDINATORS, KIRK and EMMA will covered your script in coloured markers and from this produced a LIST for each element - Characters, Props, Costume, Location, effects, make-up, etc.

With shooting just weeks away, Kirk and Emma have a new challenge from Peter (Don't panic - Jo, myself and the rest of the team are on hand to help).

For Stage 2, you have to start to source the elements by working down each list and ticking them off. As your PRODUCTION COORDINATORS titles suggest, you are also in charge of co-ordinating the teams..!

It is your job to give the DESIGN TEAM the costume, make-up, props, set lists - all the design elements - see that they are finding these items. Check with them every week.

EMMA RENHARD will be co-ordinating costume and CHARLIE OSWIN will be working on MAKE-UP.

The production co-coordinators need to talk with the APPRENTICE PRODUCTION person on each film about checking these areas (costume and Make-up) that they are covered and what is needed. Give them your list.

We will need to store the items we make and source - TALK TO NICOLA & DAVID about storing at the GATE THEATRE.

With the DIRECTORS - YOU NEED TO LOOK AT LOCATIONS.

LOCATIONS bring new questions like permission, contacts, access, toilets, parking, and while DIRECTORS and PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATORS can identify these places they need to pass on any information to the APPRENTICE PRODUCTION person on each film to secure access, permission and if the location can work.

A film is made in pre-production - what happens on set is simply the carrying out of the planning that went into pre-production. It is the most important time in the life of a film!

Peter

Jo scoops ITV job!

Congratulations to our fabulous film apprentice Joanne, who has started a new job working for ITV’s Factuals department as a Production Secretary, covering both the Manchester and Leeds sites.

Jo, who is acting as production supervisor for "The Lost Princess" in Goole Silent Movie, is a BA Honours graduate in Contemporary Film and Video at Manchester Metropolitan University. Her student film ‘School Daze’ was voted runner up in the ‘BBC’s Best of North West’ category in the 2006 Exposures Film Festival and won the North West region’s ‘Best Student Drama’ award by the Royal Television Society.

You'd think she'd be busy enough, but Jo says she enjoying the challenge of "assisting students create a fantastic piece using the exploration of different Medias."

She also says she is enjoying "working with professionals and learning new skills and techniques, as well as expanding her knowledge of silent movies and working with 8mm film."

If you think you recognise Jo, it might be as a dancer or actor! She and has performed at many prestigious venues including Sadler’s Well’s, The Royal Albert Hall and Disneyland, Paris. Her television credits include At Home With The Braithwaites, A Touch of Frost, Emmerdale and Heartbeat. She even finds the time to teach dance at the DM Academy in Shipley. Jo, who is an inspiration to the entire silent movie team, deserves it all. Well done!

Fantastic 4

To make two films at once - who's idea was that anyway?! - we will be using 4 (fantastic) alternating teams who will become experts in their chosen area. Many want to experience life in front of and behind the camera, which is a great idea. These 4 make it is possible to do both! The teams cover the following crew rolls:

DIRECTOR TEAM
Director, Ass't Director, Production coordinator, location, script editors, etc.

CAMERA TEAM
Operator, Ass't Cam, stills, clapperboard/loader. (those with a technical mind will like this team)

DESIGN TEAM
(for the creative ones) Very important in a silent film. Includes those responsible for Costume, make-up, props & set. Emma Renhard from Yorkshire Coast College will be working with those interested in Costume.

SPECIAL EFFECTS TEAM
has been created to cover - Animation, all visual effects/artwork. Uniquely on these films, we are using techniques used on silent films. Here is a chance to work with a real live animator - QUICK ON A PENCIL - David Bunting!

There is still time to add an interest in or join our CREW. Just contact Nicola at the Gate Theatre.

Peter M Kersaw
Producer/Director
Duchy Parade Films

So you’ve got a script!

What do you do next if you’re making a film and ALL you have is the SCRIPT?

STAGE ONE

On our project, KIRK and EMMA who are working as PRODUCTION COORDINATORS on the two short films will have to find a way of working out all the things they need to make the film’s happen.

HOW?
Easy!
Take a copy of the script you are responsible for and a set of coloured marker pens!

WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IS MAKE SURE YOU’VE FOUND ALL THE ‘PHYSICAL ELEMENTS’ that’s is, all the things that have to be on set for the cameras to turn over. (Film!).

You set yourself a key - one colour for each heading. So for example – RED for character. Then you go through the whole script with a red marker and mark each time a character appears.

SO what headings – what do we mean?

WELL, I’d go for these headings on this project:

Colour marker: Subject:
RED Character
GREEN Location
BLUE Costume
YELLOW Props (these are items associated with a character)
PINK Set dressing (these are all the other items like – a lamp)
PENCIL (DRAW CIRCLE ROUND) Effects (animation!)

There can be other colours and other headings – it depends on the script.

The main thing is to find a way to identify all the items that are needed. Once the script is marked up you simply make a list of each – here we would have six lists. Or a TABLE for each scene with six columns listing the six headings above. (Do both, as you need them for different things).

NEXT I’LL TELL YOU WHAT TO DO with them NOW YOU HAVE THE SIX LISTS.

THERE YOU HAVE IT, AN INDUSTRY – PRODUCTION BREAKDOWN.

Good colouring!

Peter M. Kershaw, director/producer

Auditions

Well the auditions were great. It was brilliant to see so many good actors, and so hard to choose the parts. Thankfully we had the directing duo for Dr AD Holmes with us, Martin Ward and Beth Horncastle. Kirk, (sitting the background) filmed the screen tests for us. The cast are being contacted over the next few days, and we'll put up all the news on the blog very soon!

Auditions THIS SUNDAY!

We are holding audtions/crew interviews this Sunday 10 June. If you haven't yet been in touch to book a time slot, don't worry! Just come down to The Gate on Dunhill Road in Goole from 4pm for the open audition. We will see people in the order they arrive.

You don't have to prepare anything, just have an idea of what you want to do (acting, crew or both).

You can just come along to meet us and see what you think

We look forward to meeting you

Goole Silent Movie Creative Team

Auditions on Sun 10th June

Well it's that time again! If you'd like to act in our film then come down to the auditions in Goole this Sunday! We have all manor of big and small parts to fill from the Inspector (tall and mysterious, 20's) in The Lost Princess, to the lead part in Dr AD Holmes, a fiery story of a one-man battle against an almost impossible council after his best and most loyal friend dies. See the full casting list below. If you are interested in being auditioned, you need to book an casting appointment. Contact Nicola on 01405 763652 or email her at goolesilentmovie@hotmail.co.uk

Casting for:
The Butler - average sized man with strong physical presence.
The Inspector - quite tall and with a mysterious look about him.
Anastasia's lover - a young male, rather tall with dark hair; he is not of a high status.
The Judge- a large man
Magistrates x 3 - two are women and the other is a man who is taller than the two women
Lots of great small parts and extras.

Casting for:
Dr A.D. Holmes - Young, tall man.
Albert - Head of council - Old, fat and very powerful.
Miss Peacock, secretary - Young, frizzy ginger hair and blue eyes.
Mr Ellis. Old - Frail and very ill
Mrs A.D. Holmes - Young, with brown hair.
Young boy aged around 12 - small, with blond hair.
Lots of smaller parts and extras.
We also need an angry crowd to picket the Town Hall!