The new super 8 challenge is here....Goole Straight 8!

If you are reading this and wishing you could make a film just like this - with the same people - it's your lucky day! After 3 years of searching for the right challenge and the finance to make it happen - Goole Straight 8 is finally here! It is crewing up NOW and we are on the lookout again for the filmmakers of tomorrow! If you are aged 13-18 and would like to make a film, visit the Goole Straight 8 blog to find out more.

View Goole Silent Movie on Yorkshire Film Archeive!

It's great to see the "The Lost Princess" and Doctor A.D Holmes up for prosperity at the new Yorkshire Film Achieve.

One of the first things I did on the project was to get in touch with Yorkshire Film Archive and track down some local film history from the period. They found a 1920s Pathé newsreel that inspired one of the styles of film that they decided to make. The idea for this story of Dr A. D. Holmes came about from reading old newspaper clippings on display at one of Goole’s Museums.

Whilst Dr A.D Holmes is based on a real person from Goole, Dr Home, "The Lost Princess" is a fictional story that nevertheless has its roots in Goole’s heritage as an international port – one where many refugees have arrived. The film is based on the life of a real person, Anastasia Nicholaevna Romanov, the youngest daughter of the Tsar Nicholas II and Russian Royal Romanov family.

Fascinating backgrounds on both films can be found on the their websites accompanying the films and of course, on this blog.

"The Lost Princess" screens at co-op young filmmakers

It was brilliant to meet up with so many of the film-makers and see their films on the big screen at the  Cooperative Young Filmmakers Festival at the National Media Museum on Fri 10th Oct.

"The lost Princess" screened in the wonderful Pictureville cinema one of the few non-competitive young people's film-making festivals in the world, it is a celebration of film that allows young people to see their work on the big screen and explore their creativity through event workshops. 

 What a buzz!

Goole Silent Movie sails to Switzerland

"Dr A D Holmes" and "The Lost Princess" screened in Switzerland at the Super8 Special 2008 on Saturday! Rain put pay to plans to screen the films outside, but neues kino was nearly full with a crowd of about 60 people watching the program. Also quite a lot of filmmakers were there in person.

John Andrews back in Cinema

What do Zombie Movies and Bollywood have in common? Check out John Andrews latest film performance, who played the Inspector in The Lost Princess, and find out! Peter M Kershaw was so impressed with his acting talent, that he invited him to star in his latest short film, Cinema.

David Kendea, who played the Sea Captian, also stars. Cinema of Horror can currently be seen on the internet at Virgin Shorts.

Goole Silent Movie screens at Culture Shock

It was great to see Becky, Jonny and other cast and crew members supporting Goole Silent Movie at the Culture Shock Festival in Northallerton. "Dr AD Holmes" and "The Lost Princess" played throughout the day last Saturday in Northallerton in Yorkshires biggest youth festival. I say others, because they were all wearing lots of face paint, from the circus tent, I presume, so hard to recognise! I was working at the festival in my flipbook animation tent. What a great day!

The Lost Princess screens in Cambridge!

Congratulations to everyone on Goole Silent Movie!

"The Lost Princess", written by Rebecca Stothert & Emma Gill and directed by Rebecca Stothert will be screened in Competition at the Cambridge Super8 Film Festival.

The Cambridge International Super8 Film Festival shows the best films originated on the Super 8 format.

The Lost Princess was shot on black & white Super 8 film, sponsored by Kodak and produced using optical process emulating the techniques of the silent period to produce a truly authentic historical film.

The Super 8mm film format has undergone a creative renaissance in the last five years due to the digital revolution and the re-discovery of small film by users the world over. In 2007, the first Cambridge Super 8 Festival was a hugely successful event with more than 70 films in 3 competitive programs and 2 non-competitive programs. All genres of film were represented (animation, fiction, documentary and experimental film), illustrating the diversity of the format and our film selection.

"The Lost Princess" is playing on Thursday 24th of April at 8pm in The Centre @ St Pauls Hill road Cambridge.

Premiere at the National Media Museum!

I'm a bit biased, but this is a great film!
Nicola Dixon, Project Manager

Your Dreams are worth living for! Peruse them!!!

Paul Arrowsmith, writer

You all made writing the music very easy - the film was brilliantly acted and put together. Well done and all the best for the future!

Dave Bainbridge, composer

Great fun great film! Thanks you.

Dave Robertson, actor (Ships captain)

As Chaplin said: “ ! “

Paul Vates, Genre advisor

It has been an absolute pleasure working with this group of people and I hope they will all feel proud of themselves as we do of them. xxx

Madeleine Frost, Performance director

This is only the beginning! Never stop discovering! Never stop dreaming! Never stop Believing! Gook luck!

David Bunting, Producer/Animator

Only you have the power to make your dream a reality. The future is yours to own. To a great team one and all. All the best and until the next time. Good luck & good furtune.
Peter M Kershaw, Producer/Director

Goole VIP screenings

Pictures from the amazing opening screenings in Goole. Click on any of them to display full size and download. Demand was so high, we packed out 3 screenings back to back in the Gate Theatre! The red carpet was out. The cast, dressed up as stars they are, even arrived by limousine . An truly amazing and unforgettable time was had by all.

The premiere takes place at the National Media Museum in Bradford this Wed. I can’t wait!

How it all started

With the premiere just a few days away, Project Manager Nicola Dixon talked to me about how the idea for the project took shape. It was recorded during a very blustery day in composer Dave Bainbridge's garden!

Goole Advance Screening - this Saturday!

Goole's advance screening and premiere is this Saturday. Already tickets have just about sold out for the 6pm screening, with a few left for the 7pm screening. To book your ticket, contact the Box Office on 01405 763652.

The Premiere and VIP screening of the film is being held at the National Media Museum on Wednesday 10 October 7.30pm. For more information on this screening please contact Nicola Dixon on 01405 763652.

The young people have asked for a smart dress code for all screenings - so get your gladrags on!

More screenings around East Yorkshire to be announced soon.

music making

Clarinet player Claire McKenzie took time out of The Royal Scottish Music Academy to join Violinist Alex McKee and Viola player Jonathan Penny from The East Riding Youth Orchestra at Open Sky Studios. The Studios are home to Dave Bainbridge composer & musician. Dave is known to many for his recordings with bands such as IONA and on soundtracks such as for the award winning short film Wilfred. Having worked on 'talkies' for the BBC and ITV, The Lost Princess presented a fresh challenge to Dave, having to create a score as narrative for silent film. Dave's Studio equipped with the very latest in soundtrack software made an ideal location for the GSM young musicians to add their creative contribution to the film's drama.

"Lost Princess" writer/director Becky Stothart came along to see how a soundtrack is writen and recorded. See for yourself in the lastest behind the scenes video.


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Cutting the movie

Well, the films are back from the labs at no.w.here, travelled to Film Lab North and transfered to digital tape.

Check out this behind the scenes video at MyBear Producutions, about the jorney from camera to editing bench. We found Shaun when we were interviewing for our film aprentices. Shaun now has his own studio, and is our editor for Goole Silent Movie. He'll be at the Gate Theatre on Tuesday (9.30 - 12) to present the rushes, assemly edit, and talking about about editing.



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Editing date

Biting your fingernails wondering how the film looks?

The editing and viewing of the rushes will be held on

Tuesday 21 August 9.30am - 12.00pm
at the Gate Theatre

The premiere will be held in October - details on that soon!

Behind the scenes: Animation

A big thank you to all our animators who worked tirelessly to finish animation on "The Lost Princess." After a big push, the drawn animation is complete and the cells have been painted! Debbie and myself are finishing off the last few remaining title cards and I now have a big stack of artwork to film at the close of the week. Check out this behind the scenes video where I somehow got roped into tracing lots of drawings on the last Saturday of animation!


Aboive: Sam animating the final sequence in the Lost Princess.

Animating Lost Princess

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Musicians Required

We are looking for young musicians (aged 13 - 20) from the East Riding area to be involved in creating the soundtrack for our silent film.

This will involve working alongside an experienced composer developing ideas and recording them. As our film is a silent film, there is a great emphasis on creating a fantastic soundtrack.

At this stage we are asking for submissions of interest, with details of instruments you play and levels. We will need this information by 10 August (if you find out about this project after this date – still get in touch we may still have space!) We need to know your name, age, address and instruments you play and to what level. You can email this information to goolesilentmovie@hotmail.co.uk or post it to Goole Silent Movie Project, c/o Nicola Dixon, Goole Town Council, 17 - 23 Gladstone Terrace, Goole DN14 5AQ.

Recording will take place during the summer holiday break

Look forward to hearing from you

Last push for animation

All hands on deck!!

We need lots of help on Sunday to finish off animation for The Lost Princess.

The session is this Sunday 5 August 10am - 5pm at The Gate Theatre, Dunhill Road, Goole.

All welcome!

It's a wrap!

After an exhausting and wonderful week, we shot the last live action scene today at Sewerby Hall for "The Lost Princess", with only animation left to film. Ceck out the 2 behind the scenes videos from the shoot.

Celebrations were only dampened by the sadness of our group preparing to go their separate ways, at least temporarily, after working so closely together over the last five months. As we prepare to enter post production, there is a real feeling of one chapter closing.

A big thank you to the team at Sewerby Hall and all the locations we filmed at this week. Sewerby Hall enjoyed the shoot so much, they are going to be screening the film during half term! Goole Waterways waterways museum will also be screening the film.

We are also delighted to welcome BBC Blast on board this week, who will be be helping to bring the work of our filmmakers to a wider audience!

Behind the scenes at Sewerby Hall

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Below: Producer/Director, Peter Kershaw (Judge) and myself in our cameo roles.


The rolls of Super 8 film, sponsored by Kodak, are now whisking their way to the labs at No.w.here where James is hand processing the films in true silent film style.

They started developing the AD Holmes reels today after Peter Kerhsaw hand delivered them. Where is nowhere? Click here to find out!



Behind the scenes at Goole Court House

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pics from AD Holmes shoot

CALL TIMES – WHAT TIME YOU NEED TO BE AT THE GATE

BRING PACKED LUNCH/WATERPROOFS!

MONDAY 23RD JULY
REHEARSALS 10-5PM
ALL CAST AND CREW

TUESDAY 24TH JULY
SCENES: 6, 15, 8, 10, 3
LOCATIONS: SHIP (ANASTASIA’S) CABIN
ANASTASIAS CABIN
CREW CALL: 09.30
CAST INVOLVED: ANASTASIA
BUTLER
CLEANERS X2
INSPECTOR
CAST CALL: 09.45

WEDNESDAY 25TH JULY
SCENES: 17, 9, 5, 7
LOCATIONS: GRAVEYARD
DOCKS
CREW CALL: 09.30
CAST INVOLVED: ANASTASIA
INSPECTOR
EXTRAS (INCL. PALL BEARERS)
CLEANERS X2
POLICEMAN X2
DOCK EXTRAS
CAST CALL: 09.45

THURSDAY 26TH JULY
SCENES: 14, 16, 11
LOCATIONS: COURTROOM
POLICE STATION
CREW CALL: 09.30
CAST INVOLVED: BUTLER
JUDGE
MAGISTRATES X3
INSPECTOR
COURTROOM EXTRAS
SHIP CREW X4
SHIP CAPTAIN

FRIDAY 27TH JULY
SCENES: 1, 2, 12, 13
LOCATIONS: ANASTASIAS HOUSE
ANASTASIAS GARDENS
BUTLERS HOTEL ROOM
INSPECTORS HOUSE
CREW CALL: 8.30
CAST INVOLVED: ANASTASIA
ANASTASIA’S LOVER
BUTLER
POLICEMAN X2
INSPECTOR
HOTEL MANAGER
CAST CALL: 8.30


Below: Producer/Director Peter smiles to the camera on the AD Holmes shoot. Behind him, Animator David asks Johnny on camera, 'who is this person wandering about on my set?'