Film Dash: the clock is ticking
Written by Nicky Getgood on Friday, October 17th, 2008 ( Start discussion )
Tags: cat bray, Chris Unitt, danny smith, film dash, hello digital, matthew stanton, maverick tv, michael balcon, Millennium Point, Pete Ashton, rachel marchant, roger shannon, stefan lewandowski, stickleback productions
This evening saw the exciting launch of the 48-hour Film Dash in the Custard Factory theatre. Teams of all types are taking part, including employees of Maverick TV, Stickleback Productions, two eight year-old children and one-man team Stefan Lewandowski, who I suspect may offer us a taste of the dark side.
All teams have until Sunday evening to film, edit and submit to organiser Chris Unitt a 1-5 minute film, which must contain a reference to the named Michael Balcon film and one line of dialogue from Whisky Galore! that has been specifically assigned to them.
The films will be judged by Matthew Stanton, Balcon expert Roger Shannon and Cat Bray. The winning entry will be screened at the Michael Balcon: Into The Light event at the Odeon Cinema on New Street as part of Hello Digital. All the completed films will be shown on a loop in the atrium at Millennium Point for the period of the Hello Digital festival, which was bad news for those wanting to include non family friendly content. There was also talk of organising a special screening event of all entries and Chris is open to suggestions of suitable venues for this.
Chris was at pains to stress it was creativity and original ideas Film Dash is after, rather than great cameras or technical excellence. This was great news for Pete Ashton, Rachel Marchant and Danny Smith’s TTV team, which is using a seriously DIY device on their camera. The resulting effect is interesting.
There are plans for this to be the first of many Film Dashes. I’m determined not to miss out on the next one.
