Archive libraries, future screenings, etc etc..

Almost done here for 2010. I have been busy making contacts with various Archive Libraries around London that i hope will take the film in 2011. (as this was always a way of saying thank you for all their support, and making the Market story more widely available). I have a meeting with London Metropolitan Archives in January, and a copy of the film will also wing it's way to Professor Ian Christie at Birkbeck College for their collection too. Fingers crossed the British Council will also want to take the film under their wings, they have a copy pending and finally TATE Modern are considering it for their film programme.

Next up will be re-scheduling the screening for stallholders at Shortwave cinema, and looking at  film festivals across the world that the film could show at. Still lots to do to get the film out to audiences.

It has been a very busy final few months with finishing the edit and getting screenings sorted, but also very very gratifying to see the response the film gets everytime i show it. Makes the years of work worthwhile!

Merry Christmas.

MARKET SCREENINGS UPDATE - screening cancelled 3/12

Had a fabulous screening at Shortwave in Bermondsey Square on Wednesday night. Around 35-40 people braved the cold to attend and gave the film a really enthusiastic reception which was incredibly heartening. Warmed the cockles it really did.

BUT.. we have CANCELLED the Screening this Friday 3rd December scheduled for 12pm as we have spoken to the stallholders at the market and it was felt the weather is too harsh to allow many of them to travel into London. We will reschedule and will post the new dates here soon

DVD created !!!

Exciting news - i managed to finish the design of the 'Market' DVD and got this replicated in the past week. it is looking good, fingers crossed, so we will have it in time for the screening on 1st December. Here is a pic of the DVD cover design... don't ask me why the orange, i just like it..

New Screening dates announced for Market film

Happy to say we have new screening dates for the film. We will be screening next at Shortwave Cinema on WEDNESDAY 1ST DECEMBER 7PM and again on FRIDAY 3RD DECEMBER at 12pm. We may have more screenings on Friday 3rd as this is also the extended opening hours for Xmas of the Antiques Market. Glad that the Friday screening is happening as I am hoping as many of the stallholders as possible will be able to take a break and see the film. I will try also to screen a short called RM159 before the film as I have tried this out recently and it seems to work in putting the film into a visual and thematic context.

'Market' - the numbers and the perils of film-making

Many apologies for the silence since September. it has been a period of enforced absence due to a prolapsed disc injury in my neck, caused in no small part to finishing off Market, which almost finished me off. That got me thinking of the numbers associated with the making of the film (some exact, some approximate).

So as a bit of fun...

length of production: 4 years, 9 months

Rushes: 30 Hours

33 Filming days (including 2 x 3am starts)

11 months of editing

7 visits to Archive Libraries

89 Flasks of Coffee during the edit

445 cups of Tea

35 Sainsbury's Toffee Fudge Sundaes

2 Camera's

1 prolapsed disc (C7)

... and some very odd dreams caused by exhaustion. I hope i am on the mend, the next few weeks will tell. More screenings information to follow for November.

Screening 18.9.10

Thank you to everyone who came along last night to the premiere screening of the film. It was a truly memorable occasion to show the film first in Bermondsey Square as part of Bermondsey Festival. Big shout out to Rob at Shortwave and the team behind the projection. Finally at around 7.40 we hit play and there it was. A great response from everyone, some lovely, lovely comments, friends came from afar, and it was (honest) funny to watch the kids in the square, making shadows on the screen as it played, impatient to see Wizard of Oz!! and by the way Wizard of Oz was yet again magical. A great evening all round, finishing off with retelling stories about the Market in the Marigold pub till late..

'Market' - first Screening 18th September 2010

Delighted to say that thanks to Rob at Shortwave Cinema: we have our first screening of the film in Bermondsey Square as part of the Bermondsey Street Festival. The film will be supporting The Wizard of Oz which is really cool! Screening will begin at sundown, around 7.30pm so hope to see as many people there supporting the film. It has been a long road so far, and this is only the beginning of getting the film out to audiences.

Edit news - the picture is now locked apart from some tweaks to graphics, Will is working on the sound mix and we should have a final mixdown on Wednesday !

PICTURE LOCK!

We have final picture lock which is very exciting. The film comes in at just under 29 minutes including the full credits. Tom has done a wonderful job again with the music, there are 4 different musical themes within the film which gel perfectly with the picture. Will is about to commence on the sound mix today, so we are just about on schedule. My next post will detail our first screening in 2 weeks time, and more details on the finished film..

Film - final picture edit today

Final edit today, finishing off the final sequence of about 5 minutes to Tom Miles sublime, beautiful musical theme. Grading the picture as i go, then handing over to Will on Saturday to complete the sound mix. With a good tailwind, the film should be finished by the middle of next week.

Edit update

About a week left. pic is locked up to minute 20 and Tom is doing wonders with some beautiful music for the film. i reckon we are looking at a 28 minute film including credits, hope it is tight enough. Will and Simon are working on the sound clean up and the final mix starts next weekend. yikes.

As soon as i know the details of the first screening on Saturday 18th September, you will be the first to know...

MARKET - EDIT

Well almost there, another 3 days i reckon should do it. Will is busy cleaning up the sound on the first 11 minutes which are picture locked. Tom is working on the final composition of the sound themes (all 5 of them). and i am struggling with a section on the archeological dig at Bermondsey square and how i can interweave it with the market story.. getting there, but slow going.. too slow for my liking. will post up a video clip soon

final edit schedule and SCREENING!

Well a really good meeting with Will our sound designer on the film. We have a finish schedule, completing the delivery of the sound design and music by 5th September. which gives us a few days grace for any unforseen problems because.. We have our FIRST SCREENING DATE: Saturday 18th September, wait for it (if it comes off..) in Bermondsey Square - i couldn't think of a better place to first show the film. More info soon.

p.s a picture of the state of the art air con in Will's studio. 3 setttings: Heat; Cool; Dry. luckily his sound desk is more modern ;)

Market film edit update

Now, about 3 weeks away from the fine cut and picture lock which is good news (after all this time!!). and.. we now have a Sound mixer / designer on board which is really good news as i know that sound really is 50% at least of your film, and i have always tried to make sure we get a good sound mix on all my projects. So pic lock first and then give about 4 weeks for the sound mix and hopefully with a good tailwind, we may just be finished for mid September.

and more news soon on our first screening which is potentially very exciting!

Bermondsey Antiques Market clip 3

The latest clip from the upcoming film on New Caledonian Market, shows the traders reminiscing the many issues affecting the market, looking to an upturn in their fortunes as people want to interact with goods rather than buy online..

Market snapshots in the sun

A wonderful final day filming at the Market yesterday, sun gleaming off the silverware, lots of trading, blue skies, happy faces. A nice note to finish off my stretch of filming and some great footage to put into the final chapter of the film along with some lovely quotes about the unique vibe of Bermondsey, the specialness of Antiques and the wonderful things on offer there.

FINE CUT

well here we are with about 5 minutes left to edit. trying to make the final section more dreamlike, which may or may not work. There is something about the Market though, maybe about the fact that it is only here for a few hours every week and then is gone, that makes it magical and timeless. Tom is now working on the music and hopefully we are heading in the right direction to get the film finished in August and screened soon after

2009: An Ape Odyssey

A Gay Sci-Fi Rom-Com Musical sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey, starring a love-lorn astronaut, an Evil Alien King and some oppressed Mining Apes. What more do you need?... made for the 2009 Straight 8 competition and shown as part of the Best of showcase at the Curzon Mayfair in 2009. Here it is.. in all it's technicolour (digital) glory.. Enjoy.

Bermondsey Antiques Market

an early trailer for the market film -

'Market'

A good xmas and NY 2009, with, an edit completed of 32 minutes. A
couple of preview sections from the film are available to view on
Youtube, so they will get posted here nxt post. Now working on a finer
edit combining VoiceOver with the images and the archive material,
hoping to get a final picture edit done in about a months time,
fingers crossed.

Best

Kevin

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