1. CASTING/CREWING: Producer/Sound Man/Reporters/Make-Up/4xActor/3xActresses/2xActor
2. LOCATIONS: White Tiled Room/Industrial Basement
3. PROPS: Grow Lamps
4. WORKSHOPS: Online Video Tutorials, Advanced Scriptwriting
5. FILM CHALLENGES: The Weekender Filmbender
6. FESTIVALS, COMPETITIONS & SCREENINGS: Marwood Viral Filmmakers/MovieBar
7. WEBSITE UPDATES: Designs starting for our new site, please e-mail ideas.
8. GENERAL INFO: Please Complete BFC Survey and Newbies
Keep an eye out on the website for extra news and information:
http://www.filmcoalition.co.uk/
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1. CASTING/CREWING -
- Director Darrel J Butlin seeks an experienced Producer for a short film project "101 Uses for a Cat."
Synopsis: After discovering his wife's affair, a jealous LINUS GREEN, abducts her cat with the intent of avenging her betrayal, by bludgeoning the cat to death. A suspense thriller with comedic undertones, '101 Uses for a Dead Cat' is a neo-noir, that builds on a quirky premise of a mysterious man with a cat in his suitcase.
The script has been written by Chris Hill, whose credits include TV Skins.Paul Sarony from Mrs. Brown and Hideous Kinky, is to executive produce. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0765470/
Director's Bio: Darrel is an experienced commercials director and (ex)post-production artist with international credits and experience of working at the highest end of the commercial film industry, www.darrelbutlin.com Through his company Eyebrid Blaze Ltd, www.eyebridblaze.com he brings post-production facilities, and furthermore, he has attracted commercial sponsors.
This short film is being produced as a demonstrator pilot for future feature projects; to raise visibility of the creative team and to build investor confidence.
Darrel has created a financial package to entice investors, but a Producer is required to help drive the project forward and help raise the finance needed to produce the film. e-mail: darrelbutlin@gmail.comm:44 (0)7929288815
- Sound Person for Short Film (expenses)
Basement Films is needing a sound person + equipment to travel to London for the 22nd Jan, for a short film.
Location is at Notting Hill Gate
e-mail: michaela@basementfilms.org.uk
- Latest TV Needs Researchers To Report Local Stories (expenses)
If you can find stories local to Brighton and surrounding areas and are eager to report them on camera, for the online news show, Latest TV, then please send your ideas to Piotr.
e-mail: piotr@dorosz.eu
m: 07958219672
web: www.youtube.com.user/latestTV
- Actors and Actress needed for Musser Leghorn Films (paid)
Musser Leghorn Films, London based film company is auditioning for 4 actors and 3 actresses for black comedy, shot on RED, aimed at film circuit, UK and USA.
Written and directed by Ben Dixon. The film centres around a parrot, a sensitive and slightly obsessive husband and an energetic but unfaithful wife. Must be comfortable with Avian co-stars.
Closing Date: 18th Jan
Auditions: 25th & 28th Jan
Shooting: last 2 weeks of Feb
More Info: http://www.artsjobs.org.uk/arts-job/post/actor-actress-3/
Contact: Hugo Caroca
e-mail: mrleghornfilms@gmail.com
- Robert Dee is looking for two Actors - One day shoot
Robert is wanting to make a Beckett style short film with a quick turn around to be filmed in Mid-Feb.
one of the characters is breaking rocks with a hammer and the other is an interrogator). Its an alpha male type and a subservient type. The script will be given to the actors beforehand with a good readthrough so they "get" the tone of it. If they've seen any Beckett, I'd imagine they'd get the tone.
e-mail: dee.bobby@gmail.com
web: http://www.robert-dee.com
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2. LOCATIONS -
- White Tiled Room
William Ranieri needs this location, for a hospital scene, to shoot this Saturday, as part of a short film.
e-mail: williamranieri@yahoo.it
m: 07530987959
- Industrial Basement Style Room
Robert Dee is looking for a dingy industrial basement type place (one of the characters is breaking rocks with a hammer and the other is an interrogator) something prison like and quite large as I imagine it being quite in-camera quite heavy use of the space, so the interrogator moves back and forth the space. I would imagine a one day shoot
e-mail: dee.bobby@gmail.com
web: http://www.robert-dee.com
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3. PROPS -
-Grow Lamps needed for time lapse of plants.
John Baker needs to borrow these for an upcoming shoot.
m: 07968848753
e-mail: bongo_john_uk@yahoo.co.uk
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4. WORKSHOPS -
- Advanced Script Writing, weekly
Held by GARY MEPSTED, whose background is in writing feature & short films and stage plays.
He has also been running this workshop for many years, at over £100 for a 1o week session, but for members he is very kindly asking for DONATIONS ONLY.
Gary is building on our basic script writing workshop about creating short stories and will help participants into writing an original 60 min screenplay.
Please e-mail for places.
Starts: Tues 1st Feb, 7:30-9:30
Lasts: 2hrs, Every Tues, 10 Weeks
Location: Old College House, 8-10 Richmond Terrace
e-mail: garywm@ntlworld.com
e-mail: elena.saorin@filmcoalition.co.uk (Workshop Coordinator)
- Online Video Tutorials
Greg Brand is an experienced video maker and will be creating a series of 'How To's' for camera work and editing in the coming months, so watch this space.
web: www.gregbrand.co.uk
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5. FILM CHALLENGES -
- The Weekender Filmbender...
...is coming atcha! It's been 2yrs since our first Film Challenge! That ran for 48hrs, so as it's birthday time, so will this one! Arrive FRI evening, get the idea and the group and deliver SUNDAY night...Screening will be the following weekend as we'll be swapping films with our sister...The Leeds Filmmakers Coalition!
We're aiming for the 3rd weekend in Feb, Fri 18th-Sun 20th.
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6. FESTIVALS, COMPETITIONS, SCREENINGS, EXHIBITIONS -
- Marwood Cafe Virals (expenses/coffee/booze)
Its like a mini Challenge so get involved and keep your hand in before the main event next month!
Our home Cafe is needing some quick n'quirky adverts...in Rich's own words...
'I'm looking for some viral advertising to promote Marwood. I'd like it on a smart phone format. So that hopefully it'll get fired all around the world. Whether it's an overdub of Monkey Magic "I've had too much coffeeeeeee money!" or just something completely repulsive, a brick making love to a chicken. You have total carte blanche. I'd like to make people smile, be disturbed and slightly aroused at the same time.
marwood's dad could kick Starbucks dad's Arse.'
'10secs max, your own body weight in coffee and a boozy screening'
e-mail: richard@themarwood.com
m: 0772641869
t: 01273 382063
Here is an example from Gavin O'Mally-Richardson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8YVhYhHZ4s
- MovieBar (formerly Son of MovieBar)
A monthly film screening and networking event that takes place on the first Monday of every month at the Cornerstone pub in Brighton (bottom of Elm Grove).
The first event of 2011 will take place on Monday 7th February at 8pm. The new e-mail address for film submissions and queries is:
moviebar@ymail.com.
Please e-mail that address if you would like to be added to the mailing list. There is also a new Facebook group here:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_188899724470156
Hope to see you there in February!'
Regards
Chris
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7. WEBSITE UPDATES - www.filmcoalition.co.uk
- Coming Soon (still)
Steven Haw is on the case and once he has some Challenge poster designs out the way he will be working hard on our new website !
big cheer for Steven for stepping up to take this on !!
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8. GENERAL INFO & NEW MEMBERS -
- The Survey is here (only takes about 10 mins and its not on your favorite film)
After days of hard work from everyone involved, our first major survey is now ready for you to fill in !
Please take a little of your time to give us your opinion. It will provide valuable information on what you all want from The filmmakers Coalition and how we might improve areas.
http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/446704/BFC-Survey
We are holding the survey open for One Week so please take that into consideration.
Deadline: Saturday 22nd January
e-mail: bfc@filmcoalition.co.uk
- Mervin Etienne
An actor offering his services and also has a space at the Palace Pier gallery that he maybe willing to offer out as a location space.
He also has a video up on youtube of a piece he recently made
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GoDCFoMm6k
e-mail: mervinetienne@hotmail.com
- Darrel J Butlin
With Specialisms in Writing, Directing and Post production among other things. More info can be found in his advert at the top of this Bulletin.
e-mail: darrelbutlin@gmail.com
web: www.darrelbutlin.com
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If you cannot make our Sunday Meetings at 6pm upstairs at the Marwood, please post your info before Tuesday morning to be included in that weeks' Bulletin. You can also add new information directly onto the BFC websitehttp://filmcoalition.co.uk/
Extra news throughout the week can be posted on the website and our two Facebook pages. No naughty stuff please... that means all paid expenses and feeding people if you're crewing/casting.
If I have missed any news or details please blame someone else or let me know so I can get the correct information out.
Emma 'She was here really' Bailey
Adrian 'Ghost writer' Worsfooldafoolfold
www.filmcoalition.co.uk
Emma.Bailey@filmcoalition.co.uk - Co-Head
Adrian.Worsfold@filmcoalition.co.uk - Co-Head
Elena.Saorin@filmcoalition.co.uk - Workshop Coordinator
Jill.Ahrens@filmcoalition.co.uk - Communications Coordinator
Sarah.Saeed@filmcoalition.co.uk - Events Coordinator
Murray.Hecht@filmcoalition.co.uk - Film Challenge Coordinator
Tim.Pieraccini@filmcoalition.co.uk - Resource Coordinator
