BIAFF 2015 entries
Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2015 12:19 pm
Well, that's me done. Three entries all packaged and posted.
Having failed in my attempts at high-art and at gritty drama, I have returned to what I do best and have submitted the following:
"The Choughsbury Line" - an engaging film about this little known preserved steam railway, including exciting footage of the backs of people's heads as they strain to get a photo of the open firebox, shots along the moving train as it rounds a bend from a camera precariously held out of a window. Experience the thrills as you see a locomotive being coupled AND uncoupled! Delight in the shots of other railway enthusisasts as they move across our line of view just as the train comes into sight. Recall more virile times with shots of locomotives plunging into tunnels. Incudes real-time footage of the whole 9 mile journey from Frogsborough to Dunspotting - and back!
"Weekend in Bognor" - A short film made when Mavis and I went for our golden wedding anniversary to this delightful British seaside town. I took every opportunity to get my camera out and capture some of the lesser known facts and figures. There is one hilarious moment where I spot a nail had fallen out of the number on a door in Walmer Street and what should have said "66" now said "69". As I say in the film, "That must confuse the postman!". There are a number of interesting pieces of street furniture, including a 1927 fire hydrant and one of those things where you scrape mud off your boots. Unknown to many, the bus timetable in Bognor is quite interesting and I go to some length explaining why. The sound lets the film down a bit. I had hoped Mavis would fulfil the role of sound recordist and accompany on my numerous jaunts out, but for some reasons she preferred to stay in the guest house....
"A Plot Off the Internet" - not really my film, but a club film. Mike found a plot on the internet based on a gag that three club members hadn't heard before. We therefore assumed no-one else - and certainly BIAFF judges - would have heard them either. Whilst there is only one gag, we thought there was plenty of opportunity to extend the story before the punch-line and so (without wishing to give the game away) instead of having two people discussing what they would do if they won the lottery, we added in 12 other characters - so everyone in the club could appear. Of course the joke depends on the relationship between a young newly-wed couple and the bride's younger sister, so obviously, at only 64, Tom plays the young man. Unfortunately his wife Jess, refused to play his his wife but she was persuaded to play the younger sister. As that had used up all our women, Jim stepped in to play the wife.
I hope the judges don't have to suffer too much along the lines of the above!
Best of luck to all entrants.
Having failed in my attempts at high-art and at gritty drama, I have returned to what I do best and have submitted the following:
"The Choughsbury Line" - an engaging film about this little known preserved steam railway, including exciting footage of the backs of people's heads as they strain to get a photo of the open firebox, shots along the moving train as it rounds a bend from a camera precariously held out of a window. Experience the thrills as you see a locomotive being coupled AND uncoupled! Delight in the shots of other railway enthusisasts as they move across our line of view just as the train comes into sight. Recall more virile times with shots of locomotives plunging into tunnels. Incudes real-time footage of the whole 9 mile journey from Frogsborough to Dunspotting - and back!
"Weekend in Bognor" - A short film made when Mavis and I went for our golden wedding anniversary to this delightful British seaside town. I took every opportunity to get my camera out and capture some of the lesser known facts and figures. There is one hilarious moment where I spot a nail had fallen out of the number on a door in Walmer Street and what should have said "66" now said "69". As I say in the film, "That must confuse the postman!". There are a number of interesting pieces of street furniture, including a 1927 fire hydrant and one of those things where you scrape mud off your boots. Unknown to many, the bus timetable in Bognor is quite interesting and I go to some length explaining why. The sound lets the film down a bit. I had hoped Mavis would fulfil the role of sound recordist and accompany on my numerous jaunts out, but for some reasons she preferred to stay in the guest house....
"A Plot Off the Internet" - not really my film, but a club film. Mike found a plot on the internet based on a gag that three club members hadn't heard before. We therefore assumed no-one else - and certainly BIAFF judges - would have heard them either. Whilst there is only one gag, we thought there was plenty of opportunity to extend the story before the punch-line and so (without wishing to give the game away) instead of having two people discussing what they would do if they won the lottery, we added in 12 other characters - so everyone in the club could appear. Of course the joke depends on the relationship between a young newly-wed couple and the bride's younger sister, so obviously, at only 64, Tom plays the young man. Unfortunately his wife Jess, refused to play his his wife but she was persuaded to play the younger sister. As that had used up all our women, Jim stepped in to play the wife.
I hope the judges don't have to suffer too much along the lines of the above!
Best of luck to all entrants.