Film
Film on BBC1
23/11/11 14:30
Our new film for BBC Inside Out is scheduled for transmission on Monday 28th November on BBC1 at 1930hrs.
For all those that miss the transmission time (or for those of you that live outside the South West), you will be able to watch the film on the BBC iPlayer.
The film follows 71 year old mountaineer and double amputee Norman Croucher from Devon. Not content with having scaled some of the world’s biggest peaks, including Cho Oyo in Tibet at over 8000m on his two tin legs, Croucher has decided to learn to paraglide.
Shot on location in the Lake District in Cumbria and in Dorset and Devon, the film follows Norman on his journey. But at 71 is this a challenge too far for the intrepid adventurer?
For more information on Norman Croucher, please visit his website here.
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For all those that miss the transmission time (or for those of you that live outside the South West), you will be able to watch the film on the BBC iPlayer.
The film follows 71 year old mountaineer and double amputee Norman Croucher from Devon. Not content with having scaled some of the world’s biggest peaks, including Cho Oyo in Tibet at over 8000m on his two tin legs, Croucher has decided to learn to paraglide.
Shot on location in the Lake District in Cumbria and in Dorset and Devon, the film follows Norman on his journey. But at 71 is this a challenge too far for the intrepid adventurer?
For more information on Norman Croucher, please visit his website here.
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Documentary Film Course
15/07/11 09:15
For any one interested in developing their documentary filmmaking skills, filmmaker Andy Johnstone is running a new course at the Exeter Phoenix Arts Centre in from the 22-26 August 2011.
The course is aimed at anyone with an interest on documentary film and is based around a ‘live’ project to be produced in Exeter as part of the course. The film will be planned, scripted, shot, edited and produced by the students during the week. The final film will be uploaded to Youtube and Vimeo and, for those students hoping to go on to make a career in film and TV, this project will make a valuable addition to their screen credit list.
During the course, students will learn about the key practical elements of documentary filmmaking, about the editorial and planing process, about project preparation as well as learning valuable production tips and techniques on documentary camera skills, audio and post production.
The course costs just £300 for a full week of tuition. For more information and to book a place on the course, please call 01392 667 066 see the Exeter Phoenix website here:
http://www.exeterphoenixdigital.org.uk/courses.php
The course is aimed at anyone with an interest on documentary film and is based around a ‘live’ project to be produced in Exeter as part of the course. The film will be planned, scripted, shot, edited and produced by the students during the week. The final film will be uploaded to Youtube and Vimeo and, for those students hoping to go on to make a career in film and TV, this project will make a valuable addition to their screen credit list.
During the course, students will learn about the key practical elements of documentary filmmaking, about the editorial and planing process, about project preparation as well as learning valuable production tips and techniques on documentary camera skills, audio and post production.
The course costs just £300 for a full week of tuition. For more information and to book a place on the course, please call 01392 667 066 see the Exeter Phoenix website here:
http://www.exeterphoenixdigital.org.uk/courses.php
Nile film Update
26/01/10 16:48
The hot news is that Death of the Nile? as been picked up by NHK in Japan. The film has also been screening on the guardian website for the past month or so, racking up 11,000 views, which is double the normal viewing figures for films on the Guardian's site! I am very excited and I hope we'll get the chance to finish the project if we can get a bite from one of the major networks.
The link to the Guardian site is here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/video/2010/jan/15/climate-change-nile
Please take a look if you have the time.
The link to the Guardian site is here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/video/2010/jan/15/climate-change-nile
Please take a look if you have the time.
Grant for Nile Film
20/10/09 06:42
I am really please to annouce that I have been awared a development grant by the Commonwealth Brodcasting Assocation CBA, as part of the DIFD funded CBA Media Development Scheme for my new film project "Death of the NIle?" documentary film project.
The CBA DFID funding is aimed at journalists and filmmakers develop projects and programming
focusing on development issues in Commonwealth countries and in these tough econmic times, with TV and media budgets being cut, the scheme is more important than ever in helping to produce films that raise awareness on develpoment issues. You can read more about the CBA Media Development Scheme here:
http://www.cba.org.uk/CBA-DFID/index.php
The funding means that I have been able to do further research and development work on the film project and also fund a trip to Uganda for several days shooting. We'll also be shooting several key interviews in the UK and to day I am in Aberystwyth in Wales to interview Dr Henry Lamb about his current project work on Lake Tana in Ethiopia.
We plan to post regular updates on this blog about the film project and the forth coming trips.
More later!
The CBA DFID funding is aimed at journalists and filmmakers develop projects and programming
http://www.cba.org.uk/CBA-DFID/index.php
The funding means that I have been able to do further research and development work on the film project and also fund a trip to Uganda for several days shooting. We'll also be shooting several key interviews in the UK and to day I am in Aberystwyth in Wales to interview Dr Henry Lamb about his current project work on Lake Tana in Ethiopia.
We plan to post regular updates on this blog about the film project and the forth coming trips.
More later!
WD films on The Water Channel
14/04/09 10:58
Hot news, the full length versions of three of my previous films for Wild Dog Limited have now been added to the Water Channel.
Follow these links to the following films:
The Nile, our river (Development and civil society in the Nile Basin)
Money into Water, Water into Money (Access to water for the poor in Ethiopia)
SecureWater (Water and sanitation for the poor in Kenya, Sri Lanka and India)
The films are all presented as flash videos so they are viewable on most computer systems. Please take a look and if you like please regster with the Water Channel, log in and rate the films!
Enjoy!
