CRASAC Filming Day Monday 28th July

Hi all, Just would like to thank you all for your hard work - we got a massive ammount of footage on tape today. I know most of you still have your main scenes to shoot but even being an extra behind the main actors etc as in the canteen scene is very important to the look of a film and it never hurts to watch professional film makers setting up shots etc.

NO KYSPA Tuesday 22nd July

Still no resolution on the room (at least not one we can afford!).

BUT we will be shooting on the 28th july. Info to follow.

Room Crisis - No KYSPA Tonight

Sorry folks, have been so far unable to secure a room for us to use - though I am working on it! There will be no KYSPA this evening (Tuesday 15th July) but I'll hopefully have sorted it by next week.

Meantime, feel free to look at the youtube films in the margin (hopefully the follywood links are working now) as well as the case study gothic "horror" music vid below.

Please hold... normal service will be resumed as soon as possible.

A Music Video Case Study - Horror/Comedy

I know many of you quite like a bit of gothic horror! When I was about the age you folks are now (back in the Stone Age this was) I went on an exchange trip to Germany. Whilst I was there the Pet Shop Boys were in the charts and I saw this Video for the first time on German TV!

Made a big impact on me and was largely responsible for the Lady and the Vamp project at Follywood Studios. This video is low tech (the bat) but very effective nontheless.

What you will notice is there is humour here - The Vamp is slightly pathetic and comical. Yet the reaction of the woman brings in the darker side of the story - not just because she rejects her husband in favour of "quasi" but cos she's doomed the minute she does - and you know it.

This vid is more then a little bit surreal - which adds to the hint of horror (its about as scary as an episode of Charlie and Lola but it is just faintly troubling!) The imposed "bride" image as the woman walks towards her new "husband" indicates the vamp has won and the desperate playing of the violin players (closing their eyes before the bite) creates a horror style without the horror.

As a final point, I like the two reactions by the scorned husband, first sad, then finally bitter.

Pet shop boys vids tend to be well shot but also pretty intellectual. Nothing appears without a reason. They had a bit of fun with this one but still created a story with a couple of layers to it.

So... you've read about it now enjoy! Feel free to post your comments on this blog about what you thought of it - I'd be interested! Rich.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=12tyZRFkzFI

A good session!

Just a quick post to thank you for a great session last night. It's been a while since we've had a session where we've got so much done and that is v encouraging.

With regard to the CRASAC dvd, we have a film date of July 28th. I need confirmation ASAP that you can attend wherever the shoot might be (it'll be local, just don't have a precise location yet) on the 28th.

Please phone or comment to let me know. Thanks, Rich

Film Call for Actors!

Blue Ocean Pictures will over the next few months be filming a Sci-Fi film for the film festival circuit called "CANOPUS 279" Yours truly is playing a Geological Officer on his first deep space mission.

I have no script details as yet - its being finalised - but I have been asked to sound you folks out about taking parts as the "aliens" on the planet we're surveying. Please comment or let me know if you're up for it. Cool special effects and a smoke machine are among the attractions - not to mention me in a "space suit" - something you will only see once in your lifetimes!

We will be continuing meets at the Church Hall for a while. All of our equipment has now been taken out of the Youth Space for safe storage following the loss of our IMAC. We will have to think quite carefully about where we want to base ourselves in the future.

Theft from the Youth Space

I regret to announce that our IMAC PC was stolen from the youth space sometime between this week and our last session. Fortunately our cameras were with me for recharging and so that was all that was taken as far as I can tell.

Obviously, the MAC held quite a collection of images and film from our work going back nearly a year now. You will have been using each other's first names and so there is a very slight risk of this information falling into the wrong hands.

PLEASE be extra aware of anyone approaching you who claims to have seen you or know about you through KYSPA. If ANY images show up in youtube, myspace, facebook or beebo that you think come from our PC, please notify me immediately.

NO personal details AT ALL were stored on the Mac so from a data protection point of view this is a relatively minor problem but please do be alert.

The theft has been reported to the police and our insurance company.