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This weekend we are lucky guests of the Finnish Institute, who have revisted our 2002 live webcast project TV swansong in a smart new publication - and as part of Helsinki's Pixelache (what a name -)) with input from digital diva Sarah Cook, we find ourselves having a little talk and book launch.
And just maybe a sauna too.
At last we're super pleased to announce that our third feature doc. Jaywick Escapes will have its premiere screening at the fantastic Sheffield Doc / Fest this year on the 13th and 14th of June. We're looking forward to seeing old friends and new faces there and to our long running work in Jaywick reaching an international audience for the first time.
Details of screenings all on the Doc / Fest website here.
We're looking for an experienced designer to work with us developing the print materials and DVD design for our new film Jaywick Escapes ... if this could be you read on!
JAYWICK ESCAPES - film design publicity brief
Jaywick Escapes is the third independent feature documentary by
artist / directors Karen Guthrie & Nina Pope (Somewhere). This
summer the film premieres in the UK at a prestigious festival
before a planned DVD release.
Somewhere is now recruiting an inspired designer or design practice
to manage and deliver a distinctive visual identity for the film as
it reaches distribution and outreach stages. The film website has
been designed by theusefularts and the designer
will be expected to liaise with the directors and web designer on
ensuring a holistic treatment across the online and print
media.
For the film synopsis and trailer visit: www.jaywickescapes.com
For examples of Somewhere's other films:
www.somewhere.org.uk/films/ & www.bata-ville.com
Deliverables:
Graphic identity
DVD package: disc & cover artwork, insert
Electronic Press Kit layout
Graphic document templates (INDD) for use on correspondance,
education, media etc
Large format film poster (modifiable INDD file & printed for
2012 film festivals)
Promotional card for film festivals
Branded giveway for film festivals – current thinking is seaside
rock
Budget:
£1000.00 Fee
Deliverables budget £2300.00 inc. DVD production (edition 1000)
TBC
Deadlines:
Expressions of Interest May 10th (12 noon)
Interview (Skype or live) May 15th
Initial design meeting May 21st
Graphic ID May 25th
Posters / promo cards / giveaways delivered by June 6th
DVD – TBC, circa late summer 2012
To Apply:
Send your CV and a short email outlining why you would like to work
on the project, your previous relevant
experience plus a link to a selection of online examples of your
work to view.
Send us the link here
by 12 noon on May 10th
Somewhere really recommends getting over to Elephant and Castle this week for your last chance to see the wonderful 'Vision Quest' film in person. It's by our good friend and fellow-samurai Marcus Coates, working with the fantastic Micahel Smythe of Nomad. They are, it seems, a great collaboration - I'm sure the film will go far but how much better to see it in the actual location ...
Tickets and info here.
It's that time of year again when I undergo my own personal hell (completely self inflicted) that is finishing the Abbey Gardens plant database so we can switch it to a new season ...
Switch makes it sound easy - it is not - "You wouldn't let it lie" I chant to myself as I try to come up with a sensible 'out' date for the inevitable plants that have slipped through my already neurotic net.
Today I enjoyed some respite from the keyboard at the actual garden photographing missing entries. I thought I'd share this image of the 'fruit wall' 3 seasons in and it's looking mighty impressive ... makes all that record keeping worthwhile!
I visited Nina and I's alma mater Edinburgh College of Art last week, to attend a masterclass hosted by the Scottish Documentary Institute.
The event was led by inspirational American film-maker
Jennifer Fox whose work includes 'Beirut'
and 'Flying:Confessions
of a Free Woman' and 'My Reincarnation'. Over a
thirty year independent career Jennifer had spent at times up to
twenty years on some projects!
I made a few notes that I'd like to share as they are indeed jewels
of wisdom:
The Royal Institute of British Architects is hosting a screening of Bata-ville: We are not afraid of the future tomorrow evening at 6:30 PM. Be sure to come check it out!
I've lost track of how many websites we've now built with our long term collaborator Dorian (now useful arts) but I really enjoyed myself today sitting together putting the last tweeks to the first iteration of our Jaywick Escapes film site.
The new addition to our working process now is Dorian's little daughter ... it's hard to focus on html when someone so cute is trying to lure you into reading the hungry catapillar!
You can see the new site here ... we're very excited to have it live.
The 2012 garden season at Abbey Gardens has begun and we are off to a FANTASTIC start ... we heard last week that the Friends Group have been successful in securing on-going funding from the Tudor Trust for the next three years. It's wonderful news to know the garden club sessions will continue and Hamish will be able to stay as our Garden Club Leader. Here are the times for this years sessions:
Tuesdays 1pm-4pm
Thursdays 4pm-7pm
Saturdays 10am-3pm
The other big news this year is of course our entry for the first time into the almighty NGS yellow book - you can see our page on the NGS site here, I think we brush up nicely for the honour.
As well as the NGS open day we have a full calendar for activities at Abbey Gardens throughout the seasons. This year the events team are ahead of the game with this nice downloadable pdf calendar!
AND as if all this isn't enough FOAG are also now on facebook and twitter - love us up here, listen to little tweets from an urban oasis here.
Because we distribute our film Bata-ville (2005) we have a very direct contact line to the people who buy it. I always drop them a line to see how they heard about it and sometimes the responses are fascinating, a couple of weeks ago Carol Williams sent us this message:
I am very moved by your film.
As one of the characters says, there's a mystery there--the sense of many answers, but we don't yet know the questions. I think that is a very good way for a film to leave you. The questions rise up on their own.
The after-effects of Bata is a rich subject to have chosen (or been chosen by). What a wonderful way to frame a journey in search of community, creativity, home, mechanization, meaningful work. To ask: are we afraid of the future? (And how scary was the past?—What were the results 'on the ground' of this ambitious experiment in living and working and how have people negotiated the inevitable paradoxes?).
I thought the film beautifully made. And photographed. The faces will stay with me, as will the views from the bus, and the people singing. (Your air hostess uniforms were just the right touch.) The portraits and conversations you filmed go to the heart of the matter, as does your eloquent filming of the built landscape in Maryport, East Tilbury, and Zlin.
I saw the film before my own journey to East Tilbury where I am going in March, in search of the buildings my father, Bronek Katz, designed there in the 1950s. It makes a wonderful preparation. I will write again after I have been there.
Thank you again for your careful and inspired work. The film was an important experience for me, as I am sure it was for others who don't have Bata histories. Understanding what worked and what didn't in the past and presenting it with imagination and compassion is, I think, a good way not to be afraid of the future.
Best wishes, Carol Williams New York, USA.
Apparently like others Carol 'found' the film at the right time for her ... which for us is a very nice feeling as the project continues to feel live. In fact, there's shortly going to be a new public screening in London at the RIBA as part of their A place to call home programme. It will be on the 27th of March at the RIBA, 66 Portland Place, London, W1B 1AD at 18.30. Tomorrow night also features a talk there about East Tilbury - 'A Place Called Bata-ville'.
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