And just maybe a sauna too.

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Details of screenings all on the Doc / Fest website here.

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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

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Tickets and info here. 

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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! 

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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 "http://www.flyingconfessions.com/about_Jennifer.php">'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:

• Locate your story purpose and stick to it


• Plot is a 'coathanger' for the thesis or 'story purpose'


• A shooting scene is a 'unified field' including you, the
  subject/s, any bystanders and all crew - ensure that you control
  all of it


• Time always works - if you film anything over enough time, a
  narrative will emerge


• An interview can be a scene if it's special enough

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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.

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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.

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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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