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Official Selection at 5th Leicester DocFilm Festival for 'The Next Room' [VIDEOS FOR ARTISTS #3]

7/11/2014

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UPDATE: The screening was previously stated as 3pm but it is now 5pm. See the full programme of films HERE for their "Showcase Programme" that the film is in.

Howdy! I haven't blogged in ages as I've been intensively moving house and setting up shop, but pretty much back on track now AND... I'm pleased to announce that I just got word a few days ago that The Next Room (the third in my Videos For Artists web series) will screen tomorrow as part of the 5th DocFilm Festival 2014. The screening will takes place at the Doc Media Centre (Highcross, Leicester) 8th November at 5pm as a part of a larger programme showing 11am to 7pm. There is a big array of things going on, with the entirety of November being Documentary Media Month. Well worth a look and a privelege to be a part of! Sadly I can't attend the screening but wish the festival and wider event the best of luck.

The Next Room is a short documentary that casts a wandering eye on a group of artists as they prepare for their installation performance within the Pit Theatre at London's bustling creative nucleus the Barbican Centre. Le Collectif International des Improvisateurs is made up of performers, musicians, technicians, dancers and everything in between. An eclectic, unsuspecting audience will walk through the door into The Next Room. Check out the group's brand new website.

If you're on Twitter, keep up to speed with my work and interact with me @PaulEVernon. I will soon be releasing my new dance film Branches & Bones that I made in Denmark and would love you to see it. Sincerely, thanks for reading!
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Tri-Cities International Fantastic Film Festival (USA) & Preview For VIDEOS FOR ARTISTS #4

26/9/2014

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The Tri-Cities International Fantastic Film Festival begins tomorrow, with my science fiction short film MARS-II screening on the 28th of September in two days. This is currently the final screening in America for MARS-II, being a part of two film festivals in Detroit and Pasco earlier in 2014. MARS-II premiered at the 38th Boston Science Fiction Film Festival, screened in South Africa for Celludroid and was an opening film in Toronto for Monsters & Martians Science Fiction Short Film Festival. It has also screened in India and was short-listed for the Golden Blaster at The National Irish Science Fiction Film Awards! Myself and others who worked on the film are delighted that it's been seen by so many audiences around the world and I'll be bringing the film online imminently - getting our work in front of more people. You can read about the MARS-II production, behind the scenes and more in my Champion Up North interview (including a very peculiar story while filming).

Anna Jung Seo's her 81 paces exhibition, which I shot for VIDEOS FOR ARTISTS #4 at the A&D Gallery, has now concluded. The video and latest in the web series will be online soon. Check out these new preview images to see Anna's brilliant work up close and some of what will be included:
Thanks for reading my blog! I sincerely appreciate your time. You can interact with me on Twitter with my handle @PaulEVernon and don't hesitate to contact me if you want to know more about my films or the Videos For Artists web series, which has documented work in the Barbican Centre and for the London Contemporary Dance School. I'm always looking for new projects, clients and collaborators; maybe that's you? Until next time...

Websites for ANNA JUNG SEO and A&D GALLERY
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Videos For Artists #4 / A&D Gallery / Screening and 'Branches & Bones' Editing Complete

17/9/2014

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VIDEOS  FOR  ARTISTS  #4  /  A&D  GALLERY / Screening
AND  'BRANCHES  &  BONES'  EDITING  COMPLETE

PictureVideos For Artists #1 Screens At A&D Gallery
On the 16th of September I was invited to make a film of the opening night private viewing of her 81 paces from Korean artist Anna Jung Seo at the A&D Gallery in London. The fourth in my web series focussing on artists (installations, performances, exhibitions etc.). Anna's intimate and spectacular work was ergonomically arranged and satisfyingly presented by the gallery, which made the digestion and observation of her personal imagery enjoyable and rewarding. The drawings and paintings explored a range of emotions, with distinctly colourful pictures mixing with moodier darker pieces. The combination of which, showed the variation in Anna's feelings whilst in the process of creating these new works and the breadth of her skills as an artist. One of the great aspects I find in her work, is the variety of style. Videos For Artists #1 - Memories Through Line & Colour, Anna's last solo show, screened as a feature (see picture left) in the gallery surrounded by the exhibition of these excellent new works. her 81 paces runs until Saturday 20th of September and you can read more about on Gallery Guide.

Branches & Bones is soon to be released online! The editing is now complete and I aim to be officially releasing the film via social media, Youtube and Vimeo in the coming weeks. Check out the gallery of production stills below for a taste. The film is my interpretation of Julie Schmidt Andreasen's dance and movement workshops that took place in the rarely captured mysterious but beautiful grounds of Vallo Castle in Denmark. When I first started developing this project, I really wasn't sure what my end result would look like. I am now very pleased with the film and having sent a preview of my cut to Julie... she is too! I look forward to people seeing our work in this unique video which showcases the interesting and environmentally interactive choreography/games that Julie has created.

I went to Denmark with two films I intended to create, though I now have SIX to put together! You may as well make the most of your time somewhere! From looking at the material when I returned home to England I found more within what I'd shot and others were concieved on the spur of the moment when there. This includes a film of photography observing a Copenhagen beach where you can see over the sea an impressive massive bridge to Sweden and a dance film of new choreography from Julie that premiered a few months ago in a Danish museum, on the same beach. With the latter we also filmed a scene in a dance studio that was converted from a chapel - Dansekapellet.

One of these extra shorts is made-up of two scenes which I thought didn't fit within the overall Branches & Bones film. I felt they needed more breathing space than I could allow and so they're getting their own video. The scenes are of a game in which one person must guide another using only sound; the person with their eyes closed trusting and relying on their partner. It's a very basic idea but yielded images that expressed a genuine intertwine between the people and the nature around them. Three of the production stills are below.
If you've read this far about my work, then sincerely thank you and I hope you get to see my finished films when they come online! I'll mention briefly that there's exciting development of a potential workshop with the central theme being my short documentary A Film By Abigail that would take place in D-NM--K... you guessed it: Denmark again!

Anyone looking at this / sharing / liking the blog - I really appreciate the support and exposure. Follow me on Twitter @PaulEVernon and say hello. Until next time...
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SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON 2014: A Film By Abigail in Official Selection at Film Festival! [SDCC]

15/7/2014

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San  Diego  Comic-Con  2014
OFFICIAL  SELECTION
San  Diego  International  Children's  Film  Festival

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UPDATE: 'A Film By Abigail' will screen in Programme 5 as the second film in what's dubbed "Best of Fest" and described as 
"Some of the best shorts from 11 years of the festival, take a trip back in time enjoying again some of the all-time favorites!"
See the schedule in full on comic-con.org.


Exclusively
announced on the TRAVELLING MAN FACEBOOK page - the best and my favourite comic book shop - my short documentary A FILM BY ABIGAIL will screen at the world renowned and highly anticipated SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON 2014! It is in the Official Selection of the San Diego International Children's Film Festival on 27th of July. If you're unfamiliar with SDCC, this is the number one event where huge announcements/panels are held for TV, film and comics. Although it's rooted in the science fiction and superhero genres first and foremost, the event has become an annual phenomenon in which celebrities, tv shows, premieres, producers, writers, directors, actors... will all be present and it is the most important popular arts convention in the world. To be a part of it with one of my films is astounding. As a comic book reader who (and will still this year) wait for the major trailers/announcements trying to one up each other, cliche or not, it is a dream come true to have my work there. To give you an idea of its magnitude and cross-form appeal here are some of the illustrious sponsors: AMC, Warner Bros, MTV, Nintendo, Showtime, Marvel, DC Entertainment, Xbox and Sony Pictures.
...this year presents many new shorts, as well as favorites celebrating the past decade of the festival. The festival features creative, exciting, and imaginative short films from around the world: animation, live action, and documentary... films from the United States, Canada, Italy, Hungary, Japan, Australia, Singapore, Spain, and beyond."
- Description of children's film festival from: comic-con.org
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'A Film By Abigail' recently screened at WonderCon 2014, the sister event from Comic-Con International, the WonderCon Anaheim International Children's Film Festival and also at the 25th Internationales Film Festival Emden/Norderney in Germany as the opener of a British showcase of work curated by the London Short Film Festival. In addition to the San Diego Comic-Con screening, I have decided to coincide the event with the film finally releasing online publicly as well!
Some other quick notes before you leave... my science fiction short film MARS-II screens in Detroit (USA) in the Official Selection of the Detcon1 Film Festival in a few days on Saturday 19th of July at 7:14pm as part of 'Science Fiction & Fantasy Shorts #4'.

Also, following my blog about three art film commissions on the horizon, I have now successfully completed production on them. Phew! The first of which is completed and online (see left), a documentary for my 'Videos For Artists' web series, shot at BARBICAN CENTRE. My film for 'Filthy Lucre: Lost In The Nameless City' where I interpreted London's urban spaces with video/photography screened
at the event a few days ago and was met with a resounding ovation from the audience. I will be writing a separate blog about the making of the film very soon, sharing images of the process and research behind it, as it developed from ideas into a finished piece of work - - - I returned from Denmark about a week ago, and having gone there to shoot two films, I returned with FOUR!! I shot at a rarely captured place called Vallo Castle, dance on a beautiful Copenhagen beach and at a converted Chapel, now a dance studio: Danse Kapellet. There'll be more on these exciting finished or near completed film projects in an upcoming blog post.
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Thank you for reading and if you're feeling generous and enjoyed the blog - please hit the share/like buttons to help support/expose my work! If you want, say hello and connect with me on Twitter @PaulEVernon. Until next time...
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Three Art Film Commissions: THE BARBICAN / FILTHY LUCRE / DENMARK - 7/5/2014

7/5/2014

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THREE  Art  Film  Commissions


Hello! Thanks for clicking on my blog - it means the world to me that you'd even consider giving me some of your time! I have three new films I've been commissioned to make in the next two months and I am in the midst of development for them. Here's the short rundown of these varied projects:
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Outside The Back of The Barbican Centre

#1   THE  BARBICAN

On May 8th (that's tomorrow!) I'll be filming 'The Next Room' for their OPEN LAB day at renowned London arts centre THE BARBICAN in the Pit Theatre. This will be the third in my ongoing VIDEOS FOR ARTISTS series, in which I create a documentary of an exhibition/event. A document of the artist's work but also a video piece in its own right. I'm told there will be dance, body-painting and audience members recording their experiences for live broadcast. It should be very interesting to shoot and I have little specific knowledge of what to expect. I'm excited to enter the experiment fresh, sensitive to what occurs.
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Marketing Images Danish Workshop / The Dome!
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#2   DENMARK

I'll be travelling to Denmark at the end of June for my fourth collaboration with choreographer/dancer JULIE SCHMIDT ANDREASEN. Our first piece of work together was THE BODY CANVAS, which had its World Premiere at the 'Zealous X' exhibition (Oxo Tower Wharf, Southbank, London) in late November 2013 and was mentioned in TIME OUT LONDON. We then worked together to make the FILTHY LUCRE trailer, now viewed as a separate dance-on-camera work in itself. I see this new film as a psuedo-continuation of previous work, in which similar ideology about dance and its interaction with objects or circumstance, influence and cause conversation in the movement. It will sensitively document non-performers who have signed up to Julie's workshop to interact with the environment through dance. We will also be shooting a short film showcasing new choreography from Julie, at an incredible giant dome-like location that's very picturesque, by the sea.
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In Development: Sketching a Shot Idea

#3   FILTHY LUCRE

Following the success of my FILTHY LUCRE 3 trailer, I've been asked to return and commissioned to create a new film for their fourth edition of the arts event! The night will also have an orchestra, designers and slam poets demonstrating new work and song covers. My piece will be interpreting "the city" and "urban spaces" in London. How I portray or visually discuss these elements has been left up to me as an artist to develop through an organic and rewarding process, towards a final visual piece. The film will be accompanied by a live music soundtrack of Steve Reich's 'Electric Counterpoint' on the event night of July 12th at the Bussey Building in Peckham. I want to subvert and distort common images of the city skyline and famous buildings using perspective, composition, close-up texture and different methods of mirroring/layering the imagery. The video elements will be shot in black and white, but I've also decided to include full colour photography within the film. Despite the obvious comments that will likely be there, about commercialism and expansion in the capital, I don't want to make a film that hammers home a political view or is an indictment of the place. I want the film to be interpretive and insightful for the audience, pessimistic and also optimistic; an artistically journalistic account of the city from someone only just getting-to-know it. The film will incorporate experimental efforts of inducing nostalgia, through the people and colours of the streets, captured through the innocence but unpredictability of my modified disposable cameras. I can't wait to see how all the components mix and what we might see of London through it.

Thank you for reading my blog! I appreciate the interest in my work and support. Please Like/Share if you can. I look forward to showing you the new films either online or at an event. Please follow me on Twitter @PaulEVernon to connect and keep updated.
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