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Post by shindig on May 30, 2008 18:46:00 GMT
Somewhere via Newcastle Central.
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Post by Dave on May 30, 2008 20:51:21 GMT
Dave, did you ever get a reply from the director? Obviously not. Shall we all try emailing him -Kevin.Walton@manchester.ac.uk - would that be the right address? can't believe this thread has been bumped. Ahhh.. here's an idea for you Dave, assuming the dvd fan commentary ever gets finished, how about doing a similar film to Hull to Hornsea but going from somewhere else. People on this site could all do a leg of the journey. I'd love to see London to Weston-Super-Mare maybe... !! Just a thought. No, never got a reply from the producer chap... never had the director's contact email. I guess you can do a Hull To Hornsea-esque film just with a digital stills cam and a tripod. Dread to think how long it would take. I guess this is how the original was done, but with 35mm stills cam perhaps? By the way... I have found a bad quality version of the film online now! The beginning is missing and ending is a bit abrupt, but you can all check out what the hell we've been going on about at least. As far as I remember the film started in Hull station, perhaps even with people boarding and station master blowing his whistle? I'm sure I recall the driver's eye viewpoint beginning from a standstill, and then gradually picking up speed. The version I have found online begins just before the viewpoint leaves the tracks. The effect of which is entirely lost when the beginning is missing (and by being told about it by me haha). The bad quality really doesn't do it any justice: www.vidilife.com/video_play_166909_were_the_train_once_run_hull_to_hornsea_england.htm
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Post by shindig on May 31, 2008 8:31:42 GMT
That's more like 'as the low flying crow flies' rather than a railway trip.
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Post by RichK on Jun 3, 2008 14:00:04 GMT
Wow, nice one! Oddly that is exactly the length of it I saw last time I'm sure, where it left the line. Well found, it is such a great idea for a film.
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Post by Dave on Jun 3, 2008 19:48:03 GMT
Wow, nice one! Oddly that is exactly the length of it I saw last time I'm sure, where it left the line. Well found, it is such a great idea for a film. Maybe I've invented the beginning in my mind?! At the very least I'm sure you saw the journey start from a standstill at the beginning and then pick up speed.
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Post by shindig on Jun 4, 2008 11:07:19 GMT
I don't think you invented it. That's how it should be done, normally. Particularly with the music it's going with.
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Post by Dave on Jun 4, 2008 16:11:28 GMT
I don't think you invented it. That's how it should be done, normally. Particularly with the music it's going with. Yeah. You can just about see in the video online that the beginning emulates one of those old black and white sped-up train journey films. Before we leave the track, the film is black and white (although the dodgy video online makes it look like it has flecks of colour) and is only accompanied by the sound of a steam train. Brilliant. Actually it males me wonder whether the first black and white bit is an old film, and then they added to it at the point it leaves the track? I mean, how would they have been able to do their stop-motion camera work on an active railway line? I found someone on MySpace called Kevin Walton who is a 37 year old animator from the UK. Those details sound like it could be him. I have sent him a message.
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Post by jafford on Jun 5, 2008 20:21:52 GMT
I mean, how would they have been able to do their stop-motion camera work on an active railway line? You obviously don't know how bad the transport is in Hull then on a Sunday morning it's not active at all.
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Post by shindig on Jun 6, 2008 10:14:31 GMT
Easy. Stick a camera in the front cabin.
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Post by onsuper8 on Jul 28, 2008 16:00:41 GMT
Here's a similar (of sorts) Super 8mm short I've just completed - "Saturdays Only"
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Post by Dave on Jul 28, 2008 17:38:32 GMT
Easy. Stick a camera in the front cabin. But that's not stop-motion... maybe the beginning wasn't. onsuper8.... that film is great. Those train journey films are always hypnotic, and the addition of banter from the passengers on the once-a-week train worked really nicely. The Super8 look goes so well with it too, because we're so used to seeing these kinds of transport films on old film.
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Post by shindig on Jul 28, 2008 17:50:00 GMT
Nice. Reminds me of this.
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Post by Dave on Oct 8, 2008 19:54:04 GMT
I found someone on MySpace called Kevin Walton who is a 37 year old animator from the UK. Those details sound like it could be him. I have sent him a message. How long ago did I post that? Well, the MySpace Kevin Walton replied today, and he is indeed the chap that made Hull To Hornsea. He says he has been meaning to get a good version up a YouTube for a while now, but hasn't got round to it. When he does, he says he will message me again. The wonders of the internet!
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Post by shindig on Oct 8, 2008 20:34:34 GMT
And, by a happy coincidence, BBCFour recently did a load of trainy goodness. Including the BBC interlude 'London to Brighton in 4 minutes'.
And by a rather looser coincidence, I've got an assessment with the Inland Revenue (job interview, not tax dodging) which is a stone's throw away from Newcastle's Central Station.
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Post by clarity7 on Oct 16, 2008 21:38:54 GMT
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