INTERNATIONAL SHORT/SHANE?
Sept 2, 2007 14:00:32 GMT
Post by shanemeadows on Sept 2, 2007 14:00:32 GMT
I go into pre-production on a new short film this week provisionally titled 'Somers Town'. It is a pretty big departure for me as it has charactors from Warsaw, Paris, Somers Town in London and one charactor from the North of course.
In short, I was approached by Eurostar about six months ago to see if I would make a feature length project around the Somers Town area of Kings Cross using kids from there, paris and possibly Belgium. Although I was going to have creative control, I didn't really want to make a feature film with purely commercial funding and I was also pretty knackered after the T.I.E. release, so I turned it down.
However, I did have a shorter idea that I spoke to them about which I suggested they get Fraser to write and said that I would consider doing that if I could re-charge my batteries for a few months and get the 'Le Donk' shoot out of the way.
The script was sent through to me a few weeks ago and to be honest, I was really impressed with what fraser had done and agreed to get involved. It is basically a 30 page script which tells the story of how a young Polish boy and his father come to London to live and work in Somers Town. As his father works by Day, the young boy (Marek) photographs the area around him in Black and White.
It is whilst out on the streets that Marek meets a young lad who has Ran away from a care home in Sheffield and an unlikely freindship begins and a love story unfolds as they both fall in love with fit french bit from the local cafe.
It will be shot in BxW on film and should be finished in November. The film will be shot in Warsaw, Paris and London and will be shot in the native languages of the charactors so will be dead cosmopolitan and europy!
In short, I was approached by Eurostar about six months ago to see if I would make a feature length project around the Somers Town area of Kings Cross using kids from there, paris and possibly Belgium. Although I was going to have creative control, I didn't really want to make a feature film with purely commercial funding and I was also pretty knackered after the T.I.E. release, so I turned it down.
However, I did have a shorter idea that I spoke to them about which I suggested they get Fraser to write and said that I would consider doing that if I could re-charge my batteries for a few months and get the 'Le Donk' shoot out of the way.
The script was sent through to me a few weeks ago and to be honest, I was really impressed with what fraser had done and agreed to get involved. It is basically a 30 page script which tells the story of how a young Polish boy and his father come to London to live and work in Somers Town. As his father works by Day, the young boy (Marek) photographs the area around him in Black and White.
It is whilst out on the streets that Marek meets a young lad who has Ran away from a care home in Sheffield and an unlikely freindship begins and a love story unfolds as they both fall in love with fit french bit from the local cafe.
It will be shot in BxW on film and should be finished in November. The film will be shot in Warsaw, Paris and London and will be shot in the native languages of the charactors so will be dead cosmopolitan and europy!