tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78375368726501107782024-03-08T09:42:25.289-08:00Mutterings of Lingo2209These are the mutterings and musings of Lingo2209.Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13715446765143075219noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837536872650110778.post-91394934226611040262014-01-09T04:13:00.001-08:002014-01-09T04:13:14.045-08:00Drifting Tai ChiOh well, I suppose this was never going to be much of a prolific blog!<br />
<br />
<b>Primewood</b> didn't really work in the way I wanted it to, but I might be able to release some of the footage at a later date. In the meantime, this post is something of a link between <b>Bow Tai Chi</b> and my reflections on <b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pbRLdt7Viw">The Drift</a>.</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
Filmed in the spring of 2012 and currently in the final stages of post production, this film is at the very least going to be a talking point in the industry, but I believe it could become so much more.<br />
<br />
Slowly but surely, just like in tai chi, Backyard Productions has spent the last twenty years going from a few silly (but thoroughly-entertaining) spoofs to something really spectacular.<br />
<br />
If you want to find out more about this project, you can look through the <b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/bypuk">Drift Diaries</a> </b>on YouTube.<br />
<br />
For a personal insight from one of the Executive Producers, feel free to read my next few mutterings. Of course, a bit like my articles about <a href="http://bypuk.com/2009/09/the-enchanted-forres/" target="_blank"><b>Cinders</b></a>, they may be just a little 'oblique'...Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13715446765143075219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837536872650110778.post-30597435501436183782011-07-24T13:48:00.000-07:002011-07-24T13:50:29.743-07:00Bow Tai ChiA few years ago, when I was regularly practising tai chi, I demonstrated a few, now long-forgotten, moves to a friend of mine. I stood there gradually raising my foot off the ground, slowly turning at the waist and sweeping my arm at the pace of a slow pan. He was amused at just how slowly you were supposed to do the moves, and laughed even more when I explained I had sped the process up. The thing is, he shouldn't have been, because he is an amateur film producer.<br />
<div><br />
</div><div>He is the main producer at <a href="http://www.backyardproductions.co.uk/">Backyard Productions</a>, and we affectionately call him The Executive Bully. Our group of friends have been making fan-films since the 90s, and throughout the journey from shaky, grainy VHS-C with equally shaky scripts and acting, to the semi-professional, I have always been surprised at how slow and deliberate the process of film-making can be. In the amateur film-making world this is even more so, with long learning curves and sometimes attempting the impossible. Not least of these are my 'American' accent in <i><a href="http://bypuk.com/movies/batman-returns-forever/">Batman Returns Forever</a></i>, and my attempts to jump backwards through a door with a prosthetic head extension in <i><a href="http://bypuk.com/movies/tenclo/">The Emperor's New Clones</a></i>. I'm no Olympic gymnast you know, but I did once do tai chi and the discipline and patience I learnt there has become invaluable.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Taking very small steps, holding my breath and with virtually imperceptible maneouvres, I have been building my own fan film project. The process ultimately started in 1963, ten years before I was even born, when <i>Doctor Who</i> first materialised. My fandom was well-established by the time of <i>Destiny of the Daleks</i> in the late 70s. It was always there throughout my early childhood, at least until I was 16. And even throughout the hiatus it was never forgotten.</div><div><br />
</div><div>The return of <i>Doctor Who</i> has gradually encouraged me to start creative writing again, something that hasn't happened since my schooldays. Just over a year ago, I then decided to start writing a series of short YouTube episodes of a <i>Torchwood</i> spoof. This was mainly because it's easier than a spoof of <i>Doctor Who</i> itself, a principle on which amateur film-making and tai chi do differ. However, this made it more difficult to sell to our film-making group, especially as, like Ianto, I mostly make the coffee and clear up the mess. It was also still too convoluted and uninspirational. The original concept, with the working title of <i>Flashlight Plastic</i> had to be changed drastically and rewritten as something more generic and, more importantly, funnier.</div><div><br />
</div><div>But now Episodes 1-3 of <b>Primewood</b> have been written, under the tutelage of The Executive Bully, I am just about to breathe in and take the tentative step of creating a production plan. This will set out what each part of the film-making body needs to do and when, so that the whole moves with a firm stance and in perfect balance.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Produced in short 5-10 minute bursts for a YouTube audience, however, the final result will have to be anything but slow.</div>Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13715446765143075219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837536872650110778.post-33075637673450978752011-07-06T07:25:00.000-07:002011-07-06T07:37:04.755-07:00First MutteringThere are few things more fun than formatting and starting up a new blog. However, unlike my LiveJournal and Wordpress.com one, I've decided to actually post on this one. And my website needs a complete overhaul too.Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13715446765143075219noreply@blogger.com1