Oh, that's how yer do it......


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Due to the recession, the 'Arts' are in decline, so this series sees HRH meeting different artists in their respective fields, to see why 'their' talent, will save the day.
First to come under the Royal spotlight was the young painting maestro 'Thomas Tittier'  who has made some bold statements regarding the state of the industry.
Joining HRH for the series is the world renowned Art expert,  Agnes Ballgrip.

This first episode of the new series of 'Gert's Bucket' was filmed last Sunday with for once, a nice warm indoor location. Filming took approx 3 1/2 hours.

Big thanks to the crew:  Ray Turner, Liam Treacey, Lucie Carrington and Janette Lund.

This Sunday just gone saw Ray filming some short scenes with Ben and Adam for his part of Exquisite Corpse.

We had to travel to Accrington to get the right 'look' for the outside of the house.

The make up ladies had made the journey as well to give Ben his scars. Big thanks to Hanna and Anna for putting up with the conditions!

The day was a short one, which was merciful with no heating in the house, but everything went ok.

Exquisite Corpse

The Pier hotel was the location last Friday for Anne's first scenes to be shot for her section of Exquisite Corpse.
Apparently there was a witch, some sexy dancing........and Steve,  who I presume is still alive.
Liam shot the action using Ray's camera.  Big thanks to Debbie & Lee at The Pier for letting the Co-op film there.

Exquisite Corpse

Last weekend was Ray's turn to start filming his part in 'Exquisite corpse'. The location of the shoot was a local house which was faked as two in the film. Once the furniture and some of the fittings were moved, we were ready to go. Saturday saw us working from 10 'til 6pm with Sunday requiring an earlier start and later finish.

Two new actors, Adam Weldrick and Philip Cowles, joined Ben Clegg and Horris in the cast for the weekend, with me and Mark Harris crewing and Ray on camera (Thanks to Workshop Media for the loan of the reflector boards) Hanna and Anna came to apply the make up and did a good job on Ben.

Once Ray had finished his scenes it was time for me to piggy back the shoot and film one of my death scenes.
Apart from a smokey set and the cat meowing, everything seemed to go ok.

Exquisite Corpse

Last Saturday and Sunday saw the Co-op shooting Mariana's section of Exquisite Corpse in Garstang.  The path by the river was the first location and we were blessed with a very beautiful but nippy setting.
After a few technical gremlins (good job we doubled up on some equipment) we soon got into our stride, and we were able to watch two good actresses at work (Mariana and Ginny).

After freezing our nuts off by the river, we moved to the old peoples home for the next location.
The warmth inside the room came as a relief, and we quickly set things up for the scene to come and got cracking with the filming.

Unfortunately, it soon became apparent that several people in a small room with the heating on, is not a good thing at all, and it quickly became rather stifling.
Sunday's weather was completely different with rain all day. Luckily we were filming inside the old people's home again, so they only thing we had to worry about was trying not to film the rain on the window too much (continuity wise, my outdoor scene overlooking Morecambe had blue sky on one side and a big black cloud and rain on the other, so we're covered all ways!)
We finished filming soon after 5pm and dashed off home for a well earned rest.
A big thanks to the staff of the old people's home, who put themselves out to help us.

'Last Post'

Ray's short film 'Last Post' which was shot last May, was shown at the 'Keswick Film Festival' this February,  a Mr John Hurt was present.

This film as well as some of the other Co-op members films are on the Film Makers Co-op site on You tube.