Magazine

Talking of new wave bands (Magazine gettit? – [see the last post] {Hello Mary}) I’ve published a magazine on the background to my CCTV project – it’s called Reality TV and you can download a pdf of it here. There’s been a short print run, so if you know me, you might get sent a copy, then again it WAS a short print run, so you might not.

New film

I’ve uploaded a new short film (go on have a guess what it’s about) – OK it’s about CCTV again – just as bleak, though with a bit more narrative than the last one (which is art-speak for I used up my best photos making the last one). Anyways, it’s here on Vimeo, and is called ‘TV OD’ – which will only mean anything to people of a certain age who had a liking for obscure new wave bands.

I’ve spent most of this sunny (yes even in Manchester) bank holiday weekend putting together a DVD of my CCTV stuff – but b*****r me can I get it to work? More iDon’t than iDVD. STOP PRESS: It woz a corrupted sound file wot done it – normal service has been resumed.

On tour

The cctv film, which is showing on the Manchester Big Screen, is getting an airing from 30 May on the other 19 BBC Big Screens. I’ve not got any times, but it’s worth paying the license fee for on it’s own…

DDTV on the BBC

My CCTV film is getting an airing on the BBC’s Big Screen in Exchange Square, Manchester, starting tomorrow (Saturday) for two weeks. Wonder if any of the CCTV cameras that feature in it will spot it?  If you don’t want to get wet, you can see it here on Vimeo.  If you haven’t got a clue about ‘Big Screens’ have a looksie here. (Hi Cathryn!) All times are approximate:

Sat 16 May 10:10am 2:10pm 5:25pm 7:00pm
Sun 17 May 9:10am 11:10am 6:40pm 9:40pm
Mon 18 May 9:10am 11:10am 2:10pm 5:10pm 9:10pm 10:50pm
Tue 19 May 9:10am 11:10am 2:40pm 5:10pm 9:10pm 10:50pm
Wed 20 May 9:10am 11:10am 2:10pm 5:10pm 11pm
Thurs 21 May 9:10am 10:55am 2:40pm 5:10pm 9:10pm 10:50pm
Fri 22 May 9:10am 11:10am 2:40pm 5:10pm 9:10pm 10:45pm

The film will also be shown the following week at times to be arranged.

Sea, sand and street lights

My little seaside filmette Waiting for the Seas to Rise (see ‘Flim-flam-film’, below) gets another couple of showings – this time as part of the Chester Performs festival in their ‘Screen Deva‘ film festival. 
You can always find the video on YouTube, but it’s getting pulled as soon as I can get around to re-editing it and re-doing the sound (for the third time). One day the directors cut (ahem!) will make it to the bit of Vimeo I call my own.