tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-279993952024-03-19T03:12:14.922+00:00My Excellent AdventuresTheatre, food, and film - what more is there?Salhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368081765909177507noreply@blogger.comBlogger215125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27999395.post-79255815434659235772010-11-21T08:41:00.002+00:002010-11-21T08:45:02.046+00:00A great night for British films in TorelloVery quickly, because the Netbook is about to run out of power, all three British films screening at Torello won prizes last night! We won the Jury Prize, and The Asgard Project won the Grand Prize; Birdman of Karakoram also won its category. So I am now the proud possessor of a sculpted wooden mountain, which I'm hoping won't raise too many eyebrows at Customs later today!<br /><br />Full report and photos when I get back tonight, or possibly tomorrow when I've recovered from the trip.Salhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368081765909177507noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27999395.post-73058068133424538282010-11-20T10:13:00.003+00:002010-11-20T10:47:42.020+00:00Torello Mountain Film Festival<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtOZuDe6N0S2arFHuV_r0p-qy4Sz4fEjv9T8fMSFonylQcmpS39sX0Pitu3HVO4B3hZVbvnf6YhACZgWzCr_lF1Oy1bgQMj4H3dVaGzyqqDg4x1hkvPFexwo2b-Hex7gw6ReMF/s1600/trips+265.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541581755220608626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtOZuDe6N0S2arFHuV_r0p-qy4Sz4fEjv9T8fMSFonylQcmpS39sX0Pitu3HVO4B3hZVbvnf6YhACZgWzCr_lF1Oy1bgQMj4H3dVaGzyqqDg4x1hkvPFexwo2b-Hex7gw6ReMF/s320/trips+265.JPG" /></a><br /><div>Torello is the size of place where people look at you as you walk past in the street because they don't recognise you, and seems like a town that has seen better days. So my first feeling about the film festival was that it had been put together as one of those "hey, this place is run down, let's bung in some cultural event or other to try to perk it up." In fact, the festival has been running for 28 years, having been started by Joan Salarich and a small group of enthusiasts, and now, although it may not have the five venues and eight strands of Kendal, or the 1,000 seater cinema of Banff, can still pack out a cinema of 500 night after night. They also provide a very warm welcome and fabulous hospitality to their guests.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>My first experience of the hospitality was on Thursday, when I met Rosa and Carmen; Carmen would be my interviewer and translator, I was told over dinner. Interviewer? I thought I was here to hop up on stage and say "thanks for coming to see the film, hope you like it", and hop off again. Oh no. After a chat about the film, I was taken into the cinema, and shown to my seat - not right by the stage, but half way back, so that when Carmen announced my name and the lights went up, I had to walk down the steps through the audience to loud applause, whoops and whistles (seriously - whoops and whistles - never had that before!). Then, on stage in front of about 550 people (not only was every seat taken, so were most of the steps and aisles with people perching or standing where they could), do an interview about the film, how we made it, what were the challenges, what is a line of flight, was it a pessimistic film, what is the relationship between the landscape and industry? And all of this was delivered in a running mix of English and Catalan by Carmen. Then back to my seat to watch the film which now had a Catalan voiceover, which made watching it a new experience.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Once the film was over, I was off duty, so since then I've watched a few more films, had a day out in Vic, watched more films, been to a reception, and will shortly be taken out for lunch in the mountains with all the other festival guests. Then tonight, it's the awards, closing ceremony, and another reception! See what I mean about great hospitality? </div>Salhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368081765909177507noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27999395.post-30517564404936960672010-11-17T21:53:00.003+00:002010-11-17T21:56:54.516+00:00Torello Mountain Film FestivalI'm all packed and ready to go to Spain tomorrow morning, flying to Barcelona then being picked up to go to Torello and the Mountain Film Festival, where Lines of Flight screens tomorrow night. Hopefully I'll be able to get online and post some pictures and reports; I've been to Barceona before but not up towards the mountains.<br /><br />Also kicking off tomorrow is Kendal Mountain Film Festival, where we premiered last year. Hopefully there won't be torrential rain and floods on the scale of last year. I'm looking forward to Martin's reports of what films to watch out for over the coming year.Salhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368081765909177507noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27999395.post-6926311986993198892010-11-11T08:49:00.003+00:002010-11-11T08:53:30.496+00:00GrazJust in case there's anybody out there reading this in Austria, "Lines of Flight" screens tonight at 7:30pm. Neither Martin nor I can be there to introduce the film, sadly, but hopefully I'll get some feedback from the organisers at some point. We've had big problems actually getting the film to them - first of all the discs disappeared in the post, then we had a big struggle getting a QuickTime file to their ftp server. But it all went through on Sunday so hopefully all systems are go for tonight.<br /><br />Then next week it's Torello, Spain, and after that who knows? I met Alan Formanek at long last in Banff - he runs the Vancouver Mountain Film Festival, and also one in Bratislava in April, and asked us to put LoF in for that, so we might have a bit of a longer life.Salhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368081765909177507noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27999395.post-10454261282935726162010-11-05T22:11:00.002+00:002010-11-05T22:20:34.079+00:00Bookish couple of daysToday is my last full day in Banff (although I'm currently failing to check in online as I'm in a cafe and my passport is at the hotel. Oh well). The focus of yesterday and today has been books rather than films, with several talks from authors about their books - Alistair Lee was very funny; Gretel Ehrlich spoke powerfully about the changing situation in Greenland, and how climate change is directly and observably changing the landscape and the lives of local people there; Joe Riis and Emilene Ostlind did a great talk and slide show about the migration of Pronghorn deer. In the evening there was a reception for film-makers which was good, great food and wine in a very beautiful setting, where I learned the names of some of the mountains (thanks, Jamie) and gained a new ambition (18km ridge walk along Mount Rundle, anyone?).<br /><br />Tonight there's a gala reception (not entirely sure what that will entail but I'm looking forward to it anyway) followed by a talk by Greg Mortenson of "Three Cups of Tea" and "Stones into Schools" fame which should be good. Then tomorrow, films and a couple of talks then home. Time has gone far too quickly.Salhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368081765909177507noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27999395.post-9842333682729991232010-11-04T01:20:00.003+00:002010-11-04T01:31:13.650+00:00Morning in Banff:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlNl3wFwK4gkhUu7LaPSzLZ4p7Mehy4PbchLfQFZWw3g6Cg6ulWpFUbMvtjLX6s-SACmSQ2bHqG2e9rFMPxA38LbagMPJGnX-KhhbhHtJpyP_U_V_85lva55x5d9T-qlUYvOtq/s1600/Banff+2+005.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535499088723956658" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlNl3wFwK4gkhUu7LaPSzLZ4p7Mehy4PbchLfQFZWw3g6Cg6ulWpFUbMvtjLX6s-SACmSQ2bHqG2e9rFMPxA38LbagMPJGnX-KhhbhHtJpyP_U_V_85lva55x5d9T-qlUYvOtq/s320/Banff+2+005.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/7150902@N03/"></a><br /><p><br /> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Fantastically beautiful blue sky day today, so had a walking and photographing day. More photos here on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/7150902@N03/">Flickr</a></p><p>Last night at the festival was "Radical Reels", a mix of films which were mainly the high octane type of stuff that's quite a contrast to ours. My favourite was a film about a freebase soloist called Dean Potter, who as well as being an astonishingly talented climber must also be a bit barking - soloing the North Face of the Eiger in order to jump off strapped to a tiny parachute? Fly or die indeed.</p><p>Monday night was really interesting, five short films by young Canadian film makers who had spent the summer based at Parks Canada field sites in order to make films about what outdoor Canada means to them. Five quite different interpretations, and plenty of talent on display.</p><p>Tonight is "The Snow Show" but I'm missing that as tomorrow, Friday and Saturday are going to be full on days and evenings on film and book fest so I need a night off!</p><p> </p><p> </p>Salhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368081765909177507noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27999395.post-12056209874136830102010-11-01T16:56:00.002+00:002010-11-01T17:05:18.655+00:00Wow!So yesterday was the screening of "Lines of Flight" ... I went up on stage at the Eric Harvie Theatre to introduce the film, and when lights are shining at you on stage, you can't see the audience ... I put my hand up to shield my eyes to see who was out there and decided it was better not to look at that many people! There were about 450 people out there! That's probably more than have seen the film in total in the UK - this mountain film business is really serious in Canada. <br /><br />It was great to watch the film in a big space, on a big screen, with a big audience, and lovely when people came up afterwards to say hello and that they'd enjoyed the film. Here's some of the feedback: "a really thoughtful film"; all those guys in the film are so articulate - so often people can be good at doing stuff but not at talking about it"; "it was great to see a film that was so thoughtful and didn't just lash me round the head with images"; "all 7 of us ust sat there going 'wow, this is good'"; "it's nice to see something intellectual about what we do"; "fantastic cinematography, loved the way you used the still images alongside the moving image" ... and so on! <br /><br />So this is just a(nother) public thank you to everyone who contributed to the film, whether with time, or money, or other resources, to everyone who supported us in making it, and everyone who's turned up to see it - thank you!Salhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368081765909177507noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27999395.post-37145685810240872312010-10-31T14:31:00.002+00:002010-10-31T14:47:57.151+00:00Hello from Banff!Greetings from chilly Canada! I've been in Banff just over 12 hours and already it's been quite a whirlwind of activity. I got to the hotel last night to find that my welcome pack included an invitation to a reception for the Banff Mountain Photo competition which had started 15 minutes previously but was only ten minutes away. So I scooted round there, and was glad I did, as I met lots of people involved in running the film festival, and also saw some great photos. Then a couple of the festival guys and I shared a taxi up to the Banff Centre to watch some films, which were screening in the Eric Harvie Theatre where "Lines of Flight" screens later today - it's huge! I hope there's a good turn-out so the audience isn't like a few peas rattling round in a tin. The first film was "La vie de Guy Lacelle", about one of the world's leading ice climbers who died in an avalanche in 2009 - a very emotional moment for the producer who introduced the film. Secondly, "Nanga Parbat", a German drama about Gunther and Reinhold Messner's first ascent of the Rupal face of Nanga Parbat, quite gasp-inducing in places.<br /><br />I'm beginning to wish I'd booked to stay for the whole of next weekend - turns out the film festival events are concentrated on next Saturday and Sunday, and I leave on Saturday afternoon. Am wondering how much it would cost to delay my flight by two days, and how much I dare push my luck at work.<br /><br />And in other news, <a href="http://www.brownbearproductions.co.uk/">the website</a> is a bit more up to date at long last, and don't forget that you can follow @LinesOfFlight on Twitter for festival updates.Salhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368081765909177507noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27999395.post-25962666914971227562010-10-22T00:16:00.002+01:002010-10-22T00:18:28.750+01:00News just in re GrazI just heard that for the Graz film festival, we will screen at Stefaniensaal on Thursday, Nov. 11 at 7.30 p.m.<br /><br />I don't know yet whether either of us will make it to Graz, but I'll keep you posted here.Salhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368081765909177507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27999395.post-43274565973898236002010-10-21T22:22:00.003+01:002010-10-21T22:25:58.480+01:00And there's moreGot a lovely email this morning asking if we would agree to screen "Lines of Flight" at Fernie Mountain Film Festival in British Columbia, Canada. It's not a festival I'd heard of, but it sounds really interesting - click <a href="http://www.ferniefilmfestival.com/">here</a> for more information. We've done really well in Canada with "Lines of Flight", so I'm wondering, what is it exactly about our film that appeals to a Canadian audience? I mght be able to find out in just over a week, as I'm heading to Banff to present the film at the festival there - very exciting!Salhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368081765909177507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27999395.post-14988829113529593622010-10-14T08:59:00.001+01:002010-10-14T09:01:33.056+01:00TwitterI have finally got a Twitter account, mainly for film-related purposes as the next month is going to be quite a busy one for Lines of Flight. It remains to be seen whether I am any better at twittering than I am at blogging! Anyway, follow me at LinesOfFlight if you'd like marginally more up to date film news than appears here.Salhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368081765909177507noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27999395.post-73755907277510474122010-10-11T19:16:00.002+01:002010-10-11T19:21:03.732+01:00And one more!It seems we are not going to end the year quietly at all! I heard today that we have been selected for the Torello Mountain Film Festival in Spain in November! More information <a href="http://www.torellomountainfilm.cat/index.php?idIdiomaCap=3">here</a>. We screen on November 18th.<br /><br />In Banff we will be screening on October 31st at 12:30, and I'll be there to introduce the film. More info about the Banff festival <a href="http://www.banffcentre.ca/mountainfestival/">here</a>.<br /><br />Finally more info about Graz <a href="http://www.mountainfilm.com/en/2010/">here</a>. I'm not sure if either of us will go to that yet, but I'll keep you posted.<br /><br />And at some point this week I'll try to get the website updated as it's way out of date at the moment.Salhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368081765909177507noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27999395.post-80461582165864567902010-10-02T05:58:00.003+01:002010-10-02T06:02:44.308+01:00Just when we thought it was all overIt's so long since I posted that probably no-one is reading, but just in case ...<br /><br />I got back to my Vancouver apartment tonight to find out that Lines of Flight has been selected for Graz Adventure Film Festival in Austria, and Banff Mountain Film Festival, Canada. This is such stupendously good news!! Banff is THE festival as far as mountain film festivals are concerned. Richard our DoP went to Graz a few years ago with one of his films and said it was fantastic. So, just as I was beginning to think we were going to end our festival year with a bit of a whimper after starting with a bang, it seems we get to go out with a bang after all.Salhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368081765909177507noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27999395.post-49742153913580657242010-05-26T22:59:00.002+01:002010-05-26T23:04:36.996+01:00OopsVery many sorries for not posting for a while - the blog is still alive, as am I, just that work and other stuff has got in the way a bit. Also, there's not much news to report - apparently LoF went down very well in Calgary; we didn't win in New Zealand but at least we were shortlisted which was great; and the film is out there for consideration for half a dozen European festivals, so there may be news about screenings soon (fingers crossed).<br /><br />Meanwhile we're getting on with outlining our next film; this will be a longer documentary about a particular group and time in climbing history. We've got some great contacts and have already done one really good interview. It's all a bit tenuous and vague at the moment, but actually that feels quite nice and exploratory.Salhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368081765909177507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27999395.post-12799374781882961112010-04-12T21:44:00.003+01:002010-04-12T21:48:26.999+01:00Big in Canada!We'll be screening at the Calgary Outdoor Festival as part of Calgary International Mountain Films. Check out the film festival <a href="http://www.calgaryoutdoorfestival.com/mountain-films/">here</a> and the Outdoor Festival as a whole <a href="http://www.calgaryoutdoorfestival.com/">here</a>. It runs between 19th and 25th April, and looks really good. Wish it was possible to make a quick trip over to Calgary!Salhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368081765909177507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27999395.post-57664037744887919392010-03-30T09:21:00.002+01:002010-03-30T09:24:02.659+01:00News just inJust heard that "Lines of Flight" is part of the Official Selection for the Reel Earth Environmental Film Festival taking place in Wellington, New Zealand, in May! And we're nominated for an award!<br /><br />Apologies for not blogging since before Llanberis, will come back with reports from both Llanberis and Sheffield, and hopefully some more festival news by the end of this week.Salhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368081765909177507noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27999395.post-5617770126372357752010-02-11T21:30:00.002+00:002010-02-11T21:35:30.307+00:00LlanberisJust heard today that "Lines of Flight" has been selected for Llanberis Mountain Film Festival, which takes place 5-7th March, so we've got outings on two consecutive weekends - Llanberis followed by Sheffield. Further details for Llanberis once I've got the programme, but we're planning to be at both. Would be great to meet up with anyone who'll be at either festival - let us know.Salhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368081765909177507noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27999395.post-72400368382790422602010-02-03T13:29:00.002+00:002010-02-03T13:32:01.286+00:00VancouverSome exciting news: "Lines of Flight" won the Best Film for Mountain Culture at <a href="http://www.vimff.org/pages2.asp?portalid=3&pageid=43&news=13&currentpage=1">Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival</a>.<br /><br />Here's the citation:<br /><em>Best Film on Mountain Culture (B.C.M.C. Award)<br />Lines of Flight<br />(UK, 2009, directed by Sal Brown & Martin Wood)<br /><br />Jury statement: Although, this film shows mostly free solo climbers, the jury decided to award this film in the mountain culture category. This beautifully made film avoids every cliché of rock climbing and offers a different view on climbing. It proposes a clear connection between people from a specific area, in this case the Peak District in the UK and its history of mining and textile manufacturing.</em><br /><br />Obviously we're pretty thrilled!Salhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368081765909177507noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27999395.post-46756611413146507852010-01-08T22:26:00.003+00:002010-01-08T22:32:28.011+00:00ShAFF programmeThe <a href="http://www.shaff.co.uk/programme/?current_year=6#programme122">programme </a>for ShAFF is now available, and we're on at 9pm on Friday 12th, and 7pm on Saturday 13th, as part of "Mixed Bag 1". Also part of our slot is "Afghanistan: A Small Flame of Hope" which won Best Short Film at Kendal. There are also several other really good films from Kendal screening at Sheffield, so it should make for a weekend of great films.Salhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368081765909177507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27999395.post-34862999517704346682010-01-07T20:42:00.002+00:002010-01-07T20:48:20.166+00:00It's all good!There's not been much news until recently, but it's all happening now! As of today, we've been selected for <a href="http://www.shaff.co.uk/">Sheffield Adventure Film Festival</a> in March, and <a href="http://www.vimff.org/pages2.asp?portalid=3&pageid=45&news=15&currentpage=1">Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival</a> in January.<br /><br />I haven't got details of screenings yet, but I'll post them here once I know dates and times. Sadly, we won't be able to go to Vancouver to present the film, much as we'd love to, but we will be in Sheffield. Get in touch if you're planning on going to either festival - it would be great to have reports from Vancouver, and to meet people in Sheffield.Salhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368081765909177507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27999395.post-50317617457244710182009-11-23T09:13:00.003+00:002009-11-23T09:24:47.714+00:00Kendal report<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijJ9YU26fvrPCfNIaq8oEp8MT-4D_gDVmCjXg5N1Th9BSpU9tPbya37xXlLo2qWdqbHk6HbF1S2UPFMWBazeIUApj9vLtzwfPiGwZmsQ22wxFJ7XXpKsafALgew-OGdlqlg_-v/s1600/november09+KMFF+intro.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407225164536229074" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijJ9YU26fvrPCfNIaq8oEp8MT-4D_gDVmCjXg5N1Th9BSpU9tPbya37xXlLo2qWdqbHk6HbF1S2UPFMWBazeIUApj9vLtzwfPiGwZmsQ22wxFJ7XXpKsafALgew-OGdlqlg_-v/s320/november09+KMFF+intro.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Here we are at Kendal Mountain Film Festival, introducing the fifth and final screening yesterday at 9am. Remarkably, given the partying that was going on the night before, we had around 55 people in the audience. The feedback has been great, with people saying that it's a gentle, thought-provoking film, one that really gets what climbing is about, and that they have really enjoyed it.</div><div> </div><div>The festival itself has been great, loads of interesting films, fascinating lectures, and great people. The record-breaking quantity of rain certainly looked like it was going to cause massive problems on Thursday (and of course, it did, all over the Lake District, with people being flooded out of their homes, and a phenomenal amount of work for the emergency and rescue services), but a dry (and even sunny) day on Friday meant that rivers had time to subside, flooded roads around Kendal cleared, and people got here and made it a sell-out festival.</div><div> </div><div>A highlight for me was hearing Doug Scott's lecture on Saturday, and then meeting him yesterday. The Asgard Project premiere on Friday was also a great event, and unsurprisingly Alistair Lee won the People's Choice award for that film.</div><div> </div><div>The other good thing that's happened this weekend is that we've been invited to submit LoF to Vancouver Mountain Film Festival, and Sheffield Adventure Film Festival. So there should be plenty more news to come!</div>Salhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368081765909177507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27999395.post-87225673838865618072009-11-08T08:08:00.003+00:002009-11-08T08:18:52.136+00:00Countdown to KendalLess than two weeks to go to Kendal Mountain Film Festival, and we're getting quite excited!<br /><br />The screening schedule for "Lines of Flight" is as follows:<br />Friday 20th November, 9am and 1pm<br />Saturday 21st November, 9am and 5pm<br />Sunday 22nd November, 9am.<br /><br />The master has gone off to the festival, we have our tickets and passes sorted out, so we're pretty much set to go. I haven't got any guest tickets left to allocate for our screenings, but if anyone is going to Kendal and would like to say hello, come and find us - I'll be there from Thursday to Sunday and Martin will be there from Friday.<br /><br />If you're on Facebook, join the "Lines of Flight" group <a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=132936527667">here</a>, and check out further details about the festival <a href="http://www.mountainfest.co.uk/">here</a>.Salhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368081765909177507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27999395.post-40702258934770722732009-10-08T15:49:00.002+01:002009-10-08T15:54:39.855+01:00News updateJust a brief, but very exciting news update - "Lines of Flight" has been selected for the Kendal Mountain Film Festival, which will run from Thursday 19th - Sunday 22nd November, in Kendal in the Lake District. We're really thrilled by this news, as it's the first festival we've entered, so to get selected is a real vote of confidence in our work.<br /><br />We'd still really appreciate any contributions to the Flight Fund, so please consider clicking on the button, or dropping an envelope of tenners onto my doormat (it happened!). We might even be able to add to the list of incentives for supporters, but even if we can't, we'll love you and thank you anyway.<br /><br />Keep coming back for more news - hopefully this is us on a roll now.Salhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368081765909177507noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27999395.post-24012222520350783802009-09-18T13:08:00.003+01:002009-09-18T13:27:46.914+01:00Now it starts getting exciting ....Latest update on Lines of Flight:<br />We finished filming a couple of weeks ago, and have now almost completed editing. We still have some work to do on the soundtrack, and some finessing to make the final film as good as it can be - it looks good now, the cinematography is great, and test audiences so far have enjoyed it, but with a few more touches it'll look great. And then we can start sending it out to festivals, and hopefully get selected and screened.<br /><br />However, in order for that to happen, we need help. As always with short films, money is tight, and we've run out, having stretched our budget as far as it will go, and now we're running on goodwill and promises. If you'd like to help us by supporting us financially, please consider donating to "The Flight Fund", via the button to the right if you want to use Paypal, or just send me some money if you don't like the techno stuff! Every little helps, and there are rewards: everyone who donates £10 or more will be invited to a contributors' party and screening, and everyone who donates £20 or more will be invited to the party and get a copy of the DVD. More rewards will be announced as we go along.<br /><br />I'll be updating the website with information and photos soon, and will keep posting news, so you'll always know what's happened to your "investment".<br /><br />Thanks, angels!Salhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368081765909177507noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27999395.post-41017556530062127972009-08-23T09:19:00.003+01:002009-08-23T09:28:30.659+01:00A picture tells ...In lieu of not posting much recently, the Lines of Flight photo album on Flickr is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/7150902@N03/sets/72157621812799031/">here</a><br /><div></div><br /><div>I think this is probably my favourite photo:</div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373072424859470178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQP7FUFyd9B4j0FoOB7mP5qWRzzKirp7jgDOhofWY7hREaTyjjkiM-jy5LWNCtIP-z_X_PBbA6BdVCZwEoTABge7LUayFi7q5lATKX26RsPyiKuOGX0uIz0a4yvuyiY3KrEzjU/s320/Richard+filming.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div>We got the soundtrack through from our composer, <a href="http://www.robingarside.co.uk/albums.htm">Robin Garside</a>, this week, and it's fabulous. He's done a great job, and I'm looking forward to our editing day on Wednesday, when we can put music into the mix.</div><div> </div><div>More news soon!</div><div> </div>Salhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368081765909177507noreply@blogger.com1