From: Sidmouth FolkWeek [info.abm=btinternet.com_at_mail9_dot_wdc01_dot_mcdlv_dot_net]
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Sent: 03 June 2014 11:22
Subject: A SMALL QUIET ENGLISH TOWN - Funding Launch
PRESS
RELEASE (From our friends at Fuel TV)
A
SMALL QUIET ENGLISH TOWN - Funding Launch
A unique, intimate portrait of the town of Sidmouth, Devon and its Folk
Festival.
We're VERY excited to announce the funding launch for our feature documentary -
in association with Sidmouth FolkWeek - 'A Small, Quiet, English Town'. To find
out more use this weblink: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/669314/emal/6016243
This film will tell the 60 year history of the festival through the eyes of its
audience. We want to use archive footage shot by locals and visiting fans of
the festival to help tell this story.
The festival has gone through some fascinating changes across its history. It
grew from a small event in 1955 in Sidmouth's 'Connaught Gardens' to an
international event that drew performers from all over the world to perform and
make their mark on Folk history. There were difficulties at times of course but
that desire to have the music live on meant that the Festival kept going and is
as strong as ever today.
What We Need & What You Get
We want to find the stories, performers, film archive, picture archive, sound
archive, organisers, fans, supporters, caterers, cleaners, drivers, nurses,
doctors, medics, police, politicians, publicans, life guards, layabouts,
storytellers, stiltwalkers, comedians, singers, songwriters, dancers, acrobats,
musicians etc etc - you get the idea!
We want to make this film to the highest standard possible. It will initially
be screened in local Cinemas in the region and then on to ?selected' Cinemas
across the UK (dependent on distributor interest) and eventually on to TV
screenings and Festivals.
We have put the call out to the best and brightest in the world of British TV
& Documentary making and have had an amazing response.
We have a very exciting short list of some of the most talented TV and
Documentary Directors working today. We plan to announce the selected Director
very soon.
We hope to raise ?100,000 as we want to make a world class film here and to do
that we have to get the best in the business to make this film a reality.
As we're a professional production company we have huge experience in putting
together projects of this magnitude. Each and every department, camera crew,
sound crew, lights, equipment, transport, picture post production, sound post
production, grading, final delivery, screenings etc will all be costed to the
last penny.
This is a passion project for us. It would be an absolute honour for us if the
Folk Music and Dance community of the UK afforded us the opportunity to make
this film as I believe it will be an iconic, important and treasured record of
a key festival in the English Folk Calendar.
Perks we plan to offer:
A unique collectable T-Shirt, Free DVD of the completed film with outtakes,
extras and more and a poster of The Movie! A collectable poster featuring the
cast of the film.
The Impact
A Small Quiet English Town will be a hugely important Film within English Folk
Tradition.
By contributing to this venture you will be enabling us the filmmakers to
create a volume of unseen material dating back 60 years, material that will
create a new and unique perspective on an event that MUST be preserved.
Sounds, Stories, Memories, Thoughts, Musings, Feelings, Imaginings as well as
the music, the performances, the organization and the town will all combine to
create this film.
Fuel TV has successfully produced Commercials, Documentaries and Drama over
it's 10 year history. We pride ourselves in aiming high and trying to find
something new in everything we do.
We are investing our own time and money into developing this project as we
believe so strongly in that it will not just be important but will be a
success.
Other Ways You Can Help
Don't worry! If you feel that this is something that excites and interests you
then there are plenty of ways you can help.
Tell friends, colleagues, cousins, siblings, Mums, Dads, sworn enemies -
everybody. Find out is there archive that we haven't found yet. Is there a tape
in an attic that has amazing footage from the 50's, 60's 70's?? Is there a
flyer, picture, poster on a wall that tells a story in itself? Is there an
audio recording that was recorded on an ancient hand held recorder but contains
sounds, interviews, musings that we could never capture?
To find out more and contribute use this weblink:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/669314/emal/6016243
END
NOTES FOR EDITORS:
Media queries related to the film should be
related to:
Producer - Paul Tully
Tel/Mob: +353 86 3811820
Tel/LLine: +353 57 8682277
Email: paul_at_fueltv_dot_ie
Company Site: www.fueltv.ie
Media enquiries relating more generally to the festival should
be directed to:
Alan Bearman Music: 020 7014 2821
Email: press_at_sidmouthfolkweek_dot_co_dot_uk
For the most up-to-date news on festival developments, visit www.sidmouthfolkweek.co.uk